    [Congressional Record Index (1998)]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

    SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
      Bills and resolutions
        Computers:  establish a pilot loan guarantee program to address year
            2000 problems of small businesses, (see S. 2372), S9425 [30JY]
        Contracts:  review and adjust size standards used to determine
            whether certain enterprises are small businesses relative to
            competing for Federal contracts, (see H.R. 3681), H2054 [1AP]
        Disasters:  establish a disaster mitigation pilot program, (see S.
            1869), S2660 [26MR]
        Loan programs:  improve, (see S. 2448), S9973 [8SE]
        Programs:  improve, (see S. 2407), S9556 [31JY]
        Women:  business centers funding, (see S. 2157), S6181 [11JN], (see
            H.R. 4078), H4834 [18JN], (see H.R. 4086), H4834 [18JN]
      Court decisions
        Northwest Mining Association v. Sec. of the Interior Bruce Babbitt:
            U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, E1059-E1061
            [5JN]
      Letters
        Disapprove Dept. of HHS rule submitted on surety bond requirements
            for home health care providers under Medicare and Medicaid,
            S6048-S6050 [10JN]
      Remarks in House
        Allen, Roscoe Jr.:  Georgia Small Business Person of the Year award
            recipient, H3758 [22MY]
        Bankruptcy:  conduct study on small business bankruptcies, H4408
            [10JN]
        Childs, Timothy:  Minnesota SBA Welfare to Work Award recipient,
            E1145 [17JN]
        DePass, Dee:  Minnesota SBA Media Small Business Advocate award
            recipient, E1145 [17JN]
        Easterling, Jimmy W.:  Alabama Small Business Person of the Year
            award recipient, E1010 [3JN]
        Flory, John:  Minnesota SBA Financial Services Advocate of the Year
            award recipient, E1145 [17JN]
        Funding, E1572 [7AU]
        HUB Zone Empowerment Contracting Program:  funding, E1572 [7AU]
        Ion Edge Corp.:  SBA National Tibbetts Award recipient, E2178 [15OC]
        Jones, Charles:  Minnesota SBA Veteran Small Business Advocate award
            recipient, E1145 [17JN]
        ------ National Veterans Small Business Advocate of the Year award
            recipient, E957 [22MY]
        Leesberg, Troy:  Minnesota SBA Young Entrepreneur of the Year award
            recipient, E1145 [17JN]
        Locketz, Jeff:  Minnesota SBA Minority Small Business Advocate Award
            recipient, E1145 [17JN]
        Long Island, NY:  tribute to women small business owners, E396
            [17MR]
        McCloskey, Sue:  Minnesota SBA Small Business Person of the Year
            award recipient, E1145 [17JN]
        ------ Minnesota Small Business Person of the Year award recipient,
            E957 [22MY]
        National Small Business Week:  observance, E1053 [5JN]
        National Women's Business Council:  funding, H7172 [4AU], H7173
            [4AU]
        Northland Organic Foods Corp.:  Minnesota Small Business Exporter of
            the Year award recipient, E957 [22MY]
        Rhode Island:  tribute to SBA branch, E770 [6MY]
        Schmitz, Vernon:  Minnesota SBA Young Entrepreneur of the Year award
            recipient, E1145 [17JN]
        Shortridge, Peter:  Minnesota SBA Small Business Exporter of the
            Year award recipient, E1145 [17JN]
        Small Business Investment Company Program:  funding, H7174 [4AU]
        Smith, Marvin R.:  National Minority Advocate of the Year Award
            recipient, E1771 [22SE]
        Speake, Anne:  SBA Central California Women in Business Advocate of
            the Year Award recipient, E1351 [20JY]
        Winsor, Deb:  Minnesota SBA Women in Business Advocate award
            recipient, E1145 [17JN]
        Women's Business Development Program:  funding, H7164 [4AU], H7165
            [4AU]
      Remarks in Senate
        Adams, Roberta:  Massachusetts Small Business Person of the Year
            award recipient, S5732 [5JN]
        Alaska:  training and technical assistance funding relative to small
            businesses in rural areas, S8648 [21JY]
        Christenson, Sandra:  appointment to National Women's Business
            Council, S6326 [15JN]
        Computers:  establish a pilot loan guarantee program to address year
            2000 problems of small businesses (S. 2372), S9431 [30JY]
        DeRossi and Son Co.:  SBA Administrator's Award for Excellence
            recipient, S7696 [8JY]
        Disaster mitigation pilot program:  establish, S2611 [26MR]
        Farmer, Cassie:  Massachusetts Small Business Person of the Year
            award recipient, S5732 [5JN]
        Fegley, Tom and Sally:  Vermont Small Business Persons of the Year
            award recipients, S6112 [10JN]
        Fortner, Charles W.:  SBA Young Entrepreneur of the Year award
            recipient, S8151 [14JY]
        Hochberg, Fred P.:  nomination to be SBA Deputy Administrator, S5484
            [22MY]
        Kapsch, Doug and Julie:  South Dakota Small Business Owners of the
            Year award recipients, S6326 [15JN]
        Loan programs:  improve (S. 2448), S9978 [8SE]
        Martinelli, Bernadette:  National Women in Business Advocate award
            recipient, S6292 [12JN]
        National Small Business Week:  observance, S5656 [4JN], S5732 [5JN],
            S6326 [15JN]
        NSF:  Small Business Innovative Research Program funding, S4662
            [12MY], S4663 [12MY]
        Office of Advocacy:  funding, S8876 [23JY]
        Owen, Dixie L.:  SBA Small Business Disaster Recovery Phoenix Award
            recipient, S5779 [9JN]
        Presidential appointments:  nominations considered and confirmed en
            bloc, S5355 [21MY]
        Programs:  improve (S. 2407), S9563 [31JY]
        Small business:  provide regulatory assistance (S. 1957), S3222
            [3AP]
        University of New Hampshire:  funding to provide high technology
            assistance to rural small-to-medium-sized manufacturers, S8877
            [23JY]
        Women:  business centers funding (S. 2157), S6181-S6183 [11JN],
            S6638 [18JN]
        Wyatt, Ruby L.:  SBA Small Business Disaster Recovery Phoenix Award
            recipient, S5779 [9JN]
        Yaron, Lior S.:  Kentucky Small Business Person of the Year award
            recipient, S5779 [9JN]
        Youngs, Ross O.:  SBA Small Business Person of the Year award
            recipient, S5577 [2JN]
      Reports filed
        Nomination of Fred P. Hochberg To Be SBA Deputy Administrator:
            Committee on Small Business (Senate), S5019 [18MY]
      Texts of
        S. 2372, Small Business Year 2000 Readiness Act, S9432 [30JY]
        S. 2407, Small Business Programs Restructuring and Reform Act,
            S9564-S9567 [31JY]
        S. 2448, Small Business Loan Enhancement Act, S9979 [8SE]