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Calendar No. 149 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2499 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 14, 2015 

Received; read twice and placed on the calendar 

AN ACT 

To amend the Small Business Act to increase access to 

capital for veteran entrepreneurs, to help create jobs, 

and for other purposes. 

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 Entrepre5 neurship 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 

9 U.S.C. 636(a)(31)) is amended by adding at the end the 

10 following: 


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1 ‘‘(G) GUARANTEE FEE WAIVER FOR VET2 ERANS.— 

3 ‘‘(i) GUARANTEE FEE WAIVER.—The 

4 Administrator may not collect a guarantee 

5 fee described in paragraph (18) in connec6 tion with a loan made under this para7 graph to a veteran or spouse of a veteran 

8 on or after October 1, 2015. 

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

10 budget for the upcoming fiscal year, sub11 mitted to Congress pursuant to section 

12 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, 

13 includes a cost for the program established 

14 under this subsection that is above zero, 

15 the requirements of clause (i) shall not 

16 apply to loans made during such upcoming 

17 fiscal year. 

18 ‘‘(iii) DEFINITION.—In this subpara19 graph, the term ‘veteran or spouse of a 

20 veteran’ means— 

21 ‘‘(I) a veteran, as defined in sec22 tion 3(q)(4); 

23 ‘‘(II) an individual who is eligible 

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1 tion 1144 of title 10, United States 

2 Code; 

3 ‘‘(III) a member of a reserve 

4 component of the Armed Forces 

5 named in section 10101 of title 10, 

6 United States Code; 

7 ‘‘(IV) the spouse of an individual 

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

9 (III); or 

10 ‘‘(V) the surviving spouse (as de11 fined in section 101 of title 38, 

12 United States Code) of an individual 

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

14 (III) who died while serving on active 

15 duty or as a result of a disability that 

16 is service-connected (as defined in 

17 such section).’’. 

18 SEC. 3. REPORT ON ACCESSIBILITY AND OUTREACH TO FE19 MALE VETERANS BY THE SMALL BUSINESS 

20 ADMINISTRATION. 

21 Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 

22 of this Act, the Administrator shall submit to Congress 

23 a report assessing the level of outreach to and consultation 

24 with female veterans regarding access to capital by wom25 en’s business centers (as described in section 29 of the 


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1 Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 656)) and Veterans Busi2 ness Outreach Centers (as referred to in section 32 of such 

3 Act (15 U.S.C. 657b)). 

Passed the House of Representatives July 13, 2015. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 


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Calendar No. 149 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2499 

AN ACT 

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

JULY 14, 2015 

Received; read twice and placed on the calendar 


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