#aadth ,,congress  #ast ,session  ,h4   
,r4 #acac  ,,an ,,act  ,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 #c
 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  ,passed the ,house of            
,representatives ,may #ah1              
#bjae4;,clerk4