House bill · H.R. 865 (119th Congress)
Service-Disabled Veteran Opportunities in Small Business Act
U.S. House of Representatives
Sponsor: Nick LaLota (U.S. Representative, NY-1, Republican)
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Summary
Service-Disabled Veteran Opportunities in Small Business Act This bill requires the Small Business Administration (SBA) to provide employees at any federal agency that has not met the goal of awarding at least 3% of its prime contracts and subcontracts to small businesses owned by service-disabled veterans with training to increase the number of such contracts awarded. For each fiscal year, the SBA must report a list of each agency that did not meet the contracting goal and the number of trainings the SBA provided.
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Committee
House Committee on Small Business · U.S. House of Representatives
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Cosponsors
7
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- Republican1
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Full history
- Dec 16, 2025
Introduced
Introduced in U.S. House
U.S. House
- Jan 31, 2025
Introduced
Introduced in House
U.S. House of Representatives
- Jan 31, 2025
In committee
Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
U.S. House
- Jan 31, 2025
Referred to committee
Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
U.S. House of Representatives
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