[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 78 (Wednesday, May 20, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S3187]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

      By Mr. DURBIN:
  S. 1400. 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 excess or surplus property to 
veteran-owned small businesses; to the Committee on Small Business and 
Entrepreneurship.
  Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of 
the bill be printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be 
printed in the Record, as follows:

                                S. 1400

       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 2015''.

     SEC. 2. ACCESS TO 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 new clause:
       ``(vii) providing access to and managing the distribution 
     of excess or surplus property 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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