The Veterans Benefits Act of 2003 is a recently enacted public law (December 16, 2003) that permits contracting officers to award sole-source contracts to any small business concern owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans;

The purpose of this procurement program is to assist agencies in achieving the statutorily mandated 3% government-wide goal for procurement from service-disabled veteran-owned SBCs. When drafting the Veterans Benefits Act of 2003, Congress found that agencies were falling far short of reaching this goal. Consequently, the legislative history specifically states that Congress urges the SBA and the Office of Federal Procurement Policy to expeditiously and transparently implement this program.

***After sacrificing their own bodies and health for both the US Government and for all free persons of the United States, there are more than 1.2 million service disabled american veterans who are focused on building better lives for disabled veterans and their families.***