,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cjih  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #ab1 #bjac
 ,mr4 ,mc,nerney 7for himself1 ,mr4     
,garamendi1 and ,ms4 ,brown of ,florida7
 introduced the following bill2 which   
was referred to the ,committee on       
,veterans' ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
amend title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 
to enhance the treatment of certain     
small business concerns for purposes of 
,department of ,veterans ,affairs       
contracting goals and preferences4  #a4 
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,service ,disabled ,veteran ,owned  
,small ,business ,relief ,act4  #b4     
,modification of treatment under        
contracting goals and preferences of    
,department of ,veterans ,affairs  7a7  
,in general ,section #habg7;h7 of title 
#ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended--
  7#a7 in paragraph 7#c71 by striking   
rated as and all that follows through   
disability4 and inserting a period2 and 
7#b7 in paragraph 7#b71 by amending     

subparagraph 7,c7 to read as follows3   
7,c7 ,the date that--  7i7 in the case  
of a surviving spouse of a veteran with 
a service-connected disability rated as 
#ajj percent disabling or who dies as a 
result of a service-connected           
disability1 is #aj years after the date 
of the veteran's death2 or  7ii7 in the 
case of a surviving spouse of a veteran 
with a service-connected disability     
rated as less than #ajj percent         
disabling who does not die as a result  
of a service-connected disability1 is   
three years after the date of the       
veteran's death4  4  7b7 ,effective date
 ,the amendments made by subsection 7a7 
shall take effect on the date that is   
#ahj days after the date of the         
enactment of this ,act and shall apply  
with respect to contracts awarded on or 
after such date4