HR 1615 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

VA–SBA Act

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

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.

IntroducedMar 7, 2019
Passed HouseNov 13, 2019
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
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; 20 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-NH	Ann M. Kuster	Original	Mar 7, 2019
R-AS	Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen	Original	Mar 7, 2019
R-PA	Brian K. Fitzpatrick	Original	Mar 7, 2019
R-TN	David P. Roe	Original	Mar 7, 2019
R-FL	Gus M. Bilirakis	Original	Mar 7, 2019
R-MI	Jack Bergman	Original	Mar 7, 2019
D-CO	Jason Crow	Original	Mar 7, 2019
R-PR	Jenniffer González-Colón	Original	Mar 7, 2019
R-IN	Jim Banks	Original	Mar 7, 2019
R-MN	Jim Hagedorn	Original	Mar 7, 2019
R-PA	John Joyce	Original	Mar 7, 2019
R-UT	John R. Curtis	Original	Mar 7, 2019
R-FL	Neal P. Dunn	Original	Mar 7, 2019
D-NY	Nydia M. Velázquez	Original	Mar 7, 2019
R-MN	Pete Stauber	Original	Mar 7, 2019
R-OH	Steve Chabot	Original	Mar 7, 2019
R-OH	Steve Stivers	Original	Mar 7, 2019
R-KS	Steve Watkins	Original	Mar 7, 2019
R-TN	Tim Burchett	Original	Mar 7, 2019
R-OH	Troy Balderson	Original	Mar 7, 2019
D-NJ	Andy Kim		Mar 14, 2019
D-ME	Jared F. Golden		Mar 14, 2019
D-CA	Scott H. Peters		Mar 14, 2019
R-FL	Ross Spano		Sep 24, 2019
R-OK	Kevin Hern		Oct 16, 2019

Committees 3

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Small Business Committee	Referred Mar 7, 2019Markup Jul 17, 2019Reported Nov 12, 2019
House	Veterans' Affairs Committee	Referred Mar 7, 2019Discharged Nov 12, 2019
Senate	Veterans' Affairs Committee	Referred Nov 14, 2019

Actions 13

Everything that happened, newest first.

Nov 14, 2019Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Nov 13, 2019Mr. Schneider moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Nov 13, 2019Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8805-8809)
Nov 13, 2019DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1615.
Nov 13, 2019Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H8805-8807)

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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	Debate and remarks H8805–H8809Text printed H8805–H8807Notices H8824Estimated budget effects of H.R. 1615, Verification Alignment and Service-Disabled Business Adjustment (VA-SBA) Act	Bradley Scott Schneider D-IL, Jason Crow D-CO, Jenniffer González-Colón R-PR, John A. Yarmuth D-KY, Steve Chabot R-OH, Trent Kelly R-MS	Nov 13, 2019

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.

Committee report

H. Rept. 116-280

Congressional Budget Office cost estimate

Oct 24, 2019H.R. 1615, VA-SBA ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Small Business on July 17, 2019

Constitutional authority

[Pages H2585-H2586] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] By Mr. KELLY of Mississippi: H.R. 1615. Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: The Congress enacts this bill pursuant to Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I of the United States Constitution, which provides Congress with the ability to enact legislation necessary and proper to effectuate its purposes in taxing and spending.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 41, March 7, 2019, page H2586.

Printed hearings 3

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. 116-25	H.R. 561, H.R. 716, H.R. 1615, H.R. 2227, H.R. 2618, H.R. 2924, AND DISCUSSION DRAFTS PENDING LEGISLATION89 pages	Veterans' Affairs Committee	Jul 17, 2019
Serial No. 116-035	MARKUP OF H.R. 3537, VETERAN ENTREPRENEURSHIP TRAINING ACT OF 2019; H.R. 3734, SUCCESSFUL ENTREPRENEURSHIP FOR RESERVISTS AND VETERANS ACT; H.R. 3661, PATRIOTIC EMPLOYER PROTECTION ACT; H.R. 1615, VERIFICATION ALIGNMENT AND SERVICE-DISABLED BUSINESS ADJUSTMENT ACT; AND H.R. 499, SERVICE-DISABLED VETERANS SMALL BUSINESS CONTINUATION ACT62 pages	Small Business Committee	Jul 17, 2019
116-32	CONTINUING TO SERVE: FROM MILITARY TO ENTREPRENEUR63 pages	Small Business Committee	Jul 10, 2019

Related bills 1

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

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 4520	VA–SBA Act	Related bill	Aug 10, 2020

Titles 9

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To transfer the responsibility of verifying small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans or service-disabled veterans to the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced: Verification Alignment and Service-disabled Business Adjustment Act; VA–SBA Act
Short Title(s) as Reported to House: VA–SBA Act; Verification Alignment and Service-disabled Business Adjustment Act
Short Title(s) as Passed House: VA–SBA Act; Verification Alignment and Service-disabled Business Adjustment Act
Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text: Verification Alignment and Service-disabled Business Adjustment Act; VA–SBA Act

Subjects

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

Text 4

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Nov 14, 2019Referred in Senate
Nov 13, 2019Engrossed in House
Nov 12, 2019Reported in House
Mar 7, 2019Introduced in House

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