SMALL BUSINESS

Amendments

Agriculture: enhance dairy markets through dairy product mandatory reporting (S. 2773), S10952, S11006 [25OC]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (S. 625), S51, S56, S63 [26JA], S140 [31JA], S178, S190 [1FE], S226, S232, S234, S237, S238, S243 [2FE]

———amend laws (S. 3186), corrections in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 427), H9840 [12OC]

Business and industry: provide assistance to microenterprises in developing countries (H.R. 1143), S9761 [3OC], H8886 [5OC]

Courts: protect from litigation excesses and limit product liability of non-manufacturer product sellers (H.R. 2366), H474, H476, H478, H479 [16FE]

Federal aid programs: reauthorize assistance programs (H.R. 3843), H1038, H1078 [15MR]

Income: increase minimum wage and provide tax benefits for small businesses (H.R. 3081), H792 [9MR]

———increase minimum wage and provide tax benefits for small businesses (H.R. 3081), consideration (H. Res. 434), H780, H791 [9MR]

Minimum wage: level (H.R. 3846), H881, H894 [9MR]

———level (H.R. 3846), consideration (H. Res. 434), H780, H791 [9MR]

SBA: improve the certified development company program (H.R. 2614), S5138, S5154, S5156 [14JN]

———improve the certified development company program (H.R. 2614), adoption of concurrent resolution making corrections in enrollment (H. Res. 663), H11552 [30OC]

———improve the certified development company program (H.R. 2614), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 652), H11217 [26OC]

Small Business Innovation Research Program: extend authorization (H.R. 2392), S7251 [19JY], S9619 [2OC]

Taxation: phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), S6586, S6610, S6627, S6631, S6634, S6636, S6640, S6656, S6660, S6662, S6692, S6694, S6695, S6697, S6699, S6700, S6701, S6703, S6706, S6708, S6710, S6737, S6739, S6741, S6753, S6761 [13JY], H4148, H4160 [9JN]

———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), consideration (H. Res. 519), H4085 [8JN]

———treatment of small businesses (H.R. 3832), H758 [8MR]

Analyses

Indian Tribal Enterprise and Alaska Native Corporations Participation Expansion in the HUBZone Program (S. 2569), S4020 [16MY]

Small Business Tax Fairness Act (H.R. 3081): Jared Bernstein, Robert S. McIntyre, and Lawrence Mishel, Citizens for Tax Justice (organization), H858 [9MR]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 2415, Bankruptcy Reform Act, H9796 [11OC]

———H.R. 2614, Certified Development Company Program Improvements Act, S7575 [25JY], H9796 [11OC]

Articles and editorials

Bankruptcy Bill Is Overloaded, E134 [14FE]

Bankruptcy Is for the Needy, S245 [2FE]

Bankruptcy Pace for Individuals Is Accelerating, S11633 [6DE]

Bankruptcy Paradox, S244 [2FE]

Compromise—House Speaker Hastert Offers Method To Reach Deal on Minimum Wages, E1445 [13SE]

Cost Squeeze in Child Care—Families Wonder Where the Aid Is, S6652 [13JY]

Democrats' Estate Tax Plan Is Little Known, S6775 [14JY]

Deregulation Called Blow to Minorities, E2223 [15DE]

Despite Benefits, Democrats' Estate Tax Plan Gets Little Notice, S6587 [13JY]

Estate Taxes Threaten Wildlife Habitats, H4137 [9JN]

Former Execs Switch to Supply Side, S5025 [13JN]

Hy-Vee, Inc., S6778 [14JY]

Larger Legacy May Await Generations X, Y, and Z, H934 [14MR]

Los Alamos Bank Wins Prestigious National Award, E2152 [7DE]

Of Janitors and Billionaires, S2852 [25AP]

Opposite of Amazon.com, S9696 [3OC]

Packed Up and Rarin' To Go—McDonald's Has Contracted With Union Packaging, a Minority Business, To Supply Cartons for Its Food, E682 [9MY]

Pettiness on Capitol Hill, S11116 [26OC]

Real Rap on Death and Taxes, S6439 [11JY], S6604 [13JY]

Ruby's To Close After 37 Years, E1350 [27JY]

Strong Marriage Is Secret Ingredient to Villa Tragara's Success, S9693 [3OC]

Study Contradicts Foes of Estate Tax, H934 [14MR]

Time To Eliminate the Costly Death Tax, H4025 [7JN]

What If There Were Free Trade in Opinion Makers?, E1233 [14JY]

What Real People Are Saying About Bankruptcy Reform, S5384 [20JN]

Bills and resolutions

Agriculture: enhance dairy markets through dairy product mandatory reporting (see S. 2773), S5663 [22JN] (see H.R. 5372), H8735 [3OC] (see H.R. 5495), H10256 [18OC]

———establish a program to provide dairy farmers a price safety net for small- and medium-sized dairy producers (see S. 2706), S4820 [8JN]

———promote competition among wholesale purchasers and establish a commission to review large agriculture mergers, concentration, and market power (see H.R. 4321), H2338 [13AP]

———review agribusiness mergers, enhance competition, and protect family farms, ranches, and rural communities from unfair or deceptive agribusiness practices (see S. 2744), S5241 [15JN]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (see S. 3046), S8585 [14SE] (see S. 3186), S10252 [11OC]

———amend laws (H.R. 2415), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 624), H9766 [11OC]

———amend laws (S. 3186), corrections in enrollment (see H. Con. Res. 427), H9900 [12OC]

———extend reenactment period for chapter 12 of the bankruptcy code relative to family farmers (see H.R. 4065), H1284 [22MR] (see H.R. 4718), H5036 [22JN] (see H.R. 5409), H9504 [6OC] (see H.R. 5475), H10036 [17OC] (see H.R. 5539, 5540), H11193 [25OC]

———extend reenactment period for chapter 12 of the bankruptcy code relative to family farmers and appoint additional bankruptcy judges (see H.R. 5530), H10808 [24OC]

Business and industry: include expansion of business development by disabled individuals among the public policy goals of State and local development companies (see H.R. 4983), H7128 [26JY]

———require employers to notify parents or guardians of employees under 18 or handicapped that an individual with a criminal record of violence is working at the same facility (see H.R. 4305), H2338 [13AP]

CBO: analyze impact of proposed Federal private sector mandates (see H.R. 4698), H4783 [20JN]

CERCLA: exempt small businesses from certain liability (see S. 2634), S4460 [25MY] (see H.R. 5175), H7651 [14SE]

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

———expand participation in the HUBZone Program to Indian Tribal enterprises and Alaska Native corporations (see S. 2569), S4014 [16MY]

Contracts: require Federal agencies to follow certain procedures relative to the bundling of procurement contract requirements (see H.R. 4890), H6599 [19JY]

———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]

Corporations: support and adhere to the Global Sullivan Principles of Corporate Social Responsibility (see S. Res. 290), S2617 [12AP]

Corps of Engineers: provide assistance for the remediation and redevelopment of brownfield sites (see S. 2335), S1986 [30MR]

Courts: awarding of attorneys' fees to private parties who prevail in litigation against the Federal Government (see S. 2907), S7448 [21JY]

———protect from litigation excesses and limit product liability of non-manufacturer product sellers (H.R. 2366), consideration (see H. Res. 423), H454 [15FE]

CPSC: increase civil and criminal penalties imposed against companies that fail to report information on defective or dangerous products (see S. 2820), S6121 [29JN] (see H.R. 4586), H3924 [6JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: extend authority to provide grants for State agricultural mediation programs (see S. 2741), S5240 [15JN] (see H.R. 4688), H4591 [15JN]

———require review of agribusiness mergers and acquisitions and allow imposition of conditions relative to anticompetitive practices (see S. 2252), S1461 [20MR]

Dept. of Defense: impose a moratorium on the privatization and outsourcing of certain functions performed by civilian employees (see H.R. 4722), H5036 [22JN]

———include women-owned businesses as eligible participants in the Mentor-Protege Program (see S. 2483), S3023 [27AP]

Dept. of Education: enhance efforts to facilitate the involvement of small business owners in State and local initiatives to improve education (see S. 2455), S2865 [25AP]

Dept. of Justice: establish in the Antitrust Division a position with responsibility for agricultural antitrust matters (see H.R. 3689), H510 [16FE]

Family and Medical Leave Act: improve implementation and clarify definition of ``serious medical condition'' (see H.R. 4499), H3473 [19MY]

Federal aid programs: reauthorize assistance programs (see S. 3121), S9381 [27SE] (see H.R. 3843), H756 [8MR]

———reauthorize assistance programs (H.R. 3843), consideration (see H. Res. 439), H996 [14MR]

Financial institutions: encourage acceptance of environmentally sound processes for dry and wet cleaning as safe investments (see H. Con. Res. 383), H7210 [27JY]

———facilitate transfers between interest-bearing accounts and transaction accounts for small businesses (see H.R. 3647), H373 [14FE]

———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]

Foreign aid: increase availability of credit to microenterprises lacking full access to credit and establish a Microfinance Loan Facility (see S. 2844), S6473 [11JY]

Foreign trade: exempt certain small businesses from increased tariffs or other retaliatory measures against products of the European Union in response to its banana regime and treatment of imported meat (see H.R. 4478), H3308 [17MY]

Government: 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]

Income: increase minimum wage and provide tax benefits for small businesses (H.R. 3081), consideration (see H. Res. 434), H755 [8MR]

Medicare: provide relief for small business from consolidated billing requirements and exclude services of certain providers from the skilled nursing facility prospective payment system (see H.R. 5392), H9010 [5OC]

Minimum wage: level (see S. 2284), S1671 [23MR] (see H.R. 3833), H646 [6MR] (see H.R. 3846), H756 [8MR] (see H.R. 4177), H1763 [4AP] (see H.R. 5538), H11193 [25OC]

———level (H.R. 3846), consideration (see H. Res. 434), H755 [8MR]

Motor vehicles: impose a mandatory fuel surcharge for transportation provided by certain motor carriers (see H.R. 4441), H2966 [11MY]

National Apprenticeship Act: ensure that applications relating to apprenticeship programs are processed in a fair and timely manner (see H.R. 4781), H5435 [28JN]

National Women's Business Council: funding (see S. 2243), S1392 [9MR]

Native Americans: payment of State taxes on the sale of cigarettes and motor fuel by tribal retail enterprises to persons that are not members of the tribe (see H.R. 5244), H7990 [21SE]

NIST: establish electronic commerce extension program to ensure that small businesses participate fully in the electronic commerce revolution (see H.R. 4429), H2966 [11MY]

NLRB: inflation adjustments to the mandatory jurisdiction thresholds (see S. 2676), S4564 [6JN]

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: establish position of Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Small Business (see H.R. 5145), H7373 [11SE]

Product safety: penalize the knowing and reckless introduction of a defective product into interstate commerce (see S. 3014), S8197 [7SE]

SBA: encourage the expansion of business-to-business relationships and the provision of certain information (see H.R. 4464), H3172 [16MY]

———establish a New Market Venture Capital Program (see H.R. 4530), H3812 [24MY]

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

———establish a vocational and technical entrepreneurship development demonstration program (see H.R. 5249), H7990 [21SE]

———improve the certified development company program (H.R. 2614), adoption of concurrent resolution making corrections in enrollment (see H. Res. 663), H11526 [29OC]

———improve the certified development company program (H.R. 2614), concur with Senate amendment (see H. Res. 533), H5240 [27JN]

———improve the certified development company program (H.R. 2614), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 652), H11194 [25OC]

———reauthorize loan programs (see S. 3236), S10999 [25OC] (see H.R. 5545), H11194 [25OC] (see H.R. 5652), H12080 [11DE] (see H.R. 5654), H12085 [13DE] (see H.R. 5667), H12531 [15DE]

Small Business Innovation Research Program: extend authorization (H.R. 2392), concur with Senate amendment (see H. Res. 590), H8061 [25SE]

Small Business Investment Act: corrections (see H.R. 3845), H756 [8MR]

South Carolina: extend the temporary office of bankruptcy judge (see H.R. 5525), H10534 [23OC]

Taxation: allow credit to businesses who employ military reservists and a comparable credit to self-employed military reservists, and restore deductions for services performed by military reservists (see H.R. 3915), H996 [14MR]

———allow employees and self-employed individuals to deduct taxes paid for Social Security and Medicare (see H.R. 5064), H7208 [27JY]

———allow farmer-owned cooperatives access to small ethanol producer tax credit (see S. 2884), S7160 [18JY] (see H.R. 5279), H8061 [25SE]

———allow small employers a tax credit for costs paid or incurred for employee health insurance expenses (see S. 2964), S7839 (see S. 2994), S7840 [27JY]

———clarify exemption from the self-employment tax for termination payments received by former life insurance salesmen (see H.R. 5444), H9767 [11OC]

———clarify status of professional employer organizations in order to assist small businesses in providing employee benefits and collecting employment taxes (see S. 2979), S7840 [27JY]

———clarify that certain small businesses that use merchandise or inventory are permitted to use the cash method of accounting (see S. 2246), S1392 [9MR]

———clarify that personal service corporations may continue to use the cash method of accounting (see H.R. 4383), H2605 [4MY]

———designate renewal communities, provide tax credits to investors seeking to provide capital to create new markets in low-income communities, and establish Individual Development Accounts (see S. 2779), S5663 [22JN]

———encourage investment in small companies (see H.R. 5455), H9899 [12OC]

———establish individual development accounts to allow those with limited means to accumulate assets, access education, own homes and businesses, and achieve economic self-sufficiency (see H.R. 4106), H1476 [28MR]

———expand the exclusion for qualified small business stock and increase the annual limit for incentive stock options (see S. 3096), S9033 [22SE]

———expand the tip tax credit to employers of cosmetologists and promote tax compliance in the cosmetology sector (see S. 3225), S10801 [19OC] (see H.R. 5506), H10472 [19OC]

———extend time for payment of estate tax for estates with closely held businesses (see S. 3111), S9267 [26SE] (see H.R. 4512), H3522 [22MY]

———increase estate tax deduction for family-owned business interests (see S. 2717), S5027 [13JN] (see H.R. 4562), H3868 [25MY]

———phase in a full estate tax deduction for family-owned business interests (see S. 3098), S9033 [22SE]

———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), consideration (see H. Res. 519), H4034 [7JN]

———prevent unintended disqualification of trusts as electing small business trusts (see H.R. 4561), H3868 [25MY]

———provide assistance to homeowners and small businesses to repair Formosan termite damage (see S. 2446), S2728 [13AP]

———provide for a tax deferral on gain from the sale of certain telecommunications businesses or tax incentives to promote ownership diversity (see S. 3235), S10999 [25OC]

———provide for an election for special tax treatment of certain S corporation conversions (see H.R. 3851), H756 [8MR]

———provide incentives for farm relief and economic development (see S. 2422), S2727 [13AP]

———provide incentives to encourage small business health plans (see H.R. 5184), H7651 [14SE]

———provide jurisdictional standards for imposition of State and local business activity, sales, and use tax obligations on interstate commerce (see S. 2401), S2527 [11AP]

———reduce interest rate on installment payments of estate tax on closely held business interests (see H.R. 4515), H3648 [23MY]

———repeal modification of capital gains tax payments relative to small businesses sold on the installment sales method (see S. 2005), S86 [26JA] (see H.R. 3594), H254 [8FE]

———treatment of certain farm rental income and all payments under the environmental conservation acreage reserve program (see H.R. 4260), H2238 [12AP]

———treatment of computer software (see H.R. 4184), H1851 [5AP]

———treatment of computers and computer equipment (see H.R. 4279), H2337 [13AP]

———treatment of small businesses (see H.R. 3832), H646 [6MR] (see H.R. 3874), H920 [9MR]

———treatment of small property and casualty insurance companies (see S. 3099), S9033 [22SE] (see H.R. 5076), H7209 [27JY]

———waive the employee portion of Social Security taxes imposed on individuals who have been diagnosed with cancer or a terminal disease (see H.R. 4265), H2336 [13AP]

Women: Federal procurement opportunities for women-owned small businesses (see S. Res. 311), S4297 [23MY]

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

Cloture motions

Bankruptcy: amend laws (H.R. 2415), conference report, S11378 [30OC], S11450 [1NO], S11553 [5DE]

Taxation: phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), S6296 [30JN]

Conference reports

Bankruptcy Reform Act (H.R. 2415), H9723-H9765 [11OC]

Minimum Wage Increase, Taxpayer Relief, Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program Corrections, Pain Management Promotion, and Small Business Programs Improvement (H.R. 2614), H10909-H11087 [25OC]

Descriptions

Small Business Tax Accounting Simplification Act (S. 2246), S1421 [9MR]

Executive orders

Increasing opportunities for women-owned small businesses: President Clinton, S4332 [23MY]

Explanations

Bankruptcy Reform Act (H.R. 2415): Conference Report, S11698-S11724 [7DE]

Clarify Status of Professional Employer Organizations in Order To Assist Small Businesses in Providing Employee Benefits and Collecting Employment Taxes (S. 2979), S7893-S7895 [27JY]

Small Business Innovation Research Program Authorization Extension (H.R. 2393), S7288 [19JY]

Factsheets

OSHA's Use of Contractors During the Rulemaking Process—Expert Witnesses and Consultant Services, S5641 [22JN]

Letters

Bankruptcy Reform Act: John D. Podesta, Executive Office of the President, S10346 [12OC], H9836 [12OC]

———several bankruptcy scholars, S10772 [19OC], S11448-S11450 [1NO]

———several law professors, S169 [1FE]

Bankruptcy treatment of child support payments: Philip L. Strauss, San Francisco, CA, Family Support Bureau, S11437-S11439 [31OC], S11462 [1NO]

Death Tax Elimination Act, H7719 [18SE]

———Alexander Leventhal, S6609 [13JY]

———Ayron Pickerill, S6424 [11JY]

———Todd M. Kolber, H4156 [9JN]

Dry Cleaning Environmental Tax Credit Act: Joseph C. Bonner, Bank of America Corp., E1370 [27JY]

Estate taxes: John M.J. Holliday, E2095 [14NO]

———Todd M. Kolber, H1313 [23MR]

Expand the exclusion for qualified small business stock and increase the annual limit for incentive stock options: Cheryl C. Timberlake, Biotechnology Association of Maine, S9034 [22SE]

———Dan Danner, National Federation of Independent Business, S9034 [22SE]

———Patrick Von Bargen, National Commission on Entrepreneurship, S9034 [22SE]

Federal contract opportunities for small businesses in economically distressed communities: Aida Alvarez, SBA, S8732 [19SE]

———Harry C. Alford, National Black Chamber of Commerce, S8733 [19SE]

IRS enforcement of pension age discrimination laws relative to conversion of defined benefit plans to cash balance plans: Horace B. Deets, AARP, H6689 [20JY]

———Karen W. Ferguson and Karen Friedman, Pension Rights Center, H6689 [20JY]

Minimum wage level: Florence C. Kimball, Friends Committee on National Legislation, H885 [9MR]

———Kathy Thornton, NETWORK (organization), H886 [9MR]

———Kenneth K. Moore, Little Mint, Inc., H1659 [3AP]

———several religious leaders, H885 [9MR]

———Valora Washington, H886 [9MR]

OSHA implementation of ergonomic regulations: Connie J. Varcasia, New York State Dept. of Labor, S5644 [22JN]

———Johnny J. Butler, Pennsylvania Dept. of Labor and Industry, S5645 [22JN]

Pension Benefits Protection and Preservation Act: several Representatives, H854-H856 [9MR]

Prohibit implementation of proposed contractor responsibility amendments to Federal acquisition regulations: Bruce N. Hahn, Computing Technology Industry Association, H6675 [20JY]

———Charles H. Cantus, Professional Services Council, H6676 [20JY]

———Dan Danner, National Federation of Independent Business, H6673 [20JY]

———Deidre A. Lee, OMB, H6683 [20JY]

———Electronic Industries Alliance, H6675 [20JY]

———Gary Engebretson, Contract Services Association of America, H6676 [20JY]

———John W. Douglass, Aerospace Industries Association of America, H6676 [20JY]

———Kevin M. Burke, Food Distributors International, H6678 [20JY]

———Lawrence F. Skibbie, National Defense Industrial Association, H6677 [20JY]

———Loren E. Sweatt, Associated General Contractors of America, H6679 [20JY]

———Lyn M. Withey, International Paper (business), H6679 [20JY]

———Michael E. Baroody, National Association of Manufacturers, H6677 [20JY]

———Michael J. Eastman, Legal Policy Association, Inc., H6678 [20JY]

———R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, H6678 [20JY]

———Representative Goodling, Committee on Education and the Workforce (House), H6683 [20JY]

———Representative Talent, Committee on Small Business (House), H6673 [20JY]

———Representatives Thomas M. Davis and James P. Moran, H6679 [20JY]

———Rhett B. Dawson, Information Technology Industry Council, H6674 [20JY]

———Richard W. Carroll, Small Business Technology Coalition, H6673 [20JY]

———Stanley O. Ikenberry, American Council on Education, H6674, H6683 [20JY]

———Susan R. Meisinger, Society for Human Resource Management, H6679 [20JY]

———Technology Coalition for Responsible Procurement, H6675 [20JY]

———William B. Spencer, Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc., H6678 [20JY]

———William T. Archey, American Electronics Association, H6675 [20JY]

Provide wage-based tax credits in Puerto Rico: several Representatives, H6839 [25JY]

Research and development tax credit extension: several Massachusetts businesses, S6613 [13JY]

SBA politicalization relative to plans for an ``SBA Day'' right before the election: Senator Bond, Committee on Small Business (Senate), S11229 [27OC]

Small Business Liability Reform Act: Barry B. Anderson, CBO, H472 [16FE]

———Nancy Stoner, Natural Resources Defense Council, H483 [16FE]

———Representative Bliley, Committee on Commerce (House), H472 [16FE]

———Representative Hyde, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H472 [16FE]

Small business Superfund litigation: Barbara A. Williams, H8126 [26SE]

Small Business Tax Fairness Act: Representative Archer, Committee on Ways and Means (House), H843 [9MR]

———Representative Goodling, Committee on Education and the Workforce (House), H843 [9MR]

Lists

Amendments to H.R. 8, Death Tax Elimination Act, S6645 [13JY]

Contract Services Association of America, H6676 [20JY]

Contributors to disaster assistance for Southwest Georgia, S1741 [27MR]

Family Business Estate Tax Coalition, S6437 [11JY]

Northeast Regional Council Matchmakers High Performance Team, S4292 [23MY]

Organizations opposed to S. 625, Bankruptcy Reform Act, S171 [1FE]

U.S. Trustee Program bankruptcy criminal cases, S5386-S5389 [20JN]

Messages

Veto of H.R. 8, Death Tax Elimination Act: President Clinton, H7240 [6SE]

Motions

Bankruptcy: amend laws (H.R. 2415), H9788, H9791 [11OC]

———amend laws (H.R. 2415), conference report, S11205 [27OC], H9840 [12OC]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 2990), H67 [31JA], H129 [1FE]

Income: increase minimum wage and provide tax benefits for small businesses (H.R. 3081), H866 [9MR]

Minimum wage: level (H.R. 3846), H899 [9MR]

SBA: improve the certified development company program (H.R. 2614), conference report, S11416 [31OC]

Taxation: phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), S6627, S6631, S6636, S6640, S6651, S6663 [13JY], S6768, S6769 [14JY], H4160 [9JN]

Papers

Death Tax Devastation—Horror Stories From Middle-Class America: William W. Beach, Heritage Foundation, S6772-S6774 [14JY]

Poems

``Tax His Cow'', H4153 [9JN]

Press releases

House GOP Minimum Wage Plan Offers $11 in Upper-Income Tax Breaks for Every $1 in Wage Hikes for Low Earners: Citizens for Tax Justice (organization), H858 [9MR]

Remarks in House

Agriculture: enhance dairy markets through dairy product mandatory reporting (S. 2773), H10874, H10875 [25OC], E1977 [28OC]

———impose a moratorium on large agribusiness mergers and establish a commission to review large agriculture mergers, H1070-H1072 [15MR]

———promote competition among wholesale purchasers and establish a commission to review large agriculture mergers, concentration, and market power, H5704 [10JY]

———promote competition among wholesale purchasers and establish a commission to review large agriculture mergers, concentration, and market power (H.R. 4321), E587 [13AP]

Algodones, NM: tribute to Traditions! A Festival Marketplace, E1817 [17OC]

American Business Women's Association: anniversary, E1524 [19SE]

Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc.: anniversary, E814 [23MY]

Bankruptcy: amend laws, H8097 [26SE]

———amend laws (H.R. 2415), H9788-H9796 [11OC]

———amend laws (H.R. 2415), conference report, H9809 [11OC], H9832-H9840 [12OC]

———amend laws (H.R. 2415), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 624), H9826-H9832 [12OC]

———amend laws (H.R. 2415), corrections in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 427), H9840 [12OC]

———amend laws (H.R. 2415), motion to instruct conferees, H9791-H9796 [11OC]

———amend laws (S. 625), E134 [14FE]

———amend laws (S. 3186), corrections in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 427), H9840 [12OC]

———extend reenactment period for chapter 12 of the bankruptcy code relative to family farmers (H.R. 4718), H5101-H5103 [26JN]

———extend reenactment period for chapter 12 of the bankruptcy code relative to family farmers (H.R. 5540), H11701-H11704 [31OC]

———prohibition on conversion of non-exempt assets into exempt homestead property and preservation of States' rights to set homestead exemptions, H9830, H9835-H9837 [12OC]

Belknap County Economic Development Council: New Hampshire Small Business Financial Services Advocate of the Year award recipient, E883 [6JN]

Boneal, Inc.: Postal Service Quality Supplier Award recipient, E873 [25MY]

Business and industry: ensure economic equity for women, H20, H21 [27JA]

———provide assistance to microenterprises in developing countries, H5899, H5943-H5945 [12JY], E1231 [13JY]

———provide assistance to microenterprises in developing countries (H.R. 1143), H8886-H8893 [5OC]

———recovery of attorneys' fees by small businesses and labor organizations who prevail in proceedings brought by NLRB or OSHA (H.R. 1987), H331 [10FE]

Business Technologies and Solutions, Inc.: Ohio Region V Minority Small Business Firm of the Year award recipient, E1453 [13SE]

CERCLA: exempt small businesses from certain liability (H.R. 5175), H8123-H8132, H8154 [26SE], E1488 [14SE], E1646 [2OC]

Community Development Block Grant Program: funding, H4763-H4765, H4773, H4775 [20JN], H4906, H4907 [21JN]

Computers: establish a system for businesses to comply with recognized principles concerning personal information obtained through electronic commerce (H.R. 4059), H3534 [23MY], E494 [5AP]

Contracts: 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]

Courts: allow Federal court jurisdiction over claims dealing with interference in interstate commerce and antitrust matters, H479 [16FE]

———limit punitive damages against small businesses except in cases where they are proven to have acted with specific intent to cause harm, H476, H477 [16FE]

———protect from litigation excesses and limit product liability of non-manufacturer product sellers (H.R. 2366), H463-H486 [16FE]

———protect from litigation excesses and limit product liability of non-manufacturer product sellers (H.R. 2366), amendment process, H280 [10FE]

———protect from litigation excesses and limit product liability of non-manufacturer product sellers (H.R. 2366), consideration (H. Res. 423), H461-H463 [16FE]

CPSC: increase civil and criminal penalties imposed against companies that fail to report information on defective or dangerous products (H.R. 4586), E900 [6JN]

Democratic Party: national agenda, H10814 [25OC]

Dept. of Agriculture: Office of Natural Resources and the Environment funding relative to proposed EPA rules on water quality total maximum daily load, H5574-H5577 [29JN]

Dept. of Defense: analyze impact of contract bundling on small businesses, H3284, H3287 [17MY]

Dept. of HUD: Community Development Block Grant Program funding, H8817 [5OC]

———empowerment zones funding, H4760, H4761, H4764, H4765 [20JN]

Dept. of Justice: Antitrust Division funding, H4989-H4992 [22JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: National Veterans Business Development Corp. funding, H5132 [26JN]

Dyor, Deborah: Kentucky Small Business Person of the Year award recipient, E1167 [30JN]

East Aurora, NY: anniversary of Vidler's 5 & 10 Store, E1070 [21JN]

Employment: minimum wage and overtime exemptions for certain employees, H889, H900 [9MR]

EPA: impact of regulations and inspectors' decisions on business, H9513 [10OC]

Families and domestic relations: expand tax credits and grant programs to increase affordability, quality, and safety of child care, H3932 [7JN]

Family and Medical Leave Act: improve implementation and clarify definition of ``serious medical condition'' (H.R. 4499), E788 [19MY]

Federal aid programs: reauthorize assistance programs (H.R. 3843), H1032-H1039 [15MR], E332, E345 [16MR]

———reauthorize assistance programs (H.R. 3843), consideration (H. Res. 439), H1030-H1032 [15MR]

Federal contracts: prohibit implementation of proposed contractor responsibility amendments to Federal acquisition regulations, H6672-H6684 [20JY], E1298 [21JY]

Federal-State relations: reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates relative to minimum wage levels, H879-H881 [9MR]

Financial institutions: encourage acceptance of environmentally sound processes for dry and wet cleaning as safe investments (H. Con. Res. 383), E1369 [27JY]

———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]

Firearms: lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, H467-H473 [16FE]

Foreign trade: export enhancement assistance, E1437 [11SE]

Free enterprise: tribute, E494 [5AP]

FTC: antitrust activities funding, H4989-H4992 [22JN]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H7875 [20SE], H11516-H11520 [29OC]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 2990), H67 [31JA], H139-H143 [1FE], H367-H370 [14FE], H1465-H1468 [28MR], H2110-H2114 [11AP]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 2990), motion to instruct conferees, H129-H137 [1FE]

Hope, Claire: SBA Veteran Advocate of the Year award recipient, E644 [4MY]

Income: increase minimum wage and provide tax benefits for small businesses (H.R. 3081), H738 [8MR], H760, H761, H762, H792-H879 [9MR], H1083 [16MR], E278 [9MR], E285 [13MR]

———increase minimum wage and provide tax benefits for small businesses (H.R. 3081), consideration (H. Res. 434), H773-H792 [9MR]

———increase minimum wage and provide tax benefits for small businesses (H.R. 3081), motion to recommit, H876, H877 [9MR]

Independence, MO: anniversary of Cool Crest Garden Golf and Game Room (business), E1102 [23JN]

Inflation: impact of wage levels on interest rates, H7347 [7SE]

Inoue, Akira: Guam Chamber of Commerce Small Business Person of the Year award recipient, E933 [9JN]

IRS: enforce pension age discrimination laws relative to conversion of defined benefit plans to cash balance plans, H6689-H6692 [20JY]

———restructure and reform, H1770 [5AP]

Kennedy, Eileen: New Hampshire Small Business Women in Business Advocate of the Year award recipient, E883 [6JN]

King, Beverly A.: National Minority Enterprise Development Week Award recipient, E1410 [6SE]

Knoxville, TN: tribute to Ruby's Coffee Shop, E1350 [27JY]

Leddy, Joseph C.: New Hampshire Small Business Person of the Year award recipient, E883 [6JN]

Los Alamos National Bank: Dept. of Commerce Malcom Baldridge National Quality Award recipient, E2152 [7DE]

Marion's Continental Restaurant: anniversary, E1411 [6SE]

Martin, Carolyn: New Hampshire Small Business Journalist of the Year award recipient, E883 [6JN]

Minimum wage: level, H933 [14MR], H1659 [3AP], H4104, H4105 [8JN], H4297 [13JN], H10537 [24OC], H11209, H11210, H11212, H11213, H11216, H11244, H11245, H11263 [26OC], H11546-H11550, H11552, H11553 [30OC], E305, E310 [14MR], E331 [16MR], E473 [3AP], E1445 [13SE]

———level (H.R. 3846), H738 [8MR], H759, H760, H761, H762, H879-H902 [9MR], E285, E287 [13MR], E344 [16MR]

———level (H.R. 3846), consideration (H. Res. 434), H773-H792 [9MR]

———level (H.R. 3846), corrections in enrollment, H902 [9MR]

Motor vehicles: impose a mandatory fuel surcharge for transportation provided by certain motor carriers (H.R. 4441), H9569-H9573 [10OC], E706 [11MY]

National Small Business Week: observance, H3532, H3533, H3534 [23MY], E859, E871 [25MY]

New Jersey: tribute to the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, E1874 [19OC]

New Market Venture Capital Program: establish, H6824, H6838 [25JY]

NIST: establish electronic commerce extension program to ensure that small businesses participate fully in the electronic commerce revolution (H.R. 4429), H8079-H8081 [26SE], E720 [11MY]

———Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program funding, H5158 [26JN]

Osborne, Steve: Colorado Small Business Person of the Year award recipient, E919 [9JN]

Pensions: protect benefits of employees in defined benefit plans and enforce age discrimination requirements relative to tax legislation on defined benefit plans becoming cash balance plans (H.R. 2902), H853 [9MR]

Puerto Rico: provide wage-based tax credits (H.R. 2138), H6839 [25JY], E1363 [27JY]

Ree's Contract Service, Inc.: anniversary, E2119 [4DE]

Regulatory Flexibility Act: anniversary, H7740 [19SE]

Riesterer's Bake Shoppe & Cafe: anniversary, E1969 [28OC]

Roth, Cynthia G.: ATHENA Foundation ATHENA Award recipient, E635 [4MY]

Royal Electrical Services, Inc.: Greater Pueblo, CO, Chamber of Commerce Small Business of the Year award recipient, E1118 [26JN]

San Antonio, TX: City Public Service recipient of the SBA Dwight D. Eisenhower Award for Excellence, E985 [13JN]

SBA: conduct study on average time required to process loan applications, H1038, H1039 [15MR]

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

———improve the certified development company program (H.R. 2614), H9796 [11OC]

———improve the certified development company program (H.R. 2614), adoption of concurrent resolution making corrections in enrollment (H. Res. 663), H11546-H11555 [30OC]

———improve the certified development company program (H.R. 2614), concur with Senate amendment (H. Res. 533), H5190-H5194 [27JN]

———improve the certified development company program (H.R. 2614), conference report, H11243-H11264 [26OC], H11362-H11368, H11414 [27OC], H11497, H11499, H11500, H11504, H11505, H11506 [29OC], H11532 [30OC], H11793 [2NO], E1997, E1999, E2004 [28OC], E2039, E2041 [31OC], E2052 [1NO]

———improve the certified development company program (H.R. 2614), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 652), H11209-H11230 [26OC]

———microentrepreneurs development programs funding, H5159 [26JN]

———reauthorize loan programs, H12484, H12492 [15DE], E2240 [2JA]

———treatment of nonprofit organizations relative to loans, H8672 [3OC]

———Women's Business Centers and National Women's Business Council funding, H4979-H4984 [22JN]

Secure Care Products, Inc.: New Hampshire Small Business Exporter of the Year award recipient, E883 [6JN]

Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE): tribute, H9516 [10OC]

Sherrill's Bakery: tribute, E412 [23MR]

Small Business Innovation Research Program: extend authorization, H12484, H12492 [15DE]

———extend authorization (H.R. 2392), E1655 [3OC], E1664 [4OC], E1699 [6OC]

———extend authorization (H.R. 2392), concur with Senate amendment (H. Res. 590), H8008-H8018 [25SE]

Small Business Investment Act: corrections (H.R. 3845), H940-H942 [14MR]

Small Business Liability Reform Act: define ``punitive damages'' as those awarded to punish or deter similar behavior and not including civil penalties, fines, or treble damages assessed by a State or Federal agency, H478, H479 [16FE]

———define ``small business'' relative to revenue and clarify provisions on product liability, hate crimes, and State punitive damages application and opt-out procedures, H480-H485 [16FE]

Small Business Week: observance, E541 [12AP]

Smith, Jacqueline Y.: Kentucky Small Business Person of the Year award recipient, E1167 [30JN]

Taxation: allow credit for dry cleaning equipment that uses reduced amounts of hazardous substances (H.R. 1303), E1369 [27JY]

———allow small employers a tax credit for costs incurred in establishing a qualified employer plan, H6517 [19JY]

———clarify exemption from the self-employment tax for termination payments received by former life insurance salesmen (H.R. 5444), E1752 [12OC]

———clarify that personal service corporations may continue to use the cash method of accounting (H.R. 4383), E646 [4MY]

———condition phase-out and repeal of estate and gift taxes on solvency of Social Security and Medicare and public debt reduction, H4078, H4081-H4085 [8JN], H4132, H4135, H4138, H4145 [9JN], E974 [12JN]

———designate renewal communities, H11248 [26OC], H12484, H12485, H12494 [15DE]

———establish individual development accounts to allow those with limited means to accumulate assets, access education, own homes and businesses, and achieve economic self-sufficiency, H6826 [25JY]

———expand the tip tax credit to employers of cosmetologists and promote tax compliance in the cosmetology sector (H.R. 5506), E1916 [25OC]

———extend time for payment of estate tax for estates with closely held businesses (H.R. 4512), E805 [22MY]

———increase estate tax deduction for family-owned business interests (H.R. 4562), E857 [25MY]

———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes, H547-H552 [29FE], H846, H849, H859, H862, H864 [9MR], H933, H939 [14MR], H2105 [11AP], H5730-H5732 [10JY], H11593 [30OC]

———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), H362 [14FE], H3911 [6JN], H3931, H3932, H3933, H3934, H3935, H4024-H4031 [7JN], H4047, H4108-H4115 [8JN], H4123, H4124, H4125, H4126, H4127, H4128-H4164, H4169 [9JN], H5850 [12JY], H6474, H6588-H6593 [19JY], H6758-H6764 [24JY], E941 [9JN], E974, E975, E977 [12JN], E1008, E1009 [14JN], E1364 [27JY]

———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), consideration (H. Res. 519), H4077-H4087 [8JN]

———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), motion to recommit, H4161-H4163 [9JN]

———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), veto, H7220, H7241, H7247, H7259-H7264 [6SE], H7284, H7285, H7322-H7335, H7351-H7357 [7SE], H7719 [18SE], E1504 [18SE]

———promote job creation and expand small businesses in economically-distressed communities (H.R. 3247), H222 [8FE]

———provide additional retirement savings opportunities for small employers and self-employed individuals, H6510, H6524 [19JY], E1302 [21JY]

———provide incentives and job training grants for communities affected by migration of businesses and jobs to Canada or Mexico as a result of NAFTA (H.R. 1967), H495 [16FE]

———provide incentives to encourage small business health plans (H.R. 5184), E1495 [14SE]

———rates, H6091-H6097 [17JY]

———repeal estate and gift taxes, H3162-H3164 [16MY]

———repeal modification of capital gains tax payments relative to small businesses sold on the installment sales method (H.R. 3594), H239 [8FE], H12097-H12100 [15DE], E94 [8FE]

———repeal modification of capital gains tax payments relative to small businesses sold on the installment sales method (H.R. 3594), unanimous-consent agreement, H12082 [13DE]

———treatment of computers and computer equipment (H.R. 4279), H2640 [8MY], E573 [13AP]

———treatment of small businesses, E1445 [13SE]

Telecommunications Act: impact on women and minorities, E2223 [15DE]

Union Packaging L.L.C.: tribute, E682 [9MY]

University of Illinois at Chicago: Chicago Area Entrepreneurship Hall of Fame inductees, E569 [13AP]

Women: tribute to women-owned businesses, E193 [29FE]

Remarks in Senate

Agriculture: enhance dairy markets through dairy product mandatory reporting (S. 2773), S6107 [29JN], S10952, S10953 [25OC]

———establish a program to provide dairy farmers a price safety net for small- and medium-sized dairy producers (S. 2706), S4849, S4850 [8JN]

———review agribusiness mergers, enhance competition, and protect family farms, ranches, and rural communities from unfair or deceptive agribusiness practices (S. 2744), S5271 [15JN], S11385 [31OC]

Alcoholic beverages: enforcement of State laws in Federal court relative to interstate transportation of liquor, S10196-S10199, S10212-S10215 [11OC]

American Cancer Society of Middlesex County, NJ: Woodbridge, NJ, Metro Chamber of Commerce Community Service Award recipient, S10997 [25OC]

Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc.: anniversary, S4290 [23MY]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (H.R. 833), S255-S257 [2FE], S3934-S3937 [15MY], S3965-S3970 [16MY], S4338 [24MY], S5383-S5389 [20JN], S6249 [30JN], S7383 [20JY]

———amend laws (H.R. 833), insert S. 625 language in lieu, S255 [2FE]

———amend laws (H.R. 2415), conference report, S10345 [12OC], S10770, S10771-S10775 [19OC], S11205, S11206 [27OC], S11342 [29OC], S11368, S11378-S11381 [30OC], S11385-S11401, S11404-S11413, S11436-S11442 [31OC], S11446-S11450, S11461-S11466, S11485 [1NO], S11506 [2NO], S11552-S11554 [5DE], S11622-S11642, S11656-S11658, S11660 [6DE], S11683-S11730 [7DE]

———amend laws (H.R. 2415), conference report—motion to proceed, S10769 [19OC]

———amend laws (H.R. 2415), conference report—unanimous-consent agreement, S11550, S11558 [5DE]

———amend laws (H.R. 2415), conference report—unanimous-consent request, S10769 [19OC]

———amend laws (S. 625), S11 [24JA], S49-S58-S63, S72-S74 [26JA], S135-S137, S140-S144 [31JA], S167-S188, S190-S197, S200-S202 [1FE], S225-S257 [2FE], S373 [7FE], S1553, S1554, S1555 [22MR]

———amend laws (S. 625), unanimous-consent agreement, S11, S44 [24JA]

———amend laws (S. 3046), S8611 [15SE]

———establish needs-based filing system relative to income levels, S135 [31JA]

———exclusion of pawned tangible personal property, S51, S53 [26JA]

———extend reenactment period for chapter 12 of the bankruptcy code relative to family farmers, S6249 [30JN], S10775 [19OC], S11632 [6DE], S11688, S11727 [7DE]

———prohibition on conversion of non-exempt assets into exempt homestead property and preservation of States' rights to set homestead exemptions, S11439 [31OC], S11446-S11450, S11463 [1NO]

———regulation of tactics used to encourage reaffirmation agreements, S233-S236 [2FE]

Belknap County Economic Development Group: New Hampshire Small Business Financial Services Advocate of the Year award recipient, S5788 [26JN], S7830, S7833 [27JY]

Best Harvest Bakery (business): tribute, S5025 [13JN]

Business and industry: provide assistance to microenterprises in developing countries (H.R. 1143), S9681, S9682 [3OC]

CERCLA: exempt small businesses from certain liability (S. 2634), S4463 [25MY]

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

———expand participation in the HUBZone Program to Indian Tribal enterprises and Alaska Native corporations (S. 2569), S4019-S4021 [16MY]

———tribute to individuals working on HUBZone Program, S4292 [23MY]

Contracts: provide Federal contract opportunities for small businesses in economically distressed communities, S8732-S8734 [19SE]

Corps of Engineers: provide assistance for the remediation and redevelopment of brownfield sites (S. 2335), S1993 [30MR]

Courts: awarding of attorneys' fees to private parties who prevail in litigation against the Federal Government (S. 2907), S7451-S7453 [21JY]

———impact of large corporate legal actions on small business operations, S520 [9FE]

———protect from litigation excesses and limit product liability of non-manufacturer product sellers (H.R. 2366), S1753 [27MR], S1765 [28MR]

CPSC: increase civil and criminal penalties imposed against companies that fail to report information on defective or dangerous products (S. 2820), S6134 [29JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: extend authority to provide grants for State agricultural mediation programs (S. 2741), S5267 [15JN], S11122 [26OC]

———require review of agribusiness mergers and acquisitions and allow imposition of conditions relative to anticompetitive practices (S. 2252), S1463 [20MR]

Dept. of Defense: clarify exception for outsourcing of certain civilian functions to Native American contractors, S5019 [13JN]

———include women-owned businesses as eligible participants in the Mentor-Protege Program (S. 2483), S3027 [27AP]

Dept. of Education: enhance efforts to facilitate the involvement of small business owners in State and local initiatives to improve education (S. 2455), S2866 [25AP]

Dept. of Transportation: Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program funding, S10150 [10OC]

Fogelberg, Nancy L.: Minnesota Small Business Person of the Year award recipient, S4232 [22MY]

FTC: investigation of grocery store product slotting fees, S11231 [27OC]

Giago, Warren: SBA Minority Small Business Person of the Year award recipient for South Dakota, S697 [22FE]

Hawaii: Chamber of Commerce anniversary, S10247 [11OC]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, S4513, S4514 [6JN], S5821 [26JN], S9565 [2OC]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 2990), S1698 [27MR], S6412 [11JY]

Houston, TX: tribute to EXPO 2000 (business trade fair), S7472 [24JY]

Income: increase minimum wage and provide tax benefits for small businesses, S1553 [22MR], S2406, S2407 [7AP]

———increase minimum wage and provide tax benefits for small businesses (H.R. 3081), S1554-S1556 [22MR]

———increase minimum wage and provide tax benefits for small businesses (H.R. 3081), placed on the calendar, S1619 [23MR]

———increase minimum wage and provide tax benefits for small businesses (H.R. 3081), unanimous-consent request, S1554 [22MR]

Kennedy, Eileen: New Hampshire Women in Business Advocate of the Year award recipient, S5788 [26JN]

Leddy, Joseph C.: New Hampshire Small Business Person of the Year award recipient, S5788 [26JN]

Lone Hill, Leonard: SBA Minority Small Business Person of the Year award recipient for South Dakota, S697 [22FE]

Los Angeles, CA: strike by janitors for fair pay increases, S2852 [25AP]

Martin, Carolyn: New Hampshire Small Business Journalist of the Year award recipient, S5788 [26JN]

Minimum wage: level, S253 [2FE], S373 [7FE], S1941, S1942 [30MR], S2406, S2407 [7AP], S2852 [25AP], S4345 [24MY], S4513, S4514 [6JN], S7085 [18JY], S7485-S7487 [24JY], S7505, S7506 [25JY], S7978-S7980 [5SE], S8794-S8798 [20SE], S8879 [21SE], S9401 [27SE], S11104, S11108 [26OC], S11218 [27OC], S11326, S11332, S11333 [29OC]

———level (S. 2284), S1655-S1659, S1660 [23MR]

———level (S. 2284), placed on the calendar, S1695 [27MR]

Nathanson, Iric: Minnesota Small Business Financial Services Advocate of the Year award recipient, S4232 [22MY]

National Drug-Free Workplace Alliance: funding, S8746 [19SE]

National Life Insurance Co.: anniversary, S3603 [8MY]

National Small Business Week: observance, S4232 [22MY], S4340 [24MY]

National Women's Business Council: funding (S. 2243), S1416 [9MR]

Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact: impact on small dairy farms, S1378 [9MR]

Olde Port Bank: New Hampshire Business in the Arts Award recipient, S7832 [27JY]

OSHA: implementation of ergonomic regulations, S5629-S5636-S5646 [22JN]

Paul Arpin Van Lines Inc.: anniversary, S10796 [19OC]

Pensions: protection of workers whose employers convert from defined benefits to cash balance pension plans, S2415 [7AP], S2610 [12AP]

Product safety: penalize the knowing and reckless introduction of a defective product into interstate commerce (S. 3014), S8188 [7SE]

Regulatory Flexibility Act: anniversary, S8751 [19SE]

SBA: Federal and State Technology Partnership program funding, S11230, S11231 [27OC]

———general business loan program funding, S6234 [30JN]

———improve the certified development company program (H.R. 2614), S5154-S5159 [14JN], S7574 [25JY]

———improve the certified development company program (H.R. 2614), conference report, S11104-S11111 [26OC], S11194-S11205, S11207-S11230, S11286-S11290 [27OC], S11300-S11303, S11305 [28OC], S11320-S11322, S11324-S11329 [29OC], S11455-S11457, S11469, S11471-S11473, S11489 [1NO]

———improve the certified development company program (H.R. 2614), conference report—motion to proceed, S11097 [26OC], S11416 [31OC]

———politicalization relative to plans for an ``SBA Day'' right before the election, S11228 [27OC]

———reauthorize loan programs, S11107, S11108 [26OC], S11863-S11865 [15DE]

———Small Business Innovation Research Rural Outreach Program funding, S11121 [26OC], S11230, S11231 [27OC]

Secure Care Products, Inc.: New Hampshire Small Business Exporter of the Year award recipient, S7833 [27JY]

Small Business Innovation Research Program: extend authorization, S11863-S11865 [15DE]

———extend authorization (H.R. 2392), S7285-S7293 [19JY], S9631-S9642 [2OC]

Taxation: allow farmer-owned cooperatives access to small ethanol producer tax credit (S. 2884), S7161 [18JY]

———allow small employers a tax credit for costs paid or incurred for employee health insurance expenses, S7049 [17JY]

———allow small employers a tax credit for costs paid or incurred for employee health insurance expenses (S. 2964), S7858 [27JY]

———allow small employers a tax credit for costs paid or incurred for employee health insurance expenses (S. 2994), S7909 [27JY]

———clarify status of professional employer organizations in order to assist small businesses in providing employee benefits and collecting employment taxes (S. 2979), S7893 [27JY]

———clarify that certain small businesses that use merchandise or inventory are permitted to use the cash method of accounting, S11108 [26OC]

———clarify that certain small businesses that use merchandise or inventory are permitted to use the cash method of accounting (S. 2246), S1419 [9MR]

———designate renewal communities, provide tax credits to investors seeking to provide capital to create new markets in low-income communities, and establish Individual Development Accounts, S6649-S6651 [13JY], S6770-S6772 [14JY]

———designate renewal communities, provide tax credits to investors seeking to provide capital to create new markets in low-income communities, and establish Individual Development Accounts (S. 2779), S5684 [22JN]

———designate renewal communities (S. 463), S374 [7FE]

———expand the exclusion for qualified small business stock and increase the annual limit for incentive stock options (S. 3096), S9033-S9035 [22SE]

———extend research and development tax credit, S6610-S6613 [13JY]

———extend time for payment of estate tax for estates with closely held businesses (S. 3111), S9269 [26SE]

———full deduction of health insurance costs for self-employed individuals, S6815 [14JY], S7049 [17JY]

———increase, expand, and simplify child and dependent care deductions, expand adoption credit for special needs children, and provide incentives for employer-provided child care, S6652-S6655 [13JY]

———increase deduction for expensing of certain depreciable assets by small businesses, S6815 [14JY]

———phase in a full estate tax deduction for family-owned business interests (S. 3098), S9035 [22SE]

———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes, S2278, S2279, S2282 [6AP], S6323 [10JY]

———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), S6295, S6296 [30JN], S6329-S6334 [10JY], S6586-S6591, S6600-S6669 [13JY], S6767-S6781, S6817 [14JY], S7012-S7014 [17JY], S7084, S7085, S7150 [18JY], S7500-S7502 [25JY], S7608 [26JY]

———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), motion to proceed, S6296, S6297 [30JN], S6403-S6408, S6411, S6448 [11JY], S6485-S6497 [12JY]

———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), unanimous-consent agreement, S6497 [12JY], S6644, S6645 [13JY]

———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), unanimous-consent request, S6764 [13JY]

———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), veto, S7998 [5SE], S8099 [6SE], S8633 [15SE]

———provide assistance to homeowners and small businesses to repair Formosan termite damage (S. 2446), S2764 [13AP]

———provide for a tax deferral on gain from the sale of certain telecommunications businesses or tax incentives to promote ownership diversity (S. 3235), S11003 [25OC]

———provide incentives for farm relief and economic development, S6636-S6639, S6643 [13JY]

———provide incentives for farm relief and economic development (S. 2422), S2736 [13AP]

———provide jurisdictional standards for imposition of State and local business activity, sales, and use tax obligations on interstate commerce (S. 2401), S2542-S2544 [11AP]

———provide tax relief for farmers, S6795 [14JY]

———rates, S7429-S7431 [21JY], S7587-S7589 [26JY]

———repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (S. 1128), S5101 [14JN]

———repeal modification of capital gains tax payments relative to small businesses sold on the installment sales method, S6811 [14JY], S7103 [18JY]

———repeal modification of capital gains tax payments relative to small businesses sold on the installment sales method (H.R. 3594), unanimous-consent agreement, S11940 [15DE]

———repeal modification of capital gains tax payments relative to small businesses sold on the installment sales method (S. 2005), S88 [26JA], S147 [31JA]

———treatment of small businesses (S. 1867), S251 [2FE]

———treatment of small property and casualty insurance companies (S. 3099), S9036 [22SE]

Tornadoes: disaster assistance to Southwest Georgia, S1741 [27MR]

Vetland, Lee: Woodbridge, NJ, Metro Chamber of Commerce Small Business Person of the Year honoree, S10997 [25OC]

Waterbury, VT: tribute to Villa Tragara (restaurant), S9693 [3OC]

Wilber, Fred: tribute to success of music store Internet site, S9696 [3OC]

Women: Federal procurement opportunities for women-owned small businesses, S6323 [10JY]

———Federal procurement opportunities for women-owned small businesses (S. Res. 311), S4330 [23MY], S4340 [24MY]

Reports

Health Insurance Deduction of Little Help to the Uninsured: Joel Friedman and Iris J. Lav, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, S11328 [29OC]

Leadership's Tax Plan Reinforces Inequities in Health and Pension Coverage: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, S11327 [29OC]

National Women's Small Business Summit, S6324 [10JY]

Reports filed

Adoption of Concurrent Resolution Making Corrections in Enrollment of H.R. 2614, Certified Development Company Program Improvements Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 663) (H. Rept. 106-1016), H11526 [29OC]

Analyze Potential Impacts of Rules Proposed by Certain Agencies on Small Businesses: Committee on Small Business (House) (H.R. 1882) (H. Rept. 106-643), H3867 [25MY]

Bankruptcy Reform Act: Committee of Conference (H.R. 2415) (H. Rept. 106-970), H9766 [11OC]

Certified Development Company Program Improvements Act: Committee of Conference (H.R. 2614) (H. Rept. 106-1004), H11193 [25OC]

———Committee on Small Business (Senate) (H.R. 2614) (S. Rept. 106-280), S3691 [9MY]

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

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 2415, Bankruptcy Reform Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 624) (H. Rept. 106-971), H9766 [11OC]

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 2614, Certified Development Company Program Improvements Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 652) (H. Rept. 106-1007), H11193 [25OC]

Consideration of H.R. 8, Death Tax Elimination Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 519) (H. Rept. 106-658), H4034 [7JN]

Consideration of H.R. 2366, Small Business Liability Reform Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 423) (H. Rept. 106-498), H454 [15FE]

Consideration of H.R. 3081, Small Business Tax Fairness Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 434) (H. Rept. 106-516), H755 [8MR]

Consideration of H.R. 3843, Small Business Assistance Programs Reauthorization: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 439) (H. Rept. 106-524), H996 [14MR]

Consideration of H.R. 3846, Minimum Wage Level: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 434) (H. Rept. 106-516), H755 [8MR]

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

Death Tax Elimination Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 8) (H. Rept. 106-651), H3924 [6JN]

Electronic Commerce Enhancement Act: Committee on Science (House) (H.R. 4429) (H. Rept. 106-877), H7990 [21SE]

Electronic Commerce Technology Promotion Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 1912) (S. Rept. 106-349), S7229 [19JY]

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]

Microenterprise for Self-Reliance Act: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. 2844) (S. Rept. 106-335), S6473 [11JY]

Motor Carrier Fuel Cost Equity Act: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 4441) (H. Rept. 106-865), H7869 [19SE]

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]

New Markets Venture Capital Program Act: Committee on Small Business (House) (H.R. 4530) (H. Rept. 106-785), H7092 [26JY]

SBA Expansion of Business-to-Business Relationships and the Provision of Certain Information: Committee on Small Business (House) (H.R. 4464) (H. Rept. 106-784), H7001 [25JY]

Small Business Assistance Programs Reauthorization: Committee on Small Business (House) (H.R. 3843) (H. Rept. 106-522), H996 [14MR]

———Committee on Small Business (Senate) (S. 3121) (S. Rept. 106-422), S9381 [27SE]

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

Small Business Innovation Research Program Authorization Extension: Committee on Small Business (Senate) (H.R. 2392) (S. Rept. 106-289), S3831 [10MY]

Small Business Investment Corrections Act: Committee on Small Business (House) (H.R. 3845) (H. Rept. 106-520), H996 [14MR]

Small Business Liability Reform Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 2366) (H. Rept. 106-494), H218 [7FE]

Rulings of the Chair

Minimum wage: level (H.R. 3846), H879 [9MR]

SBA: improve the certified development company program (H.R. 2614), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 652), H11215 [26OC]

Statements

Federal Contract Opportunities for Small Businesses in Economically Distressed Communities: Executive Office of the President, S8733 [19SE]

Minimum Wage Level: Representative Cox, H890 [9MR]

———Robert W. Edgar, National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA, H885 [9MR]

Studies

Estate Tax Repeal—A Windfall for the Wealthiest Americans: Iris J. Lav and James Sly, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, S6417-S6419 [11JY]

Summaries

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations (H.R. 4577): SBA Loan Programs Reauthorization, E2240-E2245 [2JA]

Promote Competition Among Wholesale Purchasers and Establish a Commission To Review Large Agriculture Mergers, Concentration, and Market Power (H.R. 4321), E587 [13AP]

Tables

Effect of the tax cuts in the House Republican 2000 minimum wage bill, H858 [9MR]

Estate tax comparison on $2 million estate, H4139 [9JN]

U.S. bankruptcy filings 1980-1998, S175 [1FE]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 427, corrections in enrollment of S. 3186, Bankruptcy Reform Act, H9840 [12OC]

H. Con. Res. 439, corrections in enrollment of H.R. 2614, Certified Development Company Program Improvements Act, H11555 [30OC]

H. Res. 423, consideration of H.R. 2366, Small Business Liability Reform Act, H461 [16FE]

H. Res. 434, consideration of H.R. 3081, Small Business Tax Fairness Act, and H.R. 3846, minimum wage level, H773 [9MR]

H. Res. 533, concur with Senate amendment to H.R. 2614, Certified Development Company Program Improvements Act, H5190-H5192 [27JN]

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

H. Res. 590, concur with Senate amendment to H.R. 2393, Small Business Innovation Research Program authorization extension, H8008-H8016 [25SE]

H. Res. 624, consideration of conference report on H.R. 2415, Bankruptcy Reform Act, H9826 [12OC]

H. Res. 652, consideration of conference report on H.R. 2614, Certified Development Company Program Improvements Act, H11209 [26OC]

H. Res. 663, adoption of concurrent resolution making corrections in enrollment of H.R. 2614, Certified Development Company Program Improvements Act, H11546 [30OC]

H.R. 8, Death Tax Elimination Act, H4128-H4131 [9JN]

H.R. 833, Bankruptcy Reform Act, S393-S453 [7FE]

H.R. 1143, Microenterprise for Self-Reliance and International Anti-Corruption Act, H8886-H8892 [5OC]

H.R. 2366, Small Business Liability Reform Act, H474-H476 [16FE]

H.R. 2392, Small Business Innovation Research Program authorization extension, S9631-S9639 [2OC]

H.R. 2393, Small Business Innovation Research Program authorization extension, S7285-S7287 [19JY]

H.R. 2614, Certified Development Company Program Improvements Act, S5154 [14JN], S7574 [25JY]

H.R. 3081, Small Business Tax Fairness Act, H821-H842 [9MR]

H.R. 3594, Installment Tax Correction Act, H12097 [15DE]

H.R. 3843, small business assistance programs reauthorization, H1037 [15MR]

H.R. 3845, Small Business Investment Corrections Act, H940 [14MR]

H.R. 3846, minimum wage level, H882 [9MR]

H.R. 4429, Electronic Commerce Enhancement Act, H8079 [26SE]

H.R. 4441, Motor Carrier Fuel Cost Equity Act, H9569 [10OC]

H.R. 4718, extend reenactment period for chapter 12 of the bankruptcy code relative to family farmers, H5101 [26JN]

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]

H.R. 5175, Small Business Liability Relief Act, H8123-H8125 [26SE]

H.R. 5540, Chapter 12 Extension and Bankruptcy Judgeship Act, H11701 [31OC]

S. 2246, Small Business Tax Accounting Simplification Act, S1420 [9MR]

S. 2401, New Economy Tax Simplification Act (NETSA), S2542 [11AP]

S. 2446, provide assistance to homeowners and small businesses to repair Formosan termite damage, S2765 [13AP]

S. 2676, inflation adjustments to NLRB mandatory jurisdiction thresholds, S4572 [6JN]

S. 2773, Dairy Market Enhancement Act, H10874 [25OC]

S. 2884, allow farmer-owned cooperatives access to small ethanol producer tax credit, S7161 [18JY]

S. 2907, awarding of attorneys' fees to private parties who prevail in litigation against the Federal Government, S7452 [21JY]

S. 2994, Health Insurance Equity Act, S7909-S7911 [27JY]

S. 3111, extend time for payment of estate tax for estates with closely held businesses, S9270 [26SE]

S. 3225, Cosmetology Tax Fairness and Compliance Act, S10806 [19OC]

S. Res. 290, support and adhere to the Global Sullivan Principles of Corporate Social Responsibility, S2640 [12AP]

S. Res. 311, Federal procurement opportunities for women-owned small businesses, S4326, S4333 [23MY]