[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2146 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2146

To amend the Small Business Act to increase the Governmentwide goal for 
participation in Federal contracts by small business concerns owned and 
                controlled by service-disabled veterans.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 22, 2023

  Mr. Ossoff 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 increase the Governmentwide goal for 
participation in Federal contracts by small business concerns 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 ``Investing in Veteran Entrepreneurial 
Talents Act'' or the ``Investing in VETS Act''.

SEC. 2. INCREASE IN GOVERNMENTWIDE GOAL FOR PARTICIPATION IN FEDERAL 
              CONTRACTS BY SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS OWNED AND CONTROLLED 
              BY SERVICE-DISABLED VETERANS.

    Section 15(g)(1)(A)(ii) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
644(g)(1)(A)(ii)) is amended by striking ``3 percent'' and inserting 
``5 percent''.
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