SMALL BUSINESS JOBS ACT

Amendments

Enact (H.R. 5297), S5515, S5516, S5546, S5570, S5594, S5618, S5619, S5620, S5621, S5623, S5624, S5625, S5628 [29JN], S5705, S5706, S5707, S5708, S5709, S5710, S5711, S5712, S5713, S5714, S5715 [30JN], S5793, S5794, S5795 [13JY], S5860, S5861, S5863, S5864, S5866 [14JY], S5973, S5974, S5975 [15JY], S5997, S5998 [19JY], S6027, S6028, S6029, S6031 [20JY], S6073, S6088, S6089, S6110, S6116 [21JY], S6222, S6223, S6224 [22JY], S6293, S6294, S6308, S6337, S6338, S6339, S6340 [27JY], S6444, S6445, S6446, S6447, S6448, S6449, S6450, S6451, S6452, S6453, S6454 [28JY], S6528, S6529 [29JY], S6934, S6961, S6962, S6972, S6973, S6974 [5AU], S7044, S7045, S7046, S7047, S7048 [13SE], S7055 [14SE], S7139 [15SE], H6905 [23SE]

———consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 1640), H6891 [23SE]

Articles and editorials

Four Things That Could Help Companies Start Hiring Again, S6848 [5AU]

Jobs in the Cards?, S6845 [5AU]

SBA Program Proves a Hit, but Now It Is in Limbo, S6846 [5AU]

Small Business Bill Appears To Be Stuck in Senate, S6847 [5AU]

Small Business Lending Fund Will Help Recovery Jobs,, S6846 [5AU]

Spin Meter—Program Risks $30B To Save Weak Banks, S6580 [2AU]

1099 Insurrection—The White House Fights an Effort To Ease a Burden on Small Businesses, S7060 [14SE]

Bills and resolutions

Business and industry: prohibit use of certain stimulus and disaster relief funds for business relocation incentives (see H.R. 6514), H8286 [9DE]

Enact (H.R. 5297): consideration of Senate amendment (see H. Res. 1640), H6878 [22SE]

Small business: improve lending and investment programs (see H.R. 6219), H7153 (see H.R. 6219), H7211 [28SE]

———include certain construction and land development loans in the definition of small business lending (see H.R. 6191), H6988 [23SE]

Cloture motions

Enact (H.R. 5297), S6073 [21JY], S6189 [22JY], S6293 [27JY], S6473 [29JY], S6973 [5AU], S7061, S7062 [14SE], S7158 [16SE]

———motion to proceed, S5430 [24JN], S5514 [29JN]

E-mails

Provisions: Bryan Gipson, S6724 [4AU]

———Rick Sanborn, S7151 [16SE]

Letters

Increase availability of credit for small businesses: Small Business Access to Credit Coalition, S5988 [19JY]

Prevention and Public Health Fund funding: Partnership To Fight Chronic Disease (organization), S7013 [13SE]

———several organizations, S7013 [13SE], S7060 [14SE]

Provisions: Camden R. Fine, Independent Community Bankers of America (organization), S7020 [13SE], H6933 [23SE]

———Floyd E. Stoner, American Bankers Association, S7020 [13SE]

———Mike Duffin, Precision Machined Products Association, S7154 [16SE]

———Richard H. Neiman, S6727 [4AU]

———Robert C. Kiener, Precision Machined Products Association, S7154 [16SE]

———Robert E. McKenna, Motor & Equipment Manufacturers Association, S7155 [16SE]

———Robert L. Akers, Jr., National Tooling & Machining Association, S7154 [16SE]

———Scott DeFife, National Restaurant Association, S6509 [29JY]

———Tom Cochran, U.S. Conference of Mayors, S6725 [4AU]

———William E. Gaskin, Precision Metalforming Association, S7154 [16SE]

———William E. Gaskin, Precision Metalforming Association and Robert L. Akers, Jr., National Tooling & Machining Association, S7153 [16SE]

Role of small business sector in job creation: Zoltan Acs, SBA, S7151 [16SE]

Lists

Newspaper and magazine story headlines, S6506 [29JY]

Organizations endorsing H.R. 5297, provisions, S7019 [13SE]

Organizations supporting H.R. 5297, provisions, S6471 [29JY]

Motions

Enact (H.R. 5297), S5430 [24JN], S5515 [29JN], S6073 [21JY], S6293, S6340 [27JY], S6473 [29JY], S6974 [5AU], S7140 [15SE], S7146 [16SE], H6930 [23SE]

Press releases

ICBA and 28 State Community Bank Associations Urge Prompt Passage of Small Business Lending Fund Bill: Independent Community Bankers of America (organization), S5512 [29JN]

Manufacturers Applaud Senator Voinovich for His Support of Small Business Jobs Act: Precision Metalforming Association and National Tooling & Machining Association, S7154 [16SE]

Remarks in House

Dept. of the Treasury: capital treatment of small business lending fund investments, H6931 [23SE]

———facilitate participation by Community Development Financial Institutions Fund recipients in the Small Business Lending Fund Program, H6931, H6932 [23SE]

Economy: importance of job creation, H7502 [17NO]

Enact (H.R. 5297), H6688 [15SE], H6765 [16SE], H6812 [22SE], H6883, H6885, H6981 [23SE], H7027, H7028 [28SE], H7215, H7216 [29SE], E1723 [23SE], E1765, E1775, E1777, E1863 [29SE]

———consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 1640), H6886-H6891 [23SE]

———Senate amendment, H6905-H6939 [23SE], E1751 [28SE], E1780 [29SE]

SBA: expand export promotion activities relative to small- and medium-sized manufacturers, E1723 [23SE]

Small business: establish exemptions to information reporting requirements for certain payments to corporations, H6812 [22SE]

———include certain construction and land development loans in the definition of small business lending (H.R. 6191), H7081, H7082 [28SE]

———repeal expansion of information reporting requirements for certain payments to corporations, H6812 [22SE], H6887, H6934-H6937 [23SE]

Remarks in Senate

CBO: score Federal purchases of private stock, equity, or capital investments on a fair-value basis that considers market risk, S7109 [15SE]

Credit unions: raise limits on member business loans, S6381 [28JY]

Dept. of Commerce: expand Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program and Technology Innovation Program to include projects with potential for commercial exploitation in foreign markets, S6170 [22JY]

———export promotion activities funding, S6150, S6151 [22JY], S6382 [28JY]

Dept. of the Treasury: guarantee payment on bonds or notes used to provide loans to community development financial institutions, S6383 [28JY], S6475 [29JY]

———prohibit institutions that have delinquent Troubled Asset Relief Program loans from accessing funds through the Small Business Lending Fund Program, S7108-S7110 [15SE]

———provide assistance to community depository institutions under the Public-Private Investment Program, S7102 [15SE]

Economy: importance of job creation, S6132 [22JY], S7103, S7123 [15SE]

Enact (H.R. 5297), S5161 [18JN], S5163 [21JN], S5423, S5424 [24JN], S5515-S5523 [29JN], S5655, S5666, S5674, S5675 [30JN], S5771-S5773, S5775 [13JY], S5797, S5798 [14JY], S5954 [15JY], S5980, S5985-S5988 [19JY], S6002, S6009 [20JY], S6053, S6067-S6073 [21JY], S6132, S6148-S6177, S6180-S6190 [22JY], S6285, S6292 [27JY], S6345, S6346, S6351, S6354-S6356, S6359-S6365, S6373-S6376, S6381-S6388 [28JY], S6459-S6476, S6494-S6509 [29JY], S6568-S6572, S6580 [2AU], S6724-S6727 [4AU], S6845-S6848, S6868, S6972-S6974 [5AU], S7003, S7007, S7012-S7015, S7018-S7022 [13SE], S7051-S7065, S7067 [14SE], S7097, S7102-S7113, S7116-S7120, S7122-S7125, S7139, S7140 [15SE], S7144-S7158 [16SE], S7408 [23SE], S7440 [24SE], S7455 [27SE]

———motion to commit, S7144-S7150 [16SE]

———motion to proceed, S5430 [24JN], S5511-S5515 [29JN]

———unanimous-consent agreement, S6191 [22JY], S6473 [29JY], S7141 [15SE]

———unanimous-consent request, S6385 [28JY], S6472, S6497, S6498 [29JY]

Financial institutions: advance the ability of credit unions to promote small business growth and economic development opportunities, S5772 [13JY], S6354 [28JY]

Medicare: establish a fraud, waste, and abuse detection and mitigation program, S6384 [28JY]

National security: improve border security, S6499 [29JY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: Prevention and Public Health Fund funding, S7012-S7015 [13SE], S7059, S7061 [14SE]

SBA: extend and expand certified development company/504 loan program, S5674 [30JN]

———extend Small Business Loan Guarantee Program, S5954 [15JY]

———improve the Office of International Trade to expand small business exporting, S5423 [24JN]

———increase continued assistance eligibility, S5771 [13JY]

———waive interest for certain loans relative to damage caused by certain recent hurricanes, S5666 [30JN]

———waive non-Federal share requirement under certain programs, S5423 [24JN]

Small business: establish exemptions to information reporting requirements for certain payments to corporations, S7051-S7062 [14SE]

———help to create new jobs and drive economic recovery, S7156 [16SE]

———repeal expansion of information reporting requirements for certain payments to corporations, S6345 [28JY], S7007, S7015 [13SE], S7051-S7062 [14SE], S7155 [16SE], S7477 [27SE]

———tax rates, S6471 [29JY]

Small Business Act: improve contracting provisions, S5423, S5424 [24JN]

Taxation: allow self-employed individuals to deduct health insurance costs in computing self-employment taxes, S7151 [16SE]

———extend incentives for biodiesel and renewable diesel, S7144-S7149 [16SE]

———permanently extend the research and development credit, S7144-S7150 [16SE]

———provide individuals relief from the alternative minimum tax, S7104 [15SE]

———remove cell phones from list of eligible depreciable property, S5518, S5519 [29JN]

Reports filed

Consideration of Senate Amendment to H.R. 5297, Provisions: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1640) (H. Rept. 111-621), H6878 [22SE]

Statements

Amendment Process: Senator Reid, S6466 [29JY]

Tables

Pay-as-you-go effects of H.R. 5297, provisions, S7150 [16SE]

Sections and sponsors, S6467-S6470 [29JY]

Texts of

H. Res. 1640, consideration of Senate amendment to H.R. 5297, provisions, H6886 [23SE]

H.R. 5297, provisions, H6905-H6930 [23SE]

H.R. 6191, include certain construction and land development loans in the definition of small business lending, H7081 [28SE]