‘‘SEC. 36A. CERTIFICATION OF SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS 
OWNED AND CONTROLLED BY VETERANS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—With respect to the program es-
tablished under section 8127 of title 38, United States 
Code, the Administrator shall— 
‘‘(1) certify the status of the concern as a 
‘small business concern owned and controlled by vet-
erans’; and 
‘‘(2) require the periodic recertification of such 
status. 
‘‘(b) ENFORCEMENT; PENALTIES.— 
‘‘(1) VERIFICATION OF ELIGIBILITY.—In car-
rying out this section, the Administrator shall estab-
lish procedures relating to— 
‘‘(A) the filing, investigation, and disposi-
tion by the Administration of any challenge to 
the eligibility of a small business concern to re-
ceive assistance under this section (including a 
challenge, filed by an interested party, relating 
to the veracity of a certification made or infor-
mation provided to the Administration by a 
small business concern under subsection (a)); 
and 
‘‘(B) verification by the Administrator of 
the accuracy of any certification made or infor-
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mation provided to the Administration by a 
small business concern under subsection (a). 
‘‘(2) EXAMINATION OF APPLICANTS.—The pro-
cedures established under paragraph (1) shall pro-
vide for a program of examinations by the Adminis-
trator of any small business concern making a cer-
tification or providing information to the Adminis-
trator under subsection (a), to determine the verac-
ity of any statements or information provided as 
part of such certification or otherwise provided 
under subsection (a). 
‘‘(3) PENALTIES.—In addition to the penalties 
described in section 16(d), any small business con-
cern that is determined by the Administrator to have 
misrepresented the status of that concern as a small 
business concern owned and controlled by veterans 
for purposes of subsection (a), shall be subject to— 
‘‘(A) section 1001 of title 18, United 
States Code; 
‘‘(B) sections 3729 through 3733 of title 
31, United States Code; and 
‘‘(C) section 8127(g) of title 38, United 
States Code.’’. 
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SEC. 8. STATUS OF SELF-CERTIFIED SMALL BUSINESS CON-
CERNS OWNED AND CONTROLLED BY SERV-
ICE-DISABLED VETERANS AND VETERANS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, any small business concern that self-certified 
as a small business concern owned and controlled by vet-
erans or a small business concern owned and controlled 
by service-disabled veterans shall— 
(1) if the concern files a certification applica-
tion with the Administrator of the Small Business 
Administration before the end of the 1-year period 
beginning on the transfer date, maintain such self- 
certification until the Administrator makes a deter-
mination with respect to such certification; and 
(2) if the concern does not file such a certifi-
cation application before the end of the 1-year pe-
riod beginning on the transfer date, lose, at the end 
of such 1-year period, any self-certification of the 
concern as a small business concern owned and con-
trolled by service-disabled veterans. 
(b) NON-APPLICABILITY TO DEPARTMENT OF VET-
ERANS AFFAIRS.—Subsection (a) shall not apply to par-
ticipation in contracts (including subcontracts) with the 
Department of Veterans Affairs. 
(c) NOTICE.—The Administrator shall notify any 
small business concern that self-certified as a small busi-
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ness concern owned and controlled by veterans or a small 
business concern owned and controlled by service-disabled 
veterans about the requirements of the Verification Align-
ment and Service-disabled Business Adjustment Act, in-
cluding the transfer date and any extension of such trans-
fer date made pursuant to section 2, and make such notice 
publicly available, on— 
(1) the date of the enactment of this Act; and 
(2) the date on which an extension described 
under section 2 is approved. 
SEC. 9. TRANSFER OF THE CENTER FOR VERIFICATION 
AND EVALUATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF 
VETERANS AFFAIRS TO THE SMALL BUSI-
NESS ADMINISTRATION. 
(a) ABOLISHMENT.—The Center for Verification and 
Evaluation of the Department of Veterans Affairs defined 
under section 74.1 of title 38, Code of Federal Regula-
tions, is abolished effective on the transfer date. 
(b) TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS.—All functions that, 
immediately before the effective date of this section, were 
functions of the Center for Verification and Evaluation 
shall— 
(1) on the date of enactment of this Act, be 
functions of both the Center for Verification and 
Evaluation and the Small Business Administration, 
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except that the Small Business Administration shall 
not have any authority to carry out any verification 
functions of the Center for Verification and Evalua-
tion; and 
(2) on the transfer date, be functions of the 
Small Business Administration. 
(c) TRANSFER OF ASSETS.—So much of the per-
sonnel, property, records, and unexpended balances of ap-
propriations, allocations, and other funds employed, used, 
held, available, or to be made available in connection with 
a function transferred under this section shall be available 
to the Small Business Administration at such time or 
times as the President directs for use in connection with 
the functions transferred. 
(d) REFERENCES.—Any reference in any other Fed-
eral law, Executive order, rule, regulation, or delegation 
of authority, or any document of or pertaining to a func-
tion of the Center for Verification and Evaluation that is 
transferred under this section is deemed, after the transfer 
date, to refer to the Small Business Administration. 
SEC. 10. REPORT. 
Not later than the end of the 1-year period beginning 
on the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 6 
months thereafter until the transfer date, the Adminis-
trator of the Small Business Administration and Secretary 
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of Veterans Affairs shall jointly issue a report to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations, Small Business, and Veterans’ 
Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Commit-
tees on Appropriations, Small Business and Entrepreneur-
ship, and Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate on the planning 
for the transfer of functions and property required under 
this Act and the amendments made by this Act on the 
transfer date. Such report shall include— 
(1) whether and how the verification database 
and operations of the Center for Verification and 
Evaluation of the Department of Veterans Affairs 
will be incorporated into the existing certification 
database of the Small Business Administration; 
(2) projections for the numbers and timing, in 
terms of fiscal year, of— 
(A) already verified concerns that will 
come up for recertification; and 
(B) self-certified concerns that are ex-
pected to apply for certification; 
(3) an explanation of how outreach to veteran 
service organizations, the service-disabled veteran- 
owned and veteran-owned small business community, 
and other stakeholders will be conducted; and 
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(4) other pertinent information determined by 
the Administrator and the Secretary. 
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