[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5037 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5037

 To require offices of the legislative branch to meet a threshold for 
   participation by small business concerns owned and controlled by 
 veterans with service-connected disabilities in procurement contracts 
         entered into by such offices, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 17, 2008

Mr. Boozman (for himself and Mr. Hayes) introduced the following bill; 
      which was referred to the Committee on House Administration

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require offices of the legislative branch to meet a threshold for 
   participation by small business concerns owned and controlled by 
 veterans with service-connected disabilities in procurement contracts 
         entered into by such offices, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Legislative Branch Recognizes the 
Value of Service Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Act of 2008''.

SEC. 2. THRESHOLD FOR PARTICIPATION BY DISABLED VETERANS SMALL 
              BUSINESSES IN PROCUREMENT BY LEGISLATIVE BRANCH OFFICES.

    (a) Participation by Small Business Concerns Owned by Veterans With 
Service-Connected Disabilities.--Each official responsible for entering 
into procurement contracts for goods and services for a legislative 
branch office shall ensure that not less than 3 percent of the 
aggregate value of all contracts entered into during a fiscal year is 
attributable to contracts awarded to eligible disabled veterans small 
businesses.
    (b) Legislative Branch Office Defined.--In this Act, a 
``legislative branch office'' means any of the following:
            (1) The Office of the Architect of the Capitol.
            (2) The Congressional Budget Office.
            (3) The Government Accountability Office.
            (4) The Government Printing Office.
            (5) The House of Representatives.
            (6) The Library of Congress.
            (7) The Office of Compliance.
            (8) The United States Capitol Police.

SEC. 3. ELIGIBLE DISABLED VETERANS SMALL BUSINESS DEFINED.

    (a) In General.--In this Act, an ``eligible disabled veterans small 
business'' is a small business concern listed on the database 
maintained by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs under section 8127(f) 
of title 38, United States Code, as a small business concern owned and 
controlled by a veteran with a service-connected disability.
    (b) Small Business Concern Defined.--In this Act, the term ``small 
business concern'' has the meaning given that term under section 3 of 
the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632).

SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2009 and each 
succeeding fiscal year.
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