Service Disabled Veteran Infrastructure Investment Parity Act

Bill: 115-hr-6603
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Luetkemeyer, Blaine [R-MO-3]
Introduced: 2018-07-26
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Disability and paralysis

Minority and disadvantaged businesses

Public contracts and procurement

Roads and highways

Small business

Transportation programs funding

Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Latest action: action_date: 2018-07-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

Summaries:
action_date: 2018-07-26
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Service Disabled Veteran Infrastructure Investment Parity Act</b></p> <p> 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 service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses. </p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6603 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 26, 2018 Mr. Luetkemeyer (for himself and Mr. Sessions ) 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 the FAST Act to ensure that certain veteran small businesses are eligible for funding as small business concerns.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Service Disabled Veteran Infrastructure Investment Parity Act . 2. Small business concerns Section 1101(b) of the FAST Act ( Public Law 114–94 ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (2) by adding at the end the following: (C) Service-disabled veteran-owned small business The term service-disabled veteran-owned small business has the meaning given the term small business concern owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans in section 3(q) of the Small Business Act ( 15 U.S.C. 632(q) ). ; (2) in paragraph (3), by inserting before the period the following: and service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses ; and (3) in paragraph (4)(B)— (A) in clause (ii) by striking and at the end; (B) in clause (iii) by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and (C) by adding at the end the following: (iv) service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses. .