[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4125 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4125

To amend the Small Business Act to improve services for small business 
  concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 19, 2009

 Mr. Nye (for himself, Mr. Ellsworth, Ms. Velazquez, Mr. Schrader, Mr. 
 Altmire, Ms. Clarke, Mrs. Kirkpatrick of Arizona, Ms. Bean, and Mrs. 
 Dahlkemper) 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 services for small business 
  concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled 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 ``Service Disabled Veteran-Owned Small 
Business Procurement Reform Act of 2009''.

SEC. 2. PROCUREMENT REFORM RELATING TO SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS OWNED 
              AND CONTROLLED BY SERVICE-DISABLED VETERANS.

    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:

``SEC. 44. PROCUREMENT REFORM RELATING TO SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS OWNED 
              AND CONTROLLED BY SERVICE-DISABLED VETERANS.

    ``(a) Penalties for Misrepresentation.--Whoever misrepresents the 
status of any concern or person as a `small business concern owned and 
controlled by service-disabled veterans' in order to obtain for oneself 
or another any contract under section 36 shall be subject to the 
penalties specified in section 16(d).
    ``(b) Office of Service Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business 
Procurement.--
            ``(1) Establishment.--The Administrator shall establish 
        within the Administration an Office of Service Disabled 
        Veteran-Owned Small Business Procurement (in this subsection 
        referred to as the `office') to carry out the duties specified 
        in paragraph (3).
            ``(2) Deputy associate administrator.--The Administrator 
        shall appoint a Deputy Associate Administrator to be the head 
        of the office.
            ``(3) Duties.--The duties of the office are the following:
                    ``(A) Provide oversight with respect to the 
                procurement program for small business concerns owned 
                and controlled by service-disabled veterans established 
                under section 36.
                    ``(B) Report to the Administrator on the 
                performance of such program.
    ``(c) Office of Service Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business 
Development.--
            ``(1) Establishment.--The Administrator shall establish 
        within the Administration an Office of Service Disabled 
        Veteran-Owned Small Business Development (in this subsection 
        referred to as the `office') to carry out the duties specified 
        in paragraph (3).
            ``(2) Deputy associate administrator.--The Administrator 
        shall appoint a Deputy Associate Administrator to be the head 
        of the office. Such Deputy Associate Administrator shall report 
        to the Associate Administrator for Veterans Business 
        Development appointed under section 4(b)(1).
            ``(3) Duties.--The duties of the office are the following:
                    ``(A) Promote business opportunities for small 
                business concerns owned and controlled by service-
                disabled veterans.
                    ``(B) Establish a database of small business 
                concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled 
                veterans.
                    ``(C) Establish eligibility criteria for the 
                inclusion of small business concerns in the database 
                under subparagraph (B).
                    ``(D) Update at least every 3 months the database 
                under subparagraph (B).
    ``(d) Veterans Procurement Specialists.--
            ``(1) Appointment.--The Administrator shall appoint in each 
        regional office of the Administration a veterans procurement 
        specialist.
            ``(2) Duties.--A veterans procurement specialist shall--
                    ``(A) assist the Deputy Associate Administrator 
                appointed under subsection (a)(2) to provide oversight 
                with respect to the procurement program for small 
                business concerns owned and controlled by service-
                disabled veterans established under section 36; and
                    ``(B) assist the Deputy Associate Administrator 
                appointed under subsection (b)(2) to promote business 
                opportunities for small business concerns owned and 
                controlled by service-disabled veterans.
    ``(e) Protest of Contracts.--A small business concern owned and 
controlled by service-disabled veterans may protest to the 
Administrator the awarding of any contract pursuant to section 36.''.
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