Last action was on 5-5-2025
Current status is Introduced in House
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Section 3(q) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632(q)) is amended—
(1) - in paragraph (2), by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
(D) -
(i) - During the time period described in clause (ii), a small business concern that was a small business concern described in subparagraph (A) or (B) immediately prior to the death of a service-disabled veteran who was the owner of the concern, the death of whom causes the concern to be less than 51 percent owned by one or more service-disabled veterans, if—
(I) - a surviving child of the deceased veteran acquires such veteran’s ownership interest in such concern; and
(II) - immediately prior to the death of such veteran and during the period described in clause (ii), the small business concern is included in the database described in section 36.
(ii) - The time period described in this clause is the time period beginning on the date of the veteran’s death and ending on the earlier of—
(I) - the date on which the surviving child relinquishes an ownership interest in the small business concern; or
(II) - the date that is 3 years after the date of the veteran’s death.
(2) Surviving child - by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
(8) Surviving child - The term "surviving child" means a biological or legally adopted child of a service-disabled veteran.