# 119-hr-3195: To amend the Small Business Act to include surviving children in the definition of small business concern owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans, and for other purposes.

119-hr-3195, To amend the Small Business Act to include surviving children in the definition of small business concern owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans, and for other purposes., is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Moore, Barry [R-AL-1] (R-AL); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-16).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-3195
- Congress: 119
- Title: To amend the Small Business Act to include surviving children in the definition of small business concern owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans, and for other purposes.
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-05-05
- Sponsor: Rep. Moore, Barry [R-AL-1] (R-AL)
- Cosponsors: 5
- Policy area: Commerce
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-16

## Summary

**Preserve veteran-owned small business status after a service-disabled veteran's death** by allowing a surviving child who acquires the veteran’s ownership stake to maintain that status for a limited transition period. - A surviving child who acquires the deceased veteran’s ownership interest would be able to keep the business’s service-disabled veteran-owned status for up to 3 years, if the business was veteran-owned immediately before the veteran’s death and remains listed in the section 36 database. - Small businesses would retain access to veteran-focused contracting programs and set-asides during the ownership transition, subject to the ownership and database conditions. - The protection ends earlier if the surviving child relinquishes ownership or after 3 years. The bill defines “surviving child” as the biological or legally adopted child of the service-disabled veteran.

## Cosponsors (5)

- Rep. Ellzey, Jake [R-TX-6] (R-TX), 2025-05-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sewell, Terri A. [D-AL-7] (D-AL), 2025-05-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Rogers, Mike D. [R-AL-3] (R-AL), 2025-05-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Figures, Shomari [D-AL-2] (D-AL), 2025-11-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Patronis, Jimmy [R-FL-1] (R-FL), 2026-09-14T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Veteran-owned small firms keep status after death: benefit, medium. If enacted, some small firms could keep their service‑disabled veteran‑owned status after the veteran owner dies. This would apply if a surviving child takes the veteran’s ownership share. The firm must be in the section 36 database before the death and stay listed during this period. The status wo…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-8800: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027
- 119-hr-3838: Streamlining Procurement for Effective Execution and Delivery and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026
- 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-hr-9237: Take Care of America’s Veterans Act
- 119-hr-7230: Buying American Cotton Act of 2026
- 119-hr-2853: Combating Organized Retail Crime Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-hr-3195 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3195)

## Related
- [119-hr-8800: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-8800)
- [119-hr-3838: Streamlining Procurement for Effective Execution and Delivery and National Defe…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3838)
- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hr-9237: Take Care of America’s Veterans Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9237)
- [119-hr-7230: Buying American Cotton Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7230)
- [119-hr-2853: Combating Organized Retail Crime Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2853)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3195 (as of 2026-09-16).