HR 2882 · 113th Congress · Commerce

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

Introduced 2013-07-31· Sponsored by Rep. Coffman, Mike [R-CO-6]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
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Committee
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House Vote
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Senate
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Enacted
Latest: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 113-662, Part I.(2014-12-11)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Improving Opportunities for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses Act of 2013 - 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: (1) 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 (2) 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].) Revises the VA definition of "small business concern owned and controlled by veterans" to be the same as the SBA definition of such term, thereby making the eligibility requirements for participation in veteran-owned small business contr…

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CBO Cost Estimate

Congressional Budget Office

H.R. 2882, Improving Opportunities for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses Act of 2013

Apr 14, 2014

As ordered reported by the House Committee on Small Business on March 5, 2014

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Cosponsors (8)

2 Democrats6 Republicans