Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 7, 2015. Last week, Congresswoman Duckworth (IL-08) and Congressman Paul Cook (R-CA), introduced H.R.2221, the Veterans Small Business Enhancement Act of 2015. The bill would allow Veteran-owned small businesses to apply for and receive government surplus or excess property. The General Service Administrationâs excess federal property program is currently available to minority-owned businesses and Veterans Service Organizations and H.R.2221 would expand eligibility to Veteran-owned small businesses. The legislation will save taxpayer money; it is estimated that GSAâs excess federal property program saved the U.S. government $200 million in 2013. There are over 2.5 million Veteran-owned small businesses in the United States.
