SMALL BUSINESS ACT

Amendments

SBA: establish funding priorities for women's business centers (S. 2267), S4716, S4721 [29AP]

Bills and resolutions

Employment: amend to reauthorize the Paul D. Coverdell Drug-Free Workplace Program (see H.R. 4119), H2019 [1AP]

Extend (see S. 2186), S2440 [9MR] (see S. 2700), S8474 [20JY] (see H.R. 3915), H926 [9MR] (see H.R. 4062), H1739 [30MR] (see H.R. 4478), H3719 [2JN] (see H.R. 5008), H6755 [7SE]

Loan programs: reauthorize (see S. 2915), S10702 [7OC]

National Veterans Business Development Corp.: clarify status as a private entity (see S. 2724), S8687 [22JY]

Reauthorize (H.R. 2802): consideration (see H. Res. 800), H7575 [23SE]

SBA: establish funding priorities for women's business centers (see S. 2267), S3456 [31MR] (see H.R. 4376), H3093 [17MY]

———increase amount to be reserved for women's business center programs sustainability grants (see S. 2266), S3455 [31MR]

———modify the women's business center program (see H.R. 4853), H5982 [19JY]

Small business: extend redesignation period for certain HUBZones in States with persistently high unemployment (see H.R. 4695), H4927 (see H.R. 4695), H5070 [24JN]

Letters

SBA Emergency Authorization Extension Act: Elaine Hamilton, National Association of Women Business Owners, S2448 [9MR], S2547 [10MR]

———Melanie Marsden and Shannon Lawler, A Better Place To Be Day Spa (business), S2448 [9MR], S2545 [10MR]

———Tony Wilkinson, National Association of Government Guaranteed Lenders, S2540 [10MR]

Small Business Act and Small Business Investment Act extension: Mary Kay Hamm, Linden International (business), S2710 [11MR]

———Tjuana C. Byrd, National Association of Women Business Owners, S2710 [11MR]

Small Business Investment Act and Small Business Act extension: Deryl K. Schuster, Business Loan Express, LLC, S3788 [6AP]

———Donald Wilson, Association of Small Business Development Centers, S3788 [6AP]

———Harriet Boshaw, Compass Bank, S3788 [6AP]

———Mary Kay Hamm, Linden International (business), S3788 [6AP]

———several financial organizations, S3787 [6AP]

———Sheila Tobier, National Association of Women Business Owners, S3788 [6AP]

———Shelly Bloom, Chrystal Collection (Internet site), S3788 [6AP]

———Tony Wilkinson, National Association of Government Guaranteed Lenders, S3787 [6AP]

Remarks in House

Extend (H.R. 3915), H990, H991 [10MR]

Extend (H.R. 4062), H1746-H1750 [31MR], E617 [22AP]

Extend (H.R. 4478), H3748, H3749 [3JN]

Extend (H.R. 5008), H7028-H7031 [13SE]

Foreign aid: prohibit funding for any contract in contravention of the Small Business Act, H5861 [15JY]

SBA: 7(a) guarantee loan program funding, H5240-H5253 [7JY], H5335, H5378 [8JY], E1401 [16JY]

Remarks in Senate

Extend (H.R. 3915), S2756 [12MR]

Extend (H.R. 4062), S3595 [1AP], S3785-S3787 [6AP]

Extend (H.R. 4478): unanimous-consent request, S6484 [4JN]

Extend (H.R. 5008), S9239 [14SE]

Extend (S. 2186), S2446-S2448 [9MR], S2540, S2545-S2548 [10MR], S2709 [11MR]

Extend (S. 2700), S8492 [20JY]

National Veterans Business Development Corp.: clarify status as a private entity, S8539 [21JY]

———clarify status as a private entity (S. 2724), S8640 [22JY]

SBA: establish funding priorities for women's business centers (S. 2267), S3461 [31MR], S4719-S4721 [29AP]

———increase amount to be reserved for women's business center programs sustainability grants (S. 2266), S3461 [31MR]

Statements

Small Business Act and Small Business Investment Act Extension: Representatives Manzullo and Velazquez, Committee on Small Business (House), E617-E619 [22AP]

Texts of

H.R. 3915, extend, H990 [10MR]

H.R. 4062, extend, H1746 [31MR]

H.R. 4478, Small Business Act and Small Business Investment Act extension, H3749 [3JN]

H.R. 5008, extend, H7028 [13SE]

S. 2186, SBA Emergency Authorization Extension Act, S2547 [10MR]

S. 2266, Women's Business Center Safeguard Act, S3461 [31MR]

S. 2267, Women's Sustainability Recovery Act, S3461 [31MR], S4721 [29AP]

S. 2700, extend, S8492 [20JY]

S. 2724, clarify status of the National Veterans Business Development Corp. as a private entity, S8641 [22JY]