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Union Calendar No. 139 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2499 

[Report No. 114–187] 

To amend the Small Business Act to increase access to capital for veteran 

entrepreneurs, to help create jobs, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 21, 2015 

Mr. CHABOT (for himself, Mr. HANNA, Mr. BOST, Mr. RICE of South Carolina, Mr. KNIGHT, Mr. GIBSON, and Mr. CURBELO of Florida) introduced 

the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small Business 

JUNE 25, 2015 

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 May 21, 2015] 


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A BILL 

To amend the Small Business Act to increase access to 

capital for veteran entrepreneurs, to help create jobs, 

and for other purposes. 


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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Veterans Entrepreneur5 ship Act of 2015’’. 

6 SEC. 2. PERMANENT SBA EXPRESS LOAN GUARANTEE FEE 

7 WAIVER FOR VETERANS. 

8 Section 7(a)(31) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 

9 636(a)(31)) is amended by adding at the end the following: 

10 ‘‘(G) GUARANTEE FEE WAIVER FOR VET11 ERANS.— 

12 ‘‘(i) GUARANTEE FEE WAIVER.—The 

13 Administrator may not collect a guarantee 

14 fee described in paragraph (18) in connec15 tion with a loan made under this para16 graph to a veteran or spouse of a veteran on 

17 or after October 1, 2015. 

18 ‘‘(ii) EXCEPTION.—If the President’s 

19 budget for the upcoming fiscal year, sub20 mitted to Congress pursuant to section 

21 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, in22 cludes a cost for the program established 

23 under this subsection that is above zero, the 

24 requirements of clause (i) shall not apply to 


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1 loans made during such upcoming fiscal 

2 year. 

3 ‘‘(iii) DEFINITION.—In this subpara4 graph, the term ‘veteran or spouse of a vet5 eran’ means— 

6 ‘‘(I) a veteran, as defined in sec7 tion 3(q)(4); 

8 ‘‘(II) an individual who is eligible 

9 to participate in the Transition Assist10 ance Program established under section 

11 1144 of title 10, United States Code; 

12 ‘‘(III) a member of a reserve com13 ponent of the Armed Forces named in 

14 section 10101 of title 10, United States 

15 Code; 

16 ‘‘(IV) the spouse of an individual 

17 described in subclause (I), (II), or 

18 (III); or 

19 ‘‘(V) the surviving spouse (as de20 fined in section 101 of title 38, United 

21 States Code) of an individual described 

22 in subclause (I), (II), or (III) who died 

23 while serving on active duty or as a re24 sult of a disability that is service-con25 nected (as defined in such section).’’. 


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1 SEC. 3. REPORT ON ACCESSIBILITY AND OUTREACH TO FE2 MALE VETERANS BY THE SMALL BUSINESS 

3 ADMINISTRATION. 

4 Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 

5 of this Act, the Administrator shall submit to Congress a 

6 report assessing the level of outreach to and consultation 

7 with female veterans regarding access to capital by women’s 

8 business centers (as described in section 29 of the Small 

9 Business Act (15 U.S.C. 656)) and Veterans Business Out10 reach Centers (as referred to in section 32 of such Act (15 

11 U.S.C. 657b)). 


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Union Calendar No. 139 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2499 

[Report No. 114–187] 

A BILL 

To amend the Small Business Act to increase accreate jobs, and for other purposes. cess to capital for veteran entrepreneurs, to help 

JUNE 25, 2015 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 


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