SMALL BUSINESS see also Business

Addresses

Financial services industry: Senator Heinz, 33896-33898 [17NO]

Future of the American Economy, Martin Feldstein (sundry), 10079-10085 [27AP]

Industrial Policy—Panacea or Pandora's Box: James C. Miller III, 33509 [17NO]

Public-Private Sector Relationship, Nicholas F. Brady, 23471-23473 [17AU]

Removing Some of the Export Cobwebs, Representative Roth, 17206 [23JN]

Science and Technology Policy in the United Kingdom: R. B. Nicholson, 33576 [17NO]

State of the Union, President Reagan (excerpt), 9051 [19AP]

Amendments

Critical Agricultural Materials Act: enact (H.R. 2733), 21369 [28JY], 21631 [29JY]

Federal procurement information: improve access (S. 272), 1613 [3FE]

Small Business Act: amend (S. 1323), 27814, 27856 [7OC]

Small Business Development Center program: extend (S. 1429), 33648, 33847 [17NO]

Analyses

S. 1043, Small Business Capital Formation Tax Act, 8322 [13AP]

S. 1730, Small Business Competition in Contracting Act, 22400-22402 [3AU]

S. 1841, National Productivity and Innovation Act, 24086-24088 [14SE]

S. 2128, Employee Stock Ownership Act, 33825-33828 [17NO]

Appointments

Conferees: S. 272, notification of small businesses of Federal procurement opportunities, 4188 [8MR]

———S. 273, Minority Small Business Pilot Procurement Act, 2177 [15FE], 8104 [12AP]

Articles and editorials

Block in Chelsea—Store Owners Give New York the Hometown Touch, 27939 [7OC]

Business Person of the Year, 12000 [11MY]

Capitalist and Proud of It, 29584-29587 [27OC]

Case Against Industrial Policy, 33556 [17NO]

Computer Chips in on Crime, 21289 [27JY]

Congress Has Its Duty on Cutting Pentagon Waste, 29918 [29OC]

Contractors Find Law a Catch 22 in Seeking Court Costs From U.S., 8026 [12AP]

Critical Agricultural Materials Act (H.R. 2733) (sundry), 21810-21816, 21820 [1AU]

Don't Fall for Industrial Policy, 33549 [17NO]

Dubious Case for Protection, 15525 [13JN]

Economic Development Beyond the EZ Method, 9027 [19AP]

Fashionable Myths of National Industrial Policy, 33528 [17NO]

Five Stores in Lewiston's Downtown—He's Spent a Lifetime in the Clothing Business, 22526 [3AU]

Guide Novice Businesses, 9307 [20AP]

Identifying the ``Right'' Industrial Structure, 33521 [17NO]

Impossible Rates, Unfair Advantage, 1107 [31JA]

Industrial Policy Is Not the Answer, 33547 [17NO]

Industrial Policy—A Dissent, 33517 [17NO]

Industrial Policy—Crisis for Liberal Economists, 33507 [17NO]

Integrated Monopoly and Market Power, 9033 [19AP]

Loan To Help Create Jobs, 22368 [2AU]

MITIzation of America?, 33559 [17NO]

Motherhood of Invention—And Jobs, 11565 [9MY]

National Industrial Policy (excerpt), 6520 [22MR]

No, Let Us Praise Free Trade, 15524 [13JN]

Picking Winners and Killing Dogs, 33552 [17NO]

Practical Amendments, 34083 [18NO]

Prompt Pay—Small Business Now Wants State Action, 23342 [4AU]

Rhode Island Plans for Future, 15947 [15JN]

Small Businesses—Economic Giants, 13404 [23MY]

Small-Business Angle, 3460 [1MR]

Son of Safe Harbor Leasing, 21026 [26JY]

Thinking Small, 19425-19427 [15JY]

To Cut or Not To Cut, 14440 [3JN]

U.S. Industrial Policy—A Case Against, 33536 [17NO]

USPS First—No Embossing on 1984 `Small Business' Envelope, 13634 [24MY]

We All Live Off Those Little Guys, 5967 [17MR]

What Small Business Wants From Congress, 3512 [2MR]

Why Entrepreneurs Trust No Politicians, 329-331 [25JA]

Why the Democrats Need To Come up With an Industrial Policy, 33538 [17NO]

Bills and resolutions

Accounting methods: allow cash receipts and disbursements method (see H.R. 4521; S. 2044)

———change certain rules (see H.R. 3004)

———change rules related to inventory (see S. 1105, 1570, 1840; H.R. 1523, 3464)

———cost recovery system (see S. 1758)

Aid: provide (see H.R. 3462)

American Businesswomen's Day (see H.J. Res. 101)

Automobiles: limit depreciation and investment tax credit (see H.R. 4135)

Barter exchanges: prohibit IRS from requiring submission of certain information (see H.R. 3964)

Business development companies: tax treatment (see S. 1380; H.R. 2686)

Business Practices and Records Act: enact (see S. 414)

Cabinet Council on Economic Affairs: participation of Administrator of SBA (see S. Con. Res. 18)

Capital assets: indexation (see S. 1600)

Capital Formation Tax Act: enact (see S. 1666)

Capital gains and losses: tax treatment (see H.R. 2687, 2731, 4231)

Capital gains tax rates: reduce (see S. 1666)

Certified development company program: increase level (see S. 742)

Commerce Business Daily: require listing of subcontracts (see H.R. 4181)

Community Assistance and Revitalization Act: enact (see S. 634; H.R. 1735)

Contracts: aid areas affected by reductions (see S. 242)

Courts: access (see S. 1029; H.R. 406)

Critical trends and alternative futures: assessment (see H.R. 3070)

Davis-Bacon Act: amend (see H.R. 3846)

Debentures: State development companies (see H.R. 2227)

———tax treatment (see S. 842; H.R. 1136)

Defense contracts: aid areas affected by reductions (see H.R. 3763)

Dependent care expenses: tax credit (see H.R. 4465)

Disaster loan programs: amend act (see H.R. 1375, 3304)

Disaster loans: reduce interest rates (see H.R. 592, 3351)

Disasters: relief for victims (see H.R. 2583)

Dislocation of business: aid employees affected (see H.R. 4031)

Distressed areas: deferral of loan payments due to foreign currency fluctuations (see S. 1632)

———encourage investments (see H.R. 2375)

Dividends: tax deduction (see S. 1840)

Duty-free sales enterprises: regulation (see H.R. 3983)

Economic data: improve collection and use (see H.R. 3443)

Economic dislocation: aid, due to currency value in contiguous countries (see H.R. 620, 1593, 2317)

Employee health plans: tax credit for preventive care programs (see S. 1618)

———tax treatment of employer's contributions (see S. 640)

Employee stock ownership plans (see S. 2128, 2162; H.R. 4239, 4241)

———tax credit (see S. 868)

Employment: deny accelerated cost recovery benefits to businesses not expanding (see H.R. 61)

Engineering, technical, and scientific personnel: training (see S. 631; H.R. 1699, 3334)

Enterprise Zone and Development Act: enact (see H.R. 1955)

Enterprise zones: establish (see S. 98, 863)

———establish in areas adversely affected by devaluation of Mexican peso (see S. 1633; H.R. 3760)

Equal Access to Justice Act: enact (see S. 1029)

Estate tax (see S. Res. 126)

———treat certain interests as closely held business for (see S. 1251)

Export-Import Bank Act: amend (see H.R. 2608)

Family Business Preservation Act (see S. 594)

Federal construction projects: participation of small business (see H.R. 4466)

Federal contracts: aid in acquiring (see H.R. 2130)

Federal Government: transfer activities (see S. 548)

Federal procurement: increase in States having high unemployment (see H.R. 773)

Federal Reserve Board: representation (see S. 1720; H.R. 2566, 2604)

Financing: aid in obtaining (see H.R. 403)

Foreign acquisition of U.S. businesses and assets: report (see H. Con. Res. 30)

Foreign competition: prohibit aid to promote (see S. 853; H.R. 2946)

———prohibit financing certain (see S. 852; H.R. 2945)

Foreign conventions: tax treatment of expenses of attending (see H.R. 1672)

Foreign termination cases: recapture losses (see H.R. 1608)

Free enterprise: reaffirm as national policy (see H.J. Res. 262)

Frontier Technologies Assessment Act: enact (see S. 632)

Gifts: increase tax deduction (see H.R. 4271)

Gifts to employees: tax treatment (see H.R. 3865)

Governmental competition: prohibit (see H.J. Res. 23)

Health insurance premiums: tax treatment (see H.R. 3487)

Imports: authorize preparation and implementation of adjustment plans for injured industries (see H.R. 4531)

———relief for damages (see S. 849)

Income tax (see H.R. 2564)

———flat-rate schedule (see S. 1040)

———minimum tax (see H.R. 60)

———reduce (see S. 2043)

Industrial development: policy recommendations (see S. 965)

Industrial development bonds (see S. 391; H.R. 3051)

Industrial Revitalization Act: enact (see S. 849)

Industry revitalization: promote (see H.R. 2991)

Interest-bearing demand deposits: permit use by small businesses (see H.R. 3470)

International competitiveness: increase (see H.R. 3681)

International Organizations Public Procedures Act: enact (see S. 1910)

Inventories: change certain accounting rules (see H.R. 3004)

———permit reduction of value of excess for tax purposes (see H.R. 3802)

———tax treatment (see S. 1062, 1738)

Investment companies: increase level (see S. 743, 744)

Investment tax credit (see H.R. 1902)

———refund taxes imposed with respect to production of property in lieu of (see H.R. 4298)

Investments: tax treatment (see S. 1043, 1496, 2043; H.R. 63)

Ireland, Northern: require U.S. persons doing business to comply with fair employment practices (see H.R. 3465)

Job opportunities: provide (see H.R. 4466)

Job training programs: tax credit (see S. 481)

Jobs: opportunities (see S. 679; H.R. 116)

Jobs tax credit (see S. 371, 2185; H.R. 2180, 3414)

Joint research and development projects: liability for violations of antitrust laws (see H.R. 3641)

———modify application of antitrust laws (see H.R. 3975)

———modify operation of antitrust laws (see S. 1561; H.R. 3393, 4043)

———permit (see S. 568, 1383; H.R. 108, 1952)

Joint ventures: discussions of proposed (see H. Con. Res. 170)

LIFO inventory rules (see S. 1062)

Livestock: protect buyers (see H.R. 3297)

Loans: foreign currency devaluations as economic dislocations (see H.R. 1929)

———tax-exempt financing (see S. 499)

Manufacturing technologies: research and development program (see S. 1286)

Market making activities: permit reserves (see H.R. 3907)

Mathematics and science students: tax credit (see S. 290; H.R. 836)

Meat: production and marketing (see H.R. 404, 405)

Minority Business Development Administration: establish (see H.R. 1158)

National Conference on Small Business: convene (see H. Con. Res. 181)

National Economic Cooperation Council: establish (see H.R. 3443)

National Free Enterprise Week (see H.J. Res. 217)

National Industrial Development Board: establish (see S. 965; H.R. 990)

New Venture Investment Incentive Act: enact (see S. 1496)

NOW accounts: permit use by small businesses (see H.R. 3470)

Occupational Safety and Health Act: exempt nonhazardous business (see H.R. 146)

———exempt small business (see H.R. 147)

Office machine and equipment industry: regulate contracts (see S. 286)

Operating losses: carryback period (see S. 2020)

Opinion Molder Financial Assistance Act: enact (see S. 2084)

Paperwork: study impact of reduction (see H.R. 4466)

Patent laws: amend (see S. 1535, 1538; H.R. 2610, 4462)

Patents: arbitration of interferences (see H.R. 4528)

Payments to officials of foreign governments: prohibit tax deduction (see H.R. 2599)

Pollution control: tax exempt bonds (see H.R. 1173)

Pollution control facilities: amortization of (see H.R. 1485)

Postal Service: contracts with minority businesses (see H.R. 80)

Prices: enforce laws against vertical restraints (see S.J. Res. 105)

Private Sector Productivity Act: enact (see S. 697)

Procurement opportunities: correct enrollment of bill (S. 272) to improve (see S. Con. Res. 58)

———improve (see S. 272, 1355, 1730; H.R. 2130, 4092)

———provide for adoption of conference report on bill (S. 272) (see H. Res. 293)

Product liability: uniform law (see S. 44; H.R. 2729)

Product Liability Risk Retention Act: amend (see S. 1046)

Productivity and Quality Award: establish (see S. Res. 179; H. Res. 278)

Property: permit rollover of gain on sale of certain (see H.R. 4515)

Reconstruction Finance Corp.: establish (see H.R. 1480)

Records: maintenance requirements of certain (see S. 827; H.R. 152, 251)

Regional development bank system: establish (see H.R. 4168)

Reindustrialization Finance Corp.: establish (see H.R. 1731)

Renewable energy: promote use (see S. 616; H.R. 1596)

Renewable energy and conservation programs: develop and extend (see H.R. 1595)

Research and development: promote (see S. 1841; H.R. 3878)

Research and experimental expenses: tax credit (see H.R. 2591)

Revitalization areas: designate (see S. 634; H.R. 1735)

Robots and automated manufacturing systems: development and use (see H.R. 4047)

———investment tax credit (see H.R. 4048)

———lease (see H.R. 4046)

Rural enterprise zones: establish (see S. 1228)

Sales representatives: correct inequities (see H.R. 797, 3591)

SBA: consolidate and modify programs (see H.R. 402, 403, 404, 405, 406)

———extend pilot programs (see H.R. 861)

———management assistance for profitmaking organizations (see S. 1203)

———restrict authority to deny financial assistance (see H.R. 1157)

Self-insurance reserves: tax deduction (see H.R. 2642)

Service industries: development (see H.R. 794, 2848)

Service stations: loans (see H.R. 1212, 1755)

Set-aside programs: contracts in areas outside contiguous U.S. (see H.R. 2864)

Small Business Act: agricultural cooperatives (see H.R. 2988)

———amend (see S. 273, 1205, 1323, 1933, 2069; H.R. 860, 862, 863, 1043, 2132, 2133, 2537, 3020, 4200, 4209)

———amend section 8(a) (see S. 1956)

———foreign currency devaluations as economic dislocations (see H.R. 1929)

Small Business Capital Formation and Inventory Simplification Tax Act: enact (see S. 1840)

Small Business Computer Crime and Security Task Force: establish (see S. 1920; H.R. 3075)

Small Business Development Act: repeal sunset provision (see S. 1429)

Small Business Development Center program: extend (see H.R. 4013)

Small Business Investment Act: amend (see S. 1323; H.R. 860, 1156)

Small Business Long-Term Financing Act: enact (see S. 2043)

Small Business Tax Simplification Act: enact (see S. 2044)

Small Business Week (see S. Res. 132)

Solar energy: promote use (see H.R. 1596)

State development companies: debentures (see H.R. 2227)

Tax relief (see H.R. 1444, 1600)

Taxation: amount of depreciable business assets (see H.R. 4521)

———incentives (see H.R. 2543)

Technical information clearinghouse fund: establish (see S. 808; H.R. 2514)

Trade: promote free and fair (see S. 647; H.R. 2881)

Trade laws: improve operation (see S. 2139; H.R. 4124)

Trade remedies: provide (see S. 50, 1672; H.R. 1269)

Trademark: cancellation (see H.R. 4460)

Trademarks: strengthen laws against counterfeiting (see S. 875; H.R. 2447)

Transitional industries trade boards: establish (see H.R. 3681)

U.S. competitiveness: improve (see H.R. 2203)

U.S. market opportunities: expand (see S. 144)

Vocational education: tax credit for courses taught by employees (see S. 108)

Withholding: deposit with IRS (see S. 1898)

World trade: expansion (see S. Res. 135)

Broadcasts

Small Business, Big Rewards, Voice of America, 18045 [29JN]

Tribute to small businesses, President Reagan, 13410 [23MY]

Descriptions

Small Business Long Term Financing Act (H.R. 4515), 34847 [18NO]

Explanations

S. 272, Small Business Act amendments, 1389 [2FE]

Factsheets

H.R. 4427, Small Business Pension Relief Act, 33171 [16NO]

S. 1570, Inventory Simplification and Tax Reform Act, 17998 [29JN]

Unfair Trade Remedies Simplification Act (S. 1672), 20579 [25JY]

History

Commerce Business Daily (publication), 1053 [27JA]

Interviews

Japanese Economic Miracle—Hugh Patrick with Manhattan Report, 33545 [17NO]

Letters

Commending Magnavox Advanced Products on minority business assistance, Representative Dymally, 5189 [14MR]

Improve access to Federal procurement information (S. 272): Committee on Small Business, 1615 [3FE]

International industrial competition (sundry businessmen), 13001 [19MY]

Minority Small Business Pilot Procurement Act (S. 273): Black Presidents' Roundtable, 1611 [3FE]

———National Urban League, Inc., 1611 [3FE]

———Senator Domenici, 1610 [3FE]

Pollution control loan program, Edwin T. Holloway for SBA, 23348 [4AU]

SBA adversely affecting small business, Michael Henle, 10863 [3MY]

Small banking institutions' role (sundry), 15771 [14JN]

Small Business Competition in Contracting Act (S. 1730): National Federation of Independent Business, 22398 [3AU]

———National Small Business Association, 22398 [3AU]

———National Tooling & Machining Association, 22398 [3AU]

———Small Business United, 22398 [3AU]

———(sundry), 22398 [3AU]

Small Business Development Center program extension: Senators Bumpers and Weicker, 33649 [17NO]

Small business export market expansion (sundry), 20393, 20394 [21JY]

Small business innovation development programs: Jerome R. Gulan for National Small Business Association, 20436 [21JY]

———Milton D. Stewart for Small Business High Technology Institute, 20436 [21JY]

Small Business Innovation Research Act, William C. Norris for Control Data Corp., 21765 [29JY]

Small business innovation research program: Sec. of HHS Heckler, 33460 [17NO]

Small business tax structure, Charles W. Bullen, 6957 [23MR]

Small business tax treatment of inventory pools (S. 1062): NACDS, 8724 [15AP]

U.S. export control policies, Alexander B. Trowbridge for the National Association of Manufacturers, 26492 [29SE]

Lists

Major problems, 25536 [22SE]

Partial bibliography of GAO reports on Dept. of Defense procurement, 22398 [3AU]

Small Business Competition in Contracting Act (S. 1730), cosponsors, 22397 [3AU]

Memorandums

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies appropriations—Veteran's Loan Program: Small Business Administration, 28980 [21OC]

Memorials of legislature

Reconvening 1980 White House Conference on Small Business: California, 23737 [12SE], 23810 [13SE]

Small business tax debentures: California, 25720 [26SE], 26069 [28SE]

Messages

State of Small Business, President Reagan, 6150 [18MR], 6323 [21MR]

Motions

Federal procurement opportunities: notification (S. 272), substitute H.R. 1043, 4188 [8MR]

Minority Small Business Pilot Procurement Act: enact (S. 273), substitute provisions of H.R. 861, 2176 [15FE]

Outlines

Facts about the SBA's pollution control loan program, 33369 [17NO]

H.R. 1599, Solar Energy National Security and Employment Act, Title I, 2827 [23FE]

Papers

Reagan's Ruling Class: Nina Easton and Ronald Brownstein, 34774 [18NO]

Platform

Policy Position on National Issues, New England Council, Inc., 11758 [10MY]

Remarks in House

Advanced Technology Foundation Act: enact (H.R. 4361), 34986 [14DE]

American Businesswomen's Day: designate (S.J. Res. 18), 18300 [30JN]

Antitrust laws: liability for violations of certain (H.R. 3641), 20662 [25JY]

Appalachian Center and Country Oven Bakery, Oakland, Md.: Small Employer of the Year, 12038 [11MY]

Architectural barriers: tax deductions for removal (H.R. 1016), 929 [27JA]

Assistance programs: funding, 24635 [28SE]

Barter exchanges: aggregate proceeds tax requirement, 25457 [22SE]

Baxter, William: antitrust enforcement policies, 15771 [14JN]

———views of small business, 15491 [13JN]

Bipartisan National Commission on Industrial Competitiveness: establish (H.R. 1896), 3981 [3MR]

Black Merchants Association, Memphis, Tenn.: tribute, 30367 [1NO]

Branch, O. Croswell, Jr.: Small Businessman of the Year honoree, 12955 [18MY]

Business investments: tax credits (H.R. 63), 321 [25JA]

Business Opportunity Act: introduction (H.R. 3757), 22707 [3AU]

Business-Higher Education Forum: study on U.S. industrial competitiveness, 12431 [16MY]

Byrne, Matthew V.: tribute, 904 [26JA]

Capital Formation Tax Act: enact (H.R. 2543), 8536 [13AP]

Capital gains: tax treatment (H.R. 3756), 22707 [3AU]

Checking accounts: interest bearing, 18791 [12JY], 24212 [14SE]

Cocom agreements: import restrictions for violating, 26483 [29SE]

Coe, Bruce C.: New Jersey Business Statesman of the Year, 9641 [25AP]

Commission on Industrial Competitiveness: evaluation, 19590 [18JY]

Computer crime: impact, 21289 [27JY]

Cooper, Jerry W.: Small Business Person of the Year, 13184 [19MY]

Corporate acquisitions: modify application of the Clayton Act (H.R. 3561), 18908 [13JY], 27612 [6OC]

Defense industrial base: revitalize, 5078 [14MR]

Defense Production Act: extend (H.R. 2112), 6437 [22MR]

Dept. of Defense: improve procurement process (H.R. 2133, 4209), 34898 [18NO]

———procurement of spare parts, 28255 [19OC]

Don's Executive Club, Newark, N.J.: tribute, 9308 [20AP]

Economic recovery: proposals, 2010 [10FE]

———status, 4186 [8MR], 20663 [25JY]

Economic stability: importance, 11595-11611 [10MY]

Edel-Brown Co., Everett, Mass.: Defense Logistics Agency award recipient, 9061 [19AP]

Excess inventory: tax treatment (H.R. 3802), 23443 [4AU]

Executive salaries: increase, 11102 [4MY]

Eximbank: treatment of small business, 16804 [22JN]

Export controls: law reform proposals (H.R. 3231), 22189 [2AU]

Export licenses, 28256, 28296 [19OC]

Export-Import Bank Small Business Amendments: introduction (H.R. 2608), 9050 [19AP]

Family farmers: economic plight, 2543 [17FE]

Family owned small businesses: estate and gift tax policy (H. Res. 199), 14387 [2JN]

Federal contract opportunities: provide adequate notice (H.R. 1043), 2167, 2169, 2177 [15FE]

Federal contracts: increase small business access (H.R. 1043), 2566 [17FE]

———reduce paperwork requirements (H.R. 3846), 23428 [4AU]

Federal disaster loans: repeal credit elsewhere test (H.R. 1779), 3710 [2MR]

Federal procurement opportunities: notification (S. 272), 4187 [8MR]

———notification (S. 272), appointment of conferees, 4188 [8MR]

———notification (S. 272), substitute H.R. 1043, 4188 [8MR]

Federal Reserve Board: include agricultural and small business representatives (H.R. 2566), 8699 [14AP]

Fishing tackle: excise tax (H.R. 1394), 2025 [10FE]

Foreign trade: efforts to expand market, 6519 [22MR]

———licensing businesses, 28163-28188 [18OC]

Government procurement: improve process (H.R. 4092), 27430 [5OC]

Great Britain: industrial policy, 33575 [17NO]

Hazardous waste: regulation of small generators, 30842 [3NO]

High-technology businesses: establish research and development programs (H.R. 2350), 20436 [21JY], 21037 [26JY]

Imports: implementation of adjustment plans for injured industries (H.R. 4531), 34186 [18NO]

———provide relief (H.R. 1269), 1771 [3FE]

Individual Investors Incentive Act: enact (H.R. 63), 321 [25JA]

Industrial competitiveness: promote, 34986 [14DE]

Industrial Competitiveness Act: enact (H.R. 4360), 34986 [14DE]

Industrial policy, 33506-33569 [17NO]

International industrial competition: promote, 13001 [19MY]

International Trade Competitiveness Act: introduction (H.R. 4531), 34186 [18NO]

Intersonics, Inc.: tribute, 20454 [21JY]

Inventory: change certain accounting rules, 12264 [12MY]

Investment tax credits: reinvestment in new plants and equipment (H.R. 3434), 18306 [30JN], 21026 [26JY]

———utilization, 18306 [30JN], 21026 [26JY]

Investors: tax treatment, 1220 [1FE]

Management assistance: provide (H.R. 4013), 28157 [18OC]

Minority Enterprise Development Week: observance, 26847 [30SE], 27154 [4OC]

Minority Small Business Pilot Procurement Act: enact (S. 273), appointment of conferees, 2177 [15FE], 8104 [12AP]

———enact (S. 273), conference report, 18263 [29JN], 18297 [30JN]

———enact (S. 273), substitute provisions of H.R. 861, 2176 [15FE]

Moretz, R. Dale: Michigan Small Business Person of the Year, 12000 [11MY]

Multi-Housing Laundry Industry Week: designate (H. Res. 235), 16295 [16JN]

National Development Investment Act: introduction (H.R. 10), 61 [3JA]

National Industrial Development Board: establish (H.R. 990), 374, 376 [26JA]

National Productivity Improvement Week: designate (S.J. Res. 142), 26777 [30SE]

National security controls: import restrictions for violating, 26483 [29SE]

National Small Business Association: releases bill of rights, 33236 [16NO]

National Small Business Week: observance, 11565 [9MY], 11614 [10MY], 12451 [16MY]

Negotiable order of withdrawal (NOW): authorize business accounts (H.R. 3470), 18359 [30JN]

New England Council, Inc.: tribute, 11758 [10MY]

New York, N.Y.: neighborhood life, 27939 [7OC]

Office Machine and Equipment Dealers Agreement Act: enact (H.R. 1159), 13420 [23MY]

Participating debentures: tax treatment (H.R. 1136), 1220 [1FE]

Patent fees: exemption from certain (H.R. 3462), 18227 [29JN]

Pollution control bonds: restore tax-exempt status (H.R. 1173), 1473 [2FE]

Postal Service: issuance of commemorative envelope, 11342 [5MY]

Problems facing, 25536 [22SE]

Procurement opportunities: adoption of conference report on S. 272 (H. Res. 293), 21925 [1AU]

———correcting enrollment of S. 272 (S. Con. Res. 58), 21925 [1AU]

Protectionism: impact on productivity, 15524 [13JN]

Refundable Investment Tax Credit Act: introduction (H.R. 1486), 2255 [15FE]

SBA: disapprove deferral of loan funds for Vietnam veterans, 6058 [17MR]

———permit purchase or guarantee debentures issued by State business development corporations (H.R. 2227), 6515 [22MR]

———pollution control loan program, 23347 [4AU]

SBA pilot programs: extend (H.R. 861), 2167, 2176 [15FE]

Service stations: loan guarantees for acquisition (H.R. 1755), 3608 [2MR]

———prohibit direct operation by refiners (H.R. 1755), 3608 [2MR]

Small Business Capital Formation Tax Act: enact (H.R. 2543), 11599 [10MY]

Small Business Computer Crime Prevention Act: enact (H.R. 3075), 29056 [24OC], 29058 [25OC]

———introduction (H.R 3075), 13229 [19MY]

Small Business Development Center program: extend (H.R. 4013), 28157 [18OC]

Small Business Independent Inventor Patent Fee Assistance Act: introduction (H.R. 3462), 18227 [29JN]

Small Business Innovation Research program, 33460 [17NO]

Small Business Investment Act: amend (H.R. 1173), 1473 [2FE]

Small business investment company program: anniversary, 25972 [27SE]

Small Business Motor Fuel Marketer Preservation Act: introduction (H.R. 1755), 3608 [2MR]

Small Business Participation Act: introduction (H.J. Res. 262), 11556 [9MY]

Small Business Pension Relief Act: introduction (H.R. 4427), 33170 [16NO]

Small Business Procurement Act: introduction (H.R. 2130), 5855 [16MR]

Small Business Tax Relief Act: introduction (H.R. 1600), 3202 [28FE]

Small Business Week: observance, 11595-11611 [10MY], 12015, 12018 [11MY], 13404, 13409 [23MY]

Stock: tax treatment of losses, 19800 [19JY]

Swan's Bakery: tribute, 30356 [1NO]

Tax incentives: provide (H.R. 4515), 34847 [18NO]

Tax-exempt bonds: issue for pollution control purposes (H.R. 1173), 1473 [2FE]

Tribute, 12258, 12259, 12260 [12MY]

U.S. competitiveness: Business-Higher Education Forum study, 12431 [16MY]

Weather damage: disaster loans, 2012 [10FE]

White House Conference on Small Business: convene, 11579 [10MY]

Worden, Nell: recognition for contributions, 11614 [10MY]

Work Opportunities and Renewed Competition Act: enact (H.R. 3434), 18306 [30JN], 21026 [26JY]

Remarks in Senate

Accounting rules related to inventory: changes (S. 1105), 9177 [20AP]

ASCS county and community committee system: require the continuation, 20473 [22JY]

Banking: deposit tax relief (S. 1898), 26075 [28SE]

Business: growth, 19425 [15JY]

Business companies: tax treatment (S. 1380), 13834 [25MY]

Cabinet Council on Economic Affairs: participation of SBA Administrator, 5656 [16MR]

Civil Rights Act: amend (S. 430), 1659 [3FE]

Commerce Business Daily (publication): improve access to Federal contract information (S. 272), 1052 [27JA]

Consumption tax: proposed, 1107 [31JA]

Dept. of Defense: procurement policies, 29917 [29OC]

Employer reporting of tips: repeal (S. 986), 7655 [6AP]

Equal Access to Justice Act: amend (S. 1029), 8026 [12AP]

———proposed revision, 9011 [19AP]

Estate tax: reform (S. Res. 126), 10329 [28AP]

Estate taxes: proposed increase, 13872 [25MY]

Executive departments: procurement policies, 30610 [3NO]

———transfer economic activities to small businesses (S. 548), 2644 [22FE]

Export-Import Bank Act: extend (S. 869), 20393 [21JY]

Family Business Preservation Act: introduction (S. 594), 2936 [24FE]

Farm legislation: policy development process, 34650 [18NO]

Farm loans: credit crisis, 8630 [14AP]

Federal agencies: contract purchases, 22839 [4AU]

Federal procurement information: improve access (S. 272), 1612-1617 [3FE]

Federal Reserve System: increased representation of small business interests (S. 1720), 21879 [1AU]

GSA: procurement policies (S. 1794), 22946-22949 [4AU]

Industrial development bonds, 23039 [4AU]

Industrial Development Bonds: availability (S. 499), 23556 [12SE]

Inventories: tax deductions (S. 1738), 22472 [3AU]

Inventory pools: small business tax treatment (S. 1062), 8724 [15AP]

Inventory Simplification and Tax Reform Act: introduction (S. 1570), 17998 [29JN]

Jobs tax credits: provide for (S. 371), 7684 [6AP]

Mail order business: improve enforcement of the false representation statute (S. 450), 12537 [17MY]

Marketing orders: proposals, 11274 [5MY]

Merva, Arpad J.: Rhode Island's Small Businessman of the Year, 11708 [10MY]

Minority Enterprise Development Week: observance, 26103 [28SE], 27048, 27051 [4OC]

Minority Small Business Pilot Procurement Act: enact (S. 273), 1609-1612 [3FE]

———enact (S. 273), conference report, 17462 [27JN]

———introduction (S. 273), 1055 [27JA]

National Productivity and Innovation Act: introduction (S. 1841), 24085 [14SE]

New Venture Investment Incentive Act: introduction (S. 1496), 16195 [16JN]

Opinion Molder Financial Assistance Act: introduction (S. 2084), 32268 [11NO]

Payment-in-kind program: issues and proposals, 22814 [4AU]

Private enterprise: ingenuity, 23067 [4AU]

Public sector: relationship, 23471 [17AU]

Rice farmers: effects of foreign export subsidies, 18927 [13JY]

Rural Enterprise Zone Act: introduction (S. 1228), 11402 [6MY]

SBA: 30th anniversary, 21635 [29JY]

———clarification of development loan programs (S. 2069), 31396 [8NO]

———increase level of the development company program (S. 742), 4454 [9MR]

———permit Federal guarantee of tax-exempt obligations (S. 499), 7765-7769 [7AP]

SBA State Development Company Program Amendments: introduction (S. 745), 4456-4457 [9MR]

Shopping Center Tenant Bankruptcy Protection Improvements Act: introduction (S. 549), 2645-2650 [22FE]

Silverman, Morris: tribute, 22526 [3AU]

Small and minority-owned business: importance, 26099 [28SE]

Small business: taxation of Boundary Waters Canoe Area grants (S. 1556), 17608 [28JN]

Small Business Act: amend (S. 272), 1613 [14FE]

———amend (S. 743), 4455 [9MR]

———amend (S. 744), 4455 [9MR]

———amend (S. 1323), 27814-27818 [7OC]

———treatment of Indian businesses (S. 1022), 8016 [12AP]

Small Business and Agricultural Trade Remedies Act: introduction (S. 50), 551-555 [26JA]

Small Business Capital Formation and Inventory Simplification Tax Act: introduction (S. 1840), 24081 [14SE]

Small Business Capital Formation Tax Act: introduction (S. 1043), 8319-8322 [13AP]

Small Business Competition in Contracting Act: enact, 22819 [4AU]

———enact (S. 1730), 24601 [19SE]

———introduction (S. 1730), 22397-22404 [3AU]

Small Business Computer Crime Prevention Act: enact (S. 1920), 32551 [15NO]

———introduction (S. 1920), 27029 [4OC]

Small Business Development Act: amend (S. 1429), 14982-14984 [8JN]

Small Business Development Center program: extend (H.R. 4013), 33636 [17NO]

———extend (S. 1429), 33648-33654 [17NO]

Small business development center program: extend (H.R. 4013), order to hold at desk, 28485 [19OC]

Small Business Investment Act: observance of 25th anniversary, 26712 [30SE]

Small Business Investment Company Act: introduction (S. 499), 2315 [16FE]

Small Business Long-Term Financing Act: introduction (S. 2043), 30399 [2NO]

Small Business Motor Fuel Marketer Preservation Act: enact (S. 40), 11716 [10MY], 34607 [18NO]

———introduction (S. 40), 577 [26JA]

Small business participating debenture: tax incentives (S. 842), 20838 [26JY]

Small business participating debentures: provide tax incentives for issuance (S. 842), 5966-5968 [17MR]

Small Business Procurement Reform Act: enact (S. 272), conference report, 17458-17462 [27JN]

———introduction (S. 1355), 13810 [25MY]

Small Business Tax Simplification Act: introduction (S. 2044), 30400 [2NO]

Small Business Week: designate, 11706 [10MY], 12164 [12MY]

———designate (S. Res. 132), 11273, 11311 [5MY], 11549 [9MY]

———observance, 12314 [16MY]

Soviet Union: long term grain deal, 18047 [29JN]

Soybean farmers: self-help programs, 15304 [9JN]

Supplemental conservation payment-in-kind program: create (S. 1053), 8644 [14AP]

Target Prices and Wheat Program Act: enact, 25552-25555 [23SE]

Targeted Jobs Tax Credit Amendments Act: introduction (S. 371), 1302 [1FE]

Taxicabs: exemption from tax on sale of fuel (S. 1985), 28777 [20OC]

Unfair Foreign Competition Act: amend (S. 418), 1639 [3FE]

Unfair Trade Remedies Simplification Act: introduction (S. 1672), 20578, 20580 [25JY]

Reports

America's Competitive Challenge—The Need for a National Response, Business-Higher Education Forum, 13002 [19MY]

Federal Response to the Impact of Mexican Peso Devaluations on U.S. Border Business (H. Rept. 98-572), 34217 [18NO]

Improve Small Business Procurement Opportunities: committee of conference (S. 272), 17149 [23JN]

Minority Small Business Pilot Procurement Act (S. 273), 1388 [2FE]

———committee of conference (S. 273), 17149 [23JN]

Procurement of Aircraft Engine Spare Parts, Dept. of Defense (excerpts), 22397 [3AU]

Small Business Act: amend, 32267 [11NO]

Small Business Development Act: repeal sunset provision, 32267 [11NO]

Status Report on Recommendations, White House Conference on Small Business, 12142-12157 [12MY]

Tennessee's Small Business, 1303 [1FE]

Resolutions by organizations

Honoring the Chicago, Ill., 26th Street Business Association, 1530 [2FE]

Statements

Education and Industrial Policy, Reatha C. King, 22718 [3AU]

Executive Departments Contracting Functions, OMB (excerpt), 2644 [22FE]

Goverment Contracts and Excess Profits: Hyman G. Rickover, 30610-30612 [3NO]

Impact of FCC Television Rules on Minority Business; David Ochoa, for Buenavision Cable Co., 20433 [21JY]

Indicators Suggest Economic Recovery Is Underway, Wilson S. Johnson, 4479 [9MR]

Industrial Policy: Carlo De Benedetti, 33563 [17NO]

———Nolan Bushnell, 33563 [17NO]

———Philip H. Trezise, 33524 [14DE]

———Robert N. Noyce, 33565 [17NO]

Industrial Policy in Japan: Philip H. Trezise, 33524 [14DE]

Issuance of Small Business Commemorative Envelope, Representative Ireland (excerpt), 11342 [5MY]

Minority Small Business Pilot Procurement Act (S. 273): National Association of Minority Contractors, 1610 [3FE]

———Small Business Administration, 1610 [3FE]

Small Business, William Baxter (excerpts), 15491 [13JN]

Small Business Development Act Amendment, Senator Nunn, 14983 [8JN]

Summaries

H.R. 10, National Development Investment Act, 61 [3JA]

S. 40, Small Business Motor Fuel Marketer Preservation Act, 578 [26JA]

Tables

Critical Agricultural Materials Act (H.R. 2733), 27806 [7OC]

Dept. of Defense procurement pricing information, 28255 [19OC]

Pension plan receipts before and after the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act, 33170 [16NO]

Reagan's proposed program spending changes—fiscal year 1983 compared to fiscal year 1986 on an inflation adjusted basis, 1221 [1FE]

SBA development loans, 31397 [8NO]

Testimonies

Contracts for Small Business, William A. Long (excerpt), 2171 [15FE]

Industrial Policy: Allan H. Meltzer, 33540 [17NO]

———Hugh Patrick, 33545 [17NO]

———Paul C. Roberts, 33538 [17NO]

———Robert B. Reich, 33534 [17NO]

Japanese Economy: D. Bruce Merrifield, 33534 [17NO]

———James C. Miller, 33534 [17NO]

———Olin L. Wethington, 33534 [17NO]

Notification of Small Businesses Concerning Federal Contracts, James Sanders, SBA Administrator (sundry excerpts), 2172 [15FE]

Texts of

H. Res. 293, adoption of conference report and adoption of S. Con. Res. 58 correcting the enrollment of S. 272, 21925 [1AU]

H.J. Res. 262, Small Business Participation Act, 11557 [9MY]

H.R. 861, extend SBA pilot programs, 2167 [15FE]

H.R. 1043, provide small businesses with adequate notice of Federal contract opportunities, 2170 [15FE]

H.R. 2566, Federal Reserve Board representation of agricultural and small business representatives, 8700 [14AP]

H.R. 3075, Small Business Computer Crime Prevention Act, 29056 [24OC]

H.R. 3641, liability for violations of certain antitrust laws, 20663 [25JY]

H.R. 3757, Business Opportunity Act, 22708 [3AU]

H.R. 4013, extend the Small Business Development Center program, 28157 [18OC]

H.R. 4531, International Trade Competitiveness Act, 34186 [18NO]

National Small Business Association bill of rights, 33236 [16NO]

S. 40, Small Business Motor Fuel Marketer Preservation Act, 578 [26JA]

S. 50, Small Business and Agricultural Trade Remedies Act, 553-554 [26JA]

S. 272, improve access to Federal procurement information, 1617 [3FE], 4187 [8MR]

S. 273, Minority Small Business Pilot Procurement Act, 1055 [27JA], 1612 [3FE], 2176 [15FE]

S. 371, Targeted Jobs Tax Credit Amendments Act, 1304 [1FE]

S. 418, Unfair Foreign Competition Act amendments, 1640 [3FE]

S. 430, Civil Rights Act amendments, 1660 [3FE]

S. 499, Small Business Investment Company Act, 2316 [16FE]

S. 548, transfer of Federal economic activity to small business, 2645 [22FE]

S. 594, Family Business Preservation Act, 2937 [24FE]

S. 745, SBA State Development Company Program Amendments, 4456 [9MR]

S. 842, small business participating debentures, 5967 [17MR]

S. 1029, Equal Access to Justice Act Amendments, 8027 [12AP]

S. 1043, Small Business Capital Formation Tax Act, 8320 [13AP]

S. 1053, create a supplemental conservation payment-in-kind program, 8645 [14AP]

S. 1105, changes in accounting rules related to inventory, 9179 [20AP]

S. 1228, Rural Enterprise Zone Act, 11403-11410 [6MY]

S. 1323, Small Business Act, 27818 [7OC]

S. 1355, Small Business Procurement Reform Act, 13811 [25MY]

S. 1380, tax treatment of business companies, 13834 [25MY]

S. 1429, Small Business Development Act amendment, 14982 [8JN]

S. 1496, New Venture Investment Incentive Act, 16196 [16JN]

S. 1556, taxation of Boundary Waters Canoe Area grants to small businesses, 17608 [28JN]

S. 1730, Small Business Competition in Contracting Act, 22399 [3AU]

S. 1794, purchases by Federal agencies involving the GSA, 22948 [4AU]

S. 1840, Small Business Capital Formation and Inventory Simplification Tax Act, 24083 [14SE]

S. 1841, National Productivity and Innovation Act, 24085-24086 [14SE]

S. 1920, Small Business Computer Crime Prevention Act, 27029 [4OC]

S. 2043, Small Business Long-Term Financing Act, 30401-30403 [2NO]

S. 2044, Small Business Tax Simplification Act, 30403 [2NO]

S. 2128, Employee Stock Ownership Act, 33822-33825 [17NO]

S. Con. Res. 64, maintain integrity of agricultural marketing orders, 23007 [4AU]

S. Res. 126, estate tax reform, 10329 [28AP]

S. Res. 132, designate Small Business Week, 11390 [6MY]

S.J. Res. 18, designate American Businesswomen's Day, 18300 [30JN]

S.J. Res. 142, designate National Productivity Improvement Week, 26777 [30SE]