Require the SBA's Associate Administrator for Veterans Business Development to develop and implement policies and procedures ensuring compliance with reporting requirements for veterans in SBA programs.
Commitment kind: action. Promised action: Require the SBA Associate Administrator for Veterans Business Development to develop and implement policies and procedures for compliance with existing reporting requirements concerning veterans in SBA programs.. Promised outcome: Improved SBA compliance with veterans-related reporting requirements in SBA programs.. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired. Federal House Small Business Committee markup for H.R. 10371, introduced by Rep. LaMonica McIver during her congressional term representing New Jersey's 10th District.
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H.R. 10371 : “Ensuring SBA Implementation of GAO Recommendations Act of 2026” — introduced by Rep. McIver (D-NJ) This bill requires the Associate Administrator for Veterans Business Development to develop and implement policies and procedures to ensure compliance with existing reporting requirements concerning veterans in SBA programs.
The committee release says Rep. McIver introduced H.R. 10371, which would require SBA's veterans business development office to implement compliance procedures for veterans-related reporting requirements.
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"Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Associate Administrator for Veterans Business Development of the Small Business Administration shall develop and implement policies and procedures"
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The bill text matches the commitment but conditions action on enactment, indicating a legislative attempt rather than completed delivery.
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"H.R. 10371, the Ensuring SBA Implementation of GAO Recommendations Act of 2026, was introduced by Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-NJ) on September 14, 2026."
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Official committee memo documents McIver's introduction of the relevant bill during the lookback window.
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"H.R. 10371 – Ensuring SBA Implementation of GAO Recommendations Act of 2026 Ordered to be reported by the Yeas and Nays: 22-0"
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The bill advanced out of House Small Business Committee, but the recorded action is committee reporting, not enactment.
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"H.R. 10329, H.R. 10355, H.R. 10371, H.R. 10353, H.R. 10352, and H.R. 10375 were ordered reported, without amendment."
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Congressional Record confirms H.R. 10371 was ordered reported without amendment, a procedural step short of final passage or enactment.
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"Priority Rec. The Administrator of SBA should ensure that the Associate Administrator of SBA's Office of Veterans Business Development develop and implement policies and procedures to ensure SBA's compliance with Section 603 of the Veterans Entrepreneurship and Business Development Act of 1999. (Recommendation 2) | Open"
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): GAO still lists the core recommendation as open, supporting that the promised reporting-compliance fix has not been fully delivered by agency action.
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"Congresswoman LaMonica McIver (NJ-10) introduced the Ensuring SBA Implementation of GAO Recommendations Act of 2026."
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): McIver's official release confirms sponsor-side effort to pursue the commitment, but it does not show enactment or implementation.
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October 9, 2026
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The reported House bill documents formal advancement beyond the previously recorded September committee vote. This is concrete legislative effort, but does not establish enactment or implementation. No newer qualifying development was found for October 15–17; the commitment remains unresolved.