[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 768 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 768

   Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to expand the 
 jurisdiction of the Committee on Small Business to include nonprofit 
                             organizations.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 2, 2012

Ms. McCollum submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
                         the Committee on Rules

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                               RESOLUTION


 
   Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to expand the 
 jurisdiction of the Committee on Small Business to include nonprofit 
                             organizations.

    Resolved, That (a) paragraph (q) of clause 1 of rule X of the Rules 
of the House of Representatives is amended to read as follows:
``(q) Committee on Small Business and Nonprofit Organizations.
            ``(1) Assistance to and protection of small business, 
        including financial aid, regulatory flexibility, and paperwork 
        reduction.
            ``(2) Assistance to and protection of nonprofit 
        organizations, including management support, access to capital, 
        enhanced research, improved data sharing, support for 
        innovative organizations and expanding adoption of best 
        practices in management and programming.
            ``(3) Participation of small-business enterprises and 
        nonprofit organizations in Federal procurement and Government 
        contracts.''.
    (b) Clause 3(l) of rule X of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives is amended by striking ``The Committee on Small 
Business'' and inserting ``The Committee on Small Business and 
Nonprofit Organizations'' and by inserting ``and nonprofit 
organizations'' before the period at the end.
    (c) The amendments made by this resolution shall take effect 
immediately before noon on January 3, 2013.
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