[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
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[H.R. 6221 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6221

  To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of 
 Veterans Affairs to include in each contract the Secretary enters for 
  the acquisition of goods and services a provision that requires the 
  contractee to comply with the contracting goals and preferences for 
small business concerns owned or controlled by veterans, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 10, 2008

   Mr. Boozman (for himself and Ms. Herseth Sandlin) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' 
                                Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of 
 Veterans Affairs to include in each contract the Secretary enters for 
  the acquisition of goods and services a provision that requires the 
  contractee to comply with the contracting goals and preferences for 
small business concerns owned or controlled by veterans, 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 ``Veteran-Owned Small Business 
Protection and Clarification Act of 2008''.

SEC. 2. CONTRACTING GOALS AND PREFERENCES FOR VETERAN-OWNED SMALL 
              BUSINESS CONCERNS.

    Section 8127 of title 38, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsections (j) and (k) as subsections 
        (k) and (l), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (i) the following:
    ``(j) Applicability of Requirements to Contracts.--(1) If the 
Secretary enters, on or after June 1, 2007, into a contract, memorandum 
of understanding, agreement, or other arrangement with any governmental 
entity or person to acquire goods or services, or both, the Secretary 
shall include in such contract, memorandum, agreement, or other 
arrangement a requirement that the entity or person will comply with 
the provisions of this section in acquiring such goods or services, or 
both.
    ``(2) Coordination.--The Secretary shall take such action as may be 
necessary to ensure that the efforts to comply with this section of the 
Department and governmental entities and persons to which paragraph (1) 
apply are coordinated.
    ``(3) The Secretary shall modify contracts, memorandums of 
understanding, agreements, and other arrangements of the Department in 
effect on the date of enactment of the Veteran-Owned Small Business 
Protection and Clarification Act of 2008 to comply with this 
subsection.''.
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