I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 971 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 7, 2017 Ms. Meng introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs A BILL To amend title 38, United States Code, to treat small businesses, owned by surviving spouses of members of the Armed Forces killed in the line of duty, as small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans for purposes of contracting goals and preferences of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.