[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 193 (Thursday, December 6, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S7334]
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            VETERANS SMALL BUSINESS ENHANCEMENT ACT OF 2018

  Mr. CORNYN. I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the 
immediate consideration of Calendar No. 633, S. 2679.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 2679) to provide access to and manage the 
     distribution of excess or surplus property to veteran-owned 
     small businesses.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. CORNYN. I ask unanimous consent that the committee-reported 
substitute amendment be agreed to, and that the bill, as amended, be 
considered read a third time.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
  Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The committee-reported amendment in the nature of a substitute was 
agreed to as follows:

                                S. 2679

       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.--
       ``(1) Definitions.--In this subsection--
       ``(A) the term `foreign excess property' has the meaning 
     given the term in section 102 of title 40, United States 
     Code; and
       ``(B) the term `state agency' has the meaning given the 
     term, including the roles and responsibilities assigned, in 
     section 549 of title 40, United States Code.
       ``(2) Requirement.--The Administrator, in coordination with 
     the Administrator of General Services, shall provide access 
     to and manage the distribution of surplus property, and 
     foreign excess property returned to a State for handling as 
     surplus property, owned by the United States under chapter 7 
     of title 40, United States Code, 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 agreement 
     between the Administrator, the Administrator of General 
     Services, and the head of the applicable state agency for 
     surplus properties and in accordance with section 549 of 
     title 40, United States Code.''.

  The bill, as amended, was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading 
and was read the third time.
  Mr. CORNYN. I know of no further debate on the bill, as amended.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The bill having been read the third time, the 
question is, Shall the bill pass?
  The bill (S. 2679), as amended, was passed.
  Mr. CORNYN. I ask unanimous consent that the motion to reconsider be 
considered made and laid upon the table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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