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Acts Reported on by the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (view source)
Revision as of 12:00, 11 January 2016
, 12:00, 11 January 2016→Overview of the Pieces of Legislation in 2015
**This bill amends the Small Business Act to direct the Small Business Administration to carry out a pilot program to assess the feasibility and advisability of making grants to eligible veterans to start or acquire a qualifying business enterprise.
**Prognosis: 27% chance of being enacted
*[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/114/s958/text S.958] : Small Business Fairness Act
**The bill amends the Small Business Act to revise requirements with respect to solicitation of offers for bundled contracts issued by the head of a federal agency that allows a small business to submit an offer (bid) that provides for the use of a particular team of subcontractors for the performance of the contract.
**The small business may now also bid on a bundled or consolidated contract that provides for the use of a joint venture of small businesses.
**Prognosis: 21% chance of being enacted
