[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
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[H.R. 1657 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1657


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 24, 2011

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 AN ACT


 
   To amend title 38, United States Code, to revise the enforcement 
   penalties for misrepresentation of a business concern as a small 
    business concern owned and controlled by veterans or as a small 
  business concern owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans.

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

SECTION 1. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS ENFORCEMENT PENALTIES FOR 
              MISREPRESENTATION OF A BUSINESS CONCERN AS A SMALL 
              BUSINESS CONCERN OWNED AND CONTROLLED BY VETERANS OR AS A 
              SMALL BUSINESS CONCERN OWNED AND CONTROLLED BY SERVICE-
              DISABLED VETERANS.

    Subsection (g) of section 8127 of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) by striking ``Any business'' and inserting ``(1) Any 
        business'';
            (2) by striking ``a reasonable period of time, as 
        determined by the Secretary'' and inserting ``a period of not 
        less than five years''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:
    ``(2) In the case of a debarment under paragraph (1), the Secretary 
shall commence debarment action against the business concern by not 
later than 30 days after determining that the concern misrepresented 
the status of the concern as described in paragraph (1) and shall 
complete debarment actions against such concern by not later than 90 
days after such determination.
    ``(3) The debarment of a business concern under paragraph (1) 
includes the debarment of all principals in the business concern for a 
period of not less than five years.''.

            Passed the House of Representatives May 23, 2011.

            Attest:

                                                 KAREN L. HAAS,

                                                                 Clerk.