SMALL BUSINESS LENDING FUND 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], H4520, H4529, H4531, H4533, H4534, H4535, H4537, H4538, H4539, H4540, H4541 [16JN], H4611, H4612 [17JN], H6905 [23SE]
———consideration (H. Res. 1448), H4608 [17JN]
———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
Enact (see H.R. 5297), H3482 [13MY]
Enact (H.R. 5297): consideration (see H. Res. 1436), H4424 [14JN] (see H. Res. 1448), H4596 [16JN]
———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: American Bankers Association, E1125 [16JN]
———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]
———Vicki Cox Golder, National Association of Realtors, H4517 [16JN]
———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]
Small Business Jobs Act: Scott DeFife, National Restaurant Association, S6509 [29JY]
Lists
Newspaper and magazine story headlines, S6506 [29JY]
Organizations endorsing H.R. 5297, provisions, S7019 [13SE]
Organizations supporting H.R. 5297, provisions, S6471 [29JY]
Memorandums
Provisions: Independent Community Bankers of America (organization), H4517 [16JN]
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]
State Regulators Support Administration's Small Business Lending Proposals: Neil Milner, Conference of State Bank Supervisors, H4518 [16JN]
Remarks in House
Dept. of the Treasury: capital treatment of small business lending fund investments, H6931 [23SE]
———define small business under Small Business Lending Fund Program, increase loan volume, establish baseline measurement for lending, and include certain lending centers as qualified lending institutions, H4530, H4531 [16JN]
———ensure farmers and rural communities receive equal consideration through the Small Business Lending Fund Program, H4540, H4541 [16JN]
———ensure selection criteria for the Small Business Early Stage Investment program includes the extent to which investment capital would be concentrated in targeted industries, H4538 [16JN]
———ensure that community banks participating in the Small Business Lending Fund Program prioritize, reach out to, and focus on veteran-owned small businesses, H4529 [16JN]
———ensure that Small Business Lending Fund Program materials are culturally and linguistically diverse, provide for minority outreach, and disaggregate data, H4541 [16JN]
———ensure that State-run venture capital programs are eligible to participate in the State Small Business Credit Initiative program and clarify eligibility of State financing programs, H4537 [16JN]
———establish the Office of Small Business Lending Fund Oversight, H4535, H4536 [16JN]
———facilitate participation by Community Development Financial Institutions Fund recipients in the Small Business Lending Fund Program, H6931, H6932 [23SE]
———give preference in allocating Small Business Lending Fund Program funds to areas where businesses and the economy have been affected by Deepwater Horizon incident, H4537, H4538 [16JN], E1129 [17JN]
———give preference in allocating Small Business Lending Fund Program funds to areas where there are high unemployment rates that exceed the national average, H4539 [16JN]
———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]
———include nonowner-occupied commercial real estate loans as eligible under the Small Business Lending Fund Program, H4531 [16JN]
———require financial institutions lending funds received from the Small Business Lending Fund Program indicate such fact on applicable loan documents, H4534, H4535 [16JN]
Enact (H.R. 5297), H3547 [19MY], H4443 [15JN], H4510, H4513-H4542 [16JN], 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], E1125 [16JN], E1127, E1129, E1131, E1133, E1139 [17JN], E1153, E1165 [22JN], E1723 [23SE], E1765, E1775, E1777, E1863 [29SE]
———consideration (H. Res. 1436), H4447-H4454 [15JN]
———consideration (H. Res. 1448), H4602-H4610 [17JN]
———consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 1640), H6886-H6891 [23SE]
———motion to recommit, H4616, H4617 [17JN]
———Senate amendment, H6905-H6939 [23SE], E1751 [28SE], E1780 [29SE]
———unanimous-consent agreement, H4513 [16JN]
FDIC: require financial regulators issue non-conflicting guidelines to banks relative to financial regulatory capital requirements and lending standards, H4533 [16JN]
Financial institutions: allow small banks to amortize losses or write-downs on real estate loans in order to increase availability of credit for small businesses, H4532, H4533 [16JN]
Public documents: enhance citizen access to Government information and services by establishing that Government documents issued to the public must be written clearly, H4540 [16JN]
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]
States: ensure women and minority-owned businesses are provided with capital lending opportunities, H4513 [16JN]
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: 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], 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 H.R. 5297, Provisions: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1436) (H. Rept. 111-506), H4424 [14JN]
———Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1448) (H. Rept. 111-508), H4596 [16JN]
Consideration of Senate Amendment to H.R. 5297, Provisions: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1640) (H. Rept. 111-621), H6878 [22SE]
Provisions: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 5297) (H. Rept. 111-499), H4021, H4082 [27MY]
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. 1436, consideration of H.R. 5297, provisions, H4447 [15JN]
H. Res. 1448, consideration of H.R. 5297, provisions, H4602 [17JN]
H. Res. 1640, consideration of Senate amendment to H.R. 5297, provisions, H6886 [23SE]