SMALL BUSINESS related term(s) Business and Industry

Amendments

SBA: authorize funding for programs (S. 1274), S10602 [5AU], H6052 [4AU]

Analyses

Impact of President Clinton's Economic Plan on Small Business: National Federation of Independent Business, H1368 [17MR]

SBA Programs Funding (S. 1274), S10014 [30JY], S10603 [5AU]

Small Business Incentive Act (S. 479), S2229 [2MR]

Small Business Prepayment Penalty Relief Act (H.R. 3655), H10982 [22NO]

Toxic Cleanup Equity and Acceleration Act (S. 343), S1456 [4FE]

Articles and editorials

Blue Grass Packs Delis With Hams, S2241 [2MR]

Bush-Clinton Tax Plan, S7867, S7870 [24JN]

Companies Are Scared of Hiring, S7051 [10JN]

Davis-Bacon—Racist Then, Racist Now, S15466 [9NO]

Does the SBA Really Help Its Borrowers?, S4329 [1AP]

Foes of Clinton's Tax Proposals Mislead Public and Firms on Small Business Aspects, H4981 [21JY]

Harvesting a Living From Seeds of Credit, S6071 [19MY]

Hire Workers—Get a Tax Credit, S1660 [16FE], S1744 [17FE]

Hit-or-Miss Control of Firearms Sales, S1748 [17FE]

Joining the Circle—Circle Banking on the Rosebud Reservation, S2863 [15MR]

Lee State's Businessman of Year, S4989 [28AP]

Loan Penalties Deter Small-Business Expansion, S4327 [1AP]

Mandating Employer Health Coverage—The Big Mistake, S16531-S16534 [19NO]

Paperwork Requirement Would Increase Burden, S10099 [2AU]

Penny-Ante Arms Dealer Ran Amok, S1749 [17FE]

Phillips Wins Big in Small Business, S5773 [11MY]

Plan To Catch Tax Cheats in a Blizzard of Paperwork, S7927 [24JN]

Riegle Charges GOP Looking to 1996, Halting Tax Package in Senate, S7874 [24JN]

SBA, Commerce Square Off on High Tech Financing, S6986 [9JN]

SBA Comes Under Fire as a Loan Arranger, S4328 [1AP]

Sink the SINC, S10099 [2AU]

Small Business, Tax Plan's Victim, S10222 [3AU]

Small Business Is Becoming Another Endangered Species, S12842 [30SE]

What Small-Business Owners Face Under Health Plan, S14565 [28OC]

Why Reich Is Wrong About Jobs, S7144 [10JN]

Bills and resolutions

Bankruptcy: payment of claims for retiree health insurance (see H.R. 272), H107 [6JA]

———treatment of unexpired equipment leases (see S. 547), S2610 [10MR]

Business and industry: establish conduct standards in franchise business relationships (see H.R. 1316), H1230 [11MR]

———microenterprise lending and development (see H.R. 2308), H2994 [27MY]

———protection of animal enterprises (see H.R. 3575), H10301 [19NO]

———protection of whistleblowers (see S. 166; H.R. 1817), S194 [21JA], H2022 [22AP]

———provide for engineering students to work as interns with small manufacturers (see S. 1025), S6450 [25MY]

———provide statistical information about franchising and franchise practices to consumers (see H.R. 1317), H1230 [11MR]

Consumers: permit sales and service contract dispute arbitration (see H.R. 1314), H1230 [11MR]

———regulation of franchise business sales (see H.R. 1315), H1230 [11MR]

Contracts: interest penalty for failure to make prompt payments unders certain service contracts (see H.R. 716), H357 [2FE]

———prohibit discrimination in Federal construction projects relative to labor relations policies (see S. 546), S2610 [10MR]

———regulation of laborer wages on Federal construction and service contracts (see S. 1228, 1229), S8707 [14JY]

———simplification of Federal construction procurement and prevailing wage protection for construction workers (see S. 916; H.R. 2042), S5647 [6MY], H2341 [6MY]

Credit: availability of credit and the facilitation of loans (see S. 384; H.R. 1086), S1734 [17FE], H875 [24FE]

———increase lending in States with a declining number of federally insured financial institutions (see S. 408), S1888 [18FE]

———loan guarantees (see H.R. 2594), H4506 [1JY]

———promote lending to small business concerns in States with declining numbers of federally insured financial institutions (see H.R. 1788), H1991 [21AP]

———secondary market for business, commercial, and community development debt and equity investments (see H.R. 2600), H4506 [1JY]

Dept. of Defense: contracting with small disadvantaged businesses (see H.R. 1609), H1857 [1AP]

———designate military installation closures and realignments and establish enterprise zones in surrounding communities (see H.R. 1294), H1164 [10MR]

———economic adjustment programs for workers and communities affected by reductions in defense budget (see H.R. 1259), H1079 [9MR]

Dept. of Labor: establish Office of Workplace Education (see H.R. 690), H309 [27JA]

Disabled: participation in business development programs by concerns controlled by individuals with disabilities (see H.R. 794), H483 [3FE]

Economy: enterprise development and private investment in economically distressed urban and rural areas (see S. 244, 393), S774 [27JA], S1888 [18FE]

Education: executive programs for managers of disadvantaged concerns (see H.R. 2349), H3373 [9JN]

Employment: leave policies relative to minimum wage and overtime exemptions (see S. 1354; H.R. 1309), S10361 [4AU], H1230 [11MR]

———time use and monetary value of unremunerated work relative to the GNP (see H.R. 966), H723 [18FE]

Federal aid programs: economic assistance to States and localities relative to business incentives provided (see H.R. 203), H105 [6JA]

Federal Prison Industries: establish fair competition with private sector (see S. 200), S689 [26JA]

———partnership with private industry to produce items otherwise provided by foreign labor (see H.R. 703), H310 [27JA]

Financial institutions: demonstration projects of individual development accounts for home purchase, college education, small business startup, and retirement (see S. 863), S5280 [30AP]

———disclosure of small business lending practices (see H.R. 918), H639 [16FE]

———eligibility for certain loans (see H.R. 364), H110 [6JA]

———encourage lending to small and medium-sized businesses and consumers (see H.R. 2955), H6379 [6AU]

———exempt certain small depository institutions from the Community Reinvestment Act requirements (see H.R. 2996), H6380 [6AU]

———increase flow of credit to small businesses (see S. 1151), S8085 [24JN]

———insurance of deposits in minority- and women-owned banks by the Bank Deposit Financial Assistance Program (see S. 1685), S16215 [18NO]

———loan capital (see S. 512; H.R. 660), S2416 [4MR], H309 [27JA]

———regulation of institutions with limited assets relative to credit availability for small businesses (see S. 950), S5923 [13MY]

Floods: reduce interest rates on SBA loans for losses resulting from the floods in Midwest States (see H.R. 2686, 2687, 2742), H4989 [21JY], H5107 [26JY]

Food industry: clarify the small business exemption from certain nutrition labeling requirements (see H.R. 2900), H6292 [5AU]

Foreign policy: support joint ventures between the U.S. and the former Soviet Union (see H.R. 2192), H2597 [19MY]

Franchising: establish minimum standards of fair business conduct (see H.R. 2593), H4506 [1JY]

———representation and sale of businesses, public disclosure of opportunities, and common law remedies for purchasers (see H.R. 2596), H4506 [1JY]

———statistical information (see H.R. 2595), H4506 [1JY]

Government: require certain agencies to procure private sector goods and services (see H.R. 163), H104 [6JA]

Hardwick, Inc.: relief (see S. 745), S4400 [2AP]

———relief (S. 745), refer to U.S. Court of Federal Claims (see S. Res. 91), S4400 [2AP]

Hazardous substances: cleanup relief to local taxpayers, municipalities, and small businesses (see H.R. 870), H588 [4FE]

———liability for cleanup relative to municipal solid waste disposal (see S. 343), S1384 [4FE]

Health: development of voluntary health plan purchasing cooperatives (see H.R. 3652), H10985 [22NO]

House of Representatives: provide for unspent Member allowances be used for deficit reduction or available for small business loans (see H.R. 2213), H2686 [20MY]

Investments: capital formation through investment pools (see S. 479), S2209 [2MR]

———prepayment of debentures issued by State and local development companies (see S. 737), S4254 [1AP]

Loan programs: amend (see H.R. 2766), H5451 [28JY]

Meat: preservation of production and marketing businesses (see H.R. 364), H110 [6JA]

———protect small businesses from unreasonable use of economic power from major meatpacking companies (see H.R. 365), H110 [6JA]

Military installations: economic impact of closures (see S. Con. Res. 15; H. Con. Res. 60), S2610 [10MR], H1165 [10MR]

———establish recovery program for communities, businesses, and workers affected by closures or realignments (see H.R. 1269, 1776, 2498, 2791), H1080 [9MR], H1991 [21AP], H4012 [23JN], H5452 [28JY]

Minority Business Development Administration: establish (see H.R. 278), H107 [6JA]

National Federation of Independent Business: anniversary (see S. Res. 118), S7378 [16JN]

Protect and promote (see H.R. 1057), H793 [23FE]

SBA: authorize funding for programs (see S. 1274), S9187 [21JY]

———designate the Administrator a member of the Cabinet (see H.R. 625), H258 [26JA]

———development company loan and debenture guarantee program appropriations (see H.R. 2747), H5360 [27JY]

———exempt from certain financing provisions (see H.R. 3369), H8506 [26OC]

———funding of financing functions (see S. 842), S5178 [29AP]

———general business guaranteed loans program appropriations (see H.R. 1936), H2182 [29AP]

———interest rate on certain outstanding debentures (see H.R. 3655), H10985 [22NO]

———modify the small business and capital ownership development program (see H.R. 2662), H4756 [15JY]

———waive certain requirements for disaster relief assistance (see S. 144), S193 [21JA]

Securities: payment and prepayment of debentures issued by State and local development companies (see H.R. 2130), H2493 [17MY]

Small Business Act: waive certain requirements (see H.R. 991), H724 [18FE]

Small Business Capital Access Program: establish (see S. 396), S1888 [18FE]

Small Business Capital Enhancement Program: establish (see S. 478), S2209 [2MR]

Small Business Development Center Program: revise and extend (see H.R. 2748), H5360 [27JY]

Small Business Manufacturing Extension Service: establish (see H.R. 626), H258 [26JA]

States: grants for workplace services (see H.R. 91), H85 [5JA]

Taxation: capital gains (see S. 363), S1592 [16FE]

———computation of deduction for depreciation on a neutral cost recovery basis (see S. 1109), S7216 [15JN]

———credits for small businesses for the cost of complying with Federal regulations (see H.R. 1108), H876 [24FE]

———deductibility of expenses incurred in connection with the business use of the home (see H.R. 3407), H8658 [28OC]

———economic impact of lowering the estate tax exemption (see H. Con. Res. 6), H87 [5JA]

———establish enterprise zones (see S. 100; H.R. 15, 508, 1216, 1636), S192 [21JA], H82 [5JA], H178 [21JA], H1045 [4MR], H1857 [1AP]

———exempt small manufacturers, producers, and importers from the firearms excise tax (see S. 1749), S16718 [20NO]

———extend deductions for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 162, 577), H104 [6JA], H257 [26JA]

———family aggregation requirements relative to contributions to pension plans (see H.R. 1456), H1590 [24MR]

———home office expenses (see H.R. 2444), H3782 [17JN]

———incentives for corporations to finance and assist welfare recipients in operating small businesses (see H.R. 3643), H10984 [22NO]

———increase expense treatment for the first 3 years of a business and allow self-employment income tax credits (see H.R. 3237), H7670 [7OC]

———investment in small businesses (see S. 160; H.R. 104), S194 [21JA], H85 [5JA]

———investment incentives for disadvantaged individuals (see H.R. 1680), H1880 [2AP]

———investments in disadvantaged and women-owned business enterprises (see S. 292), S1147 [3FE]

———rate for small businesses (see S. 947; H.R. 2124), S5923 [13MY], H2487 [13MY]

———rehabilitation credit for historic neighborhoods (see H.R. 1406), H1527 [18MR]

———relief (see H.R. 681), H309 [27JA]

———treatment of estimated tax payments (see S. 739), S4399 [2AP]

———treatment of health insurance costs for self-employed individuals (see H.R. 1695, 2336, 2367, 2497), H1885 [5AP], H3341 [8JN], H3456 [10JN], H4012 [23JN]

———treatment of home office business expenses (see H.R. 2291), H2866 [26MY]

———treatment of homes relative to business uses (see H.R. 687), H309 [27JA]

———treatment of rental tuxedos (see H.R. 2103), H2462 [12MY]

———treatment of small employers relative to health promotion and disease prevention programs (see H.R. 2597), H4506 [1JY]

———treatment of small property and casualty insurance companies (see H.R. 1242), H1046 [4MR]

Trade Act: extend and improve adjustment assistance program for firms (see H.R. 2598), H4506 [1JY]

U.S. Trade Representative: establish position of Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Small Business (see H. Con. Res. 184), H10301 [19NO]

Urban areas: promote development by providing for entrepreneurship training courses and Federal loan guarantees (see S. 862), S5280 [30AP]

White House Conference on Small Business Authorization Act: amend (see H.R. 2746), H5360 [27JY]

———extend time for conducting State and national conferences (see H.R. 2421), H3592 [15JN]

Women: development assistance for concerns owned and controlled by women (see H.R. 2357), H3373 [9JN]

Descriptions

Savings of Federal construction costs through competition, S3324 [22MR]

Taxation credit for investment in small businesses (H.R. 104), H76-H78 [5JA]

Treatment of estimated tax payments (S. 739), S4406 [2AP]

Explanations

Small business loan guarantees (H.R. 2594), H4477 [1JY]

Factsheets

Venture Enhancement and Loan Development Administration for Smaller Undercapitalized Enterprises, S2435 [4MR]

Letters

Budget reconciliation: Dick Olsen, S10543 [5AU]

———James C. Schmitt, S10543 [5AU]

———Jim and Marian Burkhardt, S10669 [6AU]

———John E. Lieberman, Lieberman, Inc., Realtors, H5104 [26JY]

———Rexford L. Smith, S10544 [5AU]

———several organizations, S10312 [4AU]

———Stephen Markowitz, Business and Association Administrators, Inc., H5494 [29JY]

Deficit reduction and taxation increases: Lloyd M. Bentsen, Sec. of the Treasury, S9362 [23JY]

———Senator Roth, S9362 [23JY]

Dept. of Energy's Bank Deposit Financial Assistance Program: Venerable F. Booker, American State Bank, S16182 [18NO]

Economic impact of proposed taxation rate changes: James V. Pinciotti, Fleming Companies, Inc., H4661 [14JY]

FRS prime lending rate: Alan Greenspan, FRS, H6372 [6AU]

———Representative Gonzalez, Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs (House), H6371, H6373, H6374 [6AU]

Labor laws relative to Federal contracts: Charlotte W. Herbert, ABC Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc., S3326 [22MR]

———Senator Craig, S3324 [22MR]

Service industry noncompliance initiative paperwork requirements: several Senators, S10098 [2AU]

Small business tax proposals: Alan Sewell, S3914 [29MR]

———Robert G. Keiner, S3914 [29MR]

Small business tax rates: Charlotte W. Herbert, Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc., S7863 [24JN]

———H.D. Leighty, Engineered Products Co., S7872 [24JN]

———Jerry J. Jasinowksi, National Association of Manufacturers, S7859, S7862 [24JN]

———John J. Motley III, National Federation of Independent Business, S7859, S7862 [24JN]

———Kevin L. Kearns, Business and Industrial Council, S7859, S7863 [24JN]

———Michael Homlish, S7858 [24JN]

———Richard W. Newpher, American Farm Bureau Federation, S7859, S7862 [24JN]

———Robert A. Rusbuldt, Independent Insurance Agents of America, Inc., S7863 [24JN]

Taxation credit for investment in small businesses: Representatives Michel, Archer and Meyers, H76 [5JA]

Urban aid: several national and community associations, S536 [21JA]

Lists

Coalition to reform the Davis-Bacon Act, S3325 [22MR]

North American Free Trade Agreement effects on business and industry in Delaware, H9969 [17NO]

Rosebud Sioux Indian/Sicangu Enterprise Center circle banking program, S2863 [15MR]

SBA salaries and expenses unauthorized budget line items, H8171 [19OC]

Messages

Health Security Act: President Clinton, H10445 [20NO]

Papers

Economics 101: Kevin Taheri, H1534 [23MR]

Press releases

FRS practices relative to the prime lending rate, H6374 [6AU]

Questionnaires

Senator Dole's questions to Sec. of the Treasury Bentsen relative to President Clinton's economic plan, S2065 [25FE]

Remarks in House

Budget: impact of President Clinton's economic plan on small business, H4843-H4852 [20JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2264), H3862 [22JN], H4685 [15JY], H4861, H4862, H4863, H4866 [21JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2264), conference report, H5112 [27JY], H5531, H5534 [30JY]

Business and industry: cost associated with regulatory practices of OSHA, H3705 [17JN]

———microenterprise lending and development (H.R. 2308), H2949 [27MY]

Clinton, President: economic plan, H1063 [9MR], H2586-H2588 [19MY], H4512, H4513, H4518, H4519 [13JY], H5076 [26JY], H5366 [28JY], H5493 [29JY]

Community Development Block Grant Program: funding, H1533 [23MR], H1588 [24MR], H1867 [2AP], H1910, H1911 [20AP], H8136 [19OC]

Congress: implement manufacturing task force to resolve industry problems, H2663 [20MY]

Credit: loan guarantees (H.R. 2594), H4477 [1JY]

Dept. of Commerce: commodity flow survey, H1050 [8MR]

Dept. of Defense: designate military installation closures and realignments and establish enterprise zones in surrounding communities (H.R. 1294), H1175 [11MR]

Dept. of Labor: impact of union wages relative to Federal contracts, H1014 [4MR]

Economy: effect of increased Government regulations and taxes, H2467 [13MY]

———impact of lower interest rates, H1019 [4MR]

———impact of stimulus package relative to employment opportunities, H1912 [20AP]

———impact on budget reconciliation, H5104 [26JY]

Employment: time use and monetary value of unremunerated work relative to the GNP (H.R. 966), H693 [18FE]

Engler, William D., Jr.: National Small Business Person of the Year award recipient, H2430 [12MY]

Federal regulations: over-regulation, H1534 [23MR]

Food industry: clarify the small business exemption from certain nutrition labeling requirements (H.R. 2900), H6358 [6AU]

Government regulations: effect on investment capital for business, H7883 [14OC]

Health: effect on small business of mandated benefits coverage, H6851 [22SE], H7039 [28SE], H7176, H7179 [29SE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H6906 [23SE]

Jackson, Harry: recipient of Nationwide Small Business Person of the Year, H2308 [6MY]

Loan programs: amend (H.R. 2766), H5582-H5584 [2AU]

Maryland: tribute to SBA award recipients, H2470 [13MY]

NASA: contract awarding to socially disadvantaged businesses, H5473, H5474 [29JY]

North American Free Trade Agreement: ratification (H.R. 3450), H9710 [16NO]

Protect and promote (H.R. 1057), H753 [23FE]

Santos, Dave Joseph: Guam Small Business Person of the Year award recipient, H2352 [11MY]

SBA: authorize funding for programs (S. 1274), H6051-H6054 [4AU]

———Cabinet level status, H227 [26JA]

———development company loan and debenture guarantee program appropriations (H.R. 2747), H5580, H5581 [2AU]

———funding, H4449, H4452 [1JY]

———interest rate on certain outstanding debentures (H.R. 3655), H10981 [22NO]

———treatment of military architectural and engineering services, H6638 [13SE]

Small Business Act: waive certain requirements (H.R. 991), H698 [18FE]

Small Business Development Center Program: revise and extend (H.R. 2748), H5581, H5582 [2AU]

Steinbock, Allen: Kentucky Small Business Person of the Year award recipient, H2350 [11MY]

Superfund: effect of cleanup of sites, H7457 [6OC]

Taxation: economic impact of lowering the estate tax exemption (H. Con. Res. 6), H92 [6JA], H2499 [18MY]

———establish enterprise zones (H.R. 1636), H1912 [20AP]

———investment in small businesses (H.R. 104), H75 [5JA]

———investment tax credit, H599 [16FE]

———rate for small businesses (H.R. 2124), H2498 [18MY]

———rates, H4281 [30JN]

———treatment of intangible assets relative to amortization of goodwill, H3016 [27MY]

Urban areas: private investment to promote community development, H5671 [3AU]

White House Conference on Small Business Authorization Act: amend (H.R. 2746), H5579, H5580 [2AU]

Remarks in Senate

Allen Edmonds Shoe Corp.: White House Small Business Day recognition, S9329 [22JY]

Arizona Council for Economic Conversion: assistance to defense contractors in converting to commercial business, S4439 [2AP]

Bankruptcy: treatment of unexpired equipment leases (S. 547), S2643 [10MR]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2264), S7043-S7049 [10JN], S7531 [17JN]

Business and industry: provide for engineering students to work as interns with small manufacturers (S. 1025), S6468 [25MY]

Clinton, President: economic plan, S6491 [26MY], S7073-S7076 [10JN], S9093, S9102 [21JY]

Community Development Block Grant Program: funding, S3726 [25MR], S3941-S3950 [29MR], S3969, S3972, S3977, S3978, S3983-S3997, S4001, S4002, S4006-S4011 [30MR], S4061-S4074, S4108, S4109 [31MR], S4357-S4359 [2AP], S4721 [21AP]

Contracts: prohibit discrimination in Federal construction projects relative to labor relations policies (S. 546), S2642 [10MR]

———regulation of laborer wages on Federal construction and service contracts (S. 1228), S8718 [14JY]

———regulation of laborer wages on Federal construction and service contracts (S. 1229), S8718 [14JY]

———simplification of Federal construction procurement and prevailing wage protection for construction workers (S. 916), S5650 [6MY], S15465 [9NO]

Credit: availability, S5570 [6MY]

———availability of credit and the facilitation of loans (S. 384), S1742 [17FE]

———increase lending in States with a declining number of federally insured financial institutions (S. 408), S1913 [18FE]

Crescent Springs, KY: tribute to Blue Grass Quality Meats, S2241 [2MR]

DeCandia, Arlene: Minnesota Small Business Person of the Year award recipient, S5839 [12MY]

DelPrete, Daniel: Rhode Island Small Business Person of the Year Award recipient, S5804 [12MY]

Dept. of Defense: participation in defense conversion program, S11550 [13SE]

———Pilot Mentor-Protege Program funding, S14103 [21OC]

———targeting of defense conversion funds to most adversely affected areas, S11288-S11290 [9SE]

Economic Development Administration: Trade Adjustment Assistance Program funding, S9677, S9678 [28JY]

Economy: economic conditions, S7144 [10JN]

———enterprise development and private investment in economically distressed urban and rural areas (S. 244), S831 [27JA]

———enterprise development and private investment in economically distressed urban and rural areas (S. 393), S1892 [18FE]

Employment: effect of congressional legislation on job growth, S8658-S8661 [14JY]

———leave policies relative to minimum wage and overtime exemptions (S. 1354), S10381, S10383 [4AU]

Engler, William D., Jr.: National Small Business Person of the Year Award recipient, S5793 [12MY]

Eximbank: business assistance programs, S12353 [23SE]

Federal Prison Industries: establish fair competition with private sector (S. 200), S707 [26JA]

Financial institutions: demonstration projects of individual development accounts for home purchase, college education, small business startup, and retirement (S. 863), S5296 [30AP]

———increase flow of credit to small businesses (S. 1151), S8086 [24JN], S10178 [3AU]

———insurance of deposits in minority- and women-owned banks by the Bank Deposit Financial Assistance Program (S. 1685), S16182 [18NO]

———loan capital (S. 512), S2429 [4MR]

———regulation of institutions with limited assets relative to credit availability for small businesses (S. 950), S5894, S5895-S5897, S5926, S5927 [13MY]

Firearms: regulation and monitoring of dealers and sales, S1748 [17FE]

Food industry: clarify the small business exemption from certain nutrition labeling requirements (H.R. 2900), S10817, S10818 [6AU]

Government regulations: efforts to ease regulatory and paperwork burden, S2182 [2MR]

———service industry noncompliance initiative paperwork requirements, S10098 [2AU]

Hardwick, Inc.: relief (S. 745), S4409 [2AP], S12296 [23SE]

———relief (S. 745), refer to U.S. Court of Federal Claims (S. Res. 91), S12146 [21SE]

Hazardous substances: liability for cleanup relative to municipal solid waste disposal (S. 343), S1454 [4FE]

Health: effect on small business of mandated benefits coverage, S14605 [28OC], S16531 [19NO]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, S5870, S5871 [13MY], S6327 [21MY], S8154 [24JN], S13559 [15OC]

Investment: capital formation through investment pools (S. 479), S14863-S14865 [2NO]

Investments: capital formation through investment pools (S. 479), S2227-S2231 [2MR]

———prepayment of debentures issued by State and local development companies (S. 737), S4327, S4342 [1AP]

IRS: eliminate requirement to supply forms on services purchased from companies, S7926-S7928 [24JN]

Lee, Fred: SBA's Alabama Small Business Person of the Year award recipient, S4989 [28AP]

Micro Industry Credit Rural Organization: tribute, S6071 [19MY]

Military installations: economic impact of closures (S. Con. Res. 15), S2677, S2678 [10MR]

———establish recovery program for communities, businesses, and workers affected by closures or realignments, S9632, S9633 [28JY], S11401-S11408 [10SE]

NASA: mandated small business set-aside contracts, S12194 [22SE]

National Federation of Independent Business: anniversary (S. Res. 118), S7395 [16JN], S8278 [30JN]

National Small Business Week: observance, S5963 [13MY]

Precision Technology, Inc.: SBA Regional Small Business Sub-Contractor of the Year award recipient, S6805 [27MY]

SBA: authorize funding for programs (S. 1274), S9189-S9191 [21JY], S10012-S10014 [30JY], S10602-S10605 [5AU]

———funding for business loans program, S7481-S7486 [17JN]

———funding of financing functions (S. 842), S5181 [29AP]

———waive certain requirements for disaster relief assistance (S. 144), S574 [21JA]

Small Business Capital Access Program: establish (S. 396), S1896 [18FE]

Small Business Capital Enhancement Program: establish (S. 478), S2226 [2MR]

Small Business Synergy Corp.: tribute to incubator concept to assist small and emerging businesses, S2848 [11MR]

Small Business Week: observance, S5700 [7MY]

South Dakota: tribute to SBA award recipients, S5870 [13MY]

St. Charles County, MO: tribute to the Synergy Corp., S2973 [16MR]

Steinbock, Allen F.: Kentucky Small Business Person of the Year award recipient, S5059 [28AP]

Taxation: capital gains, S10732 [6AU]

———capital gains (S. 363), S1600 [16FE]

———computation of deduction for depreciation on a neutral cost recovery basis (S. 1109), S7237 [15JN]

———encourage small business through capital gains and allowable expense deductions, S7689-S7702 [23JN]

———establish enterprise zones, S5470 [4MY], S5546 [5MY], S5549-S5551 [6MY], S7894 [24JN], S10721 [6AU]

———establish enterprise zones (S. 100), S535 [21JA]

———exempt small manufacturers, producers, and importers from the firearms excise tax (S. 1749), S16763 [20NO]

———impact of changes, S3914 [29MR]

———incentives for employment and investment, S7543 [22JN]

———investment in small businesses (S. 160), S588, S591 [21JA]

———investments in disadvantaged and women-owned business enterprises (S. 292), S1181 [3FE]

———lowering of estate exemption, S6605 [26MY]

———rate for small businesses (S. 947), S5924, S5925 [13MY]

———rates, S7857-S7874 [24JN], S9361 [23JY]

———repeal luxury tax on jewelry, S4383 [2AP]

———treatment of certain capital equipment expenses and purchases, S7722-S7725 [23JN]

———treatment of estimated tax payments (S. 739), S4404-S4407 [2AP]

———treatment of small businesses, family farms, and family ranches, S3399-S3403, S3439, S3440 [23MR]

Textile industry and fabrics: tribute to the Encouraging Environmental Excellence Program, S4809 [22AP]

Todd County, SD: tribute to joint circle banking program between the Rosebud Sioux Indian Tribe and the Sicangu Enterprise Center, S2862 [15MR]

Urban areas: community-building initiatives, S3091-S3096 [18MR]

———promote development by providing for entrepreneurship training courses and Federal loan guarantees (S. 862), S5293 [30AP]

Vermont Teddy Bear Co.: Best of America Award recipient, S11440 [10SE]

Washington: State policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, S6066 [19MY]

Washington County, VT: Howard's Friendly Market anniversary, S6985 [9JN]

Women: tribute to women-owned businesses, S12747 [29SE]

Reports

Leave Policies in Small Business—Findings From the SBA Employee Leave Survey: Eileen Trzcinski and William T. Alpert, S1023 [2FE]

Removing Barriers to Opportunity—A Constitutional Challenge to the Davis-Bacon Act: Institute for Justice, S15466-S15469 [9NO]

SBA Study of Parental Leave—What Does it Mean? Senate Republican Policy Committee, S1024 [2FE]

Reports filed

Bank Regulation and Bank Lending to Small Business: Committee on Government Operations (H. Rept. 103-410), H10983 [22NO]

Legislative and Oversight Activities of Committee on Small Business (Senate), 102nd Congress: Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. Rept. 103-127), S10839 [6AU]

Refer S. 745, Relief of Hardwick, Inc., to the U.S. Court of Federal Claims: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. Res. 91), S12028 [20SE]

Small Business Credit Reform Act: Committee on Small Business (Senate) (S. 1274), S9697 [28JY]

Small Business Incentive Act: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate) (S. 479) (S. Rept. 103-166), S14381 [26OC]

Small Business Investment Act: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. Res. 160), S16210 [18NO]

Statements

Budget Reconciliation: National Association of the Self-Employed, S10312 [4AU]

Capital Gains Tax on Small Business, S10732 [6AU]

Clarify the Small Business Exemption from Certain Nutrition Labeling Requirements on Food (H.R. 2900), H6358 [6AU]

Small Business and Budget Reconciliation: Senator Pressler and Representative Meyers, S10674 [6AU]

Small Business' Role in Society: Thomas Rumfelt, S5700 [7MY]

Small Business Tax Proposals: Bill Ferguson, S3914 [29MR]

Small Business Tax Rates: Julie L. Gackenbach, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, S7862 [24JN]

Summaries

Credit Crunch Relief Act (S. 1151), S8088 [24JN]

Entrepreneurship and Self-Employment Training Act, S3096 [18MR]

LaFalce Amendment to the Small Business Credit Reform Act (S. 1274), H6054 [4AU]

Neighborhood Reconstruction Corps Act, S3096 [18MR]

Recovery Program for Communities, Businesses, and Workers Affected by Closures or Realignments, S11402 [10SE]

SBA Development Company Loan and Debenture Guarantee Program Appropriations (H.R. 2747), H5581 [2AU]

Senator Bradley's Urban Community-Building Initiative Legislative Package, S5291 [30AP]

Simplification of Federal Construction Procurement and Prevailing Wage Protection for Construction Workers (S. 916), S5652 [6MY]

Small Business Development Center Program Revision and Extension (H.R. 2748), H5582 [2AU]

Small Business Loan Program Amendments (H.R. 2766), H5584 [2AU]

White House Conference on Small Business Authorization Act Amendments (H.R. 2746), H5580 [2AU]

Tables

Commercial and industrial loans made by all commercial banks, H6373 [6AU]

Commercial and industrial loans made by large banks, H6375 [6AU]

Deficit reduction claims, S10552 [5AU]

Financial information on livestock business operations, S11640 [14SE]

New spending in the budget reconciliation conference report, S10552 [5AU]

Reconciliation provisions increasing the deficit, S10552 [5AU]

SBA—general business loan information, S4678 [20AP]

Tax rates on small business retained profits, S7858 [24JN]

Texts of

H.R. 2746, White House Conference on Small Business Authorization Act amendments, H5579 [2AU]

H.R. 2747, SBA development company loan and debenture guarantee program appropriations, H5580 [2AU]

H.R. 2748, revise and extend the Small Business Development Center Program, H5581 [2AU]

H.R. 2766, small business loan program amendments, H5582 [2AU]

H.R. 2900, clarify the small business exemption from certain nutrition labeling requirements on food, H6359 [6AU]

S. 144, waive certain SBA requirements for disaster relief assistance, S575 [21JA]

S. 160, Small Business Investment Act, S589 [21JA]

S. 200, establishing fair competition with private sector by Federal Prison Industries, S707 [26JA]

S. 244, National Community Economic Partnership Act, S832-S835 [27JA]

S. 292, Minority and Women Capital Formation Act, S1182-S1184 [3FE]

S. 343, Toxic Cleanup Equity and Acceleration Act, S1455 [4FE]

S. 384, Small Business Loan Securitization and Secondary Market Enhancement Act, S1743 [17FE]

S. 479, Small Business Incentive Act, S2228 [2MR], S14863 [2NO]

S. 512, Small Business Credit Availability Act, S2430-S2435 [4MR]

S. 547, treatment of unexpired equipment leases relative to bankruptcy petitions, S2643 [10MR]

S. 737, small business prepayment of debentures issued by State and local development companies, S4327 [1AP]

S. 745, relief for Hardwick, Inc., S4410 [2AP]

S. 862, Entrepreneurship and Self-Employment Training Act, S5294 [30AP]

S. 863, Assets for Independence Demonstration Act, S5296-S5300 [30AP]

S. 916, simplification of Federal construction procurement and prevailing wage protection for construction workers, S5651 [6MY]

S. 947, tax treatment of certain small businesses, S5925 [13MY]

S. 1109, Investment Tax Incentive Act, S7238 [15JN]

S. 1151, Credit Crunch Relief Act, S8087 [24JN]

S. 1274, SBA programs funding, S10012 [30JY], H6051 [4AU]

S. 1274, Small Business Credit Reform Act, S9191 [21JY]

S. 1685, insurance of deposits in minority- and women-owned banks by the Bank Deposit Financial Assistance Program, S16553 [19NO]

S. 1749, exempt small manufacturers, producers, and importers from the firearms excise tax, S16763 [20NO]

S. Con. Res. 15, economic impact of closures of military installations, S2677 [10MR]

S. Res. 91, refer S. 745, relief for Hardwick, Inc., to U.S. Court of Federal Claims, S4433 [2AP]

S. Res. 91, refer S. 745, relief of Hardwick, Inc., to U.S. Court of Federal Claims, S12146 [21SE]

S. Res. 118, National Federation of Independent Business anniversary, S7389, S7395 [16JN]