Veteran Opportunities on Local Transportation Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5355
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Ashford, Brad [D-NE-2]
Introduced: 2016-05-26
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Public contracts and procurement

Public transit

Transportation programs funding

Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Latest action: action_date: 2016-05-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-05-26
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Veteran Opportunities on Local Transportation Act of 2016 or the VOLT Act of 2016</strong></p> <p>This bill authorizes a recipient of public transportation assistance to advertise and award a construction contract that includes requirements for employing veterans residing in or adjacent to any of the areas in which work is to be performed if: </p> <ul> <li>the project's estimated cost exceeds $10 million; </li> <li>there is no requirement to hire an individual who does not have relevant craft or trade work skills, unless the individual is subject to an apprenticeship or other training program; and </li> <li>the requirements do not compromise the project's quality, unreasonably delay its completion, or unreasonably increase its cost. </li> </ul>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5355 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 26, 2016 Mr. Ashford (for himself and Mr. Jones ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To amend title 49, United States Code, to assist veterans to obtain certain public transportation jobs, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Veteran Opportunities on Local Transportation Act of 2016 or the VOLT Act of 2016 . 2. Public transportation jobs for local veterans Section 5325 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: (l) Veterans local hiring A recipient of assistance under this chapter may advertise and award a contract for construction that includes requirements for the employment of veterans residing in or adjacent to any of the areas in which work is to be performed under the contract if— (1) the estimated cost of the project to which the contract relates exceeds $10,000,000; (2) there is no requirement to hire an individual who does not have the necessary skills to perform work in a relevant craft or trade, unless the individual is subject to an apprenticeship program or other training program; and (3) the requirements do not— (A) compromise the quality of the project to which the contract relates; (B) unreasonably delay the completion of the project; or (C) unreasonably increase the cost of the project. .