[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3223 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3223

  To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the Department of 
 Veterans Affairs contracting goals and preferences for small business 
               concerns owned and controlled by veterans.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 15, 2009

Mr. Buyer (for himself and Mr. Boozman) 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 improve the Department of 
 Veterans Affairs contracting goals and preferences for small business 
               concerns owned and controlled by veterans.

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

SECTION 1. IMPROVEMENT OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS CONTRACTING 
              GOALS AND PREFERENCES FOR SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS OWNED 
              AND CONTROLLED BY VETERANS.

    (a) In General.--Section 8127 of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (c), by striking ``may'' and inserting 
        ``shall'';
            (2) in subsection (f), by adding at the end the following 
        new paragraph:
    ``(7) Ownership and control by a veteran or veterans of more than 
one small business concern shall not be grounds for disqualification of 
any of such concerns from inclusion in the database under this 
subsection.''; and
            (3) in subsection (l), by adding at the end the following 
        new paragraph:
            ``(3) The term `control of management and daily business 
        operations' with respect to a business concern means the 
        authority to make final decisions affecting financial, 
        operational, management policy, and employment issues, 
        irrespective of the number of hours worked by the individual 
        with such authority or the location of such individual with 
        respect to the business concern.''.
    (b) Deadline for Interim Policy Guidance.--By not later than 30 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs shall issue interim policy guidance to carry out the 
amendments made by this Act.
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