A bill to amend the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to remove the exclusion of certain small business concerns from the disadvantaged business enterprise program, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-s-4413
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Ossoff, Jon [D-GA]
Introduced: 2022-06-15
Policy area: Commerce
Latest action: action_date: 2022-06-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-06-15
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong></strong>This bill removes the maximum annual revenue threshold that limits certain small businesses owned by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals from receiving funding under the disadvantaged business enterprise program. The program provides such small businesses the opportunity to compete for federally funded transportation contracts.</p>

tv_txt: II 117th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4413 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES June 15, 2022 Mr. Ossoff introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works A BILL To amend the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to remove the exclusion of certain small business concerns from the disadvantaged business enterprise program, and for other purposes.

1. Disadvantaged business enterprises Section 11101(e)(2)(A) of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act ( Public Law 117–58 ; 135 Stat. 449) is amended to read as follows: (A) Small business concern The term small business concern means a small business concern (as the term is used in section 3 of the Small Business Act ( 15 U.S.C. 632 )). .