HR 1615 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

VA–SBA Act

Introduced Mar 7, 2019 Originated House Sponsor Trent Kelly R-MS

Fact sheet

Latest action · Nov 14, 2019 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

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.

  1. IntroducedMar 7, 2019
  2. Passed HouseNov 13, 2019
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Verification Alignment and Service-disabled Business Adjustment Act or the VA-SBA Act

This bill transfers responsibility for verifying that a small business concern is owned and controlled by a veteran or service-disabled veteran, for the purposes of eligibility for certain procurement programs, from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to the Small Business Administration (SBA).

Specifically, the bill transfers maintenance of the database of veteran-owned and service-disabled veteran-owned businesses to the SBA. For the purposes of procurement programs for small businesses owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans, the SBA must certify the status of such businesses, require their periodic recertification, and penalize any small business that misrepresents its status. Accordingly, the bill also abolishes the Center for Verification and Evaluation of the VA and transfers all of its functions to the SBA.

Cosponsors 25

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 7, 2019 to Oct 16, 2019, with 20 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-NHAnn M. KusterOriginalMar 7, 2019
R-ASAumua Amata Coleman RadewagenOriginalMar 7, 2019
R-PABrian K. FitzpatrickOriginalMar 7, 2019
R-TNDavid P. RoeOriginalMar 7, 2019
R-FLGus M. BilirakisOriginalMar 7, 2019
R-MIJack BergmanOriginalMar 7, 2019
D-COJason CrowOriginalMar 7, 2019
R-PRJenniffer González-ColónOriginalMar 7, 2019
R-INJim BanksOriginalMar 7, 2019
R-MNJim HagedornOriginalMar 7, 2019
R-PAJohn JoyceOriginalMar 7, 2019
R-UTJohn R. CurtisOriginalMar 7, 2019
R-FLNeal P. DunnOriginalMar 7, 2019
D-NYNydia M. VelázquezOriginalMar 7, 2019
R-MNPete StauberOriginalMar 7, 2019
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Actions 14

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Nov 14, 2019Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
  2. Nov 13, 2019Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8805-8809)
  3. Nov 13, 2019DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1615.
  4. Nov 13, 2019Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  5. Nov 13, 2019Mr. Schneider moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
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Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 4520VA–SBA ActRelated billAug 10, 2020

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Commerce.

Text 4

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Nov 14, 2019Referred in Senate
  2. Nov 13, 2019Engrossed in House
  3. Nov 12, 2019Reported in House
  4. Mar 7, 2019Introduced in House

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