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For Immediate
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Office of the Press Secretary
October 21, 2004
Service-Disabled Veterans Executive Order
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For Immediate Release April 26,
2010 Executive Order on the Interagency Task Force on Veterans Small Business Development EXECUTIVE ORDERINTERAGENCY TASK FORCE ON VETERANS
SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws
of the United States of America, including section 102 of title I of the Military Reservist and Veteran Small Business Reauthorization
and Opportunity Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-186) (the
"Act"), and in order to establish an interagency
task force to coordinate the efforts of Federal agencies to improve capital, business development opportunities, and pre-established
Federal contracting goals for small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans and service-disabled veterans, it is
hereby ordered as follows: Section 1. Establishment. The Administrator
of the Small Business Administration (Administrator) shall establish within the Small Business Administration an Interagency
Task Force on Veterans Small Business Development (Task Force). Section 2. Membership. The Administrator shall serve
as Chair of the Task Force and shall direct its work. Other members shall consist of:(a) A senior
level representative, designated by the head of the respective department or agency, from each of the following: (i) the Department of the Treasury;
(ii) the Department of Defense;
(iii) the Department of Labor;
(iv) the Department of Veterans Affairs;
(v) the Office of Management and Budget;
(vi) the Small Business Administration
(in addition to the Administrator); and
(vii) the General Services Administration; and(b)
four representatives from a veterans' service or military organization or association, who shall be appointed by the Administrator. Section 3. Functions. Consistent with the Act and
other applicable law, the Task Force shall: (a) consult regularly with veterans service and military organizations in performing the duties
of the Task Force;(b) coordinate administrative and regulatory activities and develop proposals
relating to: (i)
improving capital access and capacity of small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans and service-disabled veterans
through loans, surety bonding, and franchising;
(ii) ensuring achievement of the pre-established Federal contracting
goals for small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans and service-disabled veterans through expanded mentor-protégé
assistance and matching such small business concerns with contracting opportunities;
(iii) increasing the integrity of
certifications of status as a small business concern owned and controlled by a veteran or service-disabled veteran;
(iv)
reducing paperwork and administrative burdens on veterans in accessing business development and entrepreneurship opportunities;
(v) increasing and improving training and counseling services provided to small business concerns owned and controlled by
veterans; and
(vi) making other improvements relating to the support for veterans business development by the Federal
Government; and(c) not later than 1 year after its first meeting and annually thereafter, forward
to the President a report on the performance of its functions, including any proposals developed pursuant to subsection (b)
of this section. Section
4. General Provisions (a) The Small Business Administration shall provide funding and administrative support for the Task
Force to the extent permitted by law and within existing appropriations.(b) Nothing in this order
shall be construed to impair or otherwise effect:(i) authority granted by law to an executive
department, agency, or the head thereof; and
(ii) functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget relating
to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.(c) Insofar as the Federal Advisory Committee
Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App.) (FACA), may apply to the Task Force, any functions of the President under the FACA, except
for those in section 6 of the FACA, shall be performed by the Administrator in accordance with guidelines issued by the Administrator
of General Services.(d) This order is not intended to and does not create any right or benefit,
substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies,
or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person. BARACK OBAMA THE WHITE HOUSE,
April 26, 2010 By the
authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and in order to strengthen
opportunities in Federal contracting for service-disabled veteran businesses, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Policy. America honors the extraordinary service rendered to the United States
by veterans with disabilities incurred or aggravated in the line of duty during active service with the armed forces. Heads
of agencies shall provide the opportunity for service-disabled veteran businesses to significantly increase the Federal contracting
and subcontracting of such businesses. To achieve that objective, agencies shall more effectively implement section 15(g)
of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644(g)), which provides that the President must establish a goal of not less than 3 percent
for participation by service-disabled veteran businesses in Federal contracting, and section 36 of that Act (15 U.S.C. 657f),
which gives agency contracting officers the authority to reserve certain procurements for service-disabled veteran businesses.
Sec. 2. Duties of Agency Heads. To implement the policy set forth in section 1, heads of agencies shall:
(a) develop a strategy to implement the policy set forth in section 1;
(b) make the agency's strategy publicly
available and report annually to the Administrator of the Small Business Administration on implementation of the agency's
strategy;
(c) designate a senior-level official who shall be responsible for developing and implementing the agency's
strategy;
(d) include development and implementation of the agency's strategy and achievements in furtherance
of the strategy as significant elements in any performance plans of the agency's designated agency senior-level official,
chief acquisition officer, and director of small and disadvantaged business utilization; and
(e) include in the
agency's strategy plans for:
(i) reserving agency contracts exclusively for service-disabled veteran businesses;
(ii) encouraging and facilitating participation by service-disabled veteran businesses in competitions for award
of agency contracts;
(iii) encouraging agency contractors to subcontract with service-disabled veteran businesses
and actively monitoring and evaluating agency contractors' efforts to do so;
(iv) training agency personnel on
applicable law and policies relating to participation of service-disabled veteran businesses in Federal contracting; and
(v) disseminating information to service-disabled veteran businesses that would assist these businesses in participating
in awards of agency contracts.
Sec. 3. Additional Duties of Administrator of the Small Business Administration.
The Administrator of the Small Business Administration shall:
(a) designate an appropriate entity within the Small
Business Administration that shall, in coordination with the Veterans Affairs' Center for Veterans Enterprise (CVE), provide
to service-disabled veteran businesses information and assistance concerning participation in Federal contracting;
(b) advise and assist heads of agencies in their implementation of section 2 of this order; and
(c) make available
to service-disabled veteran businesses training in Federal contracting law, procedures, and practices that would assist such
businesses in participating in Federal contracting.
Sec. 4. Additional Duties of Administrator of General Services.
The Administrator of General Services shall:
(a) establish a Government-wide Acquisition Contract reserved for
participation by service-disabled veteran businesses; and
(b) assist service-disabled veteran businesses to be
included in Federal Supply Schedules.
Sec. 5. Additional Duties of the Secretary of Defense. The Secretary of
Defense shall direct the Defense Acquisition University (DAU) to develop training on contracting with service-disabled veteran
businesses and make this training available on line through the DAU continuous learning program.
Sec. 6. Additional
Duties of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall assist agencies by making available services
of the CVE and assist in verifying the accuracy of contractor registration databases with regard to service-disabled veteran
businesses.
Sec. 7. Additional Duties of the Secretary of Labor and Secretary of Veterans Affairs. The Secretary
of Labor and Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall, respectively, direct the Transition Assistance Program and the Disability
Transition Assistance Program to educate separating service members as to the benefits available to service-disabled veteran
businesses and as to potential entrepreneurial opportunities.
Sec. 8. Definitions. As used in this order:
(a) the term "agency" means an "executive agency" as that term is defined in section 105 of title
5, United States Code, excluding an executive agency that has fewer than 500 employees, the Government Accountability Office,
or a Government corporation;
(b) the term "service-disabled" means, with respect to disability, that
the disability was incurred or aggravated in the line of duty in the active service in the United States Armed Forces;
(c) the term "service-disabled veteran" means a veteran, as defined in 38 U.S.C. 101(2), with a disability
that is service-connected, as defined in 38 U.S.C. 101(16);
(d) the term "service-disabled veteran business"
means a small business concern owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans, as defined in section 3(q) of the Small
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632(q)); and
(e) the term "small business concern" has the meaning specified
in section 3(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632(a)) and the definitions and standards issued under that section.
Sec. 9. General Provisions. (a) Heads of agencies shall carry out duties assigned by sections 3, 4, 5, 6, and
7 of this order to the extent consistent with applicable law and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(b) To the extent permitted by law, an agency shall disclose personally identifying information on service-disabled veterans
to other agencies who require such information in order to discharge their responsibilities under this order.
(c)
An agency that consists of a multi-member commission shall implement this order to the extent it determines appropriate to
the accomplishment of the agency's mission.
(d) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or
benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments,
agencies, instrumentalities or entities, its officers, employees or agents, or any other person.
GEORGE
W. BUSH
THE WHITE HOUSE
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Vietnam Memorial Monument-Washington, D.C.
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