Union Calendar No. 182
115th CONGRESS 1st Session |
[Report No. 115–250]
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to certify the sufficient participation of small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans and small business concerns owned by veterans with service-connected disabilities in contracts under the Federal Strategic Sourcing Initiative, and for other purposes.
June 6, 2017
Mr. Dunn (for himself and Mr. Panetta) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs
July 24, 2017
Additional sponsors: Mr. Bost and Mr. Bergman
July 24, 2017
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on June 6, 2017]
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to certify the sufficient participation of small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans and small business concerns owned by veterans with service-connected disabilities in contracts under the Federal Strategic Sourcing Initiative, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
This Act may be cited as the “Ensuring Veteran Enterprise Participation in Strategic Sourcing Act”.
SEC. 2. Secretary of Veterans Affairs certification of sufficient participation of small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans and small business concerns owned by veterans with service-connected disabilities in contracts under the Federal Strategic Sourcing Initiative.
(a) Certification required.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Senate certification in writing that with respect to each contract (except for domestic delivery services) awarded under the Federal Strategic Sourcing Initiative (managed by the Office of Federal Procurement Policy) a sufficient number of small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans and a sufficient number of small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans with service-connected disabilities are represented within each category.
(b) Insufficient representation.—If the Secretary determines that the representation by small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans or small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans with service-connected disabilities within a category of the contracts awarded under such Federal Strategic Sourcing Initiative is not a sufficient number, the Secretary shall—
(c) Definitions.—In this section:
(1) The terms “small business concern owned and controlled by veterans” and “small business concern owned and controlled by veterans with service-connected disabilities” have the meaning given such terms in section 8127(k) of title 38, United States Code.
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[Report No. 115–250] | |||||
A BILL | |||||
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to certify the sufficient participation of small
business concerns owned and controlled by veterans and small business
concerns owned by veterans with service-connected disabilities in
contracts under the Federal Strategic Sourcing Initiative, and for other
purposes. | |||||
July 24, 2017 | |||||
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the
Union, and ordered to be printed |