S. 2679 · 115th Congress · enacted
Veterans Small Business Enhancement Act of 2018
Became Public Law No: 115-416.
Latest official action 2019-01-03 · Enacted
The bill, briefly
Veterans Small Business Enhancement Act of 2018 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Small Business Act to direct the Small Business Administration (SBA) to give access to and manage the distribution of U.S-owned surplus property, pursuant to a memorandum of agreement between the SBA, the General Services Administration, and the head of the state agency for surplus properties, to small businesses owned and controlled by veterans. This includes access to foreign excess property returned to a state for handling as surplus property.
Congressional Research Service · 2019-01-03
Who reported lobbying on this bill?
Amount spent specifically on this bill: not disclosed
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Politicians behind the bill
Sponsors and cosponsors from the official source, limited to members currently in office. Campaign amounts are cycle-wide and are not payments for this bill.
Sponsor
Tammy Duckworth
Senate · IL · Democratic
$154,820PAC receipts · 2025–2026
Cosponsor
Richard J. Durbin
Senate · IL · Democratic
-$24,800PAC receipts · 2025–2026
Cosponsor
John Kennedy
Senate · LA · Republican
$113,800PAC receipts · 2025–2026
Cosponsor
Tim Kaine
Senate · VA · Democratic
$125,658PAC receipts · 2025–2026
Cosponsor
Maria Cantwell
Senate · WA · Democratic
-$11,500PAC receipts · 2025–2026
5 of 5 source cosponsor records retrieved; only current officials and unwithdrawn sponsorships appear.
PAC donors to the listed sponsors
These are all-cycle contributions to the listed sponsors’ and cosponsors’ campaigns. FEC does not attribute them to this bill. A donation plus sponsorship does not establish why a politician acted.
AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIAN SERVICES INC PAC; AKA ACP SERVICES PAC$10,000
Tim Kaine · Cosponsor · $10,000
Official PAC recordPSYCHOLOGY PAC OF AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION SERVICES INC.$10,000
Tim Kaine · Cosponsor · $10,000
Official PAC recordSERCO INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (SERCO PAC)$10,000
Tim Kaine · Cosponsor · $10,000
Official PAC recordSPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP. PAC$10,000
John Kennedy · Cosponsor · $10,000
Official PAC recordD.R.I.V.E. - DEM, REP, IND VOTER ED (THE PAC OF THE INT'L BRHD OF TEAMSTERS)$9,000
BURNS AND MCDONNELL INC. PAC$7,500
Tammy Duckworth · Sponsor · $7,500
Official PAC recordREGIONS FINANCIAL CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$7,500
John Kennedy · Cosponsor · $7,500
Official PAC recordBHFS-E, PC PAC (BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE)$7,000
Tammy Duckworth · Sponsor · $2,000
John Kennedy · Cosponsor · $4,000
Tim Kaine · Cosponsor · $1,000
Official PAC recordBOEHRINGER INGELHEIM USA CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (BOEHRINGER PAC)$6,000
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION EMPLOYEES' POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$6,000
ABBVIE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$5,000
Tammy Duckworth · Sponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordANHEUSER-BUSCH COMPANIES LLC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$5,000
ATLAS AIR WORLDWIDE HOLDINGS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$5,000
Tammy Duckworth · Sponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordBP CORPORATION NORTH AMERICA INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (BP NORTH AMERICA EMPLOYEE PAC)$5,000
John Kennedy · Cosponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordBROADCOM INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (BROADCOM PAC)$5,000
CENCORA, INC. PAC$5,000
Tim Kaine · Cosponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordCOLLEGE OF AMERICAN PATHOLOGISTS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$5,000
Tammy Duckworth · Sponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordERNST & YOUNG POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$5,000
John Kennedy · Cosponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordFIFTH THIRD BANCORP COMERICA INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$5,000
John Kennedy · Cosponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordFIGHT ON PAC$5,000
John Kennedy · Cosponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordHOLLAND & KNIGHT COMMITTEE FOR EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT$5,000
Tim Kaine · Cosponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordHUMANA INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$5,000
Tammy Duckworth · Sponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordIN THE ARENA PAC$5,000
John Kennedy · Cosponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordMAYNARD NEXSEN PAC$5,000
John Kennedy · Cosponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordMIDWEST REGION LABORERS' POLITICAL LEAGUE$5,000
Tammy Duckworth · Sponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordNATIONAL ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$5,000
Tammy Duckworth · Sponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordRELX INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$5,000
Tim Kaine · Cosponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordSANTANDER HOLDINGS USA INC. PAC (SANTANDER US PAC)$5,000
John Kennedy · Cosponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordULLICO INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ULLIPAC)$5,000
Tammy Duckworth · Sponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordWORKING FOR OHIO$5,000
John Kennedy · Cosponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordAIRBUS AMERICAS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$4,500
AMERICAN SOYBEAN ASSOCIATION PAC (SOYPAC)$4,500
CARGILL, INCORPORATED POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$4,500
PFIZER INC. PAC$4,500
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORAL & MAXILLOFACIAL SURGEONS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$4,000
John Kennedy · Cosponsor · $2,000
Tim Kaine · Cosponsor · $1,000
Maria Cantwell · Cosponsor · $1,000
Official PAC recordCOMMUNITY BANCSHARES OF MISSISSIPPI INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$4,000
John Kennedy · Cosponsor · $4,000
Official PAC recordFRAMATOME INC PAC$4,000
ILLINOIS CORN GROWERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL INVOLVEMENT FUND-FEDERAL$4,000
Tammy Duckworth · Sponsor · $4,000
Official PAC recordLYONDELL CHEMICAL COMPANY PAC$4,000
VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (VPAC)$4,000
Tim Kaine · Cosponsor · $4,000
Official PAC recordThe largest 40 donor totals appear here. Open each politician for their complete, paginated PAC donor list.
What happened after enactment?
Dated agency-reported implementation and uptake measures are shown with their scope. They do not by themselves establish causal success. If no evidence is listed, the outcome is not established.
Measured outcome: not established
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