{"id":150769,"date":"2023-12-13T07:14:38","date_gmt":"2023-12-13T12:14:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=150769"},"modified":"2023-12-13T07:14:38","modified_gmt":"2023-12-13T12:14:38","slug":"legislators-crack-down-on-stolen-valor-businesses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=150769","title":{"rendered":"Legislators Crack Down on Stolen Valor Businesses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-150771 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/contrast-300x290.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/contrast-300x290.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/contrast-344x333.jpg 344w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/contrast.jpg 495w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.military.com\/daily-news\/2023\/12\/12\/crackdown-stolen-valor-businesses-included-defense-bill-set-become-law.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Military.com<\/a> reports that a new defense policy bill seeks to make it more difficult to falsely claim a business is veteran-owned when it isn&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.military.com\/daily-news\/2023\/12\/12\/crackdown-stolen-valor-businesses-included-defense-bill-set-become-law.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Crackdown on Stolen Valor by Businesses Included in Defense Bill Set to Become Law<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nMilitary.com | By Rebecca Kheel | December 12, 2023<\/p>\n<p>The sweeping defense policy bill poised to pass Congress this week seeks to crack down on stolen valor among businesses by making it harder for some of them to win federal contracts intended for veterans.<\/p>\n<p>The compromise National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA, includes an amendment that would stipulate that small businesses that self-certify as being service disabled and veteran owned could not count toward the government&#8217;s target for how much contracting goes to such businesses.<\/p>\n<p>The goal is to disincentivize stolen valor by motivating federal officials to award contracts to businesses that are formally certified as being veteran owned.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For too long, loopholes have allowed imposters to self-certify as service-disabled, veteran-owned small businesses and take advantage of government benefits set aside for our nation&#8217;s heroes,&#8221; Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, an Army National Guard veteran who sponsored the amendment, said in a statement to Military.com. &#8220;There is no room for error when it comes to our men and women who served, and service-disabled veterans should know that our grateful nation is doing everything in its power to support their success.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Then&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Self-certification defeats the purpose of guaranteeing that service-disabled certified and veteran-certified firms are fairly represented in federal contracting as per the law,&#8221; Ronald Washington, an executive committee member of a veterans entrepreneurship group called VET-Force, said in a statement shared by Ernst&#8217;s office supporting her amendment.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The big take-away here is that the honor system doesn&#8217;t seem to be working. 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