3.0.0 3200 2019-11-15T21:59:32Z 2019-11-15T21:59:32Z Senate S S 2012-05-17 112 sssb00 Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2012-05-17T17:20:06Z 2012-05-17 sssb00 Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. IntroReferral 2012-05-17 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000550 Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] MARY LANDRIEU D LA N Commerce Administrative law and regulatory procedures Census and government statistics Congressional oversight Economic performance and conditions Energy prices Government information and archives Licensing and registrations Public contracts and procurement Real estate business Small business Commerce 00 2012-05-17 Introduced in Senate 2012-07-26T16:20:54Z Amends the Small Business Export Development Act to direct the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to submit to the congressional small business committees periodic reports, beginning two years after the enactment of this Act, that rank each state and U.S. territory, the District of Columbia, and the 50 largest U.S. metropolitan areas on how well their regulations and policies create optimal environments for the creation and development of small businesses. Designates each such report as a National Small Business Climate Index (Index). Outlines factors to be used to achieve such rankings.

Requires the Chief Counsel, within one year after the enactment of this Act, to report to such committees on the progress in preparing the first Index.

]]> A bill to require the Small Business Administration to submit a regular National Small Business Index to Congress to assess how policies provide incentives or impediments to small business development. Display Title A bill to require the Small Business Administration to submit a regular National Small Business Index to Congress to assess how policies provide incentives or impediments to small business development. Official Title as Introduced A bill to require the Small Business Administration to submit a regular National Small Business Index to Congress to assess how policies provide incentives or impediments to small business development. Introduced in Senate 2012-05-17T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s3200is/xml/BILLS-112s3200is.xml 2012-05-17 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.