{"bill":{"id":"119-hr-865","congress":119,"type":"HR","number":865,"title":"Service-Disabled Veteran Opportunities in Small Business Act","originChamber":"House","introducedDate":"2025-01-31","sponsors":[{"bioguideId":"L000598","fullName":"Rep. LaLota, Nick [R-NY-1]","party":"R","state":"NY","district":1}],"cosponsorsCount":7,"latestAction":{"actionDate":"2025-01-31","text":"Referred to the House Committee on Small Business."},"policyArea":"Commerce","subjects":[],"actions":[{"date":"2025-01-31","text":"Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-01-31","text":"Introduced in House","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-01-31","text":"Introduced in House","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false}],"summary":"<p><strong>Service-Disabled Veteran Opportunities in Small Business Act</strong></p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p>","updateDate":"2026-04-16T13:33:20Z"},"markets":[],"stateBills":[],"meta":{"sources":["congress.gov"],"latencyMs":526,"ts":"2026-04-21T09:50:28.890Z"},"nextActions":{"inspect":[],"related":[{"description":"Search related legislation","method":"GET","url":"/api/public/query-gov?q=Service-Disabled%20Veteran%20Opportunities%20in%20Small%20Business%20Act"}]}}