S 492
116th Congress
Senate
Transportation and Public Works
Disability and paralysis
Public contracts and procurement
Roads and highways
Small business
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Disabled Veterans Rebuilding Infrastructure to Vitalize our Economy Act
Introduced: February 14, 2019
Introduced by:
Peters, Gary C.
Democratic
· Michigan
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Feb 14, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Feb 14, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Disabled Veterans Rebuilding Infrastructure to Vitalize our Economy Act
This bill amends the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act) to (1) add the term "service-connected disabled veteran-owned small business concern" for purposes of awarding transportation contracts under such Act; (2) require, to the maximum extent practicable, not less than 5% of amounts available under such Act to be expended through service-connected disabled veteran-owned small business concerns; and (3) require states to notify the Department of Transportation of the percentage of small business concerns controlled by service-disabled veterans.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1