Service-Disabled Veterans Small Business Continuation Act

Bill: 116-hr-499
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Chabot, Steve [R-OH-1]
Introduced: 2019-01-11
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Disability and paralysis

Public contracts and procurement

Small business

Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Latest action: action_date: 2019-11-14
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-01-11
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Service-Disabled Veterans Small Business Continuation Act</b></p> <p>This bill enables the surviving spouse of a service-disabled veteran who owned a small business to retain priority of the business for a period of time upon the death of the veteran spouse, regardless of the severity of the veteran's disability.</p>

action_date: 2019-10-15
action_desc: Reported to House
text: <p><b>Service-Disabled Veterans Small Business Continuation Act</b></p> <p>This bill enables the surviving spouse of a service-disabled veteran who owned a small business to retain priority of the business for a period of time upon the death of the veteran spouse, regardless of the severity of the veteran's disability.</p>

action_date: 2019-11-13
action_desc: Passed House
text: <p><b>Service-Disabled Veterans Small Business Continuation Act</b></p> <p>This bill enables the surviving spouse of a service-disabled veteran who owned a small business to retain priority of the business for a period of time upon the death of the veteran spouse, regardless of the severity of the veteran's disability.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 499 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 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.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Service-Disabled Veterans Small Business Continuation Act . 2. Technical amendment regarding treatment of certain surviving spouses under the definition of small business concern owned and controlled by service-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-connected disability rated as 100 percent disabling or who dies as a result of a service-connected disability, is 10 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-connected 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. .

tv_txt: IB Union Calendar No. 187 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 499 [Report No. 116–235] 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 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.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Service-Disabled Veterans Small Business Continuation Act . 2. Technical amendment regarding treatment of certain surviving spouses under the definition of small business concern owned and controlled by service-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-connected disability rated as 100 percent disabling or who dies as a result of a service-connected disability, is 10 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-connected 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. .

October 15, 2019 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed

tv_txt: IB 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 499 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AN ACT 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.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Service-Disabled Veterans Small Business Continuation Act . 2. Technical amendment regarding treatment of certain surviving spouses under the definition of small business concern owned and controlled by service-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-connected disability rated as 100 percent disabling or who dies as a result of a service-connected disability, is 10 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-connected 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. .

Passed the House of Representatives November 13, 2019. Cheryl L. Johnson, Clerk.

tv_txt: IIB 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 499 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES November 14, 2019 Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship AN ACT 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.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Service-Disabled Veterans Small Business Continuation Act . 2. Technical amendment regarding treatment of certain surviving spouses under the definition of small business concern owned and controlled by service-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-connected disability rated as 100 percent disabling or who dies as a result of a service-connected disability, is 10 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-connected 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. .

Passed the House of Representatives November 13, 2019. Cheryl L. Johnson, Clerk.