3.0.0 4253 2023-11-13T20:14:28Z 2023-11-13T20:14:28Z House H HR 2007-12-04 110 hssm00 Small Business Committee House Standing Referred to 2007-12-04T19:02:30Z Military Reservist and Veteran Small Business Reauthorization and Opportunity Act of 2007 110 1784 S 2007-12-19 See also H.R.4253. Related document Senate Related bill CRS Procedurally-related Senate Procedurally-related Senate Military Reservist and Veteran Small Business Reauthorization and Opportunity Act of 2008 110 921 HRES 2008-01-16 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. 12:27:22 Related bill House Procedurally-related House 2008-02-14 Became Public Law No: 110-186. President E40000 2 House floor actions 2008-02-14 Became Public Law No: 110-186. BecameLaw 36000 9 Library of Congress 2008-02-14 Signed by President. President E30000 2 House floor actions 2008-02-14 Signed by President. BecameLaw 36000 9 Library of Congress 2008-02-07 Presented to President. Floor E20000 2 House floor actions 2008-02-07 Presented to President. President 28000 9 Library of Congress 2008-02-04 Senate Message on Senate action sent to the House. Floor 2008-01-31 Cleared for White House. 2008-01-31 Senate Senate agreed to House amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S555-559; text as Senate agreed to House amendment: CR S556-558) ResolvingDifferences 2008-01-31 Resolving differences -- Senate actions: Senate agreed to House amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S555-559; text as Senate agreed to House amendment: CR S556-558) NotUsed 20500 9 Library of Congress 2008-01-22 Senate Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendment to Senate amendment. Floor 2008-01-16 12:29:21 House agreed to Senate amendment with amendment pursuant to H. Res. 921. (consideration: CR H44-45) Floor H1B000 2 House floor actions 2008-01-16 Resolving differences -- House actions: House agreed to Senate amendment with amendment pursuant to H. Res. 921.(consideration: CR H44-45) NotUsed 19500 9 Library of Congress 2007-12-20 Senate Message on Senate action sent to the House. Floor 2007-12-19 Senate See also S.1784. Floor 2007-12-19 Senate Passed Senate in lieu of S.1784 with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. Floor 2007-12-19 Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate in lieu of S.1784 with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. Floor 17000 9 Library of Congress 2007-12-19 Senate Senate struck all after the Enacting Clause and substituted the language of S. 1784 amended. Floor 2007-12-19 Senate Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S15952) Floor 2007-12-07 Senate Received in the Senate, read twice. IntroReferral 2007-12-06 13:03:10 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. Floor H38310 2 House floor actions 2007-12-06 13:03:09 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 407 - 2 (Roll no. 1138). (text: CR 12/5/2007 H14218-14221) Floor H37300 2 House floor actions 1138 https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2007/roll1138.xml House 110 2007-12-06T18:03:09Z 1 2007-12-06 13:03:09 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): 407 - 2 (Roll no. 1138).(text: CR 12/5/2007 H14218-14221) Floor 8000 9 Library of Congress 1138 https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2007/roll1138.xml House 110 2007-12-06T18:03:09Z 1 2007-12-06 12:55:33 Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H14269-14270) Floor H30000 2 House floor actions 2007-12-05 17:10:34 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 2007-12-05 16:51:35 DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4253. Floor H8D000 2 House floor actions 2007-12-05 16:51:33 Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H14218-14223) Floor H30000 2 House floor actions 2007-12-05 16:50:53 Ms. Velazquez moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill. Floor H30300 2 House floor actions 2007-12-04 Referred to the House Committee on Small Business. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hssm00 Small Business Committee 2007-12-04 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2007-12-04 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress A000362 Rep. Altmire, Jason [D-PA-4] Jason Altmire D PA 4 N B001260 Rep. Buchanan, Vern [R-FL-13] Vern Buchanan R FL 13 2007-12-04 True V000081 Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-12] NYDIA VELAZQUEZ D NY M. 12 2007-12-04 True C000266 Rep. Chabot, Steve [R-OH-1] STEVE CHABOT R OH 1 2007-12-04 True Public Law 110-186 Commerce Armed Forces and National Security Armed forces reserves Business education Capital Congress Congressional investigations Congressional reporting requirements Disabled Distance education Economics and Public Finance Entrepreneurs Federal advisory bodies Government Operations and Politics Government lending Governmental investigations Grants-in-aid Industrial relations Iraq compilation Labor and Employment Self-employed Small Business Administration Small business Subcontractors Technical education Veterans' employment Vocational and technical education Women Women in business Women veterans Commerce 00 2007-12-04 Introduced in House 2008-03-19T15:01:54Z Military Reservist and Veteran Small Business Reauthorization and Opportunity Act of 2007 - Increases funding (with an offset), for FY2008-FY2009, for the Office of Veterans Business Development of the Small Business Administration (SBA), with excess funds to be used to support veterans business outreach centers.

Amends the Small Business Act to direct the President to establish an interagency task force to coordinate federal efforts to increase capital and business development opportunities for, and the award of federal contracts and subcontracts to, small businesses owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans and veterans.

Extends permanently the SBA's Advisory Committee on Veterans Business Affairs.

Directs the SBA's Associate Administrator for Veterans Business Development to: (1) ensure that veterans business outreach centers regularly participate in the workshops of the transition assistance program of the Department of Labor; and (2) establish a women veterans business training resource program.

Increases the number of veterans business outreach centers.

Requires the Administrator to sponsor an independent study on gaps in the availability of veterans business outreach centers across the United States.

National Reservist Enterprise Transition and Sustainability Act of 2007 - Directs the SBA Administrator to establish a program to provide business planning assistance to small businesses owned and operated by reservists.

Authorizes a small business development center to carry out a veterans assistance and services program.

Directs the Administrator to: (1) establish a loan pre-consideration process for small business loans to reservists; (2) develop an outreach and technical assistance program with respect to loans and grants made to reservists; and (3) give priority to reservists' loan applications. Increases the loan limit for such loans.

Authorizes the Administrator to make noncollateralized small business loans to reservists. Provides relief from SBA time limits in the case of certain veteran or service-disabled veteran small business loans.

Requires a: (1) report concerning types of assistance needed by service-disabled veterans who wish to become entrepreneurs; and (2) study on options for promoting positive working relations between employers and their reservist employees.

Directs the Administrator to carry out an increased veteran participation program for loans made to veteran or reservist small business owners.

]]> 49 2008-02-14 Public Law 2008-03-20T19:07:46Z Military Reservist and Veteran Small Business Reauthorization and Opportunity Act of 2008 - Title I: Veterans Business Development - (Sec. 101) Increases funding (with an offset), for FY2008-FY2009, for the Office of Veterans Business Development of the Small Business Administration (SBA). Expresses the sense of Congress that excess amounts for such Office should be used to support veterans business outreach centers.

(Sec. 102) Amends the Small Business Act to direct the President to establish an interagency task force to coordinate federal efforts to improve capital and business development opportunities for, and ensure achievement of the pre-established federal contracting goals for, small businesses owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans and veterans.

(Sec. 103) Extends permanently the SBA's Advisory Committee on Veterans Business Affairs.

(Sec. 104) Directs the SBA's Associate Administrator for Veterans Business Development to: (1) ensure that veterans business outreach centers regularly participate in the workshops of the transition assistance program of the Department of Labor; and (2) compile information on existing resources available to women veterans for business training. Allows a veterans business outreach center to provide grants to entities to make presentations on opportunities available from the SBA for recently separating or separated veterans. Requires implementation reports from the Associate Administrator to Congress.

(Sec. 105) Increases the number of veterans business outreach centers by at least two for each of FY2008 and FY2009, and by the number considered appropriate by the Administrator for each fiscal year thereafter.

(Sec. 106) Requires the Administrator to: (1) sponsor an independent study on gaps in the availability of veterans business outreach centers across the United States; and (2) report to Congress on study results.

(Sec. 107) Authorizes a small business development center to apply for a grant to carry out a veterans assistance and services program to: (1) promote awareness of the services of the center that are available to veterans; (2) use online counseling and distance learning technology to overcome impediments to entrepreneurship faced by veterans and members of the Armed Forces; and (3) increase coordination among organizations that assist veterans.

Title II: Reservist Programs - (Sec. 201) Extends the date by which a small business that has suffered or is likely to suffer substantial economic injury as the result of an essential employee being called or ordered to active duty may apply to the SBA for a disaster loan to one year (current law allows 90 days) after the essential employee is discharged or released from such duty. Authorizes the Administrator, when considered appropriate, to extend such period by up to one additional year. Directs the Administrator to: (1) establish a loan pre-consideration process for loans to small businesses with key employee reservists; and (2) develop an outreach and technical assistance program with respect to loans and grants made to small businesses employing such reservists. Requires a semiannual report from the Administrator to Congress on the status of the outreach and technical assistance program.

(Sec. 202) Requires the Administrator and the Secretary of Defense to develop a joint website and printed materials providing information regarding any program for small businesses that is available to veterans or reservists. Authorizes the Administrator to advertise and market SBA reservist programs.

(Sec. 203) Authorizes the Administrator to make noncollateralized small business loans of up to $50,000 to small businesses suffering the loss of essential employee reservists.

(Sec. 204) Directs the Administrator to give a priority to loan applications involving essential employee reservists.

(Sec. 205) Provides relief from SBA time limits in the case of loans made to small businesses owned and controlled by veterans: (1) called to active duty on or after September 11, 2001; or (2) who became service-disabled due to an injury or illness incurred or aggravated during active duty on or after such date. Extends such relief for the period in which the veteran served on active duty. Makes such relief inapplicable to programs subject to the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990.

(Sec. 206) Directs the Comptroller General (CG) to report to the small business committees on types of assistance needed by service-disabled veterans who wish to become entrepreneurs.

(Sec. 207) Requires the CG to: (1) study options for promoting positive working relations between employers and their reservist employees; and (2) report study results to the defense and small business committees.

(Sec. 208) Directs the Administrator to establish and carry out a two-year pilot program under which the Administrator shall reduce by 50% the fees for loans made to small businesses owned and controlled by veterans or reservists (veteran participation loans). Authorizes the Administrator to waive the fee reduction in certain cases. Requires a pilot program report from the CG to the small business committees.

]]> Military Reservist and Veteran Small Business Reauthorization and Opportunity Act of 2008 Display Title Military Reservist and Veteran Small Business Reauthorization and Opportunity Act of 2008 Short Titles as Passed House Military Reservist and Veteran Small Business Reauthorization and Opportunity Act of 2007 H House Short Titles as Passed Senate Military Reservist and Veteran Small Business Reauthorization and Opportunity Act of 2007 S Senate Short Titles as Enacted Military Reservist and Veteran Small Business Reauthorization and Opportunity Act of 2008 Other Short Titles Military Reservist and Veteran Small Business Reauthorization and Opportunity Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill National Reservist Enterprise Transition and Sustainability Act of 2007 Short Titles as Passed House for portions of this bill National Reservist Enterprise Transition and Sustainability Act of 2007 H House Short Titles as Introduced Military Reservist and Veteran Small Business Reauthorization and Opportunity Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced To improve and expand small business assistance programs for veterans of the armed forces and military reservists, and for other purposes. Enrolled Bill https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr4253enr/xml/BILLS-110hr4253enr.xml Engrossed Amendment House 2008-01-16T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr4253eah/xml/BILLS-110hr4253eah.xml Engrossed Amendment Senate 2007-12-20T05:00:00Z Received in Senate 2007-12-07T05:00:00Z Engrossed in House 2007-12-06T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr4253eh/xml/BILLS-110hr4253eh.xml Introduced in House 2007-12-04T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr4253ih/xml/BILLS-110hr4253ih.xml 2008-02-15T04:59:59Z Public Law 2008-02-14 Became Public Law No: 110-186. 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.