To amend MAP-21 to establish a veterans business enterprises program, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-3997
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Cummings, Elijah E. [D-MD-7]
Introduced: 2015-11-16
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Disability and paralysis

Public transit

Research administration and funding

Research and development

Roads and highways

Small business

Transportation programs funding

Transportation safety and security

Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Latest action: action_date: 2015-11-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-11-16
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill amends the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21) to require that at least 10% of the funds made available for federal-aid highways and highway safety construction programs, including highway safety research and development, and for the Federal Public Transportation Act of 2012 be expended through small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3997 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 16, 2015 Mr. Cummings (for himself, Mr. Clyburn , Ms. Norton , Ms. Brown of Florida , and Mrs. Bustos ) 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 amend MAP–21 to establish a veterans business enterprises program, and for other purposes.

1. Veterans business enterprises program Section 1101 of MAP–21 ( 23 U.S.C. 101 note) is amended by adding at the end the following: (c) Veterans business enterprises program Except to the extent that the Secretary determines otherwise, not less than 10 percent of the amounts made available for any program under divisions A and B of this Act and section 403 of title 23, United States Code, shall be expended through small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans, as defined in section 3(q) of the Small Business Act ( 15 U.S.C. 632(q) ). .