HR 4319
115th Congress
House
Commerce
Minority and disadvantaged businesses
Public contracts and procurement
Roads and highways
Small business
Transportation programs funding
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Fairness to Veterans for Infrastructure Investment Act of 2017
Introduced: November 9, 2017
Introduced by:
Fitzpatrick, Brian K.
Republican
· Pennsylvania
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 13, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Nov 9, 2017
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.
Nov 9, 2017
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Fairness to Veterans for Infrastructure Investment Act of 2017
This bill amends the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act) to revise the requirement that 10% of the award of contracts for federal-aid highway, federal public transportation, and highway safety research and development programs be set-aside for small businesses owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals. This set-aside must include veteran-owned small businesses.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Committees of jurisdiction
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