US Congress House Bill 1615 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 20-6)
Status: Engrossed on November 14 2019 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-11-14 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Pending: Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Transfers responsibility for verifying that a small business concern is owned and controlled by a veteran or service-disabled veteran, for the purposes of eligibility for certain procurement programs, from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to the Small Business Administration (SBA). Specifically, the bill transfers maintenance of the database of veteran-owned and service-disabled veteran-owned businesses to the SBA. For the purposes of procurement programs for small businesses owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans, the SBA must certify the status of such businesses, require their periodic recertification, and penalize any small business that misrepresents its status. Accordingly, the bill also abolishes the Center for Verification and Evaluation of the VA and transfers all of its functions to the SBA.

VA-SBA Act Verification Alignment and Service-disabled Business Adjustment Act

Rep. Trent Kelly [R-MS]	Rep. Steve Chabot [R-OH]	Rep. Pete Stauber [R-MN]	Rep. Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon [R-PR]
Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick [R-PA]	Rep. Jack Bergman [R-MI]	Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]	Rep. Steve Watkins [R-KS]
Rep. Amata Radewagen [R-AS]	Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]	Rep. David Roe [R-TN]	Rep. Neal Dunn [R-FL]
Rep. Jim Banks [R-IN]	Rep. John Curtis [R-UT]	Rep. Troy Balderson [R-OH]	Rep. Tim Burchett [R-TN]
Rep. Jason Crow [D-CO]	Rep. James Hagedorn [R-MN]	Rep. Gus Bilirakis [R-FL]	Rep. John Joyce [R-PA]
Rep. Steve Stivers [R-OH]	Rep. Andy Kim [D-NJ]	Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]	Rep. Jared Golden [D-ME]
Rep. Ross Spano [R-FL]	Rep. Kevin Hern [R-OK]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-11-14	Senate	Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
2019-11-13	House	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2019-11-13	House	On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H8805-8807)
2019-11-13	House	DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1615.
2019-11-13	House	Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8805-8809)
2019-11-13	House	Mr. Schneider moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
2019-11-12	House	Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 225.
2019-11-12	House	Committee on Veterans' Affairs discharged.
2019-11-12	House	Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 116-280, Part I.
2019-07-17	House	Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
2019-07-17	House	Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2019-03-07	House	Referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2019-03-07	House	Referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2019-03-07	House	Introduced in House

SB4520 (Related) 2020-08-10 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/1615/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr1615/BILLS-116hr1615ih.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr1615/BILLS-116hr1615rh.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr1615/BILLS-116hr1615eh.pdf