H.R. 2781: Ensuring Veteran Enterprise Participation in Strategic Sourcing Act

115th Congress · introduced 2017-06-06 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

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Where it came from: introduced 2017-06-06 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Dunn, Neal P. [R-FL-2] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
Where it stands now: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Ensuring Veteran Enterprise Participation in Strategic Sourcing Act

Plain summary

Ensuring Veteran Enterprise Participation in Strategic Sourcing Act (Sec. 2) This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to certify that sufficient numbers of small businesses owned and controlled by veterans, and of small business owned by veterans with service-connected disabilities, are represented within each category of supplies or services (except for domestic delivery services) for which a suite of contracts has been awarded under the Federal Strategic Sourcing Initiative. A "sufficient number" means between two and enough to maximize the percentage of orders entered into by the VA with such businesses, as determined by the VA. If such representation within a category is not sufficient, the VA shall: (1) consult with the General Services Administration to increase the number of such concerns awarded contracts under that category, or (2) stop awarding orders under that category of the initiative.

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Official text

Ensuring Veteran Enterprise Participation in Strategic Sourcing Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Dunn, Neal P. [R-FL-2] · 3 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 2781, Ensuring Veteran Enterprise Participation in Strategic Sourcing Act (2017-07-24)

Cosponsors on this site

Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Mike Bost (R-IL), Jack Bergman (R-MI)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Dunn, Neal P. [R-FL-2] reported raising $831,031 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Words on this page, explained (2)

Ballot initiative: A proposed law or constitutional amendment that citizens place on the ballot by gathering enough voter signatures, so voters decide it directly. About half the states allow some form of it.
Bill: A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-115hr2781.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/115/hr>

Record fed-us-cong115-hr2781 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115