H.R. 499 · 116th Congress
Service-Disabled Veterans Small Business Continuation Act
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5 cosponsors · 3 D, 2 R
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- House Introduced Jan 11, 2019
- House Passed Nov 13, 2019 423–0
This bill enables the surviving spouse of a service-disabled veteran who owned a small business to retain priority of the business for a period of time upon the death of the veteran spouse, regardless of the severity of the veteran's disability.
What it does: CRS summary · Passed House · Nov 13, 2019
Service-Disabled Veterans Small Business Continuation Act
This bill enables the surviving spouse of a service-disabled veteran who owned a small business to retain priority of the business for a period of time upon the death of the veteran spouse, regardless of the severity of the veteran's disability.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
Votes to become law
About this bill and sources
Official title: Service-Disabled Veterans Small Business Continuation Act
Latest action (Nov 14, 2019): Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
Policy area: Commerce · Origin: House · Introduced: Jan 11, 2019
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- House Introduced Jan 11, 2019
- House Passed Nov 13, 2019 423–0
Final vote · House · Nov 13, 2019
Passage (two-thirds required) — Passed. Vote details
Speaker of the House: Nancy Pelosi