109 HRES 22 IH: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that American small businesses are entitled to a Small Business Bill of Rights. U.S. House of Representatives 2005-01-04 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.

IV 109th CONGRESS 1st Session H. RES. 22 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 4, 2005 Mr. Keller (for himself and Mr. Cramer) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Small Business RESOLUTION Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that American small businesses are entitled to a Small Business Bill of Rights.

Whereas more than 90 percent of all American employers are small businesses; Whereas small businesses generate approximately 70 percent of the new jobs created in the United States each year; Whereas small businesses are crucial to the American economy and account for a significant majority of new product ideas and innovations; Whereas small businesses, together with innovation and entrepreneurship, are central to the American dream of self-improvement and individual achievement; Whereas 60 percent of the 45,000,000 Americans without health insurance are small business employees and their families; Whereas most small businesses do not provide health insurance to their employees, primarily because of the surging cost; Whereas the death tax causes one-third of all family-owned small businesses to liquidate after the death of the owner; Whereas frivolous lawsuits and the rising costs of liability insurance represent serious threats to small business owners; Whereas burdensome regulations and paperwork cost small businesses more than $5,500 per employee; and Whereas Congress can help small businesses grow by establishing a climate to encourage small businesses to create jobs and offer more affordable health insurance to employees: Now, therefore, be it

That it is the sense of the House of Representatives that American small businesses are entitled to the following Small Business Bill of Rights: (1)The right to join together to purchase affordable health insurance for small business employees, who make up a large portion of the millions of Americans without health care coverage. (2)The right to tax laws that allow family-owned small businesses to survive over several generations and offer them incentives to grow. (3)The right to be free from frivolous lawsuits which harm law-abiding small businesses and prevent them from creating new jobs. (4)The right to be free of unnecessary, restrictive regulations and paperwork which waste the time and energy of small businesses while hurting production and preventing job creation.