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Union Calendar No. 139 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2499 
[Report No. 114–187] 
To amend the Small Business Act to increase access to capital for veteran 
entrepreneurs, to help create jobs, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 21, 2015 
Mr. CHABOT (for himself, Mr. HANNA, Mr. BOST, Mr. RICE of South Caro-
lina, Mr. KNIGHT, Mr. GIBSON, and Mr. CURBELO of Florida) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small Business 
JUNE 25, 2015 
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 May 21, 2015] 
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A BILL 
To amend the Small Business Act to increase access to 
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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 ‘‘Veterans Entrepreneur-
ship Act of 2015’’. 
SEC. 2. PERMANENT SBA EXPRESS LOAN GUARANTEE FEE 
WAIVER FOR VETERANS. 
Section 7(a)(31) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
636(a)(31)) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(G) GUARANTEE
FEE
WAIVER
FOR
VET-
ERANS.— 
‘‘(i) GUARANTEE
FEE
WAIVER.—The 
Administrator may not collect a guarantee 
fee described in paragraph (18) in connec-
tion with a loan made under this para-
graph to a veteran or spouse of a veteran on 
or after October 1, 2015. 
‘‘(ii) EXCEPTION.—If the President’s 
budget for the upcoming fiscal year, sub-
mitted to Congress pursuant to section 
1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, in-
cludes a cost for the program established 
under this subsection that is above zero, the 
requirements of clause (i) shall not apply to 
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loans made during such upcoming fiscal 
year. 
‘‘(iii) DEFINITION.—In this subpara-
graph, the term ‘veteran or spouse of a vet-
eran’ means— 
‘‘(I) a veteran, as defined in sec-
tion 3(q)(4); 
‘‘(II) an individual who is eligible 
to participate in the Transition Assist-
ance Program established under section 
1144 of title 10, United States Code; 
‘‘(III) a member of a reserve com-
ponent of the Armed Forces named in 
section 10101 of title 10, United States 
Code; 
‘‘(IV) the spouse of an individual 
described in subclause (I), (II), or 
(III); or 
‘‘(V) the surviving spouse (as de-
fined in section 101 of title 38, United 
States Code) of an individual described 
in subclause (I), (II), or (III) who died 
while serving on active duty or as a re-
sult of a disability that is service-con-
nected (as defined in such section).’’. 
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