I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6347 
To require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to estab-
lish a pilot procurement program for military spouses, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 23, 2021 
Ms. STRICKLAND (for herself, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, and Mr. CARSON) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small 
Business 
A BILL 
To require the Administrator of the Small Business Adminis-
tration to establish a pilot procurement program for mili-
tary spouses, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Military Spouse Entre-
preneurs Act of 2021’’. 
SEC. 2. PILOT PROCUREMENT PROGRAM FOR MILITARY 
SPOUSES. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Administrator of the 
Small Business Administration shall carry out a pilot pro-
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gram to establish a procurement program for military 
spouses. 
(b) AUTHORITY TO RESTRICT COMPETITION.—In ac-
cordance with this subsection, a contracting officer may 
restrict competition for any contract for the procurement 
of goods or services by the Federal Government to small 
business concerns owned and controlled by military 
spouses, if— 
(1) each of the concerns is not less than 51 per-
cent owned by one or more military spouses; 
(2) the contracting officer has a reasonable ex-
pectation that two or more small business concerns 
owned and controlled by military spouses will submit 
offers for the contract; 
(3) in the estimation of the contracting officer, 
the contract award can be made at a fair and rea-
sonable price; and 
(4) each of the concerns is certified by the Ad-
ministrator or a third party certifying entity as a 
small business concern owned and controlled by mili-
tary spouses. 
(c) AUTHORITY FOR SOLE SOURCE CONTRACTS.—A 
contracting officer may award a sole source contract under 
this subsection to any small business concern owned and 
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(2) data on the effectiveness of the pilot pro-
gram in encouraging contracting with small business 
concerns owned and controlled by military spouses; 
(3) information on whether the goal described 
in subsection (e) was met; 
(4) data on oversight of the pilot program; and 
(5) recommendations for— 
(A) any improvements to the pilot pro-
gram; and 
(B) whether to make the pilot program 
permanent. 
(f) TERMINATION.—The pilot program established 
under this section shall terminate not later than 5 years 
after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis-
trator’’ means the Administrator of the Small Busi-
ness Administration. 
(2) CONTRACTING OFFICER.—The term ‘‘con-
tracting officer’’ has the meaning given such term in 
section 27(f)(5) of the Office of Federal Procure-
ment Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 423(f)(5)). 
(3) MILITARY
SPOUSE.—The term ‘‘military 
spouse’’ means a current or former spouse of— 
(A) a veteran; or 
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(B) a member of the Armed Forces (as 
those terms are defined in section 101 of title 
10, United States Code). 
(4) SMALL
BUSINESS
CONCERN
OWNED
AND 
CONTROLLED
BY
MILITARY
SPOUSES.—The term 
‘‘small business concern owned and controlled by 
military spouses’’ means a small business concern— 
(A)(i) not less than 51 percent of which is 
owned by one or more military spouses or, in 
the case of any publicly owned business, not 
less than 51 percent of the stock of which is 
owned by one or more military spouses; and 
(ii) the management and daily business op-
erations of which are controlled by one or more 
military spouses; or 
(B) that is 50 percent owned by a veteran 
and 50 percent owned by a military spouse of 
such veteran. 
(5) VETERAN.—The term ‘‘veteran’’ has the 
meaning given in section 101 of title 38, United 
States Code. 
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