SMALL BUSINESS related term(s) Business and Industry

Amendments

Armed Forces: financial development assistance to military reservists' businesses (S. 360), S2548 [28FE]

Women: assist development (H.R. 2629), S17262, S17273 [20NO], H10807 [21NO]

Analyses

American Health Security Act (S. 700), S3731 [20MR]

Federal Prison Industries Competition in Contracting Act (S. 1691), S12297-S12300 [2AU]

Small Business Investment Act (H.R. 1150), E690-E692 [28FE]

Veterans Entrepreneurship Promotion Act (H.R. 1404), E909-E912 [13MR]

Articles and editorials

$100 Dreams, S6957 [4JN]

Alvarado Already Major League, S9203 [28JN]

Answer to the Credit Crunch?, S15535 [30OC]

Cost of Regulation—Inflation and Recession, E2718 [25JY]

Dryclean U.S.A. Thinks Small To Grow Big, E4247 [18DE]

Exceeding Government Goals, S12690 [10SE]

Florida International University Encourages Young Entrepreneurs, E4090 [26NO]

From Pushcart Beginnings, Fish Firm Thrives in Miami, E3103 [23SE]

Grinder, E1260 [16AP]

Long-Lived Farms Honored at Fair, S13729 [25SE]

Metals Dealer Rides Success of Aircraft Makers, E3141 [25SE]

New Fund To Increase Capital for Minority Ventures, E2088 [7JN]

Not Made in Japan, S13723 [25SE]

Service-Driven Service Company, S13355-S13358 [19SE]

Small-Business Owners Feel They've Been Betrayed, S18162 [26NO]

Success Stories From Small-Town Illinois, S10463 [18JY]

Supporting Small Businesses Strengthens Our Manufacturing Base, S12689 [10SE]

Wanted—Employees Who Prefer To Take Time Tinkering With Things, S10585 [22JY]

Bills and resolutions

AFDC: encourage self-sufficiency of recipients through microenterprises (see S. 1860, S15072 [23OC]; H.R. 3450, H7198 [1OC])

Antitrust policy: encourage joint manufacturing and distribution of products (see H.R. 1278, H1416 [5MR])

Armed Forces: assistance to loan recipients affected by military service in Operation Desert Shield (see H.R. 902, H990 [6FE])

———disaster loan eligibility to small businesses owned by members (see H.R. 1085, H1136 [21FE])

———financial development assistance to military reservists' businesses (see S. 360, S1699 [6FE])

Bankruptcy: establish a commission to review the Bankruptcy Code (see S. 1985, S17043 [19NO])

Community development: economic assistance (see S. 1866, S15158 [24OC])

Connecticut: allow certain AFDC recipients to receive loans toward the establishment of a small business (see H.R. 3325, H6538 [12SE])

Contracts: Federal procurement opportunities and participation for women-owned small businesses (see H.R. 3260, H6383 [2AU])

———increase Dept. of Defense materials procurement from small disadvantaged businesses (see H.R. 852, H988 [6FE])

Credit: disaster loan eligibility in certain States with depository institutions closings (see H.R. 691, H780 [29JA])

Dept. of Defense: payment protections for first tier subcontractors (see H.R. 2112, H2564 [25AP])

Developing countries: promote development of microenterprises (see S. 971, S5137 [25AP]; H.R. 1608, H2083 [22MR])

Disabled: eligibility of small businesses owned by veterans to receive procurement contracts (see H.R. 558, H604 [18JA])

Disasters: loan eligibility for greenhouses and nurseries suffering damages (see S. 584, S2771 [6MR]; H.R. 1438, H1758 [13MR])

Drug abuse: quality assurance in private sector drug testing programs (see S. 2008, S17433 [21NO])

Economic opportunities: enhance (see H.R. 2923, H5594 [17JY])

EPA: impact of regulations (see H.R. 370, H81 [4JA])

Executive departments: appointment of knowledgeable persons to executive department positions (see H. Con. Res. 70, H1079 [20FE])

Fair Labor Standards Act: amend relative to exemption for small businesses from Federal minimum wage coverage (see S. 349, S1505 [5FE])

Federal aid programs: economic opportunities of startup and newly established concerns (see S. 1426, S9116 [28JN]; H.R. 3471, H7313 [2OC])

Federal Prison Industries: govern participation in Federal procurement (see S. 1691, S12182 [2AU])

Finance: facilitate loan capital and investments (see H.R. 1823, H2260 [16AP])

Financial institutions: assistance in States in which obtaining loans is difficult (see H.R. 1295, H1455 [6MR])

———disaster loan assistance in States having certain closures (see S. 345, S1505 [5FE])

———recordkeeping and reporting requirements for certain regulated institutions (see S. 1420, S9115 [28JN])

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 3923, H11288 [25NO])

Insurance: health benefit plans (see S. 1229, S7290 [6JN]; H.R. 2453, H3622 [23MY])

Iraq: seize and liquidate assets to benefit veterans, small businesses, and refugees affected by Persian Gulf Conflict (see H.R. 3255, H6383 [2AU])

Kuwait: involvement of U.S. small businesses in rebuilding (see S. Res. 72, S2619 [5MR]; H. Con. Res. 95, H1474 [7MR])

———involvement of U.S. workers, firms, and products in rebuilding (see S. Con. Res. 48, S7898 [17JN]; H. Con. Res. 99, H1474 [7MR]; H. Con. Res. 110, H1670 [12MR]; H. Con. Res. 130, H2086 [22MR]; H. Res. 106, H2393 [18AP]; H. Res. 167, H4015 [5JN])

Medicare: coverage under private employment-related health insurance (see S. 157, S438 [14JA])

Merchant Marine Act: treatment of self-employed capital construction fund deposits (see S. 1934, S16213 [7NO])

Microenterprises: development (see H.R. 288, H78 [4JA])

Mining: assistance to small surface coal mine operators (see S. 528, S2507 [28FE])

Minority Business Development Administration: establish (see H.R. 373, H81 [4JA])

National Commission on Entrepreneurial Education: establish (see H.R. 1459, H1786 [18MR])

National Convenience Store Appreciation Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 294, H5340 [10JY])

Native Americans: Indian economic development (see H.R. 2317, H3035 [14MY])

Public buildings: Federal leasing of space to small businesses owned by disadvantaged individuals (see H.R. 1137, H1278 [27FE])

Reconstruction Finance Corp.: establish (see H.R. 1462, H1847 [19MR])

Rural areas: establish development investment zones (see H.R. 1445, H1774 [14MR])

Rural Small Business Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 108, H891 [5FE])

SBA: assist, protect, and preserve small businesses in meat production and marketing (see H.R. 228, H60 [3JA]; H.R. 229, H60 [3JA]

———disaster loan program (see H.R. 3415, H6878 [25SE])

———loans to community-based organizations to expand microenterprises (see H.R. 4017, H11888 [26NO])

———procurement of credit (see S. 1753, S13696 [25SE])

———purchase of eligible securities by qualified commercial or mutual savings banks (see H.R. 3419, H6878 [25SE])

———revise and amend Federal programs (see H.R. 345, H80 [4JA])

Shattuck, Lewis A.: tribute (see S. Res. 18, S1159 [24JA])

Small Business Investment Act: amend (see H.R. 1150, H1279 [27FE])

Surety bonds: acquisitions (see H.R. 3536, H7725 [9OC])

———treatment of discriminatory transactions (see H.R. 3534, H7725 [9OC])

Taxation: acquisitions of productive equipment (see H.R. 2646, H4549 [13JN])

———allow deductions against self-employment income for amounts deposited into a capital construction fund (see H.R. 1363, H1473 [7MR])

———allow employers a credit for hiring displaced homemakers (see H.R. 1536, H1913 [20MR])

———allow small commercial finance companies to use the reserve method in accounting for bad debts (see H.R. 1224, H1341 [4MR])

———capital gains (see H.R. 3741, H9580 [7NO])

———capital gains for small and high-risk business stock (see S. 467, S2146 [21FE]; S. 697, S3712 [20MR]; H.R. 1194, H1324 [28FE])

———capital gains tax differential for investments in start-up and other small enterprises (see S. 1932, S16213 [7NO])

———computing of deductions allowable to home day care providers for the business use of their homes (see H.R. 2008, H2468 [23AP])

———deposit requirements for payroll taxes (see S. 1610, S11807 [1AU])

———election of taxable years by certain entities (see H.R. 3943, H11885 [26NO])

———employee benefit plans (see H.R. 2742, H5048 [25JN])

———establish enterprise zones (see S. 686, S3564 [19MR]; S. 1032, S5614 [9MY])

———extension of small business tax provisions (see H.R. 3487, H7379 [3OC])

———fairness for farmers, ranchers, and small businesses (see H.R. 91, H56 [3JA])

———health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see S. 88, S436 [14JA]; S. 89, S436 [14JA]; S. 139, S438 [14JA]; S. 315, S1367 [31JA]; S. 934, S5136 [25AP]; H.R. 144, H58 [3JA]; H.R. 784, H854 [4FE]; H.R. 1248, H1414 [5MR]; H.R. 1629, H2084 [22MR]; H.R. 1880, H2373 [17AP]; H.R. 2097, H2563 [25AP]; H.R. 2206, H2767 [2MY]; H.R. 2662, H4611 [18JN])

———impose an excise tax on certain financial restructuring methods (see H.R. 2028, H2469 [23AP])

———method of election of taxable years (see S. 2109, S18336 [26NO])

———occupational taxes on retail dealers in liquors and beer (see S. 1452, S9839 [11JY])

———private retirement incentive employer matching plans (see H.R. 2294, H2952 [9MY])

———provide for employees of small employers a private retirement incentive matched by employers (see S. 318, S1367 [31JA])

———settlement of certain estate cases in court (see S. 1701, S12795 [11SE])

———treatment of certain amounts received by policyholders because of the insolvency of an insurance company (see H.R. 2664, H4611 [18JN])

———treatment of indirect expenses of in-home child care service businesses (see H.R. 3557, H7862 [15OC])

———treatment of insurance companies not meeting certain requirements relative to health insurance for small employers (see S. 700, S3712 [20MR])

———treatment of losses on investments in startup companies (see H.R. 2702, H4866 [20JN])

———treatment of small builders' income from the sale of certain residential real property (see H.R. 1864, H2373 [17AP])

———treatment of small property and casualty insurance companies (see S. 1314, S8014 [18JN]; H.R. 2640, H4549 [13JN]; H.R. 2768, H5049 [25JN])

Telephones: procurement from minority-owned businesses by holding companies of local carriers (see H.R. 3107, H6137 [30JY])

Veterans: eligibility of concerns owned by special disabled individuals to receive procurement contracts (see H.R. 2136, H2601 [30AP])

———establish programs to assist (see H.R. 1404, H1669 [12MR])

Women: assist development (see H.R. 2629, H4437 [12JN])

———assist development of businesses (see S. 1959, S16611 [13NO]; H.R. 3539, H7725 [9OC])

———assist development of small businesses (see H.R. 3517, H7647 [8OC])

———assistance to business enterprises (see H.R. 296, H78 [4JA]; H.R. 297, H78 [4JA]

———ensure economic equity (see H.R. 3526, H7648 [8OC])

Communications from

Inspector General: report, S1050 (EC315) [23JA]

Explanations

Enterprise Zone Jobs-Creation Act (S. 1032), S5641 [9MY]

Factsheets

Gulf Reconstruction, H1656 [12MR]

Letters

Dept. of Labor administration of apprenticeship programs: Coalition to Reform the Davis-Bacon Act, S3547 [19MR]

———Joseph A. Dear, S3550 [19MR]

———Lynn Martin, Sec. of Labor, S3546 [19MR]

———National Taxpayers Union, S3546 [19MR]

———Tulsa Chamber of Commerce, S3547 [19MR]

———U.S. Chamber of Commerce, S3546 [19MR]

Dept. of the Treasury rulings on stock requirements: Senator Pryor, S1852 [7FE]

Employee health insurance for small business: Jeremy D. Thorton, S9405 [9JY]

Federal Prison Industries Competition in Contracting Act: National Small Business United, S12301 [2AU]

IRS review of small business pension plans: IRS, H4581, H4583, H4584-H4586 [18JN]

———Representative Nancy L. Johnson, H4581, H4583, H4584 [18JN]

Loan eligibility for greenhouses and nurseries suffering damages due to disasters: Dept. of Agriculture, S2843 [6MR]

———SBA, S2842 [6MR]

Minority business participation in reconstruction projects in Kuwait: H.A. Al-Ehraheem, Citizens for a Free Kuwait, H1657 [12MR]

———Representative Dymally, H1658 [12MR]

SBA participation in the purchase of certain eligible securities issued by certain financial institutions: CBO, S17339 [21NO]

———National Small Business United, S17339 [21NO]

———SBA, S17338 [21NO]

Small business assistance to loan recipients affected by military service in Operation Desert Shield: Mike Jenkins, H1822 [19MR]

Small business credit recovery: CBO, S16737 [14NO]

Small business exports: Carla A. Hills, S14097 [1OC]

———several Senators, S14097 [1OC]

Small Business Health Care Reform Act: National Federation of Independent Business, E4059 [25NO]

———National Small Business United (organization), E4059 [25NO]

———Small Business Legislative Council, E4059 [25NO]

———U.S. Chamber of Commerce, E4060 [25NO]

Lists

Contacts for information on reconstruction projects in the Persian Gulf area, H1654 [12MR]

Members of the Small Business Legislative Council, S12300 [2AU], E4059 [25NO]

Methods for minority/small business to participate in the reconstruction of Kuwait, H1654 [12MR]

Network of Minority Business Development Centers, H1655 [12MR]

Organizations supporting S. 1691, Federal Prison Industries Competition in Contracting Act, S12300 [2AU]

West Virginia businesses participating in the Desert Storm Discount Program, E2043 [5JN]

Memorandums

Capital Gains Tax Differential for Investments in Start-Up and Other Small Enterprises (S. 1932), S16219-S16223 [7NO]

Memorials of legislature

Florida, S5499 [8MY]

Hawaii, H4550 [13JN]

Nebraska, H4550 [13JN]

Washington, H2901 [8MY]

Messages

State: President Bush, S15291 [28OC]

Remarks in House

A.M.E., Inc.: tribute, E3920 [19NO]

AFDC: encourage self-sufficiency of recipients through microenterprises, E3737 [6NO]

———encourage self-sufficiency of recipients through microenterprises (H.R. 3450), H7975-H7979 [16OC]

American Business Women's Association: Florida chapter, E3150 [25SE]

Antitrust policy: encourage joint manufacturing and distribution of products (H.R. 1278), E780 [6MR]

———use of lack of market power as a viable defense in price-fixing actions, H7750-H7756 [10OC]

Armed Forces: assistance to loan recipients affected by military service in Operation Desert Shield (H.R. 902), H1819-H1824 [19MR], E448 [7FE], E1041 [21MR]

Blockbuster Entertainment Corp.: Miami (FL) Herald Florida Company of the Year Award recipient, E1387 [23AP]

Business and industry: regulations, H9405 [6NO]

———taxation and regulation, E2718 [25JY]

Children and youth: child care incentives, H6882 [26SE]

Cleveland, OH: Minority Enterprise Development Week, E3146 [25SE]

Congress: economic concerns, H10846 [22NO]

Contracts: increase Dept. of Defense materials procurement to small disadvantaged businesses (H.R. 852), E478 [7FE]

Correctional institutions: federal procurement preference for items produced by prisoners, H4561 [18JN]

Credit: regulations, H7819 [15OC]

Day care: tribute to small businesses providing, H7555 [8OC]

Dept. of Defense: contracts, H7324 [3OC]

———payment protections for first tier subcontractors (H.R. 2112), H2611 [1MY], E1477 [25AP]

Developing countries: promote development of microenterprises (H.R. 1608), E1115 [22MR]

District of Columbia: minimum wage increase, H11296 [26NO]

Economic opportunities: enhance, H5603 [18JY]

———enhance (H.R. 2923), E2592 [18JY], E2695 [24JY]

Economy: impact of environmental extremism, H9864-H9868 [13NO]

———taxation and regulation, H5919 [29JY]

Education: national policy to reduce illiteracy and improve mathematics and science skills, H4948 [25JN]

Employment: effective of legislation on creation of jobs, H9398 [6NO]

———entitle family leave involving a birth, adoption, or serious health condition with protection of benefits (H.R. 2), H9722-H9750 [13NO]

Entrepreneurial Education Promotion Act: enact, E964 [14MR]

Executive departments: appointment of knowledgeable persons to executive department positions (H. Con. Res. 70), E558 [21FE]

Export-Import Bank: exports program, H7203 [2OC]

Federal aid programs: economic opportunities of startup and newly established concerns (H.R. 3471), H7297 [2OC], H7322 [3OC], H8925 [1NO]

Finance: facilitate loan capital and investments (H.R. 1823), H2247 [16AP]

Financial institutions: reform deposit insurance system (S. 543), conference report, E4211 [26NO]

Florida International University: tribute to Entrepreneurship Day, E4090 [26NO]

Foreign trade: Dept. of Commerce promotion, H3629 [29MY]

Government: impact of regulation, H9047 [4NO]

———regulations, H6200 [1AU]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3923), E4058 [25NO]

Heneson, Bonnie K.: Baltimore, MD, National Association of Women Business Owners' Woman of the Year Award recipient, E3445 [21OC]

Information services: competitiveness and access to markets, H6202 [1AU]

Insurance: employee health benefits, H4297 [12JN]

———health benefit plans (H.R. 2453), E1924 [24MY]

Iraq: seize and liquidate assets to benefit veterans, small businesses, and refugees affected by Persian Gulf Conflict (H.R. 3255), E2907 [2AU]

IRS: impact of independent contract rules, H5985 [30JY]

———review of small business pension plans, H4580-H4586 [18JN]

Job Training Partnership Act: funding, H6725 [24SE]

Johnson, Glen A.: SBA Illinois Small Business Person of the Year, E1235 [11AP]

Kuwait: involvement of U.S. small businesses in rebuilding (H. Con. Res. 95), E851 [8MR], E904 [12MR]

———involvement of U.S. workers, firms, and products in rebuilding, H8669 [30OC]

———involvement of U.S. workers, firms, and products in rebuilding (H. Con. Res. 130), H2480 [24AP]

———involvement of U.S. workers, firms, and products in rebuilding (H. Con. Res. 99), H1652-H1660 [12MR]

———involvement of U.S. workers, firms, and products in rebuilding (H. Res. 106), E948 [14MR]

———involvement of U.S. workers, firms, and products in rebuilding (H. Res. 167), E2067 [6JN]

Los Angeles, CA: Aquarian Book Shop anniversary, E3188 [30SE]

Louisville, KY: SBA honorees, E1723 [13MY]

Marlow Industries: Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award recipient, E3379 [10OC]

Merrick & Co.: National Small Business Subcontractor of the Year Award recipient, E1631 [7MY]

Miami, FL: tribute to Florida Smoked Fish Co., E3103 [23SE]

———tribute to Gator Industries, E3667 [1NO]

Microenterprises: development (H.R. 288), H7975-H7979 [16OC]

Minimum wage: mandate, H4226 [11JN]

National Business Women's Week: observance, E3361 [10OC], E3399 [15OC]

National Commission on Entrepreneurial Education: establish (H.R. 1459), E964 [14MR]

National Federation of Independent Business: leadership forum, H3998 [5JN]

National Management Association: Management Week in America observance, E1305 [18AP]

National objectives, H3167 [20MY]

National Small Business Week: observance, E1667 [9MY]

Native Americans: Indian economic development (H.R. 2317), E1744 [14MY]

NOAA: contracting mapping services to private sector, H10676-H10678 [20NO]

Perrysburg, OH: Abbey Etna Machine Co. anniversary, E2072 [6JN]

Precision Optics Corp., Gardner, MA: selection by SBA as New England Subcontractor of the Year, E1715 [9MY]

Rural areas: establish development investment zones (H.R. 1445), E964 [14MR]

SBA: disaster assistance to greenhouses and nurseries, H2071 [22MR]

———disaster loan program (H.R. 3415), E3147 [25SE]

———establishment of a position as coordinator of Native American affairs, H6694 [23SE]

———loans to community-based organizations to expand microenterprises (H.R. 4017), E4186 [26NO]

———purchase of eligible securities by qualified commercial or mutual savings banks (H.R. 3419), H9093 [4NO], E3176 [26SE]

———revise and amend Federal programs (H.R. 345), E65 [3JA]

———tribute, H10483 [19NO]

Shattuck, Lewis A.: tribute, E195 [16JA], E290 [24JA], E312, E314 [28JA], E340 [29JA]

Small Business Innovation Research Program: funding, H7660 [9OC]

Small Business Investment Act: amend (H.R. 1150), E690 [28FE]

Small Business Stock Exchange of America: establish, E4166 [26NO]

Small Business Week: observance, H2890-H2896 [8MY], E1723 [13MY], E1806 [16MY]

Surety bonds: acquisitions (H.R. 3536), E3347 [9OC]

———treatment of discriminatory transactions (H.R. 3534), E3347 [9OC]

Taxation: allow small commercial finance companies to use the reserve method in accounting for bad debts (H.R. 1224), E751 [4MR]

———capital gains for small and high-risk business stock (H.R. 1194), E722 [1MR]

———capital gains (H.R. 3741), E3766, E3769, E3777 [8NO]

———election of taxable years by certain entities (H.R. 3943), E4198 [26NO]

———employee benefit plans (H.R. 2742), E2363 [25JN]

———extension of small business tax provisions (H.R. 3487), H7320 [3OC], H7869 [16OC], E3254 [3OC]

———health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (H.R. 1248), H1347 [5MR]

———health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (H.R. 1629), E1121 [22MR]

———health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (H.R. 1880), E1318 [18AP]

———health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (H.R. 2662), E2269 [19JN]

———health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (H.R. 784), E391 [4FE]

———impose an excise tax on certain financial restructuring methods (H.R. 2028), E1385 [23AP]

———private retirement incentive employer matching plans (H.R. 2294), H5403 [11JY], E1695, E1708, E1709 [9MY]

———treatment of indirect expenses of in-home child care service businesses (H.R. 3557), H7819 [15OC], E3400 [15OC]

———treatment of small builders' income from the sale of certain residential real property (H.R. 1864), E1320 [18AP]

———treatment of small property and casualty insurance companies (H.R. 2768), E2350, E2360 [25JN]

Technology: loan funding to support research, development on, and demonstration of commercial feasibility of advanced technologies and products in certain fields, H5471-H5480 [16JY]

Telephones: procurement from minority-owned businesses by holding companies of local carriers (H.R. 3107), E2816 [1AU]

Veterans: establish programs to assist (H.R. 1404), E908 [13MR]

———private sector program to assist small business startups, H10612 [20NO]

———tribute to the veterans transition franchise initiative, E4143 [26NO]

Wallace, Robert and Ellen: Arizona Small Business of the Year Award recipients, E1902 [23MY]

West Virginia: tribute to business owners who took part in Desert Storm Discount program, E2043 [5JN]

Wildewood Creative Products, Inc.: SBA California Small Business of the Year, E1234 [11AP]

Wisconsin: Fox Cities Chamber of Commerce and Industry small business honorees, E1724 [13MY]

Women: assist development (H.R. 2629), H7557, H7609-H7612 [8OC], H10807, H10808 [21NO], E2180 [13JN]

———assist development of small businesses (H.R. 3517), E3320 [8OC]

———assistance to business enterprises (H.R. 296), E50 [3JA]

———ensure economic equity (H.R. 3526), H7656, H7658, H7659, H7661, H7664, H7665, H7713 [9OC], E3340, E3342 [9OC]

Remarks in Senate

ADA Technologies, Inc.: tribute, S10585 [22JY]

AFDC: encourage self-sufficiency of recipients through microenterprises (S. 1860), S15072 [23OC]

Armed Forces: business development assistance to reservists' small businesses, S3342-S3345 [14MR]

———financial development assistance to military reservists' businesses (S. 360), S1700, S1701 [6FE]

Badger Windows System, Inc.: tribute, S4647 [17AP]

Bankruptcy: establish a commission to review the Bankruptcy Code (S. 1985), S17047, S17056, S17057 [19NO]

Business and industry: growth in the service industry, S13355 [19SE]

———trade adjustment for firms program, S11349 [30JY]

Colorado: tribute to farming families, S13729 [25SE]

Community development: economic assistance (S. 1866), S15171 [24OC]

Construction industries: Dept. of Labor administration of apprenticeship programs, S3544-S3553 [19MR], S3627-S3632 [20MR]

Council on Competitiveness: tribute, S15103 [24OC]

Credit: access, S15535 [30OC]

Developing countries: microenterprise development, S11007 [26JY]

———promote development of microenterprises (S. 971), S5251 [25AP]

Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program: study, S7571 [12JN]

Disasters: loan eligibility for greenhouses and nurseries suffering damages (S. 584), S2842 [6MR]

Drug abuse: quality assurance in private sector drug testing programs (S. 2008), S17440-S17442, S17445 [21NO]

Drugs: prohibit illegal advertising, S8897 [27JN]

Eau Claire, WI: development centers, S4647 [17AP]

Economic Development Administration: appropriations, S11351 [30JY]

Economy: incubator business assistance programs for starting firms, S12919 [12SE]

———national policy priority assignments, S17321, S17322 [21NO]

EPA: Clean Air Small Business Technical Compliance Assistance Program, S10415 [18JY]

Fair Labor Standards Act: amend relative to exemption for small businesses from Federal minimum wage coverage (S. 349), S1584-S1586 [5FE], S2241 [21FE]

Federal aid programs: economic opportunities of startup and newly established concerns (S. 1426), S9127, S9128, S9203 [28JN], S10839 [25JY], S11344 [30JY]

Federal Prison Industries: govern participation in Federal procurement (S. 1691), S12294, S12301-S12303 [2AU]

Financial institutions: disaster loan assistance in States having certain closures (S. 345), S1565 [5FE]

———recordkeeping and reporting requirements for certain regulated institutions (S. 1420), S9116 [28JN]

———SBA participation in the purchase of certain eligible securities, S17337-S17340 [21NO]

Foreign policy: allocation of economic assistance, S6956 [4JN], S10930 [25JY]

Foreign trade: exports, S14096 [1OC]

Greenville Machinery Corp.: award recipient, S13213 [18SE]

Health: cost of insurance, S10990 [26JY]

———cost of insurance for employees, S9405 [9JY]

Horton, Beckwith: National Small Business Exporter of the Year, S7519 [11JN]

Illinois: small-town success stories, S10463 [18JY]

———Women's Business Bank Loan Program, S1746 [6FE]

Insurance: health benefit plans (S. 1229), S7302 [6JN]

Investments: small issue industrial development bonds, S14370 [3OC]

IRS: small defined benefit plan actuarial audit program, S9799 [11JY]

Kuwait: involvement of U.S. small businesses in rebuilding (S. Res. 72), S2690 [5MR]

———involvement of U.S. workers, firms, and products in rebuilding, S11001 [26JY]

———involvement of U.S. workers, firms, and products in rebuilding (S. Con. Res. 48), S7919 [17JN]

Medicare: coverage under private employment-related health insurance (S. 157), S852 [14JA]

Merchant Marine Act: treatment of self-employed capital construction fund deposits (S. 1934), S16241 [7NO]

Minimum wage: increase, S8474 [21JN]

Mining: assistance to small surface coal mine operators (S. 528), S2518 [28FE]

Moyer, Robert A., Jr.: Kentucky Small Business Person of the Year award recipient, S5405 [7MY]

Price, Connie: dilemma, S8474 [21JN]

Racine, WI: small business development centers, S5358 [6MY]

SBA: certificate of competency program, S12081 [2AU]

———nomination of chief counsel for advocacy, S18161 [26NO]

———procurement of credit, S16736-S16739, S16741 [14NO]

———procurement of credit (S. 1753), S13713, S13714 [25SE]

Shattuck, Lewis A.: tribute (S. Res. 18), S1211 [24JA]

Ships and vessels: fishing vessel loan guarantees, S17580 [22NO]

Small Business Development Center, Superior, WI: tribute, S5050 [24AP]

Small Business Innovation Research Program: funding, S10585 [22JY]

Sundstrand Corp.: placement of subcontract dollars with small business and small disadvantaged businesses, S12690 [10SE]

Taxation: capital gains for small and high-risk business stock (S. 467), S2184 [21FE]

———capital gains for small and high-risk business stock (S. 697), S3714 [20MR]

———capital gains tax differential for investments in start-up and other small enterprises (S. 1932), S16217-S16219, S16224, S16225 [7NO]

———deposit requirements for payroll taxes (S. 1610), S11807 [1AU]

———establish enterprise zones (S. 686), S3578 [19MR]

———establish enterprise zones (S. 1032), S5636, S5643-S5645 [9MY], S9721 [10JY]

———exclude small transactions from broker reporting requirements (S. 200), S2595 [5MR]

———health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (S. 315), S1389 [31JA]

———health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (S. 88), S734, S735 [14JA]

———health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (S. 89), S734, S735 [14JA]

———health insurance for self-employed individuals (S. 934), S5139 [25AP]

———method of election of taxable years (S. 2109), S18433, S18434 [26NO]

———occupational taxes on retail dealers in liquors and beer (S. 1452), S9865 [11JY]

———provide for employees of small employers a private retirement incentive matched by employers (S. 318), S1335 [30JA], S1390, S1392 [31JA], S13432 [20SE]

———settlement of certain estate cases in court (S. 1701), S12795 [11SE]

———treatment of insurance companies not meeting certain requirements relative to health insurance for small employers (S. 700), S3727, S3732 [20MR], S12010 [2AU]

———treatment of small property and casualty insurance companies (S. 1314), S8017 [18JN]

Women: assist development (H.R. 2629), S17272, S17273 [20NO]

———assist development of businesses (S. 1959), S16618 [13NO]

Worth Co.: contributions to Small Business Development Centers, S4912 [23AP]

Reports

IRS Takes Aim at Assumptions in Rich Doctor Pension Plans: Mel J. Massey, Jr., H4584 [18JN]

Reports filed

Development of Small Business Concerns Owned and Controlled by Women: Committee on Small Business (H.R. 2629) (H. Rept. 102-178), H6192 [31JY]

Financial Development Assistance to Military Reservists' Businesses: Committee on Small Business (S. 360), S2507 [28FE]

Legislative Activities of the Committee on Small Business During 101st Congress: Committee on Small Business (S. Rept. 102-35), S4229 [9AP]

Statements

Heading Off Malaise With Pro-Growth Tax Policies: Gary Robbins, S15062 [23OC]

Minority Business Participation in Reconstruction Projects in Kuwait: Representative Towns, H1657 [12MR]

Purchase of Eligible Securities by Qualified Commercial or Mutual Savings Banks: Nicholas P. Koskores, H9093 [4NO]

Small Business Angle: John Sloan, S12302 [2AU]

Small Businesses Helped Build Our Nation: President Bush, H10483 [19NO]

Summaries

Economic Development for Native Americans (H.R. 2317), E1745 [14MY]

National Small Business Subcontractor of the Year Nomination—Merrick & Co., E1632 [7MY]

Private Retirement Incentives Matched by Employers Retirement Account Act (S. 318), S1392 [31JA]

Rural Development Investment Zone Act (H.R. 1445), E964 [14MR]

Small Business Loan Capital and Investment Facilitation (H.R. 1823), H2248 [16AP]

Tables

Army Corps of Engineers contract awards for the restoration of infrastructure in Kuwait, H1659 [12MR]

Enterprise zones comparison of Rostenkowski and administration proposals, S5642 [9MY]

Testimonies

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act Relative to Lenders and Small Businesses: SBA, E4 [3JA]

Economic Growth: Lawrence A. Kudlow, S15060-S15062 [23OC]

Small Business Pensions: Thomas K. Custis, S13432 [20SE]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 99, participation of U.S. workers, firms, and products in rebuilding of Kuwait, H1659 [12MR]

H.R. 2, Family and Medical Leave Act, H9750-H9756 [13NO]

H.R. 784, taxation of health insurance costs of self-employed individuals, E391 [4FE]

H.R. 902, Small Business Desert Storm Loan Relief Act, H1819 [19MR], E448 [7FE]

H.R. 1608, Microenterprise Development Act, E1115 [22MR]

H.R. 2028, excise tax on certain financial restructuring methods, E1386 [23AP]

H.R. 2294, Private Retirement Incentives Matched by Employers Retirement Account Act, E1696 [9MY]

H.R. 2629, assist development of small businesses by women, H7609 [8OC]

H.R. 2923, Small Business Economic Opportunity Enhancement Act, E2592-E2594 [18JY]

H.R. 3487, Small Business Jobs and Tax Benefits Act, E3255 [3OC]

S. 88, tax treatment of health insurance costs of self-employed individuals, S735 [14JA]

S. 89, tax treatment of health insurance costs of self-employed individuals, S735 [14JA]

S. 157, medicare coverage under private employment-related health insurance, S853 [14JA]

S. 200, exclude small transactions from broker reporting requirements, S2595 [5MR]

S. 318, Private Retirement Incentives Matched by Employers Retirement Account Act, S1391 [31JA]

S. 345, disaster loan assistance to small businesses in States having certain closures of financial institutions, S1565 [5FE]

S. 349, amend Fair Labor Standards Act relative to exemption for small businesses from Federal minimum wage coverage, S1585 [5FE]

S. 360, Military Reservists Small Business Relief Act, S1701 [6FE]

S. 467, Small and High-Risk Business Investment Act, S2185 [21FE]

S. 584, loan eligibility for greenhouses and nurseries suffering damages due to disasters, S2842 [6MR]

S. 686, Rural Business Revitalization Act, S3578-S3582 [19MR]

S. 697, tax treatment of capital gains for small and high-risk business stock, S3715-S3717 [20MR]

S. 700, American Health Security Act, S3729-S3731 [20MR]

S. 971, Microenterprise Development Act, S5252 [25AP]

S. 1032, Enterprise Zone Jobs-Creation Act, S5636-S5641 [9MY]

S. 1229, Small Employer Health Insurance Incentive Act, S7303 [6JN]

S. 1314, Small Property and Casualty Insurance Company Equity Act, S8018 [18JN]

S. 1420, Small Bank Paperwork Reduction Act, S9117-S9119 [28JN]

S. 1452, occupational taxes on retail dealers in liquors and beer, S9865 [11JY]

S. 1610, deposit requirements for payroll taxes, S11808 [1AU]

S. 1691, Federal Prison Industries Competition in Contracting Act, S12295-S12297 [2AU]

S. 1860, encourage self-sufficiency of AFDC recipients through microenterprises, S15072 [23OC]

S. 1866, National Community Economic Partnership Act, S15172-S15175 [24OC]

S. 1959, Women's Business Procurement Assistance Act, S16618 [13NO]

S. 1985, establish a commission to review the Bankruptcy Code, S17048-S17056 [19NO]

S. 2008, Quality Assurance in the Private Sector Drug Testing Act, S17442-S17445 [21NO]

S. Con. Res. 48, involvement of U.S. workers, firms, and products in rebuilding of Kuwait, S7919 [17JN]

S. Res. 18, tribute to Lewis A. Shattuck, S1206, S1211 [24JA]

S. Res. 72, involvement of U.S. small business in rebuilding Kuwait, S2690 [5MR]