SMALL BUSINESS ACT

Amendments

Small Business Innovation Research Program: extend authorization (H.R. 2392), S9619 [2OC]

Bills and resolutions

SBA: establish a pilot program to provide regulatory compliance assistance to small businesses (see H.R. 4946), H7002 [25JY]

Small business: establish the New Markets Venture Capital Program, America's Private Investment Company Program, and a new markets tax credit (see S. 2936), S7656 [26JY]

———permit the sale of guaranteed loans made for export purposes before the loans have been fully disbursed to borrowers (see H.R. 4944), H7002 [25JY]

———require certain acquisitions of goods and services to be from small businesses and authorize certain acquisitions using a governmentwide commercial purchase card (see H.R. 4943), H7002 [25JY]

———strengthen existing protections for small business participation in the Federal procurement contracting process (see H.R. 4945), H7002 [25JY]

———strengthen existing protections for small business participation in the Federal procurement contracting process (H.R. 4945), consideration (see H. Res. 582), H7870 [19SE]

Women: provide Federal contracting assistance to small business concerns owned and controlled by women (see H.R. 4897), H6599 [19JY]

Remarks in House

SBA: establish a pilot program to provide regulatory compliance assistance to small businesses (H.R. 4946), H8081-H8084 [26SE]

Small business: permit the sale of guaranteed loans made for export purposes before the loans have been fully disbursed to borrowers (H.R. 4944), H8084-H8086 [26SE], E1313 [25JY]

———strengthen existing protections for small business participation in the Federal procurement contracting process (H.R. 4945), H7877-H7885 [20SE], E1573 [22SE]

———strengthen existing protections for small business participation in the Federal procurement contracting process (H.R. 4945), consideration (H. Res. 582), H7876, H7877 [20SE]

Remarks in Senate

Small business: establish the New Markets Venture Capital Program, America's Private Investment Company Program, and a new markets tax credit (S. 2936), S7676-S7678 [26JY]

Reports filed

Community Development and Venture Capital Act: Committee on Small Business (Senate) (S. 1594) (S. Rept. 106-383), S8019 [5SE]

Consideration of H.R. 4945, Small Business Competition Preservation Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 582) (H. Rept. 106-867), H7870 [19SE]

Equity in Contracting for Women Act: Committee on Small Business (House) (H.R. 4897) (H. Rept. 106-879), H7990 [21SE]

Export Working Capital Loan Improvement Act: Committee on Small Business (House) (H.R. 4944) (H. Rept. 106-880), H7990 [21SE]

National Small Business Regulatory Assistance Act: Committee on Small Business (House) (H.R. 4946) (H. Rept. 106-881), H7990 [21SE]

New Markets Initiative Act: Committee on Banking and Financial Services (House) (H.R. 2848) (H. Rept. 106-706), H5435 [28JN]

Small Business Competition Preservation Act: Committee on Small Business (House) (H.R. 4945) (H. Rept. 106-858), H7722 [18SE]

Texts of

H. Res. 582, consideration of H.R. 4945, Small Business Competition Preservation Act, H7876 [20SE]

H.R. 4944, Export Working Capital Loan Improvement Act, H8084 [26SE]

H.R. 4945, Small Business Competition Preservation Act, H7884 [20SE]

H.R. 4946, National Small Business Regulatory Assistance Act, H8081-H8083 [26SE]