[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2031 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2031

 To amend the FAST Act to allow States to include information on small 
 business concerns owned and controlled by veterans in reporting under 
  the disadvantaged business enterprises program of the Department of 
                Transportation, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 27, 2019

 Mr. Barrasso introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the FAST Act to allow States to include information on small 
 business concerns owned and controlled by veterans in reporting under 
  the disadvantaged business enterprises program of the Department of 
                Transportation, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Veterans Enhancing Transportation 
Act''.

SEC. 2. DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISES.

    Section 1101(b)(6) of the FAST Act (23 U.S.C. 101 note; Public Law 
114-94) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting ``; and'';
            (2) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as clauses 
        (i) and (ii), respectively, and indenting appropriately;
            (3) in the matter preceding clause (i) (as so 
        redesignated), by striking ``The Secretary shall establish'' 
        and inserting the following: ``The Secretary shall--
                    ``(A) establish''; and
            (4) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(B) allow State governments to include in 
                reporting described in subparagraph (A) information 
                concerning small business concerns that are owned and 
                controlled by veterans (as defined in section 101 of 
                title 38, United States Code) that are not socially and 
                economically disadvantaged individuals.''.
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