SMALL BUSINESS see also Business
Amendments
Minority Business Development Program Reform Act: enact (S. 1993), 17138-17141, 17146, 17259-17260 [7JY]
SBA: reauthorization (S. 2619), 17548 [11JY], 18376, 18377, 18400-18402 [14JY]
Small Business Investment Act: amend (H.R. 4174), 16646-16648, 16650-16654 [6JY]
Analyses
Small Business Investment Act Amendment (H.R. 4174), 4106 [16MR]
Appointments
Conferees: H.R. 1807, reform Capital Ownership Development Program, 18063 [13JY]
———H.R. 1993, Minority Business Development Program Reform Act, 17151 [7JY]
Articles and editorials
Another Milestone for the ``Not Very'' Mad Hatter, 6494 [12AP]
Dispelling Some of the Myths Surrounding the SBA, 16640 [6JY]
``Dollars and Cents'' of Power—for Latino Entrepreneurs, Sharing Can Be Way To Gain, 29600 [7OC]
Drying Up the Dams, 30150 [12OC]
Faith Paid Off for Jack Rajala's Forestry Firm—Borrowing Kept Business Going, 10166 [9MY]
Golden Shackles, 27072-27074 [30SE]
Helping Small Firms Afford Health Insurance, 32146 [20OC]
Lofty Project—Against Sizable Odds, a Small Firm Is Poised To Run a Space Station, 4612 [21MR]
More States Come to Aid of Small Exporters, 3294 [3MR]
On the Mend Again in Broken Bow, 630 [2FE]
Positive Enterprise, 19245 [27JY]
Rome Proves That Downtowns Can Survive Malls, 10857 [12MY]
Small Businessman With Big Plans, 13308 [2JN]
Sweet Things—Abbeville Baker Constantly Delivering Goodies, 24475 [20SE]
Their Little Town, 629 [2FE]
2 Allies Which Do Not See Eye to Eye, 9149 [27AP]
Vermont Leads in All-American Teddy Bears, 2904 [2MR]
Where ``The Good Old Days'' Live On, 2908 [2MR]
Bills and resolutions
Agriculture: lower interest rate on disaster loans to small cooperatives (see H.R. 5414)
Antitrust policy: encourage competition in trade by modification of laws (see H.R. 5519)
Capital Ownership Development Program: reform (H.R. 1807), correcting enrollment (see S. Con. Res. 167)
Indians: economic development (see H.R. 4248)
Investments: availability of surety bonds for small business concerns (see S. 2259)
Mobile trade fairs: SBA grants to facilitate participation of small business (see H.R. 5189)
Rural areas: offset economic losses of small business and agricultural cooperatives relative to certain reductions in farm cropland (see H.R. 3937)
Rural Regeneration Act: enact (see S. 2281)
SBA: disaster assistance loans (see H.R. 4161)
———drought disaster loans (see S. 2623)
———encourage preferred lender to provide loans (see S. 2624)
———reauthorization (see S. 2619)
Small Business Act: amend (see H.R. 3921, 4174)
Small Business Investment Act: amend (see H.R. 4174)
———amend (H.R. 4174), consideration (see H. Res. 486)
———amend (H.R. 4174), enrollment corrections (see S. Con. Res. 159, 163)
Taxation: discount rules relating to short-term obligations shall not apply to certain obligations of small banks (see H.R. 4514)
———exemption from capitalization rules (see H.R. 4020)
———installment retail sales method of accounting (see H.R. 4913)
———reduce tax on small retail dealers in liquors and beer (see H.R. 4933)
———research credit available to certain start-up ventures (see H.R. 4795)
———retain limited deduction of health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 4852)
Comparisons
Senator Bumpers and Vice President Bush capital gains tax proposals, 28852 [6OC]
Executive orders
Minority business enterprise development: President Reagan, 30078 [12OC]
Factsheets
Small Business Concerns With the Minimum Wage, 4146 [16MR]
———National Federation of Independent Business, 9549 [29AP]
Letters
Relocation of artists and small business tenants at Hunters Point Naval Shipyard: Representative Chappell, 15435 [21JN]
Small employer compliance with nondiscrimination tests: Albert D. Bourland, 29735 [11OC]
Lists
Grocer Care awards recipients, 29417 [7OC]
National Advisory Council to the Senate Committee on Small Business: participants, 13477 [6JN]
Messages
State of Small Business: President Reagan, 10149 [9MY]
Papers
Participation of Small Business Concerns in Contracting for Dredging: Corps of Engineers, 32513 [21OC]
Programs
Grocer Care awards banquet, 29417 [7OC]
Proposals
Surety and small and minority contractors: Prudential Foundation, 19559 [28JY]
Remarks in House
Agriculture: lower interest rate on disaster loans to small cooperatives (H.R. 5414), 28275 [4OC]
Antitrust policy: encourage competition in trade by modification of laws (H.R. 5519), 30621 [13OC]
Business: increase funds available for communities (H.R. 3996), 2490 [24FE]
Corp. for Small Business Investment: establish, 3687 [10MR]
———establish (H.R. 3392), referral to proper committees, 21029 [8AU]
Durham Business and Professional Chain: anniversary, 13886 [8JN]
EDP Enterprises, Inc.: investigation, 574 [2FE]
Foreign trade: enhance export ability, 3294 [3MR], 31627 [18OC]
Franklin, Angela: California Small Business of the Year, 7531 [19AP]
Health insurance: National Association for the Self-Employed study, 2720 [11AU]
Indians: assistance to Indian owned business enterprises (H.R. 2455), 5094 [23MR]
Industrial policy: antitrust barriers, 24351 [16SE]
Insurance: impact of liability crisis, 11533 [18MY]
Jenny, Robert J.: New Jersey Small Business Person of the Year Award, 13308 [2JN]
Jensen, Kathy: California Small Business of the Year, 7531 [19AP]
Minimum wage: impact on employment, 4146 [16MR]
Minority Business Development Administration: establish, 16584 [30JN]
———establish (H.R. 1769), 30072-30079 [12OC]
Mobile trade fairs: SBA grants to facilitate participation of small businesses (H.R. 5189), 21420 [9AU]
National Association for the Self-Employed: study on health insurance for small business, 2720 [11AU]
Pasadena Chamber of Commerce and Civic Association: anniversary, 13395 [3JN]
Research: tax credit available to certain start-up ventures (H.R. 4795), 14311 [13JN]
Rome, GA: success of downtown mall, 10857 [12MY]
Rural areas: development initiative, 16641, 16651 [7JY], 33450 [21OC]
———offset economic losses of small business and agricultural cooperatives relative to certain reductions in farm cropland (H.R. 3937), 1335 [9FE]
SBA: Awards Breakfast, 10179 [9MY]
———disaster assistance loans (H.R. 4161), 4162 [16MR]
———prepayment of loans made to State and local development companies (S. 437), 27821-27824 [3OC]
———tribute to employees of procurement centers, 10855 [12MY]
Small Business Act: amend (H.R. 4863), 15297 [20JN]
———reform Capital Ownership Development Program (H.R. 1807), 30066-33441 [21OC]
———reform Capital Ownership Development Program (H.R. 1807), appointment of conferees, 18063 [13JY]
———reform Capital Ownership Development Program (H.R. 1807), conference report, 29200 [7OC], 29630 [7OC], 30051-30066 [12OC], 30081 [14OC]
Small Business Investment Act: amend (H.R. 4174), 4105 [16MR], 16633 [6JY], 16641 [7JY], 16648 [11JY], 16651-16659 [6JY]
———amend (H.R. 4174), appointment of conferees, 25720 [27SE]
———amend (H.R. 4174), conference report, 27800 [3OC], 28618 [5OC], 28622, 28623 [5OC]
———amend (H.R. 4174), consideration (H. Res. 486), 16630-16632 [6JY]
———amend (H.R. 4174), correcting enrollment (S. Con. Res. 159), 31815 [19OC]
———amend (H.R. 4174), correcting enrollment (S. Con. Res. 163), 31816 [19OC]
Small Business Week: observance, 10000 [5MY], 10566 [11MY], 10580 [12MY]
Soviet Union: prospect for trade, 33506 [21OC]
Taxation: credit available to certain start-up ventures (H.R. 4795), 14311 [13JN]
———discount rules relating to short-term obligations shall not apply to certain obligations of small banks (H.R. 4514), 10556 [11MY]
———effect of dealer-financed sales of personal property on small business and consumers, 14774 [15JN]
———exemption from capitalization rules (H.R. 4020), 2562 [25FE]
———installment retail sales method of accounting (H.R. 4913), 15900 [23JN]
———reduce tax on small retail dealers in liquors and beer (H.R. 4933), 16271 [28JN]
———retain limited deduction of health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (H.R. 4852), 15249 [20JN]
Veterans: undertake efforts to assist and promote the creation, development, and growth of their business concerns (H.R. 5558), 32328 [20OC]
Remarks in Senate
Capital Market, Montpelier, VT: anniversary, 2908 [2MR]
Capital Ownership Development Program: reform (H.R. 1807), correcting enrollment (S. Con. Res. 167), 32442 [21OC]
Corp. for Small Business Investment: establish (S. 1929), 3492 [4MR]
Credit: availability of loans, 21656 [10AU]
Dept. of Commerce: Minority Business Development Administration (S. 1848), 1937 [22FE]
Economic importance, 2568 [26FE]
Farmers: interconnections between agriculture, small business, local government and public services, 19332 [28JY]
Laughner's Cafeterias: tribute, 21978 [11AU]
Minority Business Development Program Reform Act: enact (S. 1993), 770 [3FE], 16184 [28JN], 17126-17151 [7JY], 17563 [11JY]
———enact (S. 1993), appointment of conferees, 17151 [7JY]
Minority Enterprise Development Week: observance, 29420 [7OC]
Preferred Surety Bond Guarantee Program Act: enact (S. 2259), 6170, 6173 [31MR]
Rural areas: independent businesses, 628 [2FE]
Rural Regeneration Act: enact (S. 2281), 6589-6591 [13AP], 7020 [15AP]
SBA: drought disaster loans (S. 2623), 17367 [8JY]
———preferred lender to provide loans (S. 2624), 17368 [8JY]
———prepayment of loans made to State and local development companies (S. 437), 31112 [14OC]
———reauthorization (S. 2619), 18396-18403 [14JY]
Small Business Act: reform Capital Ownership Development Program (H.R. 1807), conference report, 31491-31497 [18OC], 32690 [10NO]
Small Business Investment Act: amend (H.R. 4174), 18404 [14JY]
———amend (H.R. 4174), conference report, 32032-32036 [20OC]
———amend (H.R. 4174), enrollment corrections (S. Con. Res. 163), 31112 [14OC]
Small Business Week: observance, 10164, 10165 [9MY], 11001 [13MY]
South Dakota: exports, 3919 [15MR]
Taxation: treatment of capital gains on small business stock (S. 931), 28846-28852 [6OC]
Vermont Teddy Bear Co.: tribute, 2904 [2MR]
White House Conferences on Small Business: permanent authorization, 18403 [14JY]
Reports
Business Opportunity Development Reform Act (H.R. 1807), 30066 [21OC]
Minority Business in the Eighties (excerpts), 30077 [12OC]
Reports by conference committees
Reform of Capital Ownership Development Program (H.R. 1807), 29207-29234 [7OC]
Small Business Investment Act Amendments (H.R. 4174), 27800-27813 [3OC]
Reports filed
Developmental Programs for Small Businesses Owned by Women: Committee on Small Business (H.R. 5050) (H. Rept. 100-955), 25021 [22SE]
GSA Small Business and Small Minority Business Subcontracting: Committee on Government Operations (H. Rept. 100-1044), 27984 [3OC]
Minority Business Development Program Act: Committee on Small Business (S. 1993) (S. Rept. 100-394), 15563 [22JN]
Reform the Capital Ownership Development Program: Committee on Small Business (H.R. 1807), 15563 [22JN]
———committee of conference (H.R. 1807) (H. Rept. 100-070), 29235 [7OC]
SBA Reauthorization: Committee on Small Business (S. 2619) (S. Rept. 100-416), 17250 [7JY]
Small Business Investment Act Amendments: Committee on Small Business (H.R. 4174) (H. Rept. 100-694), 14206 [13JN]
———(H.R. 4174) (H. Rept. 100-1029), 27984 [3OC]
———Consideration of H.R. 4174 (H. Res. 486) (H. Rept. 100-746), 16597 [30JN]
Resolutions by organizations
Selected subjects: National Advisory Council to the Senate Committee on Small Business, 13463-13480 [6JN]
Statements
Entrepreneurship: N. Don Edwards, 10275 [10MY]
Foreign Trade Competition: U.S. Chamber of Commerce, 3669 [10MR]
Minority Business Enterprise Development: President Reagan, 30077 [12OC]
Summaries
Rural Regeneration Act (S. 2281), 6591 [13AP]
Small Business Investment Act Amendment (H.R. 4174), Conference Report Compromises, 28619-28620 [5OC]
Tables
Comparison of Senator Bumpers and Vice President Bush capital gains tax proposals, 28852 [6OC]
Contracts awards to small businesses, 30077 [12OC]
Minority owned small business active companies, 30057 [12OC]
Testimonies
Corp. for Small Business Investment: Representative Dorgan, 3687 [10MR]
Dept. of Defense Minority Business Set-Aside Budget: Representative Savage, 942 [3FE]
Texts of
H. Res. 486, consideration of H.R. 4174, Small Business Investment Act, 16630 [6JY]
H.R. 1769, establish Minority Business Development Administration, 30072-30075 [12OC]
H.R. 4147, Small Business Investment Act amendment, 16642-16646 [6JY]
H.R. 4795, make research tax credit available to certain start-up ventures, 14311 [13JN]
H.R. 5050, Women's Business Ownership Act, 27813-27816 [3OC], 30066-30069 [12OC]
H.R. 5558, Veterans' Entrepreneurship Promotion Act, 32329-32332 [20OC]
S. 437, prepayment of loans made to State and local development companies, 27821 [3OC]
S. 2259, Preferred Surety Bond Guarantee Program Act, 6171-6172 [31MR]
S. 2623, SBA's drought disaster loans, 17368 [8JY]
S. 2624, encourage preferred lender to provide SBA loans, 17368 [8JY]
S. Con. Res. 159, correcting enrollment of H.R. 4174, Small Business Investment Act amendment, 29377 [7OC], 31815 [19OC]
S. Con. Res. 163, correcting enrollment of H.R. 4174, amend Small Business Investment Act, 30903 [14OC], 31816 [19OC]
S. Con. Res. 167, correcting enrollment of H.R. 1807, reform Capital Ownership Development Program, 32443, 32557 [21OC]
S. Res. 366, authorizing expenditures by Committee on Small Business, 540 [1FE]