I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3513 
To require at least 10 percent of certain transportation funding to be made 
available for small business concerns owned and controlled by socially 
and economically disadvantaged individuals. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 29, 2011 
Ms. BROWN of Florida (for herself, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. THOMPSON of Mis-
sissippi, Mr. CLARKE of Michigan, Mr. CLAY, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, 
Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. CONYERS, Ms. JACK-
SON LEE of Texas, Ms. MOORE, Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, Ms. WIL-
SON of Florida, Ms. HANABUSA, Ms. SEWELL, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, 
Ms. RICHARDSON, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mr. LEWIS 
of Georgia, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Ms. CLARKE
of New York, Mr. 
PIERLUISI, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. PAYNE, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of 
Texas, Ms. EDWARDS, Mr. MEEKS, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Ms. 
WATERS, Mr. RICHMOND, Mr. RUSH, Mr. RANGEL, Ms. NORTON, and 
Mr. CLEAVER) introduced the following bill; which was 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 
A BILL 
To require at least 10 percent of certain transportation fund-
ing to be made available for small business concerns 
owned and controlled by socially and economically dis-
advantaged individuals. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISES. 
(a) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Except to the extent 
that the Secretary of Transportation determines other-
wise, not less than 10 percent of the amounts made avail-
able for any program under the jurisdiction of the Federal 
Railroad Administration shall be expended through small 
business concerns owned and controlled by socially and 
economically disadvantaged individuals. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following defi-
nitions apply: 
(1) SMALL
BUSINESS
CONCERN.—The term 
‘‘small business concern’’ has the meaning that term 
has under section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 
U.S.C. 632), except that the term shall not include 
any concern or group of concerns controlled by the 
same socially and economically disadvantaged indi-
vidual or individuals which has average annual gross 
receipts over the preceding 3 fiscal years in excess 
of $22,410,000, as adjusted annually by the Sec-
retary of Transportation for inflation. 
(2) SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVAN-
TAGED INDIVIDUALS.—The term ‘‘socially and eco-
nomically disadvantaged individuals’’ has the mean-
ing that term has under section 8(d) of the Small 
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(d)) and relevant sub-
contracting regulations issued pursuant to that Act, 
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except that women shall be presumed to be socially 
and economically disadvantaged individuals for pur-
poses of this section. 
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