[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5494 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5494

  To amend the Small Business Act to include contracts awarded under 
   section 8127 of title 38, United States Code, in the limitations 
          relating to subcontracting, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 12, 2018

Mr. Kelly of Mississippi (for himself, Mr. Schneider, Mr. Bergman, and 
 Ms. Kuster of New Hampshire) introduced the following bill; which was 
              referred to the Committee on Small Business

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Small Business Act to include contracts awarded under 
   section 8127 of title 38, United States Code, in the limitations 
          relating to subcontracting, 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 ``Protecting Business Opportunities 
for Veterans Adjustment Act of 2018''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO SUBCONTRACTING LIMITATIONS IN THE SMALL BUSINESS 
              ACT.

    Section 46 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 657s) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by inserting ``or under section 8127 
        of title 38, United States Code,'' after ``36,''; and
            (2) in subsection (e)(1)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (D), by striking ``or'' at the 
                end;
                    (B) in subparagraph (E), by striking the period at 
                the end and inserting ``; or''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following new 
                subparagraph:
                    ``(F) with respect to a contract awarded under 
                section 8127 of title 38, United States Code, is a 
                small business concern owned and controlled by veterans 
                (as defined in such section).''.
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