[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2679 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2679

 To provide access to and manage the distribution of excess or surplus 
              property to veteran-owned small businesses.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 16, 2018

    Mr. Durbin (for Ms. Duckworth (for herself, Mr. Durbin, and Mr. 
   Kennedy)) 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 provide access to and manage the distribution of 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 2018''.

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

    Section 32 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 657b) is amended by 
adding at the end the following:
    ``(g) Access to Surplus Property for Veteran-Owned Small 
Businesses.--The Administrator, in coordination with the Administrator 
of General Services, shall provide access to and manage the 
distribution of surplus property and foreign excess personal property 
returned to a State for handling as surplus property owned by the 
United States to small business concerns owned and controlled by 
veterans (as verified by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs under 
section 8127 of title 38, United States Code) pursuant to a memorandum 
of understanding between the Administrator, the Administrator of 
General Services, and the head of the applicable state agency (as 
defined in section 549 of title 40, United States Code) for surplus 
properties.''.
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