; and (2) if the concern does not file such a certification application before the end of the 1-year period beginning on the transfer date, lose, at the end of such 1-year period, any self-certification of the concern as a small business concern owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans. (b) Non-Applicability to Department of Veterans Affairs Subsection (a) shall not apply to participation in contracts (including subcontracts) with the Department of Veterans Affairs. 5. Transfer of the Center for Verification and Evaluation of the Department of Veterans Affairs to the Small Business Administration (a) Abolishment The Center for Verification and Evaluation of the Department defined under section 74.1 of title 38, Code of Federal Regulations, is abolished effective on the transfer date. (b) Transfer of functions All functions that, immediately before the effective date of this section, were functions of the Center for Verification and Evaluation shall— (1) on the date of enactment of this Act, be functions of both the Center for Verification and Evaluation and the Small Business Administration, except that the Small Business Administration shall not have any authority to carry out any certification functions