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kind: "diff"
citation: "H.R. 1313"
bill: "114-hr-1313"
heading: "Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business Relief Act"
from: "ih"
from_label: "Introduced in House"
to: "eh"
to_label: "Engrossed in House"
sections_amended: 1
sections_added: 0
sections_removed: 0
url: "https://uscodex.org/bills/114/hr/1313/changes/eh"
---

# H.R. 1313 — what changed

H.R. 1313, Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business Relief Act — 1 section amended between Introduced in House and Engrossed in House.

Edits are marked `<del>struck</del>` and `<ins>inserted</ins>`.

## Sec. 2 Modification of treatment under contracting goals and preferences of Department of Veterans Affairs

- (a) In general— Section 8127(h) of title 38, United States Code, is amended—
  - (1) in paragraph (3), by striking “rated as” and all that follows through “disability.” and inserting a period; and
  - (2) in paragraph (2), by amending subparagraph (C) to read as follows:
    - “(C) The date that—
    - “(i) in the case of a surviving spouse of a veteran with a service-connected disability rated as 100 percent disabling or who dies as a result of a service-connected disability, is 10 years after the date of the veteran’s death; or
    - “(ii) in the case of a surviving spouse of a veteran with a service-connected disability rated as less than 100 percent disabling who does not die as a result of a service-connected disability, is <del>three </del><ins>3 </ins>years after the date of the veteran’s death.”
- (b) Effective date— The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect on the date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply with respect to contracts awarded on or after such date.