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111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6022 
To improve the Federal contracting process with respect to veterans, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 30, 2010 
Mr. COURTNEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans’ 
Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To improve the Federal contracting process with respect 
to veterans, 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 ‘‘Veteran-Owned Small 
Business Contracting Fairness Act of 2010’’. 
SEC. 2. PARITY IN SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDES. 
Section 31(b)(2)(B) of the Small Business Act (15 
U.S.C. 657a(b)(2)(B)) is amended by striking ‘‘shall’’ and 
inserting ‘‘may’’. 
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SEC. 3. VERIFICATION OF VETERAN-OWNED BUSINESSES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 8127(f) of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘through (6)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘through (7)’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(7) A business concern may not be included in the 
database until the Secretary verifies that the concern is 
a small business concern owned and controlled by veterans 
or a small business concern owned and controlled by serv-
ice-disabled veterans.’’. 
(b) PROCUREMENT PROGRAM FOR SMALL BUSINESS 
CONCERNS OWNED AND CONTROLLED BY SERVICE-DIS-
ABLED VETERANS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 36 of the Small 
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 657f) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following: 
‘‘(f) VERIFICATION.—A business concern may not 
participate in the program under this section unless such 
concern is included as a small business concern owned and 
controlled by service-disabled veterans in the database 
maintained by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs pursuant 
to section 8127(f) of title 38, United States Code.’’. 
(2) EFFECTIVE
DATE.—The amendment in 
paragraph (1) shall take effect on the date that is 
60 days after the date of enactment of this Act. 
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SEC. 4. MISREPRESENTATION WITH RESPECT TO SMALL 
BUSINESS 
CONCERNS 
OWNED 
AND 
CON-
TROLLED BY SERVICE-DISABLED VETERANS. 
Section 16(d)(1) of the Small Business Act (15 
U.S.C. 645(d)(1)) is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) 
by inserting ‘‘a ‘small business concern owned and 
controlled by service-disabled veterans’,’’ before ‘‘or 
a ‘small business concern owned and controlled by 
women’ ’’; and 
(2) in subparagraph (A) by striking ‘‘or 31’’ 
and inserting ‘‘31, or 36’’. 
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