[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3008 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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116th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 3008
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.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
December 10, 2019
Mr. Cornyn (for himself and Ms. Duckworth) introduced the following
bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Small
Business and Entrepreneurship
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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.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Service-Disabled Veterans Small
Business Continuation Act''.
SEC. 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 section 1832(e) of the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114-328; 130
Stat. 2660), section 3(q)(2)(C) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.
632(q)(2)(C)) is amended--
(1) in clause (i)(II), by striking ``rated as 100 percent''
and all that follows through ``service-connected disability'';
and
(2) by amending clause (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.''.
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