,i  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ggie  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #d1 #bjbf ,ms4
 ,king-,hinds introduced the following  
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs  ,a   
,,bill  ,to require the ,secretary of   
,veterans ,affairs to establish and     
maintain a database of certified        
veteran-owned small businesses and      
service-disabled veteran-owned small    
businesses to assist the ,department of 
,veterans ,affairs in meeting its       
subcontracting goals1 and for other     
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,veterans ,affairs  
,subcontractor ,competition and         
,opportunity ,network ,act or the ,,va  
,,subcon ,act4  #b4 ,veterans ,affairs  
,subcontractor ,competition and         
,opportunity ,network ,database  7a7    
,database required  7#a7 ,in general    
,the ,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs1  
acting through the ,director of ,small  
and ,disadvantaged ,business            

,utilization of the ,department of      
,veterans ,affairs 7as established      
pursuant to section #ae7k7 of the ,small
 ,business ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4          
#fdd7k7771 shall establish and maintain 
a database of small business concerns   
certified by the ,small ,business       
,administration as small business       
concerns owned and controlled by        
veterans4  7#b7 ,purpose ,the purpose of
 the database shall be to assist the    
,department in meeting the small        
business contracting goals established  
pursuant to subparagraphs 7,a7 and 7,b7 
of section #habg7;a77#a7 of title #ch1  
,united ,states ,code 7relating to small
 business concerns owned and controlled 
by veterans71 and in implementing the   
review mechanism required by section    
#habg7;a77#d7 of such title4 ,as such1  
the database shall enable users to      
distinguish between-- 7,a7 small        
business concerns owned and controlled  
by veterans who are not veterans with   
service-connected disabilities2 and     

7,b7 small business concerns owned and  
controlled by veterans with             
service-connected disabilities4  7#c7   
,exclusion ,notwithstanding paragraphs  
7#a7 and 7#b71 the ,secretary1 acting   
through the ,director1 shall exclude    
from the database--  7,a7 any small     
business concern that is part of a      
mentor-proteg program or joint venture2 
and  7,b7 any small business concern    
that has not had at least two past prime
 contracts for which the concern        
received an evaluation rating of        
,satisfactory or better pursuant to the 
,contractor ,performance ,assessment    
,reporting ,system 7,,cpars74  7b7      
,availability ,the ,secretary1 acting   
through the ,director1 shall make the   
database available to other-than-small  
businesses who are offerors on          
,department contracts 7including        
subcontracts7 at appropriate stages of  
the acquisition process for use by such 
businesses in formulating any required  
small business subcontracting plans4    

7c7 ,report ,not later than #ahj days   
after the date of the establishment of  
the database1 the ,secretary shall      
submit to the ,committees on ,veterans' 
,affairs of the ,senate and the ,house  
of ,representatives a report on the     
database4 ,the report shall include--   
7#a7 a description of the extent to     
which the database has been made        
available to1 and used by1 businesses   
under subsection 7b72  7#b7 the number  
of small business concerns owned and    
controlled by veterans who1 since the   
date of the establishment of the        
database1 have been selected as         
subcontractors on ,department contracts1
 including the number of such concerns  
owned and controlled by veterans who are
 not veterans with service-connected    
disabilities and the number of such     
concerns owned and controlled by        
veterans with service-connected         
disabilities2 and  7#c7 the             
recommendations of the ,secretary for   
increasing the utilization of the       

database4  7d7 ,use of existing         
resources ,this section shall be        
implemented using existing personnel1   
systems1 and funds4 ,this section does  
not authorize additional appropriations 
or the establishment of a new program1  
office1 or organizational entity4  7e7  
,sunset ,this section shall sunset on   
,december #ca1 #bjbh4