To require the Department of Defense to meet the annual goal for participation in procurement contracts by small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans with service-connected disabilities.

Requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to meet the annual goal outlined under the Small Business Act for participation in federal procurement contracts by small businesses owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans.

[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3438 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3438

   To require the Department of Defense to meet the annual goal for 
participation in procurement contracts by small business concerns owned 
    and controlled by veterans with service-connected disabilities.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 16, 2011

  Mr. Filner introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Armed Services, 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

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                                 A BILL


 
   To require the Department of Defense to meet the annual goal for 
participation in procurement contracts by small business concerns owned 
    and controlled by veterans with service-connected disabilities.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. REQUIREMENT FOR DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TO MEET CONTRACTING 
              GOAL FOR SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS OWNED AND CONTROLLED BY 
              VETERANS WITH SERVICE-CONNECTED DISABILITIES.

    (a) Requirement.--Each fiscal year, the Department of Defense shall 
meet the goal for participation in procurement contracts that fiscal 
year by small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans with 
service-connected disabilities under section 15(g)(1) of the Small 
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644(g)(1)).
    (b) Definition of Small Business Concern Owned and Controlled by 
Veterans With Service-Connected Disabilities.--
            (1) The term ``small business concern owned and controlled 
        by veterans'' has the meaning provided in section 8127 of title 
        38, United States Code.
            (2) The term ``service-connected'' has the meaning provided 
        in section 101(16) of title 38, United States Code.
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