115th CONGRESS 2d Session |
To amend the FAST Act to ensure that certain veteran small businesses are eligible for funding as small business concerns.
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
To amend the FAST Act to ensure that certain veteran small businesses are eligible for funding as small business concerns.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
This Act may be cited as the “Service Disabled Veteran Infrastructure Investment Parity Act”.
SEC. 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
(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.”.