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Union Calendar No. 187 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 499 
[Report No. 116–235] 
To amend the Small Business Act to clarify the treatment of certain surviving 
spouses under the definition of small business concern owned and con-
trolled by service-disabled veterans. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 11, 2019 
Mr. CHABOT (for himself, Mr. BERGMAN, Mr. DELGADO, and Mr. CORREA) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Small Business 
OCTOBER 15, 2019 
Additional sponsors: Mr. BALDERSON and Ms. UNDERWOOD 
OCTOBER 15, 2019 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
and ordered to be printed 
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A BILL 
To amend the Small Business Act to clarify the treatment 
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business concern owned and controlled by service-disabled 
veterans. 
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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 ‘‘Service-Disabled Vet-
erans Small Business Continuation Act’’. 
SEC. 2. TECHNICAL AMENDMENT REGARDING TREATMENT 
OF CERTAIN SURVIVING SPOUSES UNDER 
THE DEFINITION OF SMALL BUSINESS CON-
CERN OWNED AND CONTROLLED BY SERV-
ICE-DISABLED VETERANS. 
Effective on the date specified in subsection (e) of 
section 1832 of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328; 130 Stat. 
2660), section 3(q)(2) of the Small Business Act (15 
U.S.C. 632(q)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (C)(i)(II), by striking 
‘‘rated as 100 percent’’ and all that follows through 
‘‘service-connected disability’’; and 
(2) by amending subparagraph (C)(ii)(III) to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(III) the date that— 
‘‘(aa) in the case of a surviving 
spouse of a veteran with a service-con-
nected disability rated as 100 percent 
disabling or who dies as a result of a 
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service-connected 
disability, 
is 
years after the date of the death of 
the veteran; or 
‘‘(bb) in the case of a surviving 
spouse of a veteran with a service-con-
nected disability rated as less than 
100 percent disabling who does not 
die as a result of a service-connected 
disability, is 3 years after the date of 
the death of the veteran.’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 187 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 499 
[Report No. 116–235] 
A BILL 
To amend the Small Business Act to clarify the 
treatment of certain surviving spouses under the 
definition of small business concern owned and 
controlled by service-disabled veterans. 
OCTOBER 15, 2019 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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