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HR 5627 111th Congress House Transportation and Public Works Public contracts and procurement Roads and highways Small business Transportation programs funding Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Commerce for Defenders Act of 2010

Introduced: September 29, 2010 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 30, 2010
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Jun 30, 2010
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1233)
Jun 29, 2010
Referred to House Small Business
Jun 29, 2010
Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Small Business, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jun 29, 2010
Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure
Jun 29, 2010
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Commerce for Defenders Act of 2010 - Amends the Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act to give preference to small businesses owned and controlled by veterans in the awarding of contracts and subcontracts using federal-aid highway, public transportation, commercial motor vehicle safety, the Unified Carrier Registration Act of 2005, transportation research, and highway safety research and development program funds.

What's happening now June 30, 2010

Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 2
D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Nov 16, 2010
Nye, Glenn
· Sep 29, 2010
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jun 29, 2010
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5627: Commerce for Defenders Act of 2010. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-5627/
MLA
"H.R. 5627: Commerce for Defenders Act of 2010." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-5627/.
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H.R. 5627, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-5627/.
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