3.0.0 2696 2023-01-11T13:31:44Z 2023-01-11T13:31:44Z Senate S 2016-03-16 114 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2016-03-16T20:01:45Z 2016-03-16 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. IntroReferral 2016-03-16 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress P000603 Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY] Rand Paul R KY N Commerce Administrative remedies Congressional oversight Government information and archives Small business Commerce 00 2016-03-16 Introduced in Senate 2016-04-25T13:50:38Z Protect Small Business Jobs Act of 2016

This bill requires a federal agency, before any enforcement action is taken on any sanction on a small business for any violation of a rule or pursuant to an adjudication, to: (1) notify the small business that it may be subject to a sanction at the end of a six-month grace period following such notification; (2) delay further action for 15 days after such notification; (3) defer further action for the six-month period (allowing an additional three-month period upon application by the small business demonstrating reasonable good-faith efforts to remedy the violation or other conduct giving rise to the sanction); (4) make a further determination at the end of the applicable grace period as to whether the small business would still be subject to the sanction; and (5) upon a negative determination, waive the sanction. The grace period shall be inapplicable with respect to a violation that puts anyone in imminent danger, as defined by the Occupational Safety and Health Act. Any sanction imposed in violation of the requirements of this Act shall have no force or effect.

The bill requires: (1) agencies to report annually to the Small Business and Agriculture Regulatory Enforcement Ombudsman on the implementation of the requirements of this Act, and (2) the Ombudsman to include such information in a currently-required annual report to Congress.

]]> Protect Small Business Jobs Act of 2016 Display Title Protect Small Business Jobs Act of 2016 Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide small businesses with a grace period for a regulatory violation, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Protect Small Business Jobs Act of 2016 Introduced in Senate 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s2696is/xml/BILLS-114s2696is.xml 2016-03-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. 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.