VETERANS' SMALL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE AND SERVICEMEMBERS PROTECTION ACT

Bills and resolutions

Enact (see H.R. 3949), H12043 [28OC]

Remarks in House

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: allow the awarding of sole source contracts to service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses, H12157, H12158 [2NO]

———clarify responsibility to verify the veteran status of owners of small business concerns listed in the database maintained by the Dept., H12157 [2NO]

———establish a scholarship program for students seeking a degree or certificate in the areas of visual impairment and orientation and mobility, E2724 [5NO]

———improve outreach programs, H12159 [2NO]

Enact (H.R. 3949), H12152-H12160, H12181 [2NO], E2724 [5NO]

Servicemembers Civil Relief Act: provide enforcement of rights afforded under Act, H12159 [2NO]

Veterans: provide for the eligibility of parents of certain deceased veterans for interment in national cemeteries, H12158 [2NO]

Reports filed

Provisions: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 3949) (H. Rept. 111-324), H12197 [2NO]

Texts of

H.R. 3949, provisions, H12152-H12156 [2NO]