[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5274 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5274

To amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify the requirements for 
 verifying a small business concern owned and controlled by a veteran.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 11, 2010

  Mr. Roskam 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 clarify the requirements for 
 verifying a small business concern owned and controlled by a veteran.

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

SECTION 1. CLARIFICATION OF REQUIREMENTS FOR VERIFYING SMALL BUSINESS 
              CONCERN OWNED AND CONTROLLED BY A VETERAN.

    Subsection (f) of section 8127 of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``(6)'' and inserting 
        ``(7)''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
    ``(7) In determining eligibility for inclusion in the database, the 
Secretary may not consider the following:
            ``(A) The work schedule of the veteran owner of a small 
        business concern.
            ``(B) Whether the small business concern sells or otherwise 
        conducts business with respect to more than one product 
        line.''.
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