,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #cjjh  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,december #aj1 
#bjai,mr4 ,cornyn 7for himself and ,ms4 
,duckworth7 introduced the following    
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,small ,business   
and ,entrepreneurship  ,a ,,bill  ,to   
amend the ,small ,business ,act to      
clarify the treatment of certain        
surviving spouses under the definition  
of small business concern owned and     
controlled by service-disabled veterans4
  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be    
cited as the ,service-,disabled         
,veterans ,small ,business ,continuation
 ,act4  #b4 ,technical amendment        
regarding treatment of certain surviving
 spouses under the definition of small  
business concern owned and controlled by
 service-disabled veterans ,effective on
 the date specified in section #ahcb7;e7
 of the ,national ,defense              
,authorization ,act for ,fiscal ,year   
#bjag 7,public ,law #aad-cbh2 #acj      

,stat4 #bffj71 section #c7q77#b77;,c7 of
 the ,small ,business ,act 7#ae         
,u4,s4,c4 #fcb7q77#b77;,c77 is amended--
  7#a7 in clause 7i77,,ii71 by striking 
rated as #ajj percent and all that      
follows through service-connected       
disability2 and  7#b7 by amending clause
 7ii77,,iii7 to read as follows3        
7,,iii7 the date that-- 7aa7 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 death of the veteran2 or  7bb7 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 death of the veteran4  4