Fairness to Veterans for Infrastructure Investment Act of 2017
Latest action · Nov 13, 2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedNov 9, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Fairness to Veterans for Infrastructure Investment Act of 2017
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 veteran-owned small businesses.
Cosponsors 8
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 9, 2017 to May 17, 2018; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| I-AZ | Kyrsten Sinema | Original | Nov 9, 2017 |
| R-AK | Don Young | Dec 6, 2017 | |
| R-NY | Peter T. King | Dec 6, 2017 | |
| R-TX | Bill Flores | Dec 18, 2017 | |
| D-NJ | Josh Gottheimer | Dec 22, 2017 | |
| R-CA | David G. Valadao | Jan 17, 2018 | |
| R-CO | Mike Coffman | Jan 29, 2018 | |
| D-FL | Stephanie N. Murphy | May 17, 2018 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Referred Nov 9, 2017 |
| Highways and Transit Subcommittee | Referred Nov 13, 2017 | |
| House | Small Business Committee | Referred Nov 9, 2017 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 13, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
- Nov 9, 2017Introduced in House
- Nov 9, 2017Referred 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.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 183, November 9, 2017, page H8697.
Related bills 18
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the FAST Act to improve contracting opportunities for veteran-owned small business concerns, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Fairness to Veterans for Infrastructure Investment Act of 2017
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Commerce.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 9, 2017Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
