[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3363 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3363

  To amend the Small Business Act to improve the preference for small 
          business concerns owned and controlled by veterans.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 28, 2009

Mr. Bilirakis introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Small Business

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Small Business Act to improve the preference 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. PREFERENCE FOR SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS OWNED AND CONTROLLED 
              BY VETERANS.

    (a) In General.--The Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631 et seq.) is 
amended--
            (1) by redesignating section 44 as section 45; and
            (2) by inserting after section 43 the following new 
        section:

``SEC. 44. PREFERENCE FOR SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS OWNED AND CONTROLLED 
              BY VETERANS.

    ``(a) In General.--In complying with a preference under this Act or 
any other provision of law for awarding a contract to a small business 
concern owned and controlled by veterans or service-disabled veterans, 
the head of an executive agency may consider only a small business 
concern that is verified in the small business database maintained by 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs under section 8127(f) of title 38, 
United States Code. In the case of any prime contract awarded by an 
executive agency under which the executive agency requires the 
contractor to comply with any such preference, the head of the 
executive agency shall require the prime contractor, in awarding 
subcontracts under the prime contract, to consider only small business 
concerns that are verified in such small business database.
    ``(b) Verification.--For purposes of this section, a small business 
concern that is waiting for verification by the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs under paragraph (4) of section 8127(f) of title 38, United 
States Code, shall be deemed to be verified in the small business 
database maintained by the Secretary under such section.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--Section 44 of the Small Business Act (15 
U.S.C. 631 et seq.), as added by subsection (a), shall take effect on 
the date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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