3.0.0 2359 2023-01-12T17:53:06Z 2023-01-12T17:53:06Z House H HR 2007-05-17 110 hssm00 Small Business Committee House Standing Reported by 2007-06-15T22:49:34Z Markup by 2007-05-23T18:02:36Z Hearings by 2007-05-23T17:43:27Z Referred to 2007-05-17T14:05:05Z H. Rept. 110-193 2007-06-22 Senate Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 218. Calendars 2007-06-21 Senate Received in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time. Calendars 2007-06-20 12:36:24 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. Floor H38310 2 House floor actions 2007-06-20 12:36:22 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 405 - 18 (Roll no. 514). (text: CR 6/18/2007 H6615-6618) Floor H37300 2 House floor actions 514 https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2007/roll514.xml House 110 2007-06-20T16:36:22Z 1 2007-06-20 12:36:22 Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 405 - 18 (Roll no. 514).(text: CR 6/18/2007 H6615-6618) Floor 8000 9 Library of Congress 514 https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2007/roll514.xml House 110 2007-06-20T16:36:22Z 1 2007-06-20 12:29:10 Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H6755-6756) Floor H30000 2 House floor actions 2007-06-18 18:21:59 At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed. Floor H37220 2 House floor actions 2007-06-18 18:03:41 DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2359. Floor H8D000 2 House floor actions 2007-06-18 18:03:38 Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6615-6620) Floor H30000 2 House floor actions 2007-06-18 18:03:13 Ms. Velazquez moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill. Floor H30300 2 House floor actions 2007-06-15 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 114. Calendars H12410 2 House floor actions U00114 2007-06-15 Reported by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 110-193. Committee H12200 2 House floor actions hssm00 Small Business Committee 2007-06-15 Reported by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 110-193. Committee 5000 9 Library of Congress hssm00 Small Business Committee 2007-05-23 hssm00 Small Business Committee 1 House committee actions Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote. Committee 2007-05-23 hssm00 Small Business Committee 1 House committee actions Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. Committee 2007-05-23 hssm00 Small Business Committee 1 House committee actions Committee Hearings Held. Committee 2007-05-17 Referred to the House Committee on Small Business. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hssm00 Small Business Committee 2007-05-17 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1092) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-05-17 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2007-05-17 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress S001169 Rep. Sestak, Joe [D-PA-7] Joe Sestak D PA 7 N V000081 Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-12] NYDIA VELAZQUEZ D NY M. 12 2007-05-17 True S001171 Rep. Shuler, Heath [D-NC-11] Heath Shuler D NC 11 2007-05-17 True B001259 Rep. Braley, Bruce L. [D-IA-1] Bruce Braley D IA L. 1 2007-05-23 False 2007-06-15T04:00:00Z H.R. 2359, SBA Entrepreneurial Development Programs Act 0227 http://www.cbo.gov/publication/18762 <p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Small Business on May 23, 2007</p> 2007-06-15T04:00:00Z H.R. 2359, SBA Entrepreneurial Development Programs Act 0227 https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18762 Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Small Business on May 23, 2007 Commerce Accreditation (Education) Administrative procedure Broadband Building construction Business education Capital Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Colleges Commercialization Congress Congressional investigations Congressional reporting requirements Continuing education Data banks Disaster relief Economics and Public Finance Education Emergency Management Employee health benefits Employee selection Energy Energy efficiency Entrepreneurs Environmental Protection Environmental technology Executives Finance and Financial Sector Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Government regulation Grants-in-aid Green products Hazardous wastes Higher education Insurance premiums Intellectual property Labor and Employment Law Manufacturing industries Medical economics Mentoring Minorities Performance measurement Right of privacy Science, Technology, Communications Small Business Administration Small business Social Welfare Technology assessment Volunteer workers Waste reduction Commerce 00 2007-05-17 Introduced in House 2007-06-18T19:08:57Z SBA Entrepreneurial Development Programs Act of 2007 - Amends the Small Business Act to make various operational changes to the Small Business Administration (SBA)'s small business development centers (SBDCs) program, including prohibiting the SBA Administrator from distributing funds to an SBDC if the state in which the SBDC is located is served by more than one SBDC, unless no SBDC applicant has applied to serve the entire state.

Allows a lead SBDC to apply for an additional grant to carry out: (1) a capital access initiative program; (2) a disaster recovery program; (3) an innovation and competitiveness services to manufacturers initiative program; (4) a mature entrepreneurs assistance program; or (5) a small business sustainability initiative program.

Authorizes the Administrator to award a grant to a lead SBDC to provide assistance in securing affordable health insurance for small businesses and their employees.

Directs the Administrator to establish a program to provide regulatory compliance assistance to small businesses through selected SBDCs, the Association of Small Business Development Centers, and federal compliance partnership programs.

Repeals the Active Corps of Executives (ACE) program. Requires the Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE) to: (1) carry out a plan to increase the proportion of mentors who are from socially or economically disadvantaged backgrounds; and (2) establish benchmarks for use in evaluating the performance of its activities and volunteers.

]]> 81 2007-06-20 Passed House without amendment 2007-09-10T21:43:35Z (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

SBA Entrepreneurial Development Programs Act of 2007 - Title I: Revisions to Small Business Development Centers - (Sec. 101) Amends the Small Business Act to make operational changes to the Small Business Administration (SBA)'s small business development centers (SBDCs) program, including: (1) requiring new SBDC award grantees that are universities to be accredited; (2) requiring award grantees to be equal partners in grant program and contract negotiations; (3) prohibiting SBA interference in hiring practices of SBDC grant recipients; (4) prohibiting the SBA from using program resources for administrative expenses of examining SBDC operations; (5) exempting from the cap on non-matching portability grants grants made under a federally-designated disaster; (6) prohibiting the SBA Administrator from distributing funds to an SBDC if the state in which the SBDC is located is served by more than one SBDC, unless no SBDC applicant has applied to serve the entire state; and (7) requiring SBDCs to report broadband service purchases to the SBA Administrator.

Title II: Grant Initiatives - (Sec. 201) Allows a lead SBDC to apply for an additional grant to carry out: (1) a capital access initiative program; (2) a disaster recovery program; (3) an innovation and competitiveness services to manufacturers initiative program; (4) a mature entrepreneurs assistance program; or (5) a small business sustainability initiative program. Outlines elements, and provides minimum and maximum grant amounts, under each program.

(Sec. 206) Authorizes the Administrator to award a grant to a lead SBDC to provide assistance in securing affordable health insurance for small businesses and their employees. Provides a minimum grant amount of $200,000. Requires the: (1) grant recipient to report to the Administrator on the use of grant funds; and (2) Administrator to submit to Congress an evaluation of the grant program.

(Sec. 207) Directs the Administrator to establish a program to provide regulatory compliance assistance to small businesses through selected SBDCs, the Association of Small Business Development Centers, and federal compliance partnership programs. Requires quarterly reports from participating SBDCs summarizing assistance provided. Requires the Administrator, in carrying out such program, to: (1) act as the repository of and clearinghouse for data and information submitted by participating SBDCs; and (2) report annually to the President and the congressional small business committees on assistance provided.

Directs the: (1) Administrator to submit to the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the SBA a list of regulations considered burdensome for small businesses; (2) Chief Counsel to review such regulations and identify those eligible for review by the appropriate federal rulemaking agency; and (3) Chief Counsel to annually publish a list of regulations determined eligible for review, and the results of such review.

Allows only certified SBDCs to participate in the regulatory compliance assistance program, with a waiver if the Administrator determines that the SBDC is making a good faith effort to obtain such certification. Requires the Administrator to select for program participation the SBDC programs of two states from each of ten regional groups of states. Authorizes the Administrator to make additional SBDC program selections.

Provides a minimum grant amount of $200,000. Requires the Comptroller General to evaluate the program, and to report evaluation results to the Administrator and the small business committees.

(Sec. 208) Requires the Administrator to submit to Congress an evaluation of the effectiveness of the SBDC programs added by this title.

Title III: SCORE - (Sec. 301) Repeals the Active Corps of Executives (ACE) program.

(Sec. 302) Requires the Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE) to: (1) carry out a plan to increase the proportion of mentors who are from socially or economically disadvantaged backgrounds; and (2) establish benchmarks for use in evaluating the performance of its activities and volunteers.

]]> SBA Entrepreneurial Development Programs Act of 2007 Display Title SBA Entrepreneurial Development Programs Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced To reauthorize programs to assist small business concerns, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced SBA Entrepreneurial Development Programs Act of 2007 Short Titles as Reported to House SBA Entrepreneurial Development Programs Act of 2007 H House Short Titles as Passed House SBA Entrepreneurial Development Programs Act of 2007 H House Placed on Calendar Senate 2007-06-22T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr2359pcs/xml/BILLS-110hr2359pcs.xml Engrossed in House 2007-06-20T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr2359eh/xml/BILLS-110hr2359eh.xml Reported in House 2007-06-15T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr2359rh/xml/BILLS-110hr2359rh.xml Introduced in House 2007-05-17T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr2359ih/xml/BILLS-110hr2359ih.xml 2007-06-22 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 218. 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.