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15 U.S.C. 657f: Procurement program for small business concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans

Created in 2003 by Public Law 85-536. Changed by 1 later law. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.

5 other sections of the Code cite this one, including 15 U.S.C. 632, 15 U.S.C. 637, 15 U.S.C. 644, 15 U.S.C. 657f–1, 15 U.S.C. 657s.

3 parts of federal rules cite it as their authority, written by Small Business Administration (3).

This Congress

No bill we track in the 119th Congress changes this section.

    How it got here

    2021

    • Pub. L. 116–283, §862(d)(1)(D), added subsecs. (a) and (b). Former subsecs. (a) and (b) redesignated (c) and (d), respectively. (William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021) Law text · (a), (b)
    • Pub. L. 116–283, §862(d)(1)(C), redesignated subsec. (a) as (c). Former subsec. (c) redesignated (e). (William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021) Law text · (c)
    • Pub. L. 116–283, §864(3), substituted "$7,000,000" for "$5,000,000". (William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021) Law text · (c)
    • Pub. L. 116–283, §862(d)(1)(C), (E), redesignated subsec. (b) as (d) and inserted "certified under subsection (b)" before "if the contracting officer". (William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021) Law text · (d)
    • Pub. L. 116–283, §862(d)(1)(A), redesignated subsec. (d) as par. (3) of subsec. (h). (William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021) Law text · (d)
    • Pub. L. 116–283, §862(d)(1)(B), (C), redesignated subsec. (c) as (e) and struck out former subsec. (e). Prior to amendment, text of subsec. (e) read as follows: "For purposes of this section, the term 'contracting officer' has the meaning given such term in section 2101(1) of title 41." (William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021) Law text · (e)
    • Pub. L. 116–283, §862(b)(2), transferred subsec. (f) of section 8127 of Title 38, Veterans' Benefits, to subsec. (f) of this section. See Codification note above. (William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021) Law text · (f)
    • Pub. L. 116–283, §862(d)(1)(F), added subsec. (g). (William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021) Law text · (g)
    • Pub. L. 116–283, §862(d)(1)(F), added subsec. (h). (William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021) Law text · (h)
    • Pub. L. 116–283, §862(d)(1)(G), inserted "and section 657f–1 of this title" before period at end. (William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021) Law text · (h)
    • Pub. L. 116–283, §862(d)(1)(A), redesignated subsec. (d) as par. (3) of subsec. (h). (William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021) Law text · (h)
    • Pub. L. 116–283, §862(d)(1)(F), added subsec. (i). (William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021) Law text · (i)

    Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.