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Union Calendar No. 182 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2781 
[Report No. 115–250] 
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to certify the sufficient participa-
tion of small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans and 
small business concerns owned by veterans with service-connected disabil-
ities in contracts under the Federal Strategic Sourcing Initiative, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 6, 2017 
Mr. DUNN (for himself and Mr. PANETTA) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
JULY 24, 2017 
Additional sponsors: Mr. BOST and Mr. BERGMAN 
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 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on June 6, 2017] 
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A BILL 
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. 
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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 ‘‘Ensuring Veteran Enter-
prise Participation in Strategic Sourcing Act’’. 
SEC. 2. SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS CERTIFICATION 
OF SUFFICIENT PARTICIPATION OF SMALL 
BUSINESS 
CONCERNS 
OWNED 
AND 
CON-
TROLLED BY VETERANS AND SMALL BUSI-
NESS CONCERNS OWNED BY VETERANS WITH 
SERVICE-CONNECTED DISABILITIES IN CON-
TRACTS UNDER THE FEDERAL STRATEGIC 
SOURCING INITIATIVE. 
(a) CERTIFICATION REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary 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. 
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(b) INSUFFICIENT
REPRESENTATION.—If the Sec-
retary determines that the representation by small business 
concerns owned and controlled by veterans or small business 
concerns owned and controlled by veterans with service-con-
nected disabilities within a category of the contracts award-
ed under such Federal Strategic Sourcing Initiative is not 
a sufficient number, the Secretary shall— 
(1) consult with the Administrator of the Gen-
eral Services Administration to increase the number 
of such concerns awarded contracts under such cat-
egory; or 
(2) require the Department of Veterans Affairs to 
stop awarding orders under that category of the Ini-
tiative, effective on the date of such determination. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The terms ‘‘small business concern owned 
and controlled by veterans’’ and ‘‘small business con-
cern owned and controlled by veterans with service- 
connected disabilities’’ have the meaning given such 
terms in section 8127(k) of title 38, United States 
Code. 
(2) The term ‘‘category’’ means— 
(A) a type of supply or service for which a 
suite of contracts has been established under the 
Federal Strategic Sourcing Initiative; or 
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(B) any further subdivision or grouping 
within such a suite of contracts. 
(3) The term ‘‘sufficient number’’, with respect to 
a type of business concern, means not fewer than two 
and enough to maximize the percentage of orders en-
tered into by the Secretary with such business con-
cerns, as determined by the Secretary. 
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Union Calendar No. 182 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2781 
[Report No. 115–250] 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to cer-
tify 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. 
JULY 24, 2017 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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