[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2209 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2209

 To establish a veteran Federal procurement entrepreneurship training 
                                program.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 22, 2023

  Mr. Cardin 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 establish a veteran Federal procurement entrepreneurship training 
                                program.

    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 ``Veteran Federal Procurement 
Entrepreneurship Training Program Act''.

SEC. 2. VETERAN FEDERAL PROCUREMENT ENTREPRENEURSHIP TRAINING PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--Section 32 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
657b) is amended by striking subsection (f) and inserting the 
following:
    ``(f) Veteran Federal Procurement Entrepreneurship Training 
Program.--The Administrator, acting through the Associate 
Administrator, shall make grants to, or enter into a cooperative 
agreement with, not more than 1 nonprofit entity to operate a Federal 
procurement entrepreneurship training program to provide assistance to 
small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans regarding how 
to increase the likelihood of being awarded contracts with the Federal 
Government--
            ``(1) which shall be made to or entered into with a 
        nonprofit entity that has a track record of successfully 
        providing educational and job training services to targeted 
        veteran populations from diverse locations;
            ``(2) under which the nonprofit entity may, at the 
        discretion of the Administrator, be required to match any 
        Federal funds received for the program with State, local, or 
        private sector funds; and
            ``(3) under which the nonprofit entity shall use a diverse 
        group of professional service experts, such as Federal, State, 
        and local contracting experts and private sector industry 
        experts with first-hand experience in Federal Government 
        contracting, to provide instruction to small business concerns 
        owned and controlled by veterans.''.
    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to the Administration, $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
2024 through 2028 to carry out subsection (f) of section 32 of the 
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 657b), as amended by subsection (a).
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