[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2794 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2794

To amend the Small Business Act to direct the task force of the Office 
 of Veterans Business Development to provide access to and manage the 
 distribution of overseas excess or surplus property to veteran-owned 
                           small businesses.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 11, 2014

 Mr. Durbin (for himself and Mr. Blumenthal) introduced the following 
   bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Small 
                     Business and Entrepreneurship

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Small Business Act to direct the task force of the Office 
 of Veterans Business Development to provide access to and manage the 
 distribution of overseas excess or surplus property to veteran-owned 
                           small businesses.

    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 Enhancement 
Act of 2014''.

SEC. 2. ACCESS TO OVERSEAS EXCESS OR SURPLUS PROPERTY FOR VETERAN-OWNED 
              SMALL BUSINESSES.

    Section 32(c)(3)(B) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
657b(c)(3)(B)) is amended--
            (1) in clause (v), by striking ``; and'' and inserting a 
        semicolon;
            (2) in clause (vi), by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                            ``(vii) providing access to and managing 
                        the distribution of excess or surplus property 
                        located outside the United States that is owned 
                        by the United States to small business concerns 
                        owned and controlled by veterans, pursuant to a 
                        memorandum of understanding between the task 
                        force and the head of the applicable state 
                        agency (as defined in section 549 of title 40, 
                        United States Code).''.
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