S. 492 · 116th Congress
Disabled Veterans Rebuilding Infrastructure to Vitalize our Economy Act
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Gary Peters
- Introduced
- 2019-02-14
- Latest action
- 2019-02-14 · Introduced in Senate
Summary
Disabled Veterans Rebuilding Infrastructure to Vitalize our Economy Act
This bill amends the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act) to (1) add the term "service-connected disabled veteran-owned small business concern" for purposes of awarding transportation contracts under such Act; (2) require, to the maximum extent practicable, not less than 5% of amounts available under such Act to be expended through service-connected disabled veteran-owned small business concerns; and (3) require states to notify the Department of Transportation of the percentage of small business concerns controlled by service-disabled veterans.