,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bbji  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #bb1     
#bjbc,mr4 ,cardin introduced the        
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,small   
,business and ,entrepreneurship  ,a     
,,bill  ,to establish a veteran ,federal
 procurement entrepreneurship training  
program4  #a4 ,short title  ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,veteran ,federal   
,procurement ,entrepreneurship ,training
 ,program ,act4  #b4 ,veteran ,federal  
procurement entrepreneurship training   
program  7a7 ,in general ,section #cb of
 the ,small ,business ,act 7#ae         
,u4,s4,c4 #feg;b7 is amended by striking
 subsection 7f7 and inserting the       
following3  7f7 ,veteran federal        
procurement entrepreneurship training   
program ,the ,administrator1 acting     
through the ,associate ,administrator1  
shall make grants to1 or enter into a   
cooperative agreement with1 not more    
than #a nonprofit entity to operate a   

,federal procurement entrepreneurship   
training program to provide assistance  
to small business concerns owned and    
controlled by veterans regarding how to 
increase the likelihood of being awarded
 contracts with the ,federal            
,government-- 7#a7 which shall be made  
to or entered into with a nonprofit     
entity that has a track record of       
successfully providing educational and  
job training services to targeted       
veteran populations from diverse        
locations2  7#b7 under which the        
nonprofit entity may1 at the discretion 
of the ,administrator1 be required to   
match any ,federal funds received for   
the program with ,state1 local1 or      
private sector funds2 and  7#c7 under   
which the nonprofit entity shall use a  
diverse group of professional service   
experts1 such as ,federal1 ,state1 and  
local contracting experts and private   
sector industry experts with first-hand 
experience in ,federal ,government      
contracting1 to provide instruction to  

small business concerns owned and       
controlled by veterans4  4  7b7         
,authorization of appropriations ,there 
are authorized to be appropriated to the
 ,administration1 #a1jjj1jjj for each of
 fiscal years #bjbd through #bjbh to    
carry out subsection 7f7 of section #cb 
of the ,small ,business ,act 7#ae       
,u4,s4,c4 #feg;b71 as amended by        
subsection 7a74