SMALL BUSINESS related term(s) Business
Addresses
Patriotism: John Hancock, 10115 [10MY]
Small Business Symposium, Raleigh, NC: Lewis R. Holding, 1990-1992 [20FE]
Amendments
Small Business Act: amend (H.R. 4793), 36362, 36642 [27OC]
Small Business Act and Small Business Investment Act: amend (H.R. 4793), 25589, 25591 [25SE]
Small Business Investment Act: amend (H.R. 4793), 36362, 36642 [27OC], 36983 [27OC]
Analyses
Small Business Act and Small Business Investment Act Amendments (H.R. 4793), 36358-36362 [27OC]
White House Conference on Small Business Authorization Act (H.R. 4773), 9926 [9MY]
Articles and editorials
Area Banks Battle for Small Business Loans—Norstar, Marine, M&T and Key Win SPA Gold Medals for Their Loan Activity, 33359 [24OC]
Bare-Bones Health Plans Make Coverage More Affordable, 25282 [21SE]
Discover the Excitement During National Auctioneers Week, 6498 [3AP]
Health Insurers, Reduce Losses, Blacklist Dozens of Occupations, 2599 [26FE]
It's No Small Task Leading Small Business Advisers, 18076 [18JY]
Many Small Businesses Scrapping Pension Plans, 6347 [3AP]
Militant Small-Business Coalition Is Fighting City Hall—Tucson, AZ, Entrepreneurs Protest Government Policies, Tight Credit, 16619 [28JN]
Rhode Island—Insurance For ``Working Poor'', 25282 [21SE]
Senator David Pryor, Small Business Advocate, 10405 [15MY]
Small Business Could be Key to European Renewal, 25038 [19SE], 33831 [26OC]
Small Businesses Say Credit Crunch Is Real and Harmful, 26178 [26SE]
Unleash Paperwork Watchdog, 34474 [26OC]
Yvonne F. Morrison, 33829 [26OC]
Bills and resolutions
AFDC: purchase of capital equipment for small businesses by certain recipients (see H.R. 5792)
American Family Enterprise Preservation Act: enact (see S. 2783)
Banks and banking: authorizing refinancing of certain debentures (see H.R. 4991)
Contracts: improve the economy and efficiency of Federal procurement of construction services (see H.R. 4179)
———SBA placement of traditional procurement center representatives (see H.R. 4746)
Credit: establish an evaluation program to assist concerns in certain States (see H.R. 5894)
Dept. of Defense: increase outreach to certain potential contractors (see H.R. 5917)
———transfers of excess industrial plant equipment to small business concerns (see H.R. 4745)
Developing countries: loans for self-employment for the poor (see H.R. 5934)
Disasters: increase the maximum term of Federal loans (see H.R. 4966)
EPA: impact of certain regulations on small business (see H.R. 5919)
Fish and fisheries: Federal backing of loans for general working capital needs (see S. 3150)
Hawaii: sale of duty-free merchandise at off-airport locations (see H.R. 4665)
Indian Finance Corp.: establish (see S. 2770)
Investments: new seed capital industry incentive to invest in certain ventures (see H.R. 5838)
Management and technical assistance programs: establish (see H.R. 4999)
Microenterprises: development (see H.R. 5918)
Minorities: ensure participation of disadvantaged businesses in Federal contracts (see H.R. 4406)
National Technical Resource Service Act: enact (see S. 2526)
Public buildings: small business leasing to socially and economically disadvantaged individuals (see H.R. 5272)
Rural areas: promote the growth of small business and economic development (see H.R. 4816)
Rural Business Revitalization Act: enact (see S. 2348)
Rural Small Business Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 598)
SBA: amend regulations relative to participation in financial assistance programs (see H.R. 5554)
———clarify authority relative to disaster assistance loans (see S. 2146)
———establish an Office of Youth Entrepreneurship (see H.R. 5799)
———lending institution liability relative to loans for acquiring environmentally damaged property (see H.R. 5764)
———study impact of electronic data interchange technology (see H.R. 5303)
Seed Capital Formation Act: enact (see S. 2798)
Small Business Act: amend (see H.R. 4793)
———amend (H.R. 4793), consideration (see H. Res. 466)
Small Business Investment Act: amend (see H.R. 4793)
———amend (H.R. 4793), consideration (see H. Res. 466)
Small Business-National Defense Laboratory Technology Partnership Act: enact (see S. 2838)
Solid waste: loan guarantees for the closure and replacement of underground storage tanks (see H.R. 4319)
Surplus Government property: authorize State agencies to distribute certain property to small businesses (see H.R. 5601)
Taxation: allow small commercial finance companies to use the reserve method in accounting for bad debts (see H.R. 5884)
———credit for eligible child-care providers (see S. 2984)
———equal access to courts in tax proceedings (see S. 2502)
———excise tax on certain insurance companies relative to providing health insurance to small employers (see S. 3260)
———incentives for establishing tax enterprise zones (see H.R. 5190)
———reform of fiscal year retention rules (see S. 2980)
———restore a capital gains tax differential for certain small business stock (see H.R. 3987)
———small life insurance companies need not amortize acquisition expenses for minimum tax purposes (see S. 2209)
———treatment (see H.R. 5455)
———treatment of education and training expenses of small businesses and their employees (see H.R. 5426)
———treatment of small businesses (see H.R. 5826)
Technology transfer: demonstration program (see S. 2897)
Trees: promote planting (see H.R. 4123)
Veterans: development of small business concerns (see H.R. 5616)
———treatment of concerns controlled by special disabled veterans relative to procurement contracts (see H.R. 5748)
White House Conference on Small Business Authorization Act: enact (see H.R. 4773)
Women's Business Procurement Assistance Act: enact (see S. 2294)
Biographies
Thomas N. Hackett, 12485 [24MY]
Explanations
Small business tax treatment (H.R. 5455), 23073 [3AU]
Letters
American Family Enterprise Preservation Act: Family Businesses of America, 15592 [26JN]
Budget reconciliation: National Federation of Independent Business, 36210 [27OC]
Corps of Engineers' small business set-aside programs: Walter L. Sorg, 9295 [2MY]
Dept. of Defense contracts for small and disadvantaged businesses: Leo Marquez, 16806 [10JY]
National small business environmental compliance assistance program: National Federation of Independent Business, 4650 [20MR]
———Small Business Legislative Council, 4650 [20MR]
———several organizations, 4650 [20MR]
Memorandums
National Small Business Environmental Compliance Assistance Program: Joseph G. Gerard, 4650 [20MR]
Messages
Report: President Bush, 31869 [22OC]
Remarks in House
AFDC: purchase of capital equipment for small businesses by certain recipients (H.R. 5792), 27680 [4OC]
American Small Business Stock Exchange, Inc.: tribute, 33350 [23OC]
Amgen, Inc.: tribute, 5559 [27MR]
Arcata Associates, Inc.: NASA's Small Business of the Year Award, 35995 [26OC]
Banks and banking: authorizing refinancing of certain debentures (H.R. 4991), 13430, 13439 [7JN]
———difficulties in obtaining U.S. bank loans to finance growth projects, 26178 [26SE]
Brady, William J.: Louisiana Small Business Person Award recipient, 10117 [10MY]
Budget: impact of deficit reduction agreement, 33370 [24OC], 34480 [26OC]
———impact of taxation and government regulation, 31910 [22OC]
Contracts: improve the economy and efficiency of Federal procurement of construction services (H.R. 4179), 3599 [6MR]
Corps of Engineers: set-aside programs, 9295 [2MY]
Dennison, OH: opening of Tusco Grocers, 18822 [24JY]
Dept. of Defense: increase outreach to certain potential contractors (H.R. 5917), 33853 [25OC]
Developing countries: loans for self-employment for the poor (H.R. 5934), 35955 [26OC]
Disasters: increase the maximum term of Federal loans (H.R. 4966), 13023 [6JN]
Dittleman, Jason and Susan: Rhode Island Small Business Owners of the Year, 9115 [2MY], 9726 [8MY]
Economic conditions: impact statement under certain economic conditions (H.R. 2274), 9708 [8MY]
Economic Development Council of Northeastern Pennsylvania: anniversary, 4396 [14MR]
Family and Medical Leave Act: impact, 9823, 9826 [9MY]
Foreign trade: U.S. export sales growth, 24759 [17SE]
Gajewski, Ryszard: tribute, 11116 [18MY]
Intelligence services: domestic firm contracts, 30178 [17OC]
Legislation: impact, 34083 [25OC]
Manhattan College: tribute to the small business development center, 9287 [2MY]
Microenterprises: development (H.R. 5918), 33850 [25OC]
Minorities: Bush administration policies, 28601 [11OC]
Minority Enterprise Development Week: observation, 24496 [13SE]
Morrison, Yvonne F.: SBA's Minority Small Business Person of the Year award recipient, 33829 [26OC]
National Cooperative Month: observance, 30451 [17OC]
National objectives: legislative priorities, 32612 [23OC]
Pensions, 6347 [3AP]
Ruiz, Roberto: SBA Regional Entrepreneurial Success Award recipient, 8562 [27AP]
Rural areas: development programs, 3838 [8MR]
———promote the growth of small business and economic development (H.R. 4816), 10584-10586 [15MY]
Rural Small Business Week: designate (H.J. Res. 598), 13830 [13JN]
SBA: establish an Office of Youth Entrepreneurship (H.R. 5799), 27870 [5OC]
———recipients of grant awards for innovative research, 17350 [13JY]
———reduce penalties for prepayment on loans, 25594 [25SE]
———study impact of electronic data interchange technology (H.R. 5303), 18136 [19JY], 20256 [27JY]
Small Business Act: amend (H.R. 4793), 10124 [10MY], 10592 [15MY], 25579 [25SE], 25585 [26SE]-25598 [25SE]
———amend (H.R. 4793), consideration (H. Res. 466), 25459 [24SE]
———reauthorization, 36991 [2NO]
Small Business Investment Act: amend (H.R. 4793), 10124 [10MY], 10592 [15MY], 25579 [25SE], 25585 [26SE]-25598 [25SE], 36983, 36988 [27OC]
———amend (H.R. 4793), consideration (H. Res. 466), 25459 [24SE]
Small Business Week: observance, 9686-9688 [8MY], 9707, 9732 [8MY], 10115 [10MY]
Solid waste: loan guarantees for the closure and replacement of underground storage tanks (H.R. 4319), 4555 [20MR]
Surplus Government property: authorize State agencies to distribute certain property to small businesses (H.R. 5601), 24492 [13SE]
Surveying and mapping: conduct Federal demonstration program, 25597 [25SE]
Survival, 496 [25JA]
Taxation, 34479 [26OC]
———allow small commercial finance companies to use the reserve method in accounting for bad debts (H.R. 5884), 31660 [20OC]
———incentives for establishing tax enterprise zones (H.R. 5190), 16162 [28JN]
———nondiscrimination rules relative to employee benefit plans, 14730 [20JN]
———nondiscrimination rules relative to small business health insurance deduction, 34483 [26OC]
———treatment (H.R. 5455), 23073 [3AU]
———treatment of education and training expenses of small businesses and their employees (H.R. 5426), 21685 [1AU]
———treatment of small businesses (H.R. 5826), 29018 [13OC], 35210 [26OC]
Technology: establish Technology Access Pilot Program, 25591 [25SE]
Veterans: development of concerns controlled by veterans (H.R. 5616), 24509 [14SE]
Westcliffe, CO: SBA management of Conquistador Ski Resort, 14019 [13JN]
White House Conference on Small Business Authorization Act: enact (H.R. 4773), 9926 [9MY], 23635-23638 [10SE], 24636 [14SE]
Women: assistance to women business enterprises (H.R. 2351), 9707 [8MY]
———development and expansion of women-owned business, 1201 [5FE]
Remarks in Senate
American Family Enterprise Preservation Act: enact (S. 2783), 15591 [26JN]
Dept. of Defense: establish Mentor-Protege Pilot Program, 22705 [3AU]
———small disadvantaged business participation in subcontracting, 15528 [26JN]
Dittleman, Jason and Susan: Rhode Island Small Business Owners of the Year, 10017 [10MY]
Fish and fisheries: Federal backing of loans for general working capital needs (S. 3150), 27008 [2OC]
Foreign trade: adapting to global markets and new product designs, 9779 [9MY]
———assisting small businesses seeking overseas opportunities, 14870 [20JN]
Hackett, Tom: Maine Small Business Person of the Year, 12485 [24MY]
Health: insurance coverage for small business employees, 2599 [26FE]
Housing opportunity zones: establish, 15926-15930 [27JN]
Indian Finance Corp.: establish (S. 2770), 15191, 15192 [21JN]
Minority Business Month: observance, 27476 [4OC]
Montgomery, Linda: Nevada Small Business Person of the Year, 8901 [1MY]
National Auctioneers Week: observance, 6498 [3AP]
National Technical Resource Service Act: enact (S. 2526), 8503 [26AP]
New York, NY: tribute to Queens Minority Business Development Center, 23599 [10SE]
Port Washington, WI: tribute to Allen-Edmonds Shoe Corp., 11274 [21MY]
Pryor, Senator: Small Business Advocate Award recipient, 10405 [15MY]
Robertson, John M.: Kentucky Small Business Person of the Year, 8966 [1MY]
Rural Business Revitalization Act: enact (S. 2348), 5413 [27MR]
SBA: clarify authority relative to disaster assistance loans (S. 2146), 2051 [20FE]
———tribute upon issuance of $1 billion in guaranteed debentures, 30408 [17OC]
———vacancy of chief counsel for advocacy position, 28148 [9OC]
Seed Capital Formation Act: enact (S. 2798), 16045-16048 [27JN]
Small Business Act: amend (H.R. 4793), 36356 [27OC]
Small Business Disabilities Tax Credit Act: enact (S. 1661), 24038 [12SE]
Small Business Investment Act: amend (H.R. 4793), 36356 [27OC]
Small Business Rehabilitation Relief Act: enact (S. 1876), 24039 [12SE], 36228 [27OC]
Small Business Week: observance, 9562 [8MY]
Small Business-National Defense Laboratory Technology Partnership Act: enact (S. 2838), 17071 [11JY]
Taxation: credit for eligible child-care providers (S. 2984), 22864 [3AU]
———equal access to courts in tax proceedings (S. 2502), 8082 [24AP]
———estate tax obligation upon death of owner, 11286 [21MY]
———excise tax on certain insurance companies relative to providing health insurance to small employers (S. 3260), 35850-35851 [26OC]
———reform of fiscal year retention rules (S. 2980), 22857 [3AU]
———small life insurance companies need not amortize acquisition expenses for minimum tax purposes (S. 2209), 3009 [28FE]
Technology transfer: demonstration program (S. 2897), 19049, 19050 [24JY]
White House Conference on Small Business Authorization Act: enact (H.R. 4773), 24889-24891 [18SE]
Women's Business Procurement Assistance Act: enact (S. 2294), 4664 [20MR]
Reports
Small Disadvantaged Business Participation in Dept. of Defense Subcontracting, 15529 [26JN]
Reports filed
Consideration of H.R. 4793, Small Business Act and Small Business Investment Act Amendment: Committee on Rules (H. Res. 466) (H. Rept. 101-717), 25016 [18SE]
Small Business Act and Small Business Investment Act Amendments: Committee on Small Business (H.R. 4793) (H. Rept. 101-667), 22526 [3AU]
White House Conference on Small Business Authorization Act: Committee on Small Business (H.R. 4773) (H. Rept. 101-669), 22526 [3AU]
Rosters
Small Business Legislative Council, 8315 [25AP]
Statements
Foundation of Free Enterprise: Lyndon B. Johnson, 10115 [10MY]
Impact of Acid Rain Legislation on Workers and Small Business in the High Sulfur Coal Industry: Allan D. Patton, 5767 [28MR]
Summaries
Enterprise Zone Tax Incentives Act (H.R. 5190), 16162 [28JN]
Small Business Reauthorization and Amendments Act (H.R. 4793), 10125 [10MY]
Veterans Entrepreneurship Promotion Act (H.R. 5616), 24510-24514 [14SE]
Tables
SBA loan program levels, 36363 [27OC]
Testimonies
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act Implications: Sally B. Narey, 2464 [22FE]
Texts of
H. Res. 466, consideration of H.R. 4793, Small Business Act amendment and Small Business Investment Act amendment, 25459 [24SE]
H.R. 4773, White House Conference on Small Business Authorization Act, 23635 [10SE]
H.R. 4793, Small Business Act and Small Business Investment Act amendments, 25585-25588 [25SE]
H.R. 4991, authorizing refinancing of certain small business debentures, 13431, 13440 [7JN]
H.R. 5934, loans for self-employment for the poor, 35955 [26OC]
S. 2209, small life insurance companies need not amortize acquisition expenses for minimum tax purposes, 3010 [28FE]
S. 2294, Women's Business Procurement Assistance Act, 4665 [20MR]
S. 2348, Rural Business Revitalization Act, 5413-5416 [27MR]
S. 2526, National Technical Resource Service Act, 8504 [26AP]
S. 2838, Small Business-National Defense Laboratory Technology Partnership Act, 17072 [11JY]
S. 2897, small business technology transfer demonstration program, 19050 [24JY]
S. 2980, reform of fiscal year taxation retention rules, 22858 [3AU]
S. 2984, tax credit for eligible child-care providers, 22864 [3AU]
S. 3260, excise tax on certain insurance companies relative to providing health insurance to small employers, 35851 [26OC]