[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6527 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6527

  To amend the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to establish a 
     veterans business enterprises program, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 28, 2022

Mrs. Steel (for herself and Ms. Porter) 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

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to establish a 
     veterans business enterprises program, 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 ``Driving Veterans Success Act''.

SEC. 2. VETERANS BUSINESS ENTERPRISES PROGRAM.

    Section 11101 of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public 
Law 117-58) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(f) Veterans Business Enterprises Program.--Except to the extent 
that the Secretary determines otherwise, not less than 10 percent of 
the amounts made available for any program under this division (other 
than section 14004), division C, and section 403 of title 23, United 
States Code, shall be expended through small business concerns owned 
and controlled by veterans, as defined in section 3(q) of the Small 
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632(q)).''.
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