S3896-119

In Committee

Veterans Affairs Opportunity for Small Businesses Act of 2026

119th Congress Introduced Feb 24, 2026

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, Veterans Affairs Opportunity for Small Businesses Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting veterans and veterans service providers. The main policy domain is Veterans Affairs, Defense, Environment.

Who Benefits and How

veterans and veterans service providers may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, veterans and veterans service providers may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section id57b8cbe5800345e6a4421b9a4e8a63cc: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Veterans Affairs Opportunity for Small Businesses Act of 2026.
  • Section idb17b8dcc9c9442f9b4e19e846a84b6f4: 2. Modification of Department of Veterans Affairs procurement hierarchy of small business preferences Section 8127(h) of title 38, United States Code, is...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, Veterans Affairs Opportunity for Small Businesses Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting veterans and veterans service providers.

Key Policy Areas

Veterans Affairs, Defense, Environment

Primary Purpose

This bill, Veterans Affairs Opportunity for Small Businesses Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting veterans and veterans service providers.

Policy Domains

Veterans Affairs Defense Environment

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • veterans and veterans service providers
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veterans and veterans service providers:
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • veterans and veterans service providers
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federal implementing agencies:
veterans and veterans service providers:

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Feb 24, 2026

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Feb 24, 2026

Introduced in Senate

Feb 24, 2026

Mrs. Blackburn introduced the following bill; which was read twice …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Veterans Affairs Defense Environment
Actor Mappings
"federal_implementing_agencies"
→ Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill

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