Improving Contracting Opportunities for Veteran-Owned Small Businesses Act of 2012
Latest action · Mar 28, 2012 Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedFeb 16, 2012
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Improving Contracting Opportunities for Veteran-Owned Small Businesses Act of 2012 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, for purposes of meeting Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) contracting goals with respect to small businesses owned and controlled by veterans, to include the acquisition of goods and services through the use of a federal supply schedule of the General Services Administration (GSA).
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred Feb 16, 2012 |
| Economic Opportunity Subcommittee | Referred Feb 24, 2012Hearings Mar 8, 2012Markup Mar 28, 2012Reported Mar 28, 2012 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 28, 2012Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Mar 28, 2012Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
- Mar 8, 2012Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- Feb 24, 2012Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
- Feb 16, 2012Introduced in House
- Feb 16, 2012Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Lists H902H.R. 4048–4070 | — | Feb 16, 2012 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H902.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 112-49 | LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON H.R. 3329, H.R. 3483, H.R. 3610, H.R. 3670, H.R. 3524, H.R. 4048, H.R. 4051, H.R. 4052, H.R. 4057 AND H.R. 4072110 pages | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Mar 8, 2012 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify the contracting goals and preferences of the Department of Veterans Affairs with respect to small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Improving Contracting Opportunities for Veteran-Owned Small Businesses Act of 2012
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 16, 2012Introduced in House
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