[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 499 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 499


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 14, 2019

 Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business 
                          and Entrepreneurship

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                                 AN ACT


 
  To amend the Small Business Act to clarify the treatment of certain 
surviving spouses under the definition of 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Service-Disabled Veterans Small 
Business Continuation Act''.

SEC. 2. TECHNICAL AMENDMENT REGARDING TREATMENT OF CERTAIN SURVIVING 
              SPOUSES UNDER THE DEFINITION OF SMALL BUSINESS CONCERN 
              OWNED AND CONTROLLED BY SERVICE-DISABLED VETERANS.

    Effective on the date specified in subsection (e) of section 1832 
of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public 
Law 114-328; 130 Stat. 2660), section 3(q)(2) of the Small Business Act 
(15 U.S.C. 632(q)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (C)(i)(II), by striking ``rated as 100 
        percent'' and all that follows through ``service-connected 
        disability''; and
            (2) by amending subparagraph (C)(ii)(III) to read as 
        follows:
                            ``(III) the date that--
                                    ``(aa) 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 death of the veteran; or
                                    ``(bb) 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 3 years after the date 
                                of the death of the veteran.''.

            Passed the House of Representatives November 13, 2019.

            Attest:

                                             CHERYL L. JOHNSON,

                                                                 Clerk.