[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2873 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2873

  To amend title 38, United States Code, to recognize the Women-Owned 
     Small Business program in the Department of Veterans Affairs 
  procurement hierarchy of small business preferences, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 20, 2023

 Mr. Peters (for himself and Mrs. Blackburn) 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 recognize the Women-Owned 
     Small Business program in the Department of Veterans Affairs 
  procurement hierarchy of small business preferences, 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 Affairs Opportunity for 
Women-Owned Small Businesses Act of 2023''.

SEC. 2. RECOGNITION OF WOMEN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAM IN DEPARTMENT 
              OF VETERANS AFFAIRS PROCUREMENT HIERARCHY OF SMALL 
              BUSINESS PREFERENCES.

    Section 8127(h) of title 38, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (3)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``; or'' and 
                inserting a semicolon; and
                    (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at 
                the end and inserting ``; or'';
                    (C) by adding at the end the following new 
                subparagraph:
            ``(C) section 8(m) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
        637(m)).''; and
                    (D) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) through (C) 
                as clauses (i) through (iii), respectively;
            (2) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (4) as 
        subparagraphs (A) through (D), respectively;
            (3) in the matter before subparagraph (A), as redesignated 
        by paragraph (2), by inserting ``(1)'' before ``Preferences 
        for''; and
            (4) by adding at the end the following new paragraph (2):
    ``(2) All preferences described in subparagraph (C) of paragraph 
(1) shall be afforded the same degree of priority under such 
paragraph.''.
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