VOLT Act of 2016

Veteran Opportunities on Local Transportation Act of 2016 or the VOLT Act of 2016

This bill authorizes a recipient of public transportation assistance to advertise and award a construction contract that includes requirements for employing veterans residing in or adjacent to any of the areas in which work is to be performed if:

• the project's estimated cost exceeds $10 million;
• there is no requirement to hire an individual who does not have relevant craft or trade work skills, unless the individual is subject to an apprenticeship or other training program; and
• the requirements do not compromise the project's quality, unreasonably delay its completion, or unreasonably increase its cost.

[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5355 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5355

  To amend title 49, United States Code, to assist veterans to obtain 
      certain public transportation jobs, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 26, 2016

Mr. Ashford (for himself and Mr. Jones) introduced the following bill; 
       which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and 
                             Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 49, United States Code, to assist veterans to obtain 
      certain public transportation jobs, 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 ``Veteran Opportunities on Local 
Transportation Act of 2016'' or the ``VOLT Act of 2016''.

SEC. 2. PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION JOBS FOR LOCAL VETERANS.

    Section 5325 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
    ``(l) Veterans Local Hiring.--A recipient of assistance under this 
chapter may advertise and award a contract for construction that 
includes requirements for the employment of veterans residing in or 
adjacent to any of the areas in which work is to be performed under the 
contract if--
            ``(1) the estimated cost of the project to which the 
        contract relates exceeds $10,000,000;
            ``(2) there is no requirement to hire an individual who 
        does not have the necessary skills to perform work in a 
        relevant craft or trade, unless the individual is subject to an 
        apprenticeship program or other training program; and
            ``(3) the requirements do not--
                    ``(A) compromise the quality of the project to 
                which the contract relates;
                    ``(B) unreasonably delay the completion of the 
                project; or
                    ``(C) unreasonably increase the cost of the 
                project.''.
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