,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #iga  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,february #g1 #bjag  
,ms4 ,meng introduced the following     
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs  ,a   
,,bill  ,to amend title #ch1 ,united    
,states ,code1 to treat small           
businesses1 owned by surviving spouses  
of members of the ,armed ,forces killed 
in the line of duty1 as small business  
concerns owned and controlled by        
veterans for purposes of contracting    
goals and preferences of the ,department
 of ,veterans ,affairs1 and for other   
purposes4  #a4 ,short title  ,this ,act 
may be cited as the ,surviving ,spouse  
,contracting ,preference ,act4  #b4     
,treatment of businesses owned by       
surviving spouses of members of the     
,armed ,forces for purposes of          
,department of ,veterans ,affairs       
contracting goals and preferences  7a7  
,in general ,section #habg of title #ch1
 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended--    

7#a7 by redesignating subsections 7h7   
through 7k7 as subsections 7i7 through  
7l71 respectively2 and  7#b7 by         
inserting after subsection 7g7 the      
following new subsection 7h73  7h7      
,treatment of businesses after death of 
member  7#a7 ,if a member of the ,armed 
,forces is killed in the line of duty in
 the active military1 naval1 or air     
service1 the surviving spouse of such   
member who acquires ownership rights in 
a small business concern shall1 for the 
period described in paragraph 7#b71 be  
treated as the surviving spouse of a    
service-disabled veteran described in   
section #c7q77#b77;,c77i7 of the ,small 
,business ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4           
#fcb7q77#b77;,c77i774  7#b7 ,the period 
referred to in paragraph 7#a7 is the    
period beginning on the date on which   
the member of the ,armed ,forces dies   
and ending on the earliest of the       
following dates3 7,a7 ,the date on which
 the surviving spouse of the member     
remarries4  7,b7 ,the date on which the 

surviving spouse relinquishes such      
ownership interest in the small business
 concern4  4  7b7 ,effective date       
,subsection 7h7 of section #habg of such
 title1 as added by subsection 7a71     
shall take effect on the date of the    
enactment of this ,act and shall apply  
with respect to the deaths of members of
 the ,armed ,forces occurring on or     
after such date4