Veterans Small Business Enhancement Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-1400
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2015-05-20
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Government buildings, facilities, and property

Intergovernmental relations

Small business

State and local government operations

Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Latest action: action_date: 2015-09-15
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 222.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-05-20
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Veterans Small Business Enhancement Act of 2015</strong></p> <p>Amends the Small Business Act to require the interagency task force that is responsible for coordinating federal efforts to improve the business development and federal contracting opportunities available to small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans to coordinate administrative and regulatory activities and develop proposals to provide access to, and manage the distribution of, excess or surplus U.S. property to small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans, pursuant to a memorandum of understanding between the task force and the applicable agency designated under state law as the agency responsible for fair and equitable distribution, through donation, of transferred property.</p>

action_date: 2015-09-15
action_desc: Reported to Senate with amendment(s)
text: <p><strong>Veterans Small Business Enhancement Act of 2015</strong></p> <p>This bill amends the Small Business Act to direct the Small Business Administration (SBA) to give access to and manage the distribution of U.S-owned surplus property, including foreign excess personal property returned to a state for handling as surplus property, to small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans, pursuant to a memorandum of understanding between the SBA and the head of the state agency for surplus properties.</p>

tv_txt: II 114th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1400 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 20, 2015 Mr. Durbin introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship A BILL To amend the Small Business Act to direct the task force of the Office of Veterans Business Development to provide access to and manage the distribution of excess or surplus property to veteran-owned small businesses.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Veterans Small Business Enhancement Act of 2015 . 2. Access to excess or surplus property for veteran-owned small businesses Section 32(c)(3)(B) of the Small Business Act ( 15 U.S.C. 657b(c)(3)(B) ) is amended— (1) in clause (v), by striking ; and and inserting a semicolon; (2) in clause (vi), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and (3) by adding at the end the following new clause: (vii) providing access to and managing the distribution of excess or surplus property owned by the United States to small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans, pursuant to a memorandum of understanding between the task force and the head of the applicable state agency (as defined in section 549 of title 40, United States Code). .

tv_txt: II Calendar No. 222 114th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1400 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 20, 2015 Mr. Durbin (for himself and Mr. Vitter ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship September 15, 2015 Reported by Mr. Vitter , with an amendment Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic A BILL To amend the Small Business Act to direct the task force of the Office of Veterans Business Development to provide access to and manage the distribution of excess or surplus property to veteran-owned small businesses.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Veterans Small Business Enhancement Act of 2015 . 2. Access to excess or surplus property for veteran-owned small businesses Section 32(c)(3)(B) of the Small Business Act ( 15 U.S.C. 657b(c)(3)(B) ) is amended— (1) in clause (v), by striking ; and and inserting a semicolon; (2) in clause (vi), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and (3) by adding at the end the following new clause: (vii) providing access to and managing the distribution of excess or surplus property owned by the United States to small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans, pursuant to a memorandum of understanding between the task force and the head of the applicable state agency (as defined in section 549 of title 40, United States Code). .

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Veterans Small Business Enhancement Act of 2015 . 2. Access to surplus property for veteran-owned small businesses Section 32 of the Small Business Act ( 15 U.S.C. 657b ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (g) Access to surplus property for veteran-owned small businesses The Administrator, in coordination with the Administrator of General Services, shall provide access to and manage the distribution of surplus property, including foreign excess personal property returned to a State for handling as surplus property, owned by the United States to small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans pursuant to a memorandum of understanding between the Administrator and the head of the applicable state agency (as defined in section 549 of title 40, United States Code) for surplus properties. .

September 15, 2015 Reported with an amendment