US Congress House Bill 3945 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 6-3)
Status: Introduced on November 5 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-12-03 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Improving Opportunities for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses Act of 2015 This bill amends the Small Business Act to expand the definition of "small business concern owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans" for purposes of federal agencies awarding small business contracts pursuant to Small Business Administration (SBA) programs to include: a small business concern not less than 51% of which is owned by one or more veterans with service-connected disabilities that are permanent and total who are unable to manage the daily business operations of such concern; or in the case of a publicly owned business, a small business concern not less than 51% of the stock of which is owned by one or more such veterans. (Currently, such veterans with permanent and total disabilities are provided for in a separate small business program under veterans' benefits laws carried out by the Department of Veterans Affairs [VA].) The VA definition of "small business concern owned and controlled by veterans" is revised to be the same as the SBA definition of such term, thereby making the eligibility requirements for participation in veteran-owned small business contracting programs consistent for both SBA programs and VA programs. The VA, when listing small businesses in the database of small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans and the veteran owners of such business concerns, must use SBA regulations with respect to a concern's small business status and the ownership and control of it. If the VA does not verify a concern for inclusion in its database based on its status as a small business or its ownership or control, the concern may appeal the denial to the SBA Office of Hearings and Appeals, whose decision shall be considered a final agency action. The VA shall reimburse the SBA for fiscal year costs incurred by the Office of Hearings and Appeals for actions taken pursuant to this Act.

Improving Opportunities for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses Act of 2015

Rep. Mike Coffman [R-CO]	Rep. Steve Chabot [R-OH]	Rep. Jeff Miller [R-FL]	Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]
Rep. Richard Hanna [R-NY]	Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. Seth Moulton [D-MA]	Rep. Jackie Walorski [R-IN]
Rep. Amata Radewagen [R-AS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-12-03	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
2015-11-05	House	Referred to House Small Business
2015-11-05	House	Referred to House Veterans' Affairs
2015-11-05	House	Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Small Business, 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.
2015-11-05	House	Introduced in House

HB4341 (Related) 2016-07-25 - Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 545.
HB4909 (Related) 2016-05-26 - Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 502.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/3945/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr3945/BILLS-114hr3945ih.pdf