House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Service-Disabled Veteran Opportunities in Small Business Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 18, 2023
- Committee actionMay 23, 2023
- Passed HouseFeb 28, 2024 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 29, 2024 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3511.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3511, Service-Disabled Veteran Opportunities in Small Business Act” on June 30, 2023. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Small Business on May 23, 2023”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 30, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59351
- CBO publication date
- June 30, 2023
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3511, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3511
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-202 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Small Business Committee on September 19, 2023.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 19, 2023 ↗
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- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/202
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3511, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3511
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LaLOTA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 84, May 18, 2023, Pages H2458-H2459):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 ``The Congress shall have Power to . . . provide for the . . . general Welfare of the United States; . . .'' The single subject of this legislation is: Increase contract awards to service disabled veteran owned small businesses.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 18, 2023 ↗
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- Statement length
- 259 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3511, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3511
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
4 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 3 Democrats
3 of 4 cosponsors (75%) are from the other party.
Michael Lawler (R-NY), Susie Lee (D-NV), Morgan McGarvey (D-KY), Shri Thanedar (D-MI).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Nick LaLota.
- H.R. 8663 (118th) DETECT Fentanyl and Xylazine Act of 2024
- H.R. 4424 (118th) Vietnam Veterans Liver Fluke Cancer Study Act
- H.R. 5441 (118th) Long Island Sound Restoration and Stewardship Reauthorization Act of 2023
- H.R. 4669 (118th) DOE and SBA Research Act
- H.R. 7987 (118th) Plain Language in Contracting Act
- H.R. 5717 (118th) No Bailout for Sanctuary Cities Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 15, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.