[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6022 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6022

 To improve the Federal contracting process with respect to veterans, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 30, 2010

 Mr. Courtney introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
   Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committee on 
 Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
  Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To improve the Federal contracting process with respect to 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 
Contracting Fairness Act of 2010''.

SEC. 2. PARITY IN SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDES.

    Section 31(b)(2)(B) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
657a(b)(2)(B)) is amended by striking ``shall'' and inserting ``may''.

SEC. 3. VERIFICATION OF VETERAN-OWNED BUSINESSES.

    (a) In General.--Section 8127(f) of title 38, United States Code, 
is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1) by striking ``through (6)'' and 
        inserting ``through (7)''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(7) A business concern may not be included in the database until 
the Secretary verifies that the concern is a small business concern 
owned and controlled by veterans or a small business concern owned and 
controlled by service-disabled veterans.''.
    (b) Procurement Program for Small Business Concerns Owned and 
Controlled by Service-Disabled Veterans.--
            (1) In general.--Section 36 of the Small Business Act (15 
        U.S.C. 657f) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(f) Verification.--A business concern may not participate in the 
program under this section unless such concern is included as a small 
business concern owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans in 
the database maintained by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs pursuant 
to section 8127(f) of title 38, United States Code.''.
            (2) Effective date.--The amendment in paragraph (1) shall 
        take effect on the date that is 60 days after the date of 
        enactment of this Act.

SEC. 4. MISREPRESENTATION WITH RESPECT TO SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS OWNED 
              AND CONTROLLED BY SERVICE-DISABLED VETERANS.

    Section 16(d)(1) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 645(d)(1)) is 
amended--
            (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) by inserting 
        ``a `small business concern owned and controlled by service-
        disabled veterans','' before ``or a `small business concern 
        owned and controlled by women'''; and
            (2) in subparagraph (A) by striking ``or 31'' and inserting 
        ``31, or 36''.
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