DECATUR COUNTY, Ga. (WALB) – U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff’s bipartisan bill to support small businesses run by service-disabled veterans is now law.
Sen. Ossoff held a press conference in Decatur to brief Georgia veterans and small business owners on his bipartisan Investing in VETS Act, which will require the Federal government to award at least 5% of its contracts to small businesses owned by service-disabled veterans.
Sen. Ossoff’s bipartisan bill was signed into law as part of the FY2024 National Defense Authorization Act.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, approximately 27% of all veterans have a service-connected disability. There are currently more than 700,000 veterans across Georgia and over 97,000 who own small businesses in the state.
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