3.0.0 1803 2023-01-11T13:18:32Z 2023-01-11T13:18:32Z House H HR 2009-03-31 111 sssb00 Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2009-07-29T17:28:37Z hssm00 Small Business Committee House Standing hssm21 Rural Development, Energy, and Supply Chains Subcommittee Reported by 2009-04-30T14:32:16Z Markup by 2009-04-30T14:30:41Z Referred to 2009-03-31T13:39:51Z Referred to 2009-03-31T14:30:48Z Veterans Business Center Act of 2009 111 2770 S 2009-11-10 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Related bill CRS Job Creation Through Entrepreneurship Act of 2009 111 2352 HR 2009-05-21 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Text similarities House 2009-07-29 sssb00 Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee Senate Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. IntroReferral 2009-07-28 16:38:24 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. Floor H38310 2 House floor actions 2009-07-28 16:38:23 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H8912-8913) Floor H37300 2 House floor actions 2009-07-28 16:38:23 Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H8912-8913) Floor 8000 9 Library of Congress 2009-07-28 16:23:11 DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1803. Floor H8D000 2 House floor actions 2009-07-28 16:23:10 Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8912-8915) Floor H30000 2 House floor actions 2009-07-28 16:22:51 Ms. Velazquez moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. Floor H30300 2 House floor actions 2009-05-13 hssm00 Small Business Committee 1 House committee actions Provisions of measure incorporated into H.R. 2352. Committee 2009-04-30 hssm21 Rural Development, Energy, and Supply Chains Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote . Committee 2009-04-30 hssm21 Rural Development, Energy, and Supply Chains Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. Committee 2009-03-31 Referred to the House Committee on Small Business. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hssm00 Small Business Committee 2009-03-31 hssm21 Rural Development, Energy, and Supply Chains Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Rural Development, Entrepreneurship and Trade. Committee 2009-03-31 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2009-03-31 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress N000183 Rep. Nye, Glenn C. [D-VA-2] Glenn Nye D VA C. 2 N S001179 Rep. Schock, Aaron [R-IL-18] Aaron Schock R IL 18 2009-05-13 False H001047 Rep. Himes, James A. [D-CT-4] James Himes D CT A. 4 2009-05-13 False B000657 Rep. Boucher, Rick [D-VA-9] RICK BOUCHER D VA 9 2009-05-18 False Armed Forces and National Security Business investment and capital Disability and paralysis Executive agency funding and structure Public contracts and procurement Small Business Administration Small business Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation Armed Forces and National Security 00 2009-03-31 Introduced in House 2009-04-28T20:30:23Z Veterans Business Center Act of 2009 - Amends the Small Business Act to direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to establish within the SBA a Veterans Business Center program (program), headed by a Director, to provide entrepreneurial training and counseling to veterans. Authorizes the Director to make grants to each entity designated as a veterans business center. Requires each center to use such funds on veteran entrepreneurial development, counseling of veteran-owned small businesses through one-on-one instruction and classes, and providing government procurement assistance to veterans.

Targets populations where veterans and veterans of Operations Iraqi Freedom or Enduring Freedom exceed the national median.

Requires the Director to establish, with respect to veteran-owned small businesses, grant programs for: (1) access to capital; (2) procurement assistance; and (3) service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses.

Authorizes the Director to carry out, every two years, a veterans entrepreneurial development summit.

Requires an annual report from the Administrator to Congress on appointments made to, and activities of, the interagency task force on veteran-owned small businesses.

]]> 36 2009-07-28 Passed House amended 2009-10-26T16:48:32Z Veterans Business Center Act of 2009 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Small Business Act to direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to establish within the SBA a Veterans Business Center program (program), headed by a Director, to provide entrepreneurial training and counseling to veterans. Authorizes the Director to make grants to each entity designated by the Director as a veterans business center (center). Authorizes the Director to make both initial and growth funding grants under the program. Requires each center to use such funds on veteran entrepreneurial development, counseling of veteran-owned small businesses through one-on-one instruction and classes, and providing government procurement assistance to veterans. Requires a 50% non-federal funding match for participating centers, but authorizes the Director to waive such requirement with respect to centers located in certain low-income or high unemployment areas. Requires the Director to give priority to applications that will establish a center in an area in which the population of veterans, or veterans of Operations Iraqi Freedom or Enduring Freedom, exceeds the national median. Requires the Director to: (1) develop and implement an annual training program for staff and personnel of such centers; and (2) report annually to the Administrator on whether a sufficient percentage of veterans in rural areas have adequate access to a center. Authorizes appropriations.

Requires the Director to establish a grant program under which the Director is authorized to make grants to centers that will develop specialized programs to assist veteran-owned small businesses in securing capital and repairing damaged credit, counsel on how to improve financial presentations, facilitate access to financing, and assist unemployed veterans become entrepreneurs. Authorizes appropriations.

Requires the Director to establish a grant program under which the Director is authorized to make grants to centers to: (1) assist veteran-owned small businesses to identify contracts that are suitable to such businesses; (2) prepare veteran-owned small businesses to be ready as subcontractors and prime contractors for contracts made available through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, particularly with respect to the construction trades; and (3) provide veteran-owned small businesses technical assistance with respect to the federal procurement process. Authorizes appropriations.

Requires the Director to establish a grant program which the Director is authorized to make grants to centers to develop outreach programs for service-disabled veterans to promote self-employment opportunities and to train and assist such veterans with respect to developing business plans and securing business opportunities. Authorizes appropriations.

Authorizes the Director to carry out, every two years, a veterans entrepreneurial development summit, which shall include education and training on improving outreach to veterans in areas of high unemployment. Authorizes appropriations.

(Sec. 3) Requires an annual report from the Administrator to Congress on appointments made to, and activities of, the interagency task force on veteran-owned small businesses.

(Sec. 4) Directs the Comptroller General to carry out, and report to Congress on, a study of the effects of this Act on small businesses owned and controlled by veterans.

]]> Veterans Business Center Act of 2009 Display Title Veterans Business Center Act of 2009 Short Titles as Introduced Veterans Business Center Act of 2009 Short Titles as Passed House Veterans Business Center Act of 2009 H House Official Title as Introduced To amend the Small Business Act to establish a Veterans Business Center program, and for other purposes. Referred in Senate 2009-07-29T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111hr1803rfs/xml/BILLS-111hr1803rfs.xml Engrossed in House 2009-07-28T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111hr1803eh/xml/BILLS-111hr1803eh.xml Introduced in House 2009-03-31T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111hr1803ih/xml/BILLS-111hr1803ih.xml 2009-07-29 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. 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.