[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3210 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3210

 To amend title 38, United States Code, to modify the treatment under 
contracting goals and preferences of the Department of Veterans Affairs 
 for small businesses owned by veterans of small businesses after the 
       death of a disabled veteran owner, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 21, 2012

 Mr. Brown of Massachusetts (for himself and Mr. Burr) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                           Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 38, United States Code, to modify the treatment under 
contracting goals and preferences of the Department of Veterans Affairs 
 for small businesses owned by veterans of small businesses after the 
       death of a disabled veteran owner, 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 ``Veterans' Small Business Opportunity 
Act of 2012''.

SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF TREATMENT UNDER CONTRACTING GOALS AND 
              PREFERENCES OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS FOR SMALL 
              BUSINESSES OWNED BY VETERANS OF SMALL BUSINESSES AFTER 
              DEATH OF DISABLED VETERAN OWNERS.

    (a) In General.--Section 8127(h) of title 38, United States Code, 
is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (3), by striking ``rated as'' and all that 
        follows through ``disability.'' and inserting a period; and
            (2) in paragraph (2), by amending subparagraph (C) to read 
        as follows:
            ``(C) The date that--
                    ``(i) in the case of a surviving spouse of a 
                veteran with a service-connected disability rated as 
                100 percent disabling or who dies as a result of a 
                service-connected disability, is 10 years after the 
                date of the veteran's death; or
                    ``(ii) in the case of a surviving spouse of a 
                veteran with a service-connected disability rated as 
                less than 100 percent disabling who does not die as a 
                result of a service-connected disability, is three 
                years after the date of the veteran's death.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect on the date that is 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act and shall apply with respect to contracts awarded 
on or after such date.
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