Service Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Procurement Reform Act of 2009 - Amends the Small Business Act to subject to certain penalties any person misrepresenting the status of a business or person as a small business owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans in order to obtain a federal procurement contract.
Directs the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to establish an Office of Service Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Procurement to: (1) provide oversight of the procurement program for small businesses owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans; and (2) report to the Administrator on program performance.
Directs the Administrator to establish an Office of Service Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Development to, among other things, promote business opportunities for small businesses owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans.
Requires the Administrator to appoint in each SBA regional office a veterans procurement specialist.
[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4125 Introduced in House (IH)]
111th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 4125
To amend the Small Business Act to improve services for small business
concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans, and for
other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
November 19, 2009
Mr. Nye (for himself, Mr. Ellsworth, Ms. Velazquez, Mr. Schrader, Mr.
Altmire, Ms. Clarke, Mrs. Kirkpatrick of Arizona, Ms. Bean, and Mrs.
Dahlkemper) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Small Business
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A BILL
To amend the Small Business Act to improve services for small business
concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans, and for
other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Service Disabled Veteran-Owned Small
Business Procurement Reform Act of 2009''.
SEC. 2. PROCUREMENT REFORM RELATING TO SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS OWNED
AND CONTROLLED BY SERVICE-DISABLED VETERANS.
The Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631 et seq.) is amended--
(1) by redesignating section 44 as section 45; and
(2) by inserting after section 43 the following:
``SEC. 44. PROCUREMENT REFORM RELATING TO SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS OWNED
AND CONTROLLED BY SERVICE-DISABLED VETERANS.
``(a) Penalties for Misrepresentation.--Whoever misrepresents the
status of any concern or person as a `small business concern owned and
controlled by service-disabled veterans' in order to obtain for oneself
or another any contract under section 36 shall be subject to the
penalties specified in section 16(d).
``(b) Office of Service Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business
Procurement.--
``(1) Establishment.--The Administrator shall establish
within the Administration an Office of Service Disabled
Veteran-Owned Small Business Procurement (in this subsection
referred to as the `office') to carry out the duties specified
in paragraph (3).
``(2) Deputy associate administrator.--The Administrator
shall appoint a Deputy Associate Administrator to be the head
of the office.
``(3) Duties.--The duties of the office are the following:
``(A) Provide oversight with respect to the
procurement program for small business concerns owned
and controlled by service-disabled veterans established
under section 36.
``(B) Report to the Administrator on the
performance of such program.
``(c) Office of Service Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business
Development.--
``(1) Establishment.--The Administrator shall establish
within the Administration an Office of Service Disabled
Veteran-Owned Small Business Development (in this subsection
referred to as the `office') to carry out the duties specified
in paragraph (3).
``(2) Deputy associate administrator.--The Administrator
shall appoint a Deputy Associate Administrator to be the head
of the office. Such Deputy Associate Administrator shall report
to the Associate Administrator for Veterans Business
Development appointed under section 4(b)(1).
``(3) Duties.--The duties of the office are the following:
``(A) Promote business opportunities for small
business concerns owned and controlled by service-
disabled veterans.
``(B) Establish a database of small business
concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled
veterans.
``(C) Establish eligibility criteria for the
inclusion of small business concerns in the database
under subparagraph (B).
``(D) Update at least every 3 months the database
under subparagraph (B).
``(d) Veterans Procurement Specialists.--
``(1) Appointment.--The Administrator shall appoint in each
regional office of the Administration a veterans procurement
specialist.
``(2) Duties.--A veterans procurement specialist shall--
``(A) assist the Deputy Associate Administrator
appointed under subsection (a)(2) to provide oversight
with respect to the procurement program for small
business concerns owned and controlled by service-
disabled veterans established under section 36; and
``(B) assist the Deputy Associate Administrator
appointed under subsection (b)(2) to promote business
opportunities for small business concerns owned and
controlled by service-disabled veterans.
``(e) Protest of Contracts.--A small business concern owned and
controlled by service-disabled veterans may protest to the
Administrator the awarding of any contract pursuant to section 36.''.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Contracting and Technology .
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