3.0.0 3342 2019-11-15T21:59:11Z 2019-11-15T21:59:11Z Senate S S 2008-07-26 110 sssb00 Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-07-26T14:38:11Z 2008-07-26 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 S7530-7531) IntroReferral 2008-07-26 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7528-7530) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2008-07-26 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000550 Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] MARY LANDRIEU D LA N Commerce Authorization Computers Congress Congressional reporting requirements Economics and Public Finance Federal employees Federal-state relations Federally-guaranteed loans Finance and Financial Sector Government Operations and Politics Housing and Community Development Recruiting of employees Rural economic development Science, Technology, Communications Small Business Administration Small business Surplus government property Technological innovations Commerce 00 2008-07-26 Introduced in Senate 2008-10-23T20:34:18Z Rural Small Business Enhancement Act of 2008 - Amends the Small Business Act to reduce state matching funds requirements for participation in the Federal and State Technology Partnership (FAST) and Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) programs of the Small Business Administration (SBA).

Revises the SBA's Rural Outreach program (a program to increase states' participation in the SBIR and Small Business Technology Transfer [STTR] programs) to: (1) make eligible for program awards states whose total value of SBIR and STTR contracts awarded during FY2004 was less than $10 million and will match federal funding on a 50% basis; (2) reauthorize the program for FY2009-FY2020; and (3) require award funds to be used to increase state participation in the SBIR and STTR programs.

Requires a report from the SBA Administrator to the congressional small business committees on the number of government-owned computers in possession of, and recently disposed by, the SBA.

Directs the Administrator to establish a pilot program to annually provide up to 1,000 excess government-owned computers to small businesses at no cost or a reduced cost.

Requires the Administrator to hire at least five additional full-time employees for the SBA's Office of Technology.

Directs the Administrator to carry out a rural lending outreach program to provide up to an 85% guaranty of loans of not more than $250,000.

]]> Rural Small Business Enhancement Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced Rural Small Business Enhancement Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced A bill to improve access to technology by and increase entrepreneurship among small businesses located in rural communities, and for other purposes. Display Title Rural Small Business Enhancement Act of 2008 Introduced in Senate 2008-07-26T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s3342is/xml/BILLS-110s3342is.xml 2008-07-26 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7530-7531) 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.