Ensuring Veteran Enterprise Participation in Strategic Sourcing Act

To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to certify the sufficient participation of small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans and small business concerns owned by veterans with service-connected disabilities in contracts under the Federal Strategic Sourcing Initiative, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Ensuring Veteran Enterprise Participation in Strategic Sourcing Act 2. Secretary of Veterans Affairs certification of sufficient participation of small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans and small business concerns owned by veterans with service-connected disabilities in contracts under the Federal Strategic Sourcing Initiative (a) Certification required Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Senate certification in writing that with respect to each contract (except for domestic delivery services) awarded under the Federal Strategic Sourcing Initiative (managed by the Office of Federal Procurement Policy) a sufficient number of small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans and a sufficient number of small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans with service-connected disabilities are represented within each category. (b) Insufficient representation If the Secretary determines that the representation by small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans or small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans with service-connected disabilities within a category of the contracts awarded under such Federal Strategic Sourcing Initiative is not a sufficient number, the Secretary shall— (1) consult with the Administrator of the General Services Administration to increase the number of such concerns awarded contracts under such category; or (2) require the Department of Veterans Affairs to stop awarding orders under that category of the Initiative, effective on the date of such determination. (c) Definitions In this section: (1) The terms small business concern owned and controlled by veterans small business concern owned and controlled by veterans with service-connected disabilities (2) The term category (A) a type of supply or service for which a suite of contracts has been established under the Federal Strategic Sourcing Initiative; or (B) any further subdivision or grouping within such a suite of contracts. (3) The term sufficient number July 24, 2017 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed

Summary: Ensuring Veteran Enterprise Participation in Strategic Sourcing Act (Sec. 2) This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to certify that sufficient numbers of small businesses owned and controlled by veterans, and of small business owned by veterans with service-connected disabilities, are represented within each category of supplies or services (except for domestic delivery services) for which a suite of contracts has been awarded under the Federal Strategic Sourcing Initiative. A "sufficient number" means between two and enough to maximize the percentage of orders entered into by the VA with such businesses, as determined by the VA. If such representation within a category is not sufficient, the VA shall: (1) consult with the General Services Administration to increase the number of such concerns awarded contracts under that category, or (2) stop awarding orders under that category of the initiative.