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H.R. 1615: VA-SBA Act

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H.R. 1615: VA-SBA Act

116th Congress · introduced 2019-03-07 · Commerce · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2019-03-07 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Kelly, Trent [R-MS-1] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. 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

VA-SBA Act

Plain summary

Verification Alignment and Service-disabled Business Adjustment Act or the VA-SBA Act This bill transfers responsibility for verifying that a small business concern is owned and controlled by a veteran or service-disabled veteran, for the purposes of eligibility for certain procurement programs, from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to the Small Business Administration (SBA). Specifically, the bill transfers maintenance of the database of veteran-owned and service-disabled veteran-owned businesses to the SBA. For the purposes of procurement programs for small businesses owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans, the SBA must certify the status of such businesses, require their periodic recertification, and penalize any small business that misrepresents its status. Accordingly, the bill also abolishes the Center for Verification and Evaluation of the VA and transfers all of its functions to the SBA.

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Official text

VA-SBA Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Trent [R-MS-1] · 25 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 1615, VA-SBA Act (2019-10-24)

Cosponsors on this site

Pete Stauber (R-MN), Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Jack Bergman (R-MI), Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen (R-AS), Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY), Neal P. Dunn (R-FL), Jim Banks (R-IN), John R. Curtis (R-UT), Troy Balderson (R-OH), Tim Burchett (R-TN), Jason Crow (D-CO), Gus M. Bilirakis (R-FL), John Joyce (R-PA), Andy Kim (D-NJ), Scott H. Peters (D-CA), Jared F. Golden (D-ME), Kevin Hern (R-OK)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Kelly, Trent [R-MS-1] reported raising $1.3 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong116-hr1615 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116