SMALL BUSINESS JOBS AND CREDIT ACT
Amendments
Enact (H.R. 5297), S5495 [28JN], 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], S5749, S5750 [12JY], 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], S6247, S6261 [26JY], 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
Dept. of the Treasury: make a certification when making purchases under the Small Business Lending Fund Program (see H.R. 5551), H4635 [17JN]
Enact (H.R. 5297): consideration of Senate amendment (see H. Res. 1640), H6878 [22SE]
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], H4616 [17JN], 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]
———give the Special Inspector General of the Troubled Asset Relief Program oversight of the Small Business Lending Fund Program and certify that banks are receiving funds based on merit, H4616, H4617 [17JN]
———include construction and land development loans as eligible under the Small Business Lending Fund Program, H4612, H4613 [17JN]
———make a certification when making purchases under the Small Business Lending Fund Program (H.R. 5551), H4682-H4685 [23JN]
Economy: importance of job creation, H6049, H6152 [27JY]
Enact (H.R. 5297), H4600, H4610-H4618 [17JN], H4679 [23JN], H4913 [29JN], H5600 [14JY], H6029 [26JY], H6262 [28JY], H6688 [15SE], H6765 [16SE], H6812 [22SE], H6883, H6885, H6981 [23SE], H7027, H7028 [28SE], H7215, H7216 [29SE], E1153, E1165 [22JN], E1723 [23SE], E1765, E1775, E1777, E1863 [29SE]
———consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 1640), H6886-H6891 [23SE]
———motion to recommit, H4616 [17JN]
———Senate amendment, H6905-H6939 [23SE], E1751 [28SE], E1780 [29SE]
SBA: establish the Small Business Borrower Assistance Program to provide payments of principal and interest on qualifying small business loans, H4611, H4612 [17JN]
———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]
———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]
———make a certification when making purchases under the Small Business Lending Fund Program (H.R. 5551), S5456 [24JN], S5459 [25JN]
———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], S5461 [25JN], 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
Small Business Jobs Act Amendment Process: Senator Reid, S6466 [29JY]
Tables
Pay-as-you-go effects of H.R. 5297, provisions, S7150 [16SE], H4633 [17JN]
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. 5551, require Dept. of the Treasury to make a certification when making purchases under the Small Business Lending Fund Program, H4682 [23JN]