3.0.0 1014 2023-01-13T04:47:45Z 2023-01-13T04:47:45Z Senate S S 2005-05-12 109 sssb00 Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2005-05-12T20:55:52Z 2005-05-12 sssb00 Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5101-5103) IntroReferral 2005-05-12 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5101) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2005-05-12 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000663 Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] Olympia Snowe R ME J. N C001057 Sen. Coleman, Norm [R-MN] Norm Coleman R MN 2005-07-01 False A000121 Sen. Allen, George [R-VA] GEORGE ALLEN R VA F. 2005-07-12 False B001126 Sen. Burns, Conrad R. [R-MT] CONRAD BURNS R MT R. 2005-07-14 False I000055 Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA] Johnny Isakson R GA 2005-07-25 False S000059 Sen. Santorum, Rick [R-PA] RICK SANTORUM R PA 2005-09-08 False S001142 Sen. Smith, Gordon H. [R-OR] GORDON SMITH R OR H. 2005-11-08 False T000250 Sen. Thune, John [R-SD] John Thune R SD R. 2005-11-10 False T000024 Sen. Talent, Jim [R-MO] JIM TALENT R MO 2005-12-15 False Commerce Administrative procedure Armed Forces and National Security Armed forces reserves Congress Congressional reporting requirements Continuing education Counseling Disabled Education Federal advisory bodies Government Operations and Politics Governmental investigations Higher education Labor and Employment Law Legislation Licenses Military operations National Guard Small Business Administration Small business Social Welfare Veterans' employment Commerce 00 2005-05-12 Introduced in Senate 2005-07-08T14:13:43Z Supporting Our Patriotic Businesses Act of 2005 - Authorizes appropriations for the Small Business Administration's (SBA) Office of Veteran Business Development.

Amends the Veterans Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development Act of 1999 to permanently extend the authority and duties of the SBA's Advisory Committee on Veterans Business Affairs.

Amends the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to exempt service members called to active duty from professional or occupational continuing education requirements while they are called up, or within the 120-day period after active duty release.

Amends the Small Business Act to allow small businesses owned by veterans and service-disabled veterans to extend their SBA program participation time limitations by the length of time of active duty.

Requires the Secretary of each military department to take measures to counsel Guard and Reserve members about the importance of timely notifying their employers after they receive active duty orders (other than training).

]]> Supporting Our Patriotic Businesses Act of 2005 Display Title Supporting Our Patriotic Businesses Act of 2005 Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide additional relief for small business owners ordered to active duty as members of reserve components of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Supporting Our Patriotic Businesses Act of 2005 Introduced in Senate 2005-05-12T04:00:00Z 2005-05-12 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5101-5103) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.