,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #adfi  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #d1       
#bjbc,ms4 ,ernst 7for herself and ,mr4  
,moran7 introduced the following bill2  
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,small ,business and     
,entrepreneurship  ,a ,,bill  ,to       
require certification of small business 
concerns as small business concerns     
owned and controlled by service-disabled
 veterans in order to be counted toward 
goals for contract awards1 and for other
 purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act 
may be cited as the ,stop ,stolen ,valor
 for ,service-,disabled ,veteran-,owned 
,small ,business ,contractors4  #b4     
,eliminating self-certification for     
service-disabled veteran-owned small    
businesses  7a7 ,definitions ,in this   
section3 7#a7 ,administrator ,the term  
,administrator means the ,administrator 
of the ,small ,business ,administration4
  7#b7 ,small business concern2 small   
business concerns owned and controlled  

by service-disabled veterans ,the terms 
small business concern and small        
business concerns owned and controlled  
by service-disabled veterans have the   
meanings given those terms in section #c
 of the ,small ,business ,act 7#ae      
,u4,s4,c4 #fcb74  7b7 ,eliminating      
,self-,certification in ,prime          
,contracting and ,subcontracting for    
,s,d,v,o,s,bs  7#a7 ,in general ,each   
prime contract award and subcontract    
award that is counted for the purpose of
 meeting the goals for participation by 
small business concerns owned and       
controlled by service-disabled veterans 
in procurement contracts for ,federal   
agencies1 as established in section     
#ae7;g77#b7 of the ,small ,business ,act
 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #fdd7;g77#b771 shall be 
entered into with small business        
concerns certified by the ,administrator
 as small business concerns owned and   
controlled by service-disabled veterans 
under section #cf of such ,act 7#ae     
,u4,s4,c4 #feg;f74  7#b7 ,effective date

 ,paragraph 7#a7 shall take effect on   
,october #a of the fiscal year beginning
 after the ,administrator promulgates   
the regulations required under          
subsection 7d74  7c7 ,phased ,approach  
to ,eliminating ,self-,certification for
 ,s,d,v,o,s,bs ,notwithstanding any     
other provision of law1 any small       
business concern that self-certified as 
a small business concern owned and      
controlled by service-disabled veterans 
may-- 7#a7 if the small business concern
 files a certification application with 
the ,administrator before the end of the
 #a-year period beginning on the date of
 enactment of this ,act1 maintain such  
self-certification until the            
,administrator makes a determination    
with respect to such certification2 and 
7#b7 if the small business concern does 
not file a certification application    
before the end of the #a-year period    
beginning on the date of enactment of   
this ,act1 lose1 at the end of such     
#a-year period1 any self-certification  

of the small business concern as a small
 business concern owned and controlled  
by service-disabled veterans4  7d7      
,rulemaking ,not later than #ahj days   
after the date of enactment of this     
,act1 the ,administrator shall          
promulgate regulations to carry out this
 ,act4