Surviving Spouse Contracting Preference Act
- Last Action
- 2/7/2017
Actions
- 2017-02-07Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- 2017-02-07Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
- 2017-02-07Introduced in House
- 2017-02-07Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2017-02-07 (00)
Surviving Spouse Contracting Preference Act
This bill treats a small business owned by the surviving spouse of member of the Armed Forces killed in the line of duty as a small business concern owned and controlled by a service-disabled veteran for purposes of contracting goals and preferences of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
The company shall be so considered beginning on the date on which the member of the Armed Forces dies and ending on the earlier of the date on which the surviving spouse: (1) remarries, or (2) relinquishes ownership in such business.
Subjects
- Public contracts and procurement
- Small business
- Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
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