IIB 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3082 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JULY 25, 2006 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
AN ACT 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to make improve-
ments to small business, memorial affairs, education, 
and employment programs for 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, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Veterans Small Business and Memorial Affairs Act of 
2006’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
TITLE I—SMALL BUSINESS 
Sec. 101. Department of Veterans Affairs goals for participation by small busi-
nesses owned and controlled by veterans in procurement con-
tracts. 
Sec. 102. Department of Veterans Affairs contracting priority for veteran- 
owned small businesses. 
Sec. 103. Effective date. 
TITLE II—MEMORIAL AFFAIRS 
Sec. 201. Eligibility of Indian tribal organizations for grants for the establish-
ment of veterans cemeteries on trust lands. 
Sec. 202. Repeal of expiration and expanded application of Department of Vet-
erans Affairs benefit for Government markers or headstones 
for marked graves of veterans buried in private cemeteries. 
Sec. 203. Provision of Government memorial headstones or markers and memo-
rial inscriptions for deceased dependent children of veterans 
whose remains are unavailable for burial. 
TITLE III—VETERANS’ EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING 
Sec. 301. Professional qualifications for disabled veterans’ outreach program 
specialists and local veterans’ employment representatives. 
Sec. 302. Rules for part-time employment for disabled veterans’ outreach pro-
gram specialists and local veterans’ employment representa-
tives. 
Sec. 303. State licensing and certification programs for veterans. 
Sec. 304. Training of new disabled veterans’ outreach program specialists and 
local veterans’ employment representatives by NVTI required. 
Sec. 305. Matters for inclusion in annual report on VETS program. 
Sec. 306. Demonstration project on contracting for placement of certain dis-
abled veterans. 
Sec. 307. Performance incentive awards for employment service offices. 
Sec. 308. Department of Labor implementation of priority of service for vet-
erans requirement. 
Sec. 309. Demonstration project on credentialing and licensure of veterans. 
TITLE IV—EDUCATION 
Sec. 401. Exception for institutions offering Government-sponsored nonaccred-
ited courses to requirement of refunding unused tuition. 
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Sec. 402. Extension of work-study allowance. 
Sec. 403. Report on improvement in administration of educational assistance 
benefits. 
Sec. 404. Restoration of lost entitlement for individuals who had to discontinue 
a course of education because of being ordered to full-time Na-
tional Guard duty. 
Sec. 405. Technical amendments. 
TITLE I—SMALL BUSINESS 
SEC. 101. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS GOALS FOR 
PARTICIPATION 
BY 
SMALL 
BUSINESSES 
OWNED AND CONTROLLED BY VETERANS IN 
PROCUREMENT CONTRACTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 81 of 
title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following new section: 
‘‘§ 8127. Small business concerns owned and con-
trolled by veterans; Department con-
tracting goals and preferences 
‘‘(a) CONTRACTING GOALS.—(1) In order to increase 
contracting opportunities for small business concerns 
owned and controlled by veterans and small business con-
cerns owned and controlled by veterans with service-con-
nected disabilities, the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(A) establish a goal for each fiscal year for 
participation in Department contracts (including 
subcontracts) by small business concerns owned and 
controlled by veterans who are not veterans with 
service-connected disabilities in accordance with 
paragraph (2); and 
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‘‘(B) establish a goal for each fiscal year for 
participation in Department contracts (including 
subcontracts) by small business concerns owned and 
controlled by veterans with service-connected disabil-
ities in accordance with paragraph (3). 
‘‘(2) The goal for a fiscal year for participation under 
paragraph (1)(A) shall be determined by the Secretary. 
‘‘(3) The goal for a fiscal year for participation under 
paragraph (1)(B) shall be not less than the Government- 
wide goal for that fiscal year for participation by small 
business concerns owned and controlled by veterans with 
service-connected disabilities under section 15(g)(1) of the 
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644(g)(1)). 
‘‘(4) The annual performance review of the senior of-
ficial of each Administration of the Department and each 
Assistant Secretary of the Department with procurement 
authority shall include an assessment of whether or not 
that official or Assistant Secretary met the contracting 
goals established pursuant to this subsection during the 
year for which the performance review is conducted with 
respect to contracts awarded during that year for which 
that official or Assistant Secretary had responsibility. If 
the official or Assistant Secretary is found not to have 
met such contracting goals, the official or Assistant Sec-
retary shall not receive an award known as a performance 
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award or an award known as a presidential rank award 
for that year. 
‘‘(5) In the case of a subcontract of a Department 
contract that is counted for purposes of meeting a goal 
established pursuant to this section, the Secretary shall 
conduct a review of the contract and subcontract to verify 
that the subcontract was actually awarded to a business 
concern that may be counted for purposes of meeting that 
goal. 
‘‘(6) The Secretary shall maintain a list based on the 
reviews conducted under paragraph (5) that contains the 
name of the contractor associated with each contract re-
viewed under that paragraph and whether each sub-
contract awarded by the contractor that is counted for 
purposes of meeting a goal established pursuant to this 
section was actually awarded to and performed by a busi-
ness concern that may be counted for purposes of meeting 
that goal. The Secretary shall make such list publicly 
available. 
‘‘(b) USE OF NONCOMPETITIVE PROCEDURES FOR 
CERTAIN SMALL CONTRACTS.—For purposes of meeting 
the goals under subsection (a), and in accordance with this 
section, in entering into a contract with a small business 
concern owned and controlled by veterans for an amount 
less than the simplified acquisition threshold (as defined 
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