,,ib  ,union ,calendar ,no4 #ahb  #aaeth
 ,,congress  #ast ,session  ,h4 ,r4     
#bgha  ,report ,no4 #aae-bej  ,,in ,,the
 ,,house ,,of ,,representatives  ,june  
#f1 #bjag ,mr4 ,dunn 7for himself and   
,mr4 ,panetta7 introduced the following 
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs  ,july
 #bd1 #bjag;,additional sponsors3 ,mr4  
,bost and ,mr4 ,bergman  ,july #bd1     
#bjag ,reported with an amendment1      
committed to the ,committee of the      
,whole ,house on the ,state of the      
,union1 and ordered to be printed       
,strike out all after the enacting      
clause and insert the part printed in   
italic ,for text of introduced bill1 see
 copy of bill as introduced on ,june #f1
 #bjag  ,a ,,bill  ,to direct the       
,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs to     
certify the sufficient participation of 
small business concerns owned and       
controlled by veterans and small        
business concerns owned by veterans with
 service-connected disabilities in      

contracts under the ,federal ,strategic 
,sourcing ,initiative1 and for other    
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,ensuring ,veteran  
,enterprise ,participation in ,strategic
 ,sourcing ,act4  #b4 ,secretary of     
,veterans ,affairs certification of     
sufficient participation of small       
business concerns owned and controlled  
by veterans and small business concerns 
owned by veterans with service-connected
 disabilities in contracts under the    
,federal ,strategic ,sourcing           
,initiative  7a7 ,certification required
 ,not later than #ahj days after the    
date of the enactment of this ,act1 the 
,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs shall  
submit to the ,committees on ,veterans' 
,affairs of the ,house of               
,representatives and the ,senate        
certification in writing that with      
respect to each contract 7except for    
domestic delivery services7 awarded     
under the ,federal ,strategic ,sourcing 
,initiative 7managed by the ,office of  

,federal ,procurement ,policy7 a        
sufficient number of small business     
concerns owned and controlled by        
veterans and a sufficient number of     
small business concerns owned and       
controlled by veterans with             
service-connected disabilities are      
represented within each category4  7b7  
,insufficient representation ,if the    
,secretary determines that the          
representation by small business        
concerns owned and controlled by        
veterans or small business concerns     
owned and controlled by veterans with   
service-connected disabilities within a 
category of the contracts awarded under 
such ,federal ,strategic ,sourcing      
,initiative is not a sufficient number1 
the ,secretary shall--  7#a7 consult    
with the ,administrator of the ,general 
,services ,administration to increase   
the number of such concerns awarded     
contracts under such category2 or  7#b7 
require the ,department of ,veterans    
,affairs to stop awarding orders under  

that category of the ,initiative1       
effective on the date of such           
determination4  7c7 ,definitions ,in    
this section3 7#a7 ,the terms small     
business concern owned and controlled by
 veterans and small business concern    
owned and controlled by veterans with   
service-connected disabilities have the 
meaning given such terms in section     
#habg7k7 of title #ch1 ,united ,states  
,code4  7#b7 ,the term category means-- 
7,a7 a type of supply or service for    
which a suite of contracts has been     
established under the ,federal          
,strategic ,sourcing ,initiative2 or    
7,b7 any further subdivision or grouping
 within such a suite of contracts4  7#c7
 ,the term sufficient number1 with      
respect to a type of business concern1  
means not fewer than two and enough to  
maximize the percentage of orders       
entered into by the ,secretary with such
 business concerns1 as determined by the
 ,secretary4  ,july #bd1 #bjag ,reported
 with an amendment1 committed to the    

,committee of the ,whole ,house on the  
,state of the ,union1 and ordered to be 
printed