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H.R. 865

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Summary

H.R. 865, the Service-Disabled Veteran Opportunities in Small Business Act, was introduced in the House on Jan 31, 2025 by Rep. Nick LaLota (R) with 7 co-sponsors. It was referred to Small Business, and last saw action on Jan 31, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.

Record

Text

H.R. 865 has 7 co-sponsors.

hb865/introduced-in-house.txt
119 HR 865 IH: Service-Disabled Veteran Opportunities in Small Business Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-01-31
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 Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 865  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   January 31, 2025   Mr. LaLota  (for himself and  Mr. McGarvey ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on Small Business    A BILL
To amend the Small Business Act to require training on increasing contract awards to small business concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans, and for other purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Service-Disabled Veteran Opportunities in Small Business Act  .
2.
Training on increasing contract awards to small business concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans
Section 36 of the Small Business Act ( 15 U.S.C. 657f ) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
(j)
Training on increasing contract awards to small business concerns owned and controlled by service-Disabled veterans
(1)
In general
The Administrator, in consultation with the head of the Office of Veterans Business Development, shall provide to covered employees at each Federal agency that has not met the goal established under section 15(g)(1)(A)(ii) training on how to increase the number of contracts awarded to small business concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans.
(2)
Guidance
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this subsection, the Administrator, in consultation with the head of the Office of Veterans Business Development, shall issue guidance, including best practices, on increasing the number of contracts awarded to small businesses owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans for Federal agencies to which the goal established under section 15(g)(1)(A)(ii) applies.
(3)
Report
Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this subsection, and annually thereafter, the Administrator shall submit to Congress a report, for the fiscal year covered by the report, that includes—
(A)
a list of each Federal agency that failed to meet the goal established under section 15(g)(1)(A)(ii);
(B)
the number of trainings provided to each Federal agency described in paragraph (1); and
(C)
an overview of the content included in such training sessions.
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Tracker

The tracker indicates the progress of this legislation as it moves through the legislative process.

  1. Introduced2025-01-31
  2. Passed House
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Conference
  5. To President
  6. Became Law

CRS Summary

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Introduced in House Jan 31, 2025

hb865/introduced-in-house.md

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Introduced in House (01/31/2025)

Service-Disabled Veteran Opportunities in Small Business Act

This bill requires the Small Business Administration (SBA) to provide employees at any federal agency that has not met the goal of awarding at least 3% of its prime contracts and subcontracts to small businesses owned by service-disabled veterans with training to increase the number of such contracts awarded.

For each fiscal year, the SBA must report a list of each agency that did not meet the contracting goal and the number of trainings the SBA provided.

Sponsors

Rep. Nick LaLota (R) sponsors H.R. 865, and 7 members have co-sponsored it, 1 of them from the day it was introduced.

Committees

H.R. 865 went before 1 committee: Small Business.

Small Business
Small Business
Referred To · Jan 31, 2025 · 81 Bills

Actions

H.R. 865 has taken 2 actions since Jan 31, 2025.

ChamberAction
Jan 31, 2025
House
Introduced in House
Jan 31, 2025
House
Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.Small Business Committee

Votes

H.R. 865 has not gone to a roll call.

1 bill is related to H.R. 865.

Titles

H.R. 865 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

  • Service-Disabled Veteran Opportunities in Small Business Act — Display Title
  • Service-Disabled Veteran Opportunities in Small Business Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
  • To amend the Small Business Act to require training on increasing contract awards to small business concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans, and for other purposes. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

2 clients hired 2 firms and 12 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 865 in 9 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Veterans, Budget/Appropriations, Defense, Small Business.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

ClientBusinessStateFirmsFilingsReported
DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS—District of Columbia16—
NATIONAL VETERAN SMALL BUSINESS COALITIONNon-profit advocates for Veteran Owned and Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small BusinessesDistrict of Columbia13$80K

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

RegistrantClientsFilingsReported
DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS16—
VAN SCOYOC ASSOCIATES13$80K

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill.

LobbyistFirmsClientsFilings
JON RETZER116
NAOMI MATHIS116
PETER DICKINSON116
SHAMALA CAPIZZI116
JOSEPH LEMAY115
SHANE LIERMANN115
JOY ILEM114
JENNIFER CAVE113
MADHUMITHA THYAGARAJAN113
MICHAEL SHUPP113
KEVIN MILLER112
MARQUIS BAREFIELD112

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

ClientRegistrantPeriodReportedDocument
DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANSDISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS2026 first_quarter$175.9K1st Quarter - Report
DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANSDISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS2025 fourth_quarter$161.3K4th Quarter - Report
DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANSDISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS2026 second_quarter$149.2K2nd Quarter - Report
DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANSDISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS2025 third_quarter$141.4K3rd Quarter - Report
DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANSDISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS2025 second_quarter$141.4K2nd Quarter - Report
DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANSDISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS2025 first_quarter$141.4K1st Quarter - Report
NATIONAL VETERAN SMALL BUSINESS COALITIONVAN SCOYOC ASSOCIATES2026 second_quarter$30K2nd Quarter - Report
NATIONAL VETERAN SMALL BUSINESS COALITIONVAN SCOYOC ASSOCIATES2025 fourth_quarter$30K4th Quarter - Report
NATIONAL VETERAN SMALL BUSINESS COALITIONVAN SCOYOC ASSOCIATES2026 first_quarter$20K1st Quarter - Report

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 865 under Commerce, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 865’s is Commerce.

hr865/policy-areas.txt
CommerceAgriculture and FoodAnimalsArmed Forces and National SecurityArts, Culture, ReligionCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesCongressCrime and Law EnforcementEconomics and Public FinanceEducationEmergency ManagementEnergyEnvironmental ProtectionFamiliesFinance and Financial SectorForeign Trade and International FinanceGovernment Operations and PoliticsHealthHousing and Community DevelopmentImmigrationInternational AffairsLabor and EmploymentLawNative AmericansPublic Lands and Natural ResourcesScience, Technology, CommunicationsSocial WelfareSports and RecreationTaxationTransportation and Public WorksWater Resources Development

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 865, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 21 (Friday, January 31, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. LaLOTA:H.R. 865.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution[Page H434]

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com