,,ii ,calendar ,no4 #fcc #aaeth         
,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,s4 #bfgi    
,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the ,,united 
,,states  ,april #af1 #bjah,mr4 ,durbin 
7for ,ms4 ,duckworth 7for herself1 ,mr4 
,durbin1 ,mr4 ,kennedy1 ,mr4 ,tester1   
,mr4 ,kaine1 and ,ms4 ,cantwell77       
introduced the following bill2 which was
 read twice and referred to the         
,committee on ,small ,business and      
,entrepreneurship  ,october #aa1        
#bjah,reported by ,mr4 ,risch1 with an  
amendment,strike out all after the      
enacting clause and insert the part     
printed in italic  ,a ,,bill  ,to       
provide access to and manage the        
distribution of excess or surplus       
property to veteran-owned small         
businesses4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act
 may be cited as the ,veterans ,small   
,business ,enhancement ,act of #bjah4   
#b4 ,access to surplus property for     
veteran-owned small businesses ,section 
#cb of the ,small ,business ,act 7#ae   
,u4,s4,c4 #feg;b7 is amended by adding  

at the end the following3  7g7 ,access  
to surplus property for veteran-,owned  
small businesses ,the ,administrator1 in
 coordination with the ,administrator of
 ,general ,services1 shall provide      
access to and manage the distribution of
 surplus property and foreign excess    
personal property returned to a ,state  
for handling as surplus property owned  
by the ,united ,states to small business
 concerns owned and controlled by       
veterans 7as verified by the ,secretary 
of ,veterans ,affairs under section     
#habg of title #ch1 ,united ,states     
,code7 pursuant to a memorandum of      
understanding between the               
,administrator1 the ,administrator of   
,general ,services1 and the head of the 
applicable state agency 7as defined in  
section #edi of title #dj1 ,united      
,states ,code7 for surplus properties4  
4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be   
cited as the ,veterans ,small ,business 
,enhancement ,act of #bjah4  #b4 ,access
 to surplus property for veteran-owned  

small businesses ,section #cb of the    
,small ,business ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4    
#feg;b7 is amended by adding at the end 
the following3  7g7 ,access to surplus  
property for veteran-owned small        
businesses  7#a7 ,definitions ,in this  
subsection-- 7,a7 the term foreign      
excess property has the meaning given   
the term in section #ajb of title #dj1  
,united ,states ,code2 and  7,b7 the    
term state agency has the meaning given 
the term1 including the roles and       
responsibilities assigned1 in section   
#edi of title #dj1 ,united ,states      
,code4  7#b7 ,requirement ,the          
,administrator1 in coordination with the
 ,administrator of ,general ,services1  
shall provide access to and manage the  
distribution of surplus property1 and   
foreign excess property returned to a   
,state for handling as surplus property1
 owned by the ,united ,states under     
chapter #g of title #dj1 ,united ,states
 ,code1 to small business concerns owned
 and controlled by veterans 7as verified

 by the ,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs
 under section #habg of title #ch1      
,united ,states ,code7 pursuant to a    
memorandum of agreement between the     
,administrator1 the ,administrator of   
,general ,services1 and the head of the 
applicable state agency for surplus     
properties and in accordance with       
section #edi of title #dj1 ,united      
,states ,code4  4  ,october #aa1        
#bjah,reported with an amendment