US Congress House Bill 2882 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 7-2)
Status: Introduced on July 31 2013 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2014-12-11 - Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 113-662, Part I.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Improving Opportunities for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses Act of 2014 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Small Business Act to require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to enter into a memorandum of understanding with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) that transfers from the Secretary to the Administrator control and administration of a database of veteran-owned businesses. (Small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans and small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans with service-connected disabilities must be in that database to participate in the Veterans First program that gives VA contracting preferences to those businesses.) Requires the Administrator to employ database fraud prevention measures that include: (1) the investigation of allegations of potential fraud, (2) the removal of unqualified businesses from the database, and (3) the referral of cases for prosecution when appropriate. Requires any appeal by a small business of any determination of its status as a veteran-owned business to be heard by the SBA's Office of Hearings and Appeals. Directs the Secretary, for the six years beginning on a date agreed to in the memorandum, to use fees the Secretary collects under multiple-award schedule contracts to reimburse the Administrator for the costs the Administrator incurs in implementing the memorandum. Requires the Secretary and the Administrator, every 180 days, to: (1) meet to discuss ways to improve collaboration under the memorandum to increase opportunities for service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses and veteran-owned small businesses, (2) consult with congressionally-chartered Veterans Service Organizations to discuss ways to increase opportunities for those businesses, and (3) report to Congress on their progress in implementing the memorandum. (Sec. 3) Requires the Secretary to enter into a memorandum of agreement with the SBA specifying the manner in which the Secretary shall notify the Administrator as to whether an individual is a veteran and if that veteran has a service-connected disability.

Improving Opportunities for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses Act of 2013

Rep. Mike Coffman [R-CO]	Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. Bill Flores [R-TX]	Rep. Sam Graves [R-MO]
Rep. Richard Hanna [R-NY]	Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler [R-WA]	Rep. Jeff Miller [R-FL]	Rep. Patrick Murphy [D-FL]
Rep. David Roe [R-TN]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-12-11	House	Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 113-662, Part I.
2014-03-05	House	Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
2014-03-05	House	Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2013-08-13	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
2013-07-31	House	Referred to House Small Business
2013-07-31	House	Referred to House Veterans' Affairs
2013-07-31	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.

SB2334 (Related) 2014-05-14 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
HB4435 (Related) 2014-06-05 - Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 425.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/2882/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr2882/BILLS-113hr2882ih.pdf