A stint at a military prep school would no longer qualify people for a federal bidding preference reserved for disabled veterans under a bipartisan bill now before Congress.

Reps. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., and Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., teamed up on a measure to require actual military service to qualify as the owner of a Service-Disabled, Veteran-Owned Small Business.

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