SMALL BUSINESS related term(s) Business and Industry

Amendments

Economy: increase job creation and economic growth by improving access to public capital markets for emerging growth companies (H.R. 3606), S1681 [14MR], S1693, S1694, S1742, S1747, S1754, S1755, S1756, S1757, S1758, S1759, S1760 [15MR], S1794, S1795, S1796, S1797, S1798, S1799, S1800, S1801, S1804, S1805, S1806, S1808, S1809, S1810, S1811, S1814 [19MR], S1851, S1852, S1853, S1854, S1855, S1856, S1857, S1858, S1860, S1863, S1865, S1868, S1870, S1871 [20MR], S1884 [21MR], H1245, H1249, H1250, H1251, H1252, H1256, H1257, H1259, H1260 [7MR], H1277, H1278, H1279, H1280, H1281, H1282, H1284 [8MR], H1586 [27MR]

——— increase job creation and economic growth by improving access to public capital markets for emerging growth companies (H.R. 3606), consideration (H. Res. 572), H1231 [7MR]

Taxation: expedite consideration of comprehensive tax reform legislation (H.R. 6169), H5676 [2AU]

——— expedite consideration of comprehensive tax reform legislation (H.R. 6169), consideration (H. Res. 747), H5549 [1AU]

——— extend Bush administration tax cuts, provide alternative minimum tax relief, and extend increased expensing limitations (H.R. 8), S8592, S8608 [31DE], H5588 [1AU], H7536 [1JA]

——— extend Bush administration tax cuts, provide alternative minimum tax relief, and extend increased expensing limitations (H.R. 8), consideration (H. Res. 747), H5549 [1AU]

——— extend Bush administration tax cuts and other tax relief for families making less than a certain annual income and provide alternative minimum tax relief (S. 3412), S5309, S5310, S5316 [24JY], S5352 [25JY]

——— make permanent certain tax cuts and relief for families making less than a certain income, increased expensing limitations, and alternative minimum tax relief (H.J. Res. 66), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 841), H7381 [20DE]

——— provide a deduction for domestic business income of qualified small businesses (H.R. 9), H1990, H2003 [19AP]

——— provide a deduction for domestic business income of qualified small businesses (H.R. 9), consideration (H. Res. 620), H1981, H1987 [19AP]

——— provide a temporary income tax credit for increased payroll and extend bonus depreciation for certain business assets (S. 2237), S4825, S4827, S4828, S4829, S4830 [10JY], S4884, S4885, S4896, S4897, S4898, S4899, S4900, S4912, S4914, S4915 [11JY], S4960, S4961, S4962, S4963, S4964, S4965, S4966, S4973, S4976, S4978 [12JY]

Articles and editorials

Carl Dick’s General Store—A Science Hill Tradition, S153 [30JA]

Cashless Stimulus for Small Business, H1613 [27MR]

Driving Through History, S3127 [14MY]

Faith and Family Helped Build Furniture Business, S4787 [9JY]

George Washington ‘G.W.’ Griffin—Owner of Laurel Grocery Company, S6424 [19SE]

Rare Win for Say on Pay, H1253 [7MR]

Red Tape Diaries—One Small Business Owner’s Struggle Against Bureaucracy, S3620 [24MY]

Smite the Myth That Tax Cuts Create Jobs, S7396 [4DE]

Study Sees Cuts to Health Plans, H4712 [10JY]

Superior Printing—Family Pride in Each and Every Job, S3036 [9MY]

They Have Very Short Memories, S1668 [14MR]

VanHoose Lumber Since 1910, S905 [17FE]

Why Ryancare and Obamacare Looks So Similar, S2161 [28MR]

Bills and resolutions

Agriculture: restore integrity to and strengthen payment limitation rules for commodity payments and benefits to farmers (see S. 2217), S1932 [21MR]

Bankruptcy: clarify rule allowing discharge as a nonpriority claim of governmental claims arising from disposition of farm assets (see S. 3545), S6340 [13SE]

——— make organization more efficient for small business debtors (see S. 2370), S2821 [26AP]

Business and industry: accelerate research, development, and innovation in manufacturing to improve competitiveness (see H.R. 6081), H4684 [9JY]

——— establish a pilot program to accelerate entrepreneurship and innovation by partnering world-class entrepreneurs with Federal agencies (see S. 3222), S3423 [22MY] (see H.R. 6119), H4863 [12JY]

——— strengthen manufacturing through improved training, retention, and recruitment of workers, deter evasion of antidumping and countervailing duty orders, and promote U.S. exports (see S. 3479), S5870 [1AU]

Commission on the Advancement of Social Enterprise: establish (see H.R. 6505), H6274 [21SE]

Congress: prohibit adjournment unless Bush administration tax cuts and certain expiring tax provisions are extended (see H. Res. 746), H5525 [31JY]

Contracts: empower Offices of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization at Federal agencies to better advocate on behalf of small businesses in the contracting process (see H.R. 3851), H218 [31JA]

——— improve operation of mentor-protege programs involving small contractors (see H.R. 3985), H640 [8FE]

——— increase penalties for contracting fraud (see H.R. 4206), H1390 [19MR]

——— modify goals for procurement contracts awarded to small business concerns (see S. 3213), S3422 [22MY] (see H.R. 3850), H218 [31JA]

——— provide for higher goals for procurement contracts awarded to small business concerns (see H.R. 6078), H4655 [29JN]

——— reform limits and increase Federal subcontracting opportunities, require agencies to publish insourcing processes, and provide opportunities to challenge insourcing decisions (see H.R. 3893), H440 [2FE]

Defense Production Act: clarify interpretation does not allow confiscation of personal property or forced conscription into the Armed Forces, unwilling labor, or relinquishing of goods or services without compensation (see H. Con. Res. 110), H1542 [22MR]

Dept. of HHS: eliminate authority to limit ability of medical providers to conduct lawful businesses (see H.R. 6320), H5705 [2AU]

——— foster further innovation and entrepreneurship in the health information technology sector (see H.R. 6626), H6586 [3DE]

Dept. of Labor: establish a competitive grant program for community colleges to train veterans for local jobs (see H.R. 4261), H1570 [26MR]

——— establish alternate guidelines for measuring progress of State and local performance for entrepreneurial training services under the Workforce Investment Act (see H.R. 5805), H3102 [17MY]

——— establish the National Full Employment Trust Fund (see H.R. 4277), H1739 [28MR]

——— establish the Small Business Liaison Pilot Program (see H.R. 5975), H3914 [20JN]

——— prohibit finalization of certain proposed child labor rules relative to family farming (see S. 2221), S1932 [21MR] (see H.R. 4157), H1272 [7MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify contracting goals and preferences for small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans (see H.R. 4048), H900 [16FE]

——— give preference to veteran-owned local contractors (see H.R. 6004), H3974 [21JN]

——— modify treatment under contracting goals and preferences for small businesses owned by veterans of small businesses after the death of a disabled veteran owner (see S. 3210), S3329 [21MY]

——— treat small businesses bequeathed to family by Armed Forces members killed in the line of duty as owned and controlled by veterans for contracting goals and preferences (see S. 3405), S5211 [19JY]

Economy: increase job creation and economic growth by improving access to public capital markets for emerging growth companies (H.R. 3606), consideration (see H. Res. 572), H1209 [6MR]

——— jump-start economic recovery through formation and growth of new businesses (see S. 3217), S3422 [22MY] (see H.R. 5893), H3480 [5JN]

——— spur economic growth and create jobs (see S. 2199), S1734 [15MR]

Education: provide for grants to small business development centers (see H.R. 6237), H5524 [31JY]

EPA: standardize definition of the term ‘‘small business refiner’’ for purposes of administered laws (see S. 3379), S4950 [12JY]

Fair Labor Standards Act: exempt marketing research participants and mystery shoppers from certain provisions (see H.R. 5915), H3660 [7JN]

Federal agencies and departments: hold accountable agencies that fail to meet goals on participation of small business concerns in procurement contracts and authorize preferential treatment of such concerns (see H.R. 3779), H77 [18JA]

——— permit agencies to count certain contracts toward certain small business contracting goals (see H.R. 5829), H3161 [18MY]

Federal aid programs: establish a loan program to assist and provide incentives for manufacturers to reinvest in making products in the U.S. (see H.R. 4102), H1016 [28FE]

Financial institutions: advance the ability of credit unions to promote small business growth and economic development opportunities (see S. 2231), S2001 [22MR]

——— exclude credit union loans made to Main Street businesses from the definition of member business loan (see H.R. 4293), H1740 [28MR]

——— improve lending and cooperation between the National Credit Union Administration and SBA (see H.R. 4191), H1304 [8MR]

Financial literacy: provide incentives to encourage financial institutions and small businesses to provide continuing financial education to customers, borrowers, and employees (see H.R. 4394), H1977 [18AP]

Fish and fishing: provide additional flexibility for fishery managers, additional transparency for fishermen, a referendum for catch shares, and additional sources for fishery survey funding (see H.R. 6350), H5707 [2AU]

Foreign trade: encourage exporting (see S. 3277), S3838 [7JN]

——— enhance promotion of exports of U.S. goods and services (see S. 2171), S1459 [7MR] (see H.R. 4041), H801 [15FE] (see H.R. 5798), H3102 [17MY]

——— improve coordination of export promotion programs and facilitate export opportunities (see S. 3218), S3422 [22MY]

——— provide exporting assistance (see H.R. 3976), H639 [8FE]

FRS: require the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to conduct a small business review panel on the qualified mortgage rule before the Bureau can go forward with a final rule (see S. 3571), S6454 [19SE]

FTC: promulgate rules requiring Internet merchants to disclose use of price-altering computer programs (see H.R. 6508), H6274 [21SE]

Government regulations: provide certainty for small business concerns (see S. 3572), S6454 [19SE]

——— provide for regulatory accountability and revision of economically burdensome regulations (see H.R. 4116), H1133 [1MR]

——— suspend fines under certain circumstances for first-time paperwork violations (see H.R. 6224), H5327 [26JY]

Hawaii: permit Native Hawaiian Organizations to have status as HUBZone small business concerns (see H.R. 5729), H2645 [10MY]

Housing: allow States participating in the State Small Business Credit Initiative to provide program funds to community development housing organizations for development of affordable housing (see H.R. 4144), H1209 [6MR]

Hurricanes: making supplemental appropriations for recovery from damage caused by Hurricane Sandy (see H.R. 6581), H6323 [2NO]

Immigration: provide for additional visas for certain entrepreneurs and job creators (see H.R. 6210), H5326 [26JY]

IRS: permit issuance of prospective guidance clarifying employment status of individuals for purposes of employment taxes and to prevent retroactive assessments relative to such clarifications (see S. 2145), S1194 [1MR] (see H.R. 4123), H1133 [1MR]

Minimum wage: increase, and index future increases to the consumer price index (see S. 3453), S5487 [26JY] (see H.R. 5901), H3577 [6JN]

——— provide for calculation based on the Federal poverty threshold for a family of 2, as determined by the Bureau of the Census (see H.R. 6076), H4655 [29JN]

——— provide for increases consistent with inflation (see H.R. 6211), H5326 [26JY]

National Small Business Week: observance (see S. Res. 469), S3329 [21MY]

National Veterans Business Development Corp.: terminate Federal authorization (see S. 3281), S3838 [7JN]

National Women’s High-Growth Business Bipartisan Task Force: establish (see S. 3196), S3280 [17MY]

Ports as Small Business Incubators Program: establish to provide eligible small businesses with access to commercial real property (see H.R. 5813), H3102 [17MY]

Public Works and Economic Development Act: amend relative to grants for economic adjustment (see H.R. 6099), H4827 [11JY]

Real estate: protect private property rights by limiting the power of eminent domain (see S. 3334), S4417 [21JN]

Roads and highways: stop excessive toll hikes (see H.R. 6515), H6275 [21SE]

SBA: clarify collateral requirement for certain disaster-related loans (see S. 3672), S7976 [12DE] (see S. 3681), S8042 [13DE]

——— consolidate and revise guidelines relative to contract bundling (see H.R. 4081), H943 [17FE]

——— enhance the Small Business Investment Company Program (see S. 3253), S3631 [24MY]

——— ensure treatment of Brevard County, FL, as a HUBZone (see S. 2157), S1422 [6MR]

——— establish a small business common application and web portal for purposes of Federal small business assistance programs (see S. 3194), S3234 [16MY]

——— establish a vocational and technical entrepreneurship development demonstration program (see S. 3174), S3129 [14MY]

——— establish an Office of Entrepreneurial Support (see S. 3638), S6894 [26NO]

——— establish loan guarantee program to assist small business concerns that manufacture clean energy technologies (see H.R. 4185), H1304 [8MR]

——— establish the Ports as Small Business Incubators Program to provide eligible small businesses with access to commercial real property (see H.R. 5813), H3102 [17MY]

——— expand the HUBZone program for communities affected by defense base realignment and closure (see S. 3675), S7976 [12DE]

——— extend availability of low-interest mortgage refinancing under the local development business loan program (see S. 2364), S2731 [25AP]

——— improve entrepreneurial development programs (see S. 3198), S3280 [17MY]

——— improve the procurement program for women-owned small business concerns (see H.R. 4203), H1390 [19MR]

——— increase limitations on leverage for multiple licenses under common control (see H.R. 6504), H6274 [21SE]

——— increase small business lending (see H.R. 5851), H3162 [18MY]

——— increase small business participation in multiple award contracts (see H.R. 4118), H1133 [1MR]

——— make permanent the Small Loan Advantage program (see H.R. 3836), H186 [27JA]

——— modify small business concern size standards (see H.R. 3987), H640 [8FE]

——— provide for a program to provide Federal contracts to early-stage small businesses (see H.R. 4121), H1133 [1MR]

——— provide for additional loan programs for veteran-owned small businesses (see H.R. 5835), H3161 [18MY]

——— provide interest rate for certain disaster related loans (see H.R. 6296), H5704 [2AU]

——— reauthorize the women’s business center program (see S. 3197), S3280 [17MY]

——— reform role of procurement center representatives in the Federal contracting acquisition process (see H.R. 3980), H640 [8FE]

——— remove limit on anticipated award price for contracts awarded under the procurement program for women-owned small business concerns and identify industries in which women are underrepresented (see S. 2172), S1459 [7MR]

——— strengthen entrepreneurial education (see S. 3214), S3422 [22MY] (see H.R. 5944), H3699 [8JN]

——— submit a National Small Business Index to Congress to assess how policies provide incentives or impediments to small business development (see S. 3200), S3280 [17MY]

SEC: enable national securities exchanges to provide incentives to market-makers that increase liquidity and depth of capital markets and promote enhanced trading and price-discovery for smaller companies (see H.R. 6127), H4868 [13JY]

——— exempt low-revenue companies from certain regulations (see H.R. 6161), H5078 [19JY]

Securities: provide for registration exemptions for certain crowdfunded securities (see S. 2190), S1613 [13MR]

Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE) (organization): improve (see S. 3246), S3631 [24MY]

——— strengthen entrepreneurial resources (see S. 3508), S5977 [2AU]

Small Business Investment Act: increase maximum amount of leverage permitted (see S. 2136), S1088 [28FE]

——— remove sunset date for amendments (see S. 2187), S1576 [12MR]

Small Business Saturday: designate (see S. Res. 589), S6626 [21SE] (see H. Res. 793), H6232 [20SE]

Sound recording and reproducing: authorize assistance to U.S. independent music label companies to facilitate exports of recorded music by such companies (see H.R. 6652), H6765 [12DE]

Taxation: allow employers a refundable credit for increasing employment (see H.R. 4167), H1303 [8MR]

——— enact long-term tax policy and allow one year for citizens to adjust and prepare for impact of any tax increases (see H. Res. 805), H6277 [21SE]

——— encourage domestic insourcing and discourage foreign outsourcing (see H.R. 5542), H2441 [8MY] (see H.R. 6152), H5077 [19JY]

——— exclude certain farm rental income from self-employment net earnings if the taxpayer enters into a lease agreement relative to such income (see H.R. 5990), H3974 [21JN]

——— exclude certain farmland and family-owned business interests from the value of the gross estate of decedents (see H.R. 6271), H5629 [1AU]

——— exempt certain family-owned farms and businesses from the estate tax (see S. 2200), S1734 [15MR]

——— expand and simplify the credit for employee health insurance expenses of small employers (see S. 2227), S2001 [22MR] (see H.R. 4252), H1542 [22MR]

——— expand availability of cash method of accounting for small businesses (see H.R. 4643), H2123 [25AP]

——— expand credit for employee health insurance expenses of small employers (see H.R. 4324), H1804 [29MR]

——— expedite consideration of comprehensive tax reform legislation (see H.R. 6169), H5200 [24JY]

——— expedite consideration of comprehensive tax reform legislation (H.R. 6169), consideration (see H. Res. 747), H5524 [31JY]

——— extend, expand, and improve the qualifying therapeutic discovery project credit (see S. 3232), S3516 [23MY]

——— extend Bush administration tax cuts, provide alternative minimum tax relief, and extend increased expensing limitations (see H.R. 8), H5200 [24JY]

——— extend Bush administration tax cuts, provide alternative minimum tax relief, and extend increased expensing limitations (H.R. 8), consideration (see H. Res. 747), H5524 [31JY]

——— extend Bush administration tax cuts, provide alternative minimum tax relief, and extend increased expensing limitations (H.R. 8), consideration of Senate amendments (see H. Res. 844), H7565 [1JA]

——— extend Bush administration tax cuts, provide alternative minimum tax relief, and repeal estate and generation-skipping transfer taxes (see S. 3420), S5257 [23JY]

——— extend Bush administration tax cuts, provide alternative minimum tax relief, extend increased expensing limitations, and provide instructions for tax reform (see S. 3401), S5133 [18JY] (see S. 3413), S5212 [19JY] (see S. 3417), S5257 [23JY]

——— extend Bush administration tax cuts and other tax relief for families making less than a certain annual income (see H.R. 6100, 6104), H4827 [11JY]

——— extend Bush administration tax cuts and other tax relief for families making less than a certain annual income and provide alternative minimum tax and estate tax relief (see S. 3393), S5085 [17JY] (see H.R. 6262), H5629 [1AU]

——— extend Bush administration tax cuts and other tax relief for families making less than a certain annual income and provide alternative minimum tax relief (see S. 3412), S5212 [19JY] (see H.R. 15), H5330 [30JY]

——— extend certain Creating Small Business Jobs Act provisions (see S. 2050), S208 [31JA]

——— extend the time for making S corporation elections (see S. 2271), S2242 [29MR]

——— increase alternative tax liability limitation for small property and casualty insurance companies (see S. 3594), S6545 [20SE]

——— increase deduction for business startup expenditures (see H.R. 6177), H5201 [24JY]

——— make permanent certain tax cuts and relief for families making less than a certain income, increased expensing limitations, and alternative minimum tax relief (H.J. Res. 66), consideration of Senate amendment (see H. Res. 841), H7359 [19DE]

——— make permanent the increased deduction for business start-up expenditures (see S. 2088), S494 [9FE] (see H.R. 4032), H801 [15FE]

——— make the research credit permanent, increase for businesses manufacturing in the U.S., and make refundable for small businesses (see H.R. 6329), H5706 [2AU]

——— permanently extend Bush administration tax cuts (see H.R. 6663), H6806 [13DE]

——— permanently extend tax relief and repeal certain tax increases (see H.R. 3804), H114 [23JA]

——— permanently extend the employer-provided child care credit (see S. 3427), S5304 [24JY]

——— permanently extend the reduction in recognition period for built-in gains for S corporations (see S. 3223), S3515 [23MY]

——— prohibit requirement that taxpayers reconcile amounts relative to reportable payment transactions to amounts related to gross receipts and sales (see S. 2083), S494 [9FE] (see H.R. 3877), H374 [1FE]

——— provide a credit for employer-provided job training (see S. 3466), S5870 [1AU]

——— provide a deduction for domestic business income of qualified small businesses (see H.R. 9), H1496 [21MR]

——— provide a deduction for domestic business income of qualified small businesses (H.R. 9), consideration (see H. Res. 620), H1914 [17AP]

——— provide a permanent exclusion of all gain on certain small business stock (see H.R. 4139), H1153 [5MR] (see H.R. 4226), H1427 [20MR]

——— provide a taxpayer bill of rights for small businesses (see S. 2291), S2392 [17AP] (see H.R. 4375), H1914 [17AP]

——— provide a temporary income tax credit for increased payroll and extend bonus depreciation for certain business assets (see S. 2237), S2030 [26MR]

——— provide estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer tax relief (see H.R. 16), H5330 [30JY]

——— provide exception from passive loss rules for investments in high technology research small business pass-thru entities (see S. 3595), S6546 [20SE] (see H.R. 6559), H6284 [25SE]

——— provide expensing for small businesses (see S. 2284), S2324 [16AP]

——— provide for economic growth and personal financial liberty (see H.R. 6225), H5327 [26JY]

——— provide for proper tax treatment of personal service income earned in pass-thru entities (see H.R. 4016), H725 [14FE]

——— provide for startup businesses to use a portion of the research and development credit to offset payroll taxes (see S. 3460), S5732 [31JY] (see H.R. 6319), H5705 [2AU]

——— provide for the release of Federal tax levies which cause business hardships (see H.R. 4368), H1914 [17AP]

——— provide relief for small businesses (see H.R. 6102), H4827 [11JY]

——— provide tax incentives for small businesses and improve SBA programs (see S. 3442), S5381 [25JY]

——— provide tax relief for damages relative to Hurricane Sandy (see H.R. 6683), H7359 [19DE]

——— repeal estate and gift taxes (see S. 3403), S5211 [19JY] (see H.R. 6279), H5704 [2AU]

U.S. Chamber of Commerce: anniversary (see S. Res. 482), S3781 [6JN] (see H. Res. 678), H3480 [5JN]

Urban areas: create jobs by attracting global investment to economically distressed urban areas (see H.R. 6493), H6274 [21SE]

Veterans: clarify responsibilities of small businesses relative to employment and reemployment rights of veterans (see H.R. 3860), H374 [1FE]

Cloture motions

Economy: increase job creation and economic growth by improving access to public capital markets for emerging growth companies (H.R. 3606), S1693, S1694 [15MR], S1840, S1841 [20MR], S1884 [21MR]

Taxation: extend Bush administration tax cuts and other tax relief for families making less than a certain annual income and provide alternative minimum tax relief (S. 3412), motion to proceed, S5244 [23JY]

——— provide a temporary income tax credit for increased payroll and extend bonus depreciation for certain business assets (S. 2237), S4884, S4885 [11JY], S4938 [12JY]

——— provide a temporary income tax credit for increased payroll and extend bonus depreciation for certain business assets (S. 2237), motion to proceed, S4765 [29JN], S4804 [10JY], S5008 [16JY]

Cost Estimates

Export Promotion Reform Act (H.R. 4041): CBO, H3254 [30MY]

E-mails

Repeal of Obamacare Act: Jamal Lee, H4797 [11JY]

Letters

Bush administration tax cut extension: Jeffrey Hinz, S4928 [12JY]

——— Main Street Alliance, H5547 [1AU]

Characterization of President Obama’s remarks concerning small business: William H. Robbins, Earth Analytical Service, Inc., S5179 [19JY]

Economic climate for small businesses: Stephanie Rumford, Rumford Industrial Group, E1539 [14SE]

Emerging growth companies’ requirement to fully comply with say-on-pay and golden parachute shareholder vote requirements: Jeff Mahoney, Council of Institutional Investors, H1253 [7MR]

Export Promotion Reform Act: Douglas W. Elmendorf, CBO, H3254 [30MY]

——— Frank Vargo, National Association of Manufacturers, H3254 [30MY]

——— John Engler, Business Roundtable (organization), H3255 [30MY]

——— John Hardy, Jr., Coalition for Employment Through Exports, Inc., H3255 [30MY]

——— R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, H3254 [30MY]

——— William A. Reinsch, National Foreign Trade Council, H3255 [30MY]

Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act: Jack E. Herstein, North American Securities Administrators Association, Inc., S1718–S1720 [15MR]

——— Jeff Mahoney, Council of Institutional Investors, S1720–S1722 [15MR]

——— Mary L. Schapiro, SEC Chair, S1698, S1722 [15MR]

Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act crowdfunding regulation: Candace Klein, SoMoLend Holdings, LLC, S1878 [21MR]

——— David Levine, American Sustainable Business Council, S1724 [15MR]

——— Freeman White, S1724 [15MR]

——— John Ducrest, Louisiana Office of Financial Institutions, S1724 [15MR]

——— Mercer Bullard, Fund Democracy (organization), S1878 [21MR]

——— Nick Bhargava, MOTAAVI (business), S1724 [15MR]

——— Sara Hanks, CrowdCheck, Inc., S1879 [21MR]

——— several State Secs. of State, S1723 [15MR]

——— Sherwood Neiss, Jason Best, and Zak Cassady-Dorion, Startup Exemption (organization), S1878 [21MR]

——— Todd O. McCracken, National Small Business Association, S1877 [21MR]

Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act investment protections: Joyce A. Rogers, AARP, S1718 [15MR]

Middle Class Tax Cut Act: Geoffrey G. Burr, Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc., S5330 [25JY]

——— Michael Kelsey, Nebraska Cattlemen (organization), S5323 [25JY]

——— Stephen D. Nelson, Nebraska Farm Bureau Federation, S5322 [25JY]

Preserving America’s Family Farms Act: several agricultural organizations, H5166 [24JY]

Prevention of professional service income from being mischaracterized as S corporation income to avoid paying payroll taxes: several organizations, S2900 [7MY]

SBA HUBZone program expansion for communities affected by defense base realignment and closure: Heather D. Blease, Savi Systems, LLC., S7980 [12DE]

——— Patrick M. Murdock, Associaton of Defense Communities, S7979 [12DE]

——— Steven H. Levesque, Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority, S7979 [12DE]

Small Business Taxpayer Bill of Rights Act: Javier Palomarez, U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, S2398 [17AP]

Today’s Entrepreneurs Are America’s Mentors (TEAM) Act: Aaron Smith, Young Invincibles (organization), S3427 [22MY]

——— Amy Rosen, Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE), S3427 [22MY]

——— Debra W. Stewart, Council of Graduate Schools, S3428 [22MY]

——— Edward L. Davis, DECA, Inc., S3427 [22MY]

——— Jack E. Kosakowski, Junior Achievement USA (organization), S3428 [22MY]

——— Kent Schescke, Future Farmers of America (organization), S3427 [22MY]

——— Michael Simmons, Empact (organization), S3426 [22MY]

——— Scott Gerber, Young Entrepreneur Council, S3427 [22MY]

——— Tim Williamson, Idea Village (organization), S3426 [22MY]

Lists

Organizations supporting the Enzi amendment to S. 2237, Small Business Jobs and Tax Relief Act, on empowering States to require online retailers to collect and remit State sales and use taxes, S4883 [11JY]

Reasons why small businesses are important, H4035 [26JN]

Messages

Budget of the U.S. Government for Fiscal Year 2013: President Obama, H702–H705 [14FE]

Motions

Economy: increase job creation and economic growth by improving access to public capital markets for emerging growth companies (H.R. 3606), S1694 [15MR], H1287 [8MR]

Taxation: expedite consideration of comprehensive tax reform legislation (H.R. 6169), H5678 [2AU]

——— extend Bush administration tax cuts, provide alternative minimum tax relief, and extend increased expensing limitations (H.R. 8), H5594 [1AU], H7551 [1JA]

——— extend Bush administration tax cuts and other tax relief for families making less than a certain annual income and provide alternative minimum tax relief (S. 3412), S5239 [23JY], S5265 [24JY], S5321 [25JY]

——— provide a deduction for domestic business income of qualified small businesses (H.R. 9), H2008 [19AP]

——— provide a temporary income tax credit for increased payroll and extend bonus depreciation for certain business assets (S. 2237), S4448 [25JN], S4627 [26JN], S4645 [27JN], S4689 [28JN], S4731 [29JN], S4783 [9JY], S4793 [10JY], S4936 [12JY]

Press releases

Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act: AFL–CIO, S1723 [15MR]

Remarks in House

Appropriations: revised aggregates and allocations of spending authority to Committee on the Budget (House), H3101 [17MY]

Asian-American Chamber of Commerce: tribute to Asian-American Chamber Award recipients, E561 [17AP]

Augusta, ME: tribute to Kennebec Valley Chamber of Commerce award recipients, E20 [17JA]

Bell Flavors and Fragrances (company): anniversary, H5137 [24JY]

Better Business Bureau: anniversary, E1454 [10SE]

BigEye Creative (business): Orlando Business Journal Outstanding Small Business Award finalist, E1879 [5DE]

Business and industry: accelerate research, development, and innovation in manufacturing to improve competitiveness, H6512 [29NO]

——— accelerate research, development, and innovation in manufacturing to improve competitiveness (H.R. 6081), H5025 [19JY]

——— advantages of foreign outsourcing, H4159 [28JN]

——— economic role of small business, H6836 [18DE]

——— eliminate tax incentives to move jobs and profits overseas, H718 [14FE]

——— require emerging growth companies to fully comply with say-on-pay and golden parachute shareholder vote requirements, H1252–H1255 [7MR]

——— require that companies not be considered emerging growth companies if they have issued more than $1 billion in non-convertible debt over the prior three years, H1251, H1252 [7MR]

Cannon’s Catering (business): tribute, E1716 [23OC]

Cape Cod, MA: anniversary of Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce, E1030 [8JN]

Carpinteria, CA: anniversary of Carpinteria Valley Chamber of Commerce, E78 [25JA]

Casey, Les and Cheri: SBA Central California Small Business Person of the Year award recipients, E891 [25MY]

CBO: include in macroeconomic analysis of the impact of legislation estimates of potential impact on SBA HUBZone areas, H408–H410 [2FE]

Chiang, Elvin Yu-Ling Duncan: SBA Guam Small Business Financial Services Champion of the Year award recipient, E449 [27MR]

Civilian Property Realignment Commission: provide assistance to small, minority, and woman-owned businesses seeking to be awarded contracts to redevelop Federal property, H500–H502 [6FE]

Cleveland, OH: anniversary of West Side Market, E1021 [7JN]

Cleveland Heights, OH: anniversary of Tommy’s Restaurant, E64 [24JA]

Congress: prohibit adjournment unless Bush administration tax cuts and certain expiring tax provisions are extended (H. Res. 746), H5647 [2AU], H6171 [20SE]

Contracts: expand Federal contracting mentor-protege programs, H522 [7FE]

——— improve operation of mentor-protege programs involving small contractors, H2704 [15MY]

——— improve operation of mentor-protege programs involving small contractors (H.R. 3985), H816 [16FE]

Corporations: repeal expansion of information reporting requirements for certain payments to corporations (H.R. 4), H3607, H3608 [7JN]

Cypress, TX: tribute to Cool Blast Lemonade Stand, H5020 [19JY]

Democratic Party: support Make It in America plan, H5022 [19JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: include multi-year price decline protections in the Agriculture Risk Coverage program, H4660 [9JY]

——— reform payment limitation rules for farm subsidies, H2603 [10MY]

Dept. of Commerce: Minority Business Development Agency funding, H2370 [8MY]

Dept. of Defense: conduct outreach program to benefit women- and minority-owned small businesses prior to conversion of functions from civilian employees to contractors, H2837, H3066 [17MY]

——— Rapid Innovation Fund funding, H4964, H4965 [18JY]

——— small business contracting reforms, E1992 [21DE]

——— small business contracting reforms funding, H2792 [16MY]

Dept. of HUD: Community Development Block Grant Program funding, H4104–H4106 [27JN]

——— increase portion of Community Development Block Grant Program assistance that may be used to provide public services, H4107 [27JN]

Dept. of Labor: establish the National Full Employment Trust Fund (H.R. 870), H1859 [17AP]

——— prohibit finalization of certain proposed child labor rules relative to family farming, H2080 [25AP]

——— prohibit finalization of certain proposed child labor rules relative to family farming (H.R. 4157), H5162–H5167 [24JY]

——— reform certain proposed child labor rules relative to family farming, H581 [8FE]

Dept. of Transportation: Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program funding, H4623 [29JN]

——— Minority Business Resource Center funding, H4033–H4035 [26JN]

——— Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization funding, H4033–H4035 [26JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: revise enforcement penalties for misrepresentation of a business concern as a small business concern owned and controlled by veterans or by service-disabled veterans, H5430 [31JY]

Economy: adjust emerging growth company definition for inflation, H1249, H1250 [7MR]

——— impact of continuation of certain agricultural programs on jobs, H5854 [11SE]

——— impact of Government regulations, H85 [23JA], H207–H213 [31JA], H581, H629 [8FE], H739 [15FE], H817 [16FE], H959–H962 [27FE], H1013 [28FE], H1021 [29FE], H1295 [8MR], H1651 [28MR], H1980 [19AP], H2079 [25AP], H4641–H4643 [29JN], H4855, H4856 [12JY], H4913, H4914, H4915 [18JY], H5122–H5129 [23JY], H5134 [24JY], H5756 [10SE], H6224–H6227 [20SE]

——— importance of job creation, H39, H48, H57, H69, H70 [18JA], H93, H102 [23JA], H128 [24JA], H170 [25JA], H229, H230 [1FE], H386 [2FE], H444, H445, H460, H461 [3FE], H478 [6FE], H516, H521, H524–H529, H536 [7FE], H585, H589, H590 [8FE], H662, H670 [9FE], H739 [15FE], H815, H816, H819, H896 [16FE], H957–H962 [27FE], H975, H976 [28FE], H1028 [29FE], H1147 [5MR], H1163, H1174, H1176 [6MR], H1220, H1221 [7MR], H1531 [22MR], H1668, H1735 [28MR], H1924, H1966 [18AP], H2056 [24AP], H2073 [25AP], H2291 [7MY], H2572 [10MY], H2724 [16MY], H3408 [5JN], H3602, H3613 [7JN], H3811, H3813 [20JN], H3984, H4023 [26JN], H4691, H4715, H4742 [10JY], H5122 [23JY], H5645 [2AU], H5749 [10SE], H5774 [11SE], H5973 [13SE], H6042, H6044, H6045 [14SE], E849 [18MY], E1468 [10SE]

——— increase job creation and economic growth by improving access to public capital markets for emerging growth companies (H.R. 3606), H906 [17FE], H1163, H1164, H1166 [6MR], H1214, H1215, H1217, H1219, H1236–H1264 [7MR], H1275, H1277–H1289 [8MR], H1519 [22MR], H5871 [12SE], E339, E342 [8MR], E381 [19MR], E407 [21MR]

——— increase job creation and economic growth by improving access to public capital markets for emerging growth companies (H.R. 3606), consideration (H. Res. 572), H1222–H1231 [7MR]

——— increase job creation and economic growth by improving access to public capital markets for emerging growth companies (H.R. 3606), corrections in engrossment, H1289 [8MR]

——— increase job creation and economic growth by improving access to public capital markets for emerging growth companies (H.R. 3606), motion to recommit, H1287 [8MR]

——— increase job creation and economic growth by improving access to public capital markets for emerging growth companies (H.R. 3606), Senate amendment, H1580, H1584, H1586–H1593 [27MR], E517 [30MR], E536 [16AP]

——— jump-start economic recovery through formation and growth of new businesses (H.R. 5893), H3693 [8JN], H4782 [11JY], H6550 [30NO]

——— modify revenue threshold for emerging growth companies to remain eligible for exemptions from certain regulations, H1250, H1251 [7MR], H5278, H5279 [25JY]

——— national objectives priority assignments, H5854, H5855, H5857 [11SE]

——— promote job growth, H3391 [1JN]

——— spur economic growth and create jobs, H119 [24JA]

——— spur economic growth and create jobs (H.R. 3400), H2111 [25AP]

——— stimulate growth through accelerating Federal payments, reducing paperwork, improving access to loans and tax credits, and increasing investment expensing, E1229 [11JY]

Employment: encourage job training programs, H6004 [14SE]

EPA: consider the impact on employment levels and economic activity prior to issuing a regulation, policy statement, or guidance, or implementing any new or substantially altered program, E1624 [21SE]

——— impact of regulations on employment and job creation, H1029 [29FE]

——— require analyses of the cumulative and incremental impacts of certain rules and actions, H6200 [20SE]

Estabrook, Tove E.: First Hawaiian Bank and Guam Business (publication) Guam Businesswoman of the Year Gala Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, E675 [26AP]

Federal aid programs: establish a loan program to assist and provide incentives for manufacturers to reinvest in making products in the U.S. (H.R. 4102), H4720 [10JY]

Financial institutions: provide certain credit unions with the authority to make additional member business loans (H.R. 1418), H5863 [12SE]

Foreign trade: enhance promotion of exports of U.S. goods and services (H.R. 4041), H3252–H3256 [30MY]

——— enhance promotion of exports of U.S. goods and services (H.R. 5798), E833 [17MY]

Francis Lee Contracting (company): Delegate Norton’s Small Business Access to Capital and Business Opportunities Fair District of Columbia Small Business of the Year award recipient, E613 [23AP]

Fun Spot Action Park (business): International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions Best Family Entertainment Center award recipient, E1969 [19DE]

Global Entrepreneurship Week: observance, H6341 [13NO]

Government regulations: exempt Fair Credit Reporting Act regulations to protect consumers from any regulatory freeze, H5268, H5269 [25JY]

——— provide additional exemptions from internal control auditing requirements for smaller and newer public companies (H.R. 3213), H5279 [25JY]

——— provide for regulatory accountability and revision of economically burdensome regulations (H.R. 4116), H5163 [24JY]

——— require publicly traded companies to disclose the number of domestic and foreign employees, H1281, H1282 [8MR]

Gregorius, Robin: SBA Alabama Small Business Person of the Year award recipient, E831 [17MY], E947 [1JN]

GSA: ensure contracts are in compliance with workforce diversity rules, H1829 [16AP], H1854 [17AP]

Gulf of Mexico: anniversary of Deepwater Horizon oil spill, E615 [23AP]

Gurusamy, Ruth: SBA Guam Women in Business Champion of the Year award recipient, E447 [27MR]

Gus Gallucci Co.: anniversary, E1163 [27JN]

Health: provide for incentives to encourage health insurance coverage (H.R. 3000), H431 [2FE]

House of Representatives: prohibit sine die adjournment unless the President signs H.R. 4078, Red Tape Reduction and Small Business Job Creation Act, with provisions of S. 3412, Middle Class Tax Cut Act as an amendment, H5306 [26JY]

Hurricanes: disaster assistance to States for recovery from damage caused by Hurricane Sandy, H6357, H6359–H6362 [14NO]

——— making supplemental appropriations for recovery from damage caused by Hurricane Sandy, H6564 [30NO], H6661, H6662 [5DE], H6713 [12DE], H6787 [13DE], H7278 [19DE], H7478 [31DE], H7560, H7561, H7562, H7563, H7564 [1JA], H7567–H7578, H7579, H7580 [2JA]

Immigration: establish employment-based immigrant visa for alien entrepreneurs who have received significant capital from investors to establish business in the U.S. (H.R. 1114), H6551 [30NO]

Independent Association of Businesses: anniversary, E1384 [1AU]

Indiana: tribute to Northwest Indiana Business and Industry Hall of Fame inductees, E565 [18AP]

Industrial Systems & Supply, Inc.: SBA Nebraska Small Business of the Year award recipient, E424 [22MR]

Inman, Joni: West Chamber Serving Jefferson County, CO, Celebrate Women of Jefferson County honoree, E1819 [28NO]

Investments: prohibit communication between emerging growth companies and accredited investors, H1257–H1259 [7MR]

Jimenez, Tony: Small Business Council of America Small Business Person of the Year award recipient, E799 [15MY]

Kansas City, MO: tribute to Entrepreneur Day, E1135 [26JN]

Kennett, Bayard: Mount Washington Valley, NH, Chamber of Commerce White Mountains Treasure Award recipient, E1732 [2NO]

Kimball, MN: anniversary of Knaus Sausage House (business), E1725 [26OC]

Kona Kai Coffee Co.: King County, WA, Executive Workforce Development Small Business of the Year award finalist, E1523 [13SE]

Lahaska, PA: anniversary of Peddler’s Village, E1169 [28JN]

Lai, Richard K.: SBA Guam Small Business Person of the Year award recipient, E448 [27MR]

Lake Tire and Auto, Inc.: anniversary, E690 [27AP]

Lewisville, TX: anniversary of Lewisville Area Chamber of Commerce, E1743 [13NO]

Little Compton, RI: closing of Grey’s General Store, E1444 [3AU]

Local First Chicago (organization): tribute, H6538 [30NO]

Louise, MS: tribute to Griffin Auto Repair Shop (business), E1840 [29NO]

Lynn, Louis: Dept. of Commerce Ronald H. Brown Leadership Award recipient, E1959 [19DE]

Mayersville, MS: tribute to Tony’s Grocery (business), E1767 [15NO]

Minnesota: ensure that private property interests are not negatively impacted by exchange of certain Federal lands for State trust lands located in Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness of the Superior National Forest, H5883, H5884 [12SE]

Modesto, CA: anniversary of Modesto Chamber of Commerce, E319 [6MR]

——— inclusion of Dewz Restaurant in the OpenTable, Inc., Diner’s Choice ‘‘Best Overall Top 100 Restaurants’’ list, E235 [21FE]

Mosby Farm (business): King County, WA, Executive Rural Small Business of the Year award finalist, E1524 [13SE]

Mr. Trophy (business): Representative Fleischmann Economic Excellence Award recipient, H974 [28FE]

My Possibilities (organization): opening of HIPStore featuring gifts made by special-needs adults, E416 [22MR]

National Association of Asian American Professionals: Seattle, WA, chapter recipient of Chapter of the Year award, E1592 [21SE]

Nebraska: tribute to 2d Congressional District Women in Business Spotlight award recipients, E1949 [18DE]

Nesby & Associates, Inc.: King County, WA, Executive Minority Small Business of the Year award finalist, E1525 [13SE]

New York, NY: anniversary of Sylvia’s Restaurant, E1364 [31JY]

Newport, ME: tribute to Sebasticook Valley, ME, Chamber of Commerce award recipients, E152 [7FE]

NIST: Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program funding, H717 [14FE], H2537, H2538 [9MY]

Obama, President: characterization of remarks concerning small business, H4917, H4919 [18JY], H5013, H5020, H5025 [19JY], H5645–H5647 [2AU], H5871 [12SE]

——— evaluation of economic policies, H390 [2FE], H470 [3FE], H905 [17FE], H1147 [5MR], H1294–H1297 [8MR], H1461 [21MR], H1649 [28MR], H2041 [24AP], H2198–H2200 [26AP], H4913, H4914, H4915 [18JY], H5852 [11SE], H6664, H6671 [5DE], H6683 [11DE]

——— evaluation of policies relative to general aviation industry, H734 [15FE]

——— evaluation of policies relative to taxation and tax code, H2254–H2256 [27AP]

Office of the Director of National Intelligence: report on improving methods of granting security clearances to subcontractors and notifying them of Federal classified contracting opportunities, H3298 [31MY]

Oil Pollution Act: require responsible parties to pay full cost of offshore oil spills (H.R. 492), H5217 [25JY]

Pablo, Benjamin C.: SBA Guam Veteran Small Business Champion of the Year award recipient, E453 [27MR]

Pacific Metallurgical, Inc.: King County, WA, Executive Exporting Small Business of the Year award finalist, E1507 [13SE]

Pacifica, CA: anniversary of Nick’s Restaurant, E1354 [31JY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: impact, H1378–H1384 [19MR], H1395, H1396, H1398, H1399, H1400 [20MR], H1436, H1439, H1441, H1442, H1475, H1490–H1495 [21MR], H1524 [22MR], H1584 [27MR], H1647, H1650, H1651 [28MR], H1744 [29MR], H1924 [18AP], H3797–H3804 [19JN], H3961–H3966 [21JN], H4664 [9JY], H4689, H4695 [10JY], H4782, H4784 [11JY], H4897–H4900 [17JY], H5139, H5188–H5191 [24JY], H5209 [25JY], E404 [21MR], E418 [22MR], E464 [28MR]

——— impact of implementation on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility, H1536–H1539 [22MR]

——— impact on small business hiring, H4739 [10JY], H4818, H4824 [11JY]

——— impact on tax burden, H4760 [10JY]

Patterson, Garth: New Bedford, MA, Friend of the Fisherman Award recipient, E1604 [21SE]

Pinkham, Peter: Mount Washington Valley, NH, Chamber of Commerce White Mountains Treasure Award recipient, E1733 [2NO]

Plantation Home, Inc.: anniversary, E1159 [27JN]

Plympton, Rick: SBA New York Small Business Person of the Year award recipient, E875 [18MY]

Political campaigns: require public disclosure of political contributions, H1287 [8MR]

Public debt: impact on job creation and economy, H5754–H5760 [10SE]

Real estate: protect private property rights by limiting the power of eminent domain (H.R. 1433), H952 [27FE], H997–H1003 [28FE], E253 [27FE]

Republican Party: national agenda, H3280 [31MY], H3489 [6JN], H5689 [2AU]

Roberto, Joseph: SBA Guam Jeffrey Butland Family-Owned Small Business of the Year award recipient, E452 [27MR]

Rohan, Mike: SBA Illinois Small Business Entrepreneurial Success of the Year award recipient, H3488 [6JN]

Ronning, Jean: Ashland, WI, Chamber of Commerce Person of the Year award recipient, E624 [24AP]

Rumford Industrial Group: tribute, E1539 [14SE]

Russell, Cindy: Mount Washington Valley, NH, Chamber of Commerce White Mountains Treasure Award recipient, E1734 [2NO]

San Bernardino, CA: anniversary of Mitla Café, E1482 [11SE]

San Francisco, CA: anniversary of California Flower Market, E1101 [21JN]

SBA: establish the Ports as Small Business Incubators Program to provide eligible small businesses with access to commercial real property (H.R. 5813), E837 [17MY]

——— increase limitations on leverage for multiple licenses under common control (H.R. 6504), H6838–H6840 [18DE]

——— make permanent the Small Loan Advantage program (H.R. 3836), E84 [27JA]

——— modify small business concern size standards, H2836 [17MY]

——— provide for low interest loans for small businesses in major disaster areas (H.R. 3042), E1544 [14SE]

——— provide interest rate for certain disaster related loans (H.R. 6296), H6115–H6118 [19SE], E1544 [14SE]

Seattle Chocolates (company): King County, WA, Executive Woman Small Business of the Year award finalist, E1545 [14SE]

SEC: address certain anti-evasion concerns and determine if the term ‘‘held of record’’ should be changed to mean beneficial owner of the security, H1280, H1281 [8MR]

——— clarify that general advertising regulations only apply to certain securities offerings and permit only qualified institutional buyers to purchase securities from secondary market, H1260, H1261 [7MR]

——— eliminate prohibition against general solicitation as a requirement for certain registration exemptions, H1215, H1223, H1225, H1240, H1245 [7MR]

——— eliminate prohibition against general solicitation as a requirement for certain registration exemptions (H.R. 2940), H120 [24JA]

——— exempt from registration regulations brokers who do not charge fees nor handle investors money and permit only accredited investors to use their platforms, H1277, H1278 [8MR]

——— provide online information and conduct outreach to inform small businesses and women-, veteran-, and minority-owned businesses of efforts to improve access to public capital markets for emerging growth companies, H1284, H1285 [8MR]

——— report on increase in initial public offerings, specifically in the manufacturing and high technology industry, resulting from efforts to improve access to public capital markets for emerging growth companies, H1283, H1284 [8MR]

——— study authority to enforce certain anti-evasion provisions associated with shareholder threshold regulations, H1279, H1280 [8MR]

Securities: provide for registration exemptions for certain crowdfunded securities, H1215, H1223, H1225, H1228, H1240, H1245 [7MR], H1580, H1590–H1592 [27MR]

——— require brokers underwriting initial public offerings for emerging growth companies be held to strict liability for publicly released research and that certain communications be filed with the SEC, H1256, H1257, H1261 [7MR]

Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE) (organization): Palm Beach, FL, chapter recipient of SBA National SCORE Chapter of the Year Award, E1023 [7JN]

Sgro, Peter R.: SBA Guam Small Business Entrepreneurial Success award recipient, E450 [27MR]

Small Business Saturday: observance, E1780 [16NO]

Sonoma County, CA: anniversary of Sonoma County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, E1866 [4DE]

Statesboro, GA: closing of Snooky’s Restaurant, H3663 [8JN]

Studio 3 Designs (business): Orlando Business Journal Outstanding Small Business Award finalist, E1877 [5DE]

Tarpon Springs, FL: anniversary of Faklis’ Department Store and Shoe Repair Service, E1725 [26OC]

——— anniversary of Tarapani Department Store, E1722 [26OC]

Taxation: clarify that wages paid to unauthorized aliens are not deductible (H.R. 3720), H1150 [5MR]

——— deny deduction for domestic business income of qualified small businesses to any company that reduces number of American workers and jobs while correspondingly increasing its foreign workforce, H1997 [19AP]

——— encourage domestic insourcing and discourage foreign outsourcing (H.R. 5542), H4722 [10JY]

——— exempt certain family-owned farms and businesses from the estate tax, H7361 [20DE]

——— expand availability of cash method of accounting for small businesses (H.R. 4643), H2108 [25AP]

——— expedite consideration of comprehensive tax reform legislation (H.R. 6169), H5320, H5321 [26JY], H5592 [1AU], H5658–H5681, H5690, H5692 [2AU], H6751 [12DE]

——— expedite consideration of comprehensive tax reform legislation (H.R. 6169), consideration (H. Res. 747), H5538–H5552 [1AU]

——— expedite consideration of comprehensive tax reform legislation (H.R. 6169), motion to recommit, H5679 [2AU]

——— extend Bush administration tax cuts, H3391 [1JN], H3657 [7JN], H4707 [10JY], H4855, H4856–H4859 [12JY], H4914, H4915, H4917 [18JY], H5023, H5025, H5073, H5074 [19JY], H5138, H5140 [24JY], H5210, H5211 [25JY], H5855 [11SE], E1290 [19JY]

——— extend Bush administration tax cuts, provide alternative minimum tax relief, and extend increased expensing limitations (H.R. 8), H5320, H5321 [26JY], H5533, H5535, H5536, H5537, H5538, H5578–H5597 [1AU], H5634, H5660, H5674, H5689 [2AU], H6043 [14SE], H6171 [20SE], H6575 [30NO], H6716, H6751 [12DE], E1390 [2AU], E1432 [3AU], E1465 [10SE]

——— extend Bush administration tax cuts, provide alternative minimum tax relief, and extend increased expensing limitations (H.R. 8), consideration (H. Res. 747), H5538–H5552 [1AU]

——— extend Bush administration tax cuts, provide alternative minimum tax relief, and extend increased expensing limitations (H.R. 8), consideration of Senate amendments (H. Res. 844), H7531–H7536 [1JA]

——— extend Bush administration tax cuts, provide alternative minimum tax relief, and extend increased expensing limitations (H.R. 8), motion to recommit, H5595, H5596 [1AU]

——— extend Bush administration tax cuts, provide alternative minimum tax relief, and extend increased expensing limitations (H.R. 8), Senate amendments, H7518, H7519, H7520, H7526, H7536–H7559, H7560 [1JA], H7575 [2JA], E2034 [2JA]

——— extend Bush administration tax cuts and other tax relief for families making less than a certain annual income and provide alternative minimum tax relief, H5585–H5594 [1AU], H6685, H6687 [11DE], H7372 [20DE], E1390 [2AU]

——— extend Bush administration tax cuts and other tax relief for families making less than a certain annual income and provide alternative minimum tax relief (H.R. 15), H5592 [1AU], H5783, H5784 [11SE], H5944 [13SE], H6171 [20SE], H6595, H6596, H6597 [4DE], H6626, H6659 [5DE], H6682, H6695 [11DE], H6708, H6714 [12DE], H6768, H6783, H6784 [13DE], H6836, H6837 [18DE], H7364 [20DE], H7438 [30DE]

——— extend Bush administration tax cuts and other tax relief for families making less than a certain annual income and provide alternative minimum tax relief (S. 3412), H5305, H5306 [26JY], H5336 [31JY], H5533 [1AU], H5634 [2AU], H5867 [12SE], H6043, H6044 [14SE], H6563 [30NO]

——— impact of rate increase on small businesses, H6783 [13DE]

——— make permanent certain tax cuts and relief for families making less than a certain income, increased expensing limitations, and alternative minimum tax relief (H.J. Res. 66), H7362, H7363, H7364 [20DE], E1997 [21DE]

——— make permanent certain tax cuts and relief for families making less than a certain income, increased expensing limitations, and alternative minimum tax relief (H.J. Res. 66), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 841), H7366, H7374–H7383 [20DE]

——— make permanent the increased deduction for business start-up expenditures (H.R. 4032), H737 [15FE]

——— permanently extend Bush administration tax cuts and provide permanent alternative minimum tax and estate tax relief (H.R. 696), H923 [17FE]

——— prevent professional service income from being mischaracterized as S corporation income to avoid paying payroll taxes, H3960 [21JN]

——— prohibit deductions for businesses that engage in illegal activities, discriminate based on race or gender, create or distribute pornographic material, conduct business with Iran, or outsource jobs overseas, H2008, H2009 [19AP]

——— promote simplification and fairness in the administration and collection of sales and use taxes (H.R. 2701), H5138 [24JY]

——— provide a deduction for domestic business income of qualified small businesses (H.R. 9), H1854, H1855, H1897, H1903 [17AP], H1923, H1966, H1967–H1969 [18AP], H1990–H2010, H2012, H2013, H2015, H2017 [19AP], E612 [23AP], E646 [25AP]

——— provide a deduction for domestic business income of qualified small businesses (H.R. 9), consideration (H. Res. 620), H1981–H1989 [19AP]

——— provide a deduction for domestic business income of qualified small businesses (H.R. 9), motion to recommit, H2008, H2009 [19AP]

——— provide estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer tax relief, H5546, H5593 [1AU], H5646 [2AU]

——— provide for proper tax treatment of personal service income earned in pass-thru entities (H.R. 4016), E187 [14FE]

——— raise expensing limitation for small businesses to purchase products made in America, H5596 [1AU]

——— raise limit of expensing for purchase of products made in America, H5595 [1AU]

——— rates, H6783–H6785, H6799–H6802 [13DE]

——— repeal estate and gift taxes, H5757, H5760 [10SE]

——— tax cut for small business, H391 [2FE]

Tutwiler, MS: tribute to Double Dy Express (business), E1766 [15NO]

U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce: Metro Orlando, FL, chapter Hispanic Chamber of the Year award recipient, E1615 [21SE]

Unemployment: rates, H5755 [10SE]

Veterans: prohibit funding to enter into contracts that do not give small businesses owned and controlled by veterans any available preference, H3134 [18MY], H3341, H3342 [31MY]

——— reduce unemployment by ensuring training and transition assistance and providing incentives to employers for hiring veterans, H37 [18JA], H5138 [24JY]

W.H. Jefferson Funeral Home Inc.: tribute, E1722 [26OC]

Warren, PA: anniversary of Sines Nickel & Dime Store, E1445 [3AU]

Waterville, ME: tribute to Mid-Maine Chamber of Commerce award recipients, E400 [21MR]

Webb, MS: tribute to Webb Diner, E1724 [26OC]

WIRE-Net (organization): tribute, E1161 [27JN]

Xuan, Kathy: SBA Illinois Small Business Exporter the Year award recipient, H3488 [6JN]

Yarmouth, MA: anniversary of Yarmouth Chamber of Commerce, E1699 [16OC]

Ysrael, Diana Z.: First Hawaiian Bank and Guam Business (publication) Guam Businesswoman of the Year Gala Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, E673 [26AP]

Zeller, Mike: Greater Corona Valley, CA, Chamber of Commerce Citizen of the Year award recipient, E31 [18JA]

Zhao, Mark: SBA Guam Minority Small Business Champion of the Year award recipient, E451 [27MR]

Remarks in Senate

Agriculture: promote SBA Microloan Program to businesses to establish gleaning programs that redistribute surplus food to organizations that serve the hungry, S3817 [7JN]

——— restore integrity to and strengthen payment limitation rules for commodity payments and benefits to farmers (S. 2217), S1935 [21MR]

Argo Marketing Group (business): tribute, S2164 [28MR]

Baldwin Apple Ladders (business): tribute, S5209 [19JY]

Bankruptcy: clarify rule allowing discharge as a nonpriority claim of governmental claims arising from disposition of farm assets (S. 3545), S6342 [13SE]

Baxter Brewing Co.: BevNet (publication) New Brewery of the Year award recipient, S1457 [7MR]

Brooks Trap Mill (business): tribute, S4890 [11JY]

Bull Jagger Brewing Co.: tribute, S258 [1FE]

Business and industry: economic role of small business, S5101 [18JY], S5809 [1AU]

Connecticut: tribute to SBA award recipients, S3079 [10MY]

Contracts: modify goals for procurement contracts awarded to small business concerns (S. 3213), S3392 [22MY]

Credit: promulgate regulations regarding debit and credit card interchange transaction fees, S3403–S3405 [22MY], S5960–S5962 [2AU]

Dept. of Agriculture: eliminate farm subsidies, S3935 [12JN], S4195 [14JN]

——— establish a program to provide loans for local farms, ranches, and market gardens to improve public health and nutrition and reduce energy consumption, S4391 [21JN]

——— Federal milk marketing order program reform, S4268 [19JN]

——— include multi-year price decline protections in the Agriculture Risk Coverage program, S4358 [20JN]

——— reform Federal grazing fees, S3935 [12JN]

Dept. of Defense: small business contracting reforms, S7299 [30NO]

Dept. of Labor: prohibit finalization of certain proposed child labor rules relative to family farming, S3932 [12JN]

——— reform certain proposed child labor rules relative to family farming, S371 [7FE], S490 [9FE], S895–S898 [17FE], S1112 [29FE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: treat small businesses bequeathed to family by Armed Forces members killed in the line of duty as owned and controlled by veterans for contracting goals and preferences (S. 3405), S5213 [19JY]

Economy: impact of Government regulations, S2676–S2679 [25AP], S4113 [13JN], S4168 [14JN], S4318 [20JN], S6477 [20SE]

——— importance of job creation, S14 [23JA], S332, S337 [6FE], S368 [7FE], S421 [9FE], S1568 [12MR], S1642 [14MR], S1705 [15MR], S2203 [29MR], S3110 [14MY], S3823 [7JN], S3959 [12JN], S4112 [13JN], S4194 [14JN], S4623 [26JN], S6477 [20SE]

——— increase job creation and economic growth by improving access to public capital markets for emerging growth companies (H.R. 3606), S1454 [7MR], S1496 [8MR], S1581 [12MR], S1583–S1586 [13MR], S1667–S1671, S1673–S1675 [14MR], S1686–S1696, S1698–S1700, S1705, S1714–S1729 [15MR], S1764–S1768, S1776–S1783 [19MR], S1817, S1822–S1831, S1834, S1835, S1837–S1842 [20MR], S1875, S1877–S1879, S1883–S1890, S1894 [21MR], S1957, S1963, S1966–S1977, S1995 [22MR], S2078 [27MR], S2229–S2231 [29MR], S2590 [23AP], S4195 [14JN], S5474–S5478 [26JY]

——— increase job creation and economic growth by improving access to public capital markets for emerging growth companies (H.R. 3606), unanimous-consent agreement, S1919 [21MR]

——— increase job creation and economic growth by improving access to public capital markets for emerging growth companies (H.R. 3606), unanimous-consent request, S1568, S1569 [12MR], S1585 [13MR]

——— increase job creation and economic growth by improving access to public capital markets for emerging growth companies (S. 1933), S1455 [7MR]

——— jump-start economic recovery through formation and growth of new businesses (S. 1965), S30 [23JA], S1689, S1691 [15MR], S2992 [9MY]

——— jump-start economic recovery through formation and growth of new businesses (S. 3217), S3461–S3463 [23MY], S3764–S3767 [6JN], S6722 [13NO]

——— provide growth through small business tax relief, research and innovation, veterans’ business incentives, regulatory relief, support for high-skilled workers, and counterfeiting enforcement (S. 1866), S1830 [20MR], S3764, S3765 [6JN]

Employment: disparity between public and private sector wages and benefits, S3877 [11JN]

EPA: impact of overregulation on the economy, S3620 [24MY]

Eximbank: reauthorize, S1728 [15MR]

F.S. VanHoose & Co., Inc.: tribute, S905 [17FE]

FDA: require report on issues with respect to small business, S3500 [23MY]

Financial institutions: advance the ability of credit unions to promote small business growth and economic development opportunities, S1673 [14MR], S1695 [15MR]

——— advance the ability of credit unions to promote small business growth and economic development opportunities (S. 2231), S2007 [22MR], S2009 [26MR]

Foreign trade: improve coordination of export promotion programs and facilitate export opportunities, S4877 [11JY]

——— improve coordination of export promotion programs and facilitate export opportunities (S. 3218), S3428, S3429 [22MY]

Gelato Fiasco, Inc.: tribute, S2724 [25AP]

Global Entrepreneurship Week: observance, S6721 [13NO]

Government regulations: provide certainty for small business concerns (S. 3572), S6461 [19SE]

——— temporarily suspend certain regulations (S. 1538), S140 [30JA]

Gulf of Mexico: anniversary of Deepwater Horizon oil spill, S2461 [18AP]

Health: release of ‘‘Health Care Delivery System Reform and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act’’ report, S2200 [29MR]

Horton’s Books & Gifts (business): anniversary, S1845 [20MR]

Hurricanes: disaster assistance to New Jersey for recovery from damage caused by Hurricane Sandy, S6723, S6724 [13NO], S6841–S6843 [15NO]

——— making supplemental appropriations for recovery from damage caused by Hurricane Sandy, S8050, S8052–S8060, S8062 [17DE], S8112, S8117, S8118, S8124–S8128, S8133–S8135 [18DE], S8161, S8163, S8164, S8177, S8178, S8184–S8197 [19DE], S8243–S8245 [20DE], S8341 [21DE], S8425–S8427, S8429–S8445 [27DE], S8462–S8474, S8476–S8497, S8519 [28DE], S8544 [30DE], S8639, S8640 [2JA]

——— supplemental appropriations for recovery from damage caused by Hurricane Sandy through reductions in foreign aid funding, S8470–S8472, S8480 [28DE]

Jackson’s Sugar House and Vegetable Stand (business): tribute, S1929 [21MR]

Jen’s Place (business): tribute, S8040 [13DE]

John T. Cyr & Sons, Inc.: anniversary, S125 [26JA], S3127 [14MY]

Jones Bar-B-Q Diner (business): James Beard Foundation America’s Classics Award recipient, S2918 [7MY]

LaCasse Bat Co.: tribute, S6263 [12SE]

Lansing, MI: anniversary of Lansing Regional Chamber of Commerce, S848 [16FE]

Libby, Ike: Dixfield, ME, Board of Selectmen Distinguished Citizen of the Year award recipient, S4455 [25JN]

Livingston, Luke: inclusion in Forbes (publication) ‘‘30 Under 30 Food & Wine’’ list, S1457 [7MR]

Minimum wage: increase, and index future increases to the consumer price index (S. 3453), S5491 [26JY]

Nashua, NH: anniversary of Scontsas Fine Jewelry and Home Décor (business), S7209 [29NO]

National Association for the Specialty Food Trade: tribute to award-winning vendors, S4718 [28JN]

National Small Business Week: observance (S. Res. 469), S3386, S3387 [21MY], S3391 [22MY], S3620 [24MY]

National Veterans Business Development Corp.: terminate Federal authorization, S7203 [29NO]

——— terminate Federal authorization (S. 3281), S3842 [7JN]

National Women’s High-Growth Business Bipartisan Task Force: establish (S. 3196), S3281 [17MY]

NexStraps (business): tribute, S3513 [23MY]

NIST: Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program funding, S5105 [18JY]

Obama, President: characterization of remarks concerning small business, S5178 [19JY], S5344 [25JY]

——— evaluation of economic policies, S5101 [18JY], S5170, S5184 [19JY], S5241–S5243 [23JY], S5281, S5284 [24JY], S5693 [31JY], S5808, S5829 [1AU], S5902 [2AU], S6411–S6413 [19SE]

——— evaluation of tax policies, S3408 [22MY], S4998 [16JY], S5938–S5940 [2AU]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: impact, S1821 [20MR], S1873–S1875, S1879–S1883 [21MR], S1956–S1963, S1988–S1991 [22MR], S2014, S2020–S2023 [26MR], S2160–S2163 [28MR], S2200, S2214 [29MR], S3114 [14MY], S4112 [13JN], S4731–S4733 [29JN], S4808–S4810 [10JY], S4857, S4879 [11JY], S5202 [19JY], S5445–S5447 [26JY], S5692–S5699 [31JY], S6042–S6044 [10SE]

——— impact on job creation, S3245 [17MY], S4650 [27JN]

——— impact on small business hiring, S4868 [11JY]

——— impact on tax burden, S4856–S4858 [11JY]

PenBay Solutions LLC: tribute, S1145 [29FE]

Portland, ME: tribute to Folia Jewelry (business), S7744 [11DE]

——— tribute to Pat’s Pizza Old Port (business), S6796 [14NO]

Postal Service: determine impact of certain postal facility closures or consolidations on small business, S2689 [25AP]

——— encourage colocation of an employee at a commercial or government entity to maintain local access to postal services, S2642 [24AP]

Saco, ME: anniversary of Saco & Biddeford Savings Institution, S2961 [8MY]

SBA: clarify collateral requirement for certain disaster-related loans (S. 3681), S8042 [13DE]

——— enhance the Small Business Investment Company Program (S. 3253), S3638 [24MY]

——— establish a small business common application and web portal for purposes of Federal small business assistance programs, S4933 [12JY]

——— establish a vocational and technical entrepreneurship development demonstration program (S. 3174), S3131 [14MY]

——— expand the HUBZone program for communities affected by defense base realignment and closure (S. 3675), S7979, S7980 [12DE]

——— extend and reauthorize certain programs, S4876–S4879 [11JY], S4938 [12JY]

——— extend availability of low-interest mortgage refinancing under the local development business loan program (S. 2364), S2732 [25AP]

——— extend loan refinancing program, S1728 [15MR]

——— extend temporary program allowing refinancing of certain eligible fixed assets under the Certified Development Company/504 Loan Program, S4876 [11JY]

——— improve entrepreneurial development programs (S. 3198), S3281 [17MY]

——— reauthorize and improve the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program, S3391 [22MY]

——— reauthorize the women’s business center program (S. 3197), S3281 [17MY]

——— reinstate increase in surety bond guarantee limits, S4927 [12JY], S8429 [27DE]

——— remove limit on anticipated award price for contracts awarded under the procurement program for women-owned small business concerns, S7203 [29NO]

——— remove limit on anticipated award price for contracts awarded under the procurement program for women-owned small business concerns and identify industries in which women are underrepresented (S. 2172), S1462 [7MR]

——— strengthen entrepreneurial education (S. 3214), S3424 [22MY]

SEC: determine if the term ‘‘held of record’’ should include beneficial owners of such class of securities, S1884 [21MR], S1973 [22MR]

——— eliminate prohibition against general solicitation as a requirement for certain registration exemptions, S183 [31JA]

——— exempt a certain class of securities from regulations limiting the amount of shares sold to raise capital by small businesses, S1886 [21MR], S1968 [22MR]

——— exempt a certain class of securities from regulations limiting the amount of shares sold to raise capital by small businesses (S. 1544), S1454 [7MR]

Securities: provide for registration exemptions for certain crowdfunded securities, S1828 [20MR], S1877–S1879, S1884–S1889, S1894 [21MR], S1968, S1972–S1976 [22MR], S2230, S2231 [29MR], S5474–S5478 [26JY]

Senate: legislative priorities, S3052 [10MY]

Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE) (organization): improve (S. 3246), S3636 [24MY]

Shucks Maine Lobster (business): tribute, S5971 [2AU]

Skowhegan, ME: tribute to Bankery (business), S7457 [5DE]

Small Business Investment Act: increase maximum amount of leverage permitted, S1782 [19MR]

Superior Printing and Publishing Co., Inc.: tribute, S3036 [9MY]

Taxation: apply payroll taxes to remuneration up to the contribution and benefit base and to remuneration in excess of certain amounts (S. 1558), S5276 [24JY]

——— exempt certain family-owned farms and businesses from the estate tax, S7674 [6DE]

——— extend Bush administration tax cuts, S3746, S3757 [6JN], S3804 [7JN], S4117 [13JN], S4405 [21JN], S4798–S4800, S4804–S4806 [10JY], S4835–S4842, S4851, S4857, S4885 [11JY], S4928, S4932, S4934 [12JY], S4991–S4995, S4998 [16JY], S5052, S5074, S5076–S5081 [17JY], S5102–S5103 [18JY], S5178, S5198 [19JY], S6485–S6488 [20SE], S7654 [6DE]

——— extend Bush administration tax cuts, provide alternative minimum tax relief, and extend increased expensing limitations (H.R. 8), S5840 [1AU], S6066 [10SE], S6075 [11SE], S8583–S8586 [31DE], S8611–S8618, S8620, S8622 [1JA], S8641–S8644, S8661–S8663 [2JA]

——— extend Bush administration tax cuts, provide alternative minimum tax relief, and extend increased expensing limitations (H.R. 8), unanimous-consent agreement, S8513 [28DE], S8584 [31DE]

——— extend Bush administration tax cuts, provide alternative minimum tax relief, and extend increased expensing limitations (H.R. 8), unanimous-consent request, S6418, S6419 [19SE]

——— extend Bush administration tax cuts, provide alternative minimum tax relief, and repeal estate and generation-skipping transfer taxes (S. 3420), S5264 [23JY], S5265 [24JY]

——— extend Bush administration tax cuts, provide alternative minimum tax relief, extend increased expensing limitations, and provide instructions for tax reform, S5275, S5287, S5291–S5293 [24JY], S5324–S5327, S5330–S5339, S5345, S5349–S5353 [25JY]

——— extend Bush administration tax cuts, provide alternative minimum tax relief, extend increased expensing limitations, and provide instructions for tax reform (S. 3401), S5167 [18JY], S5169 [19JY]

——— extend Bush administration tax cuts, provide alternative minimum tax relief, extend increased expensing limitations, and provide instructions for tax reform (S. 3413), S5238 [19JY]

——— extend Bush administration tax cuts and other tax relief for families making less than a certain annual income and provide alternative minimum tax and estate tax relief (S. 3393), S5090 [17JY], S5093 [18JY]

——— extend Bush administration tax cuts and other tax relief for families making less than a certain annual income and provide alternative minimum tax relief (S. 3412), S5238 [19JY], S5352–S5357 [25JY], S5421, S5441, S5442, S5445 [26JY], S5631 [30JY], S6877 [26NO], S6936 [27NO], S7128, S7132 [29NO], S7379–S7381, S7395 [4DE], S7406–S7408, S7415–S7420, S7426, S7435 [5DE], S7643, S7677 [6DE], S7692 [10DE], S7714, S7727 [11DE], S7757, S7781, S7784 [12DE], S8323 [21DE], S8383, S8418 [27DE]

——— extend Bush administration tax cuts and other tax relief for families making less than a certain annual income and provide alternative minimum tax relief (S. 3412), motion to proceed, S5265–S5268, S5270, S5271, S5275, S5277–S5288, S5291–S5294 [24JY], S5321–S5347, S5349–S5352 [25JY]

——— extend Bush administration tax cuts and other tax relief for families making less than a certain annual income and provide alternative minimum tax relief (S. 3412), unanimous-consent agreement, S5339 [25JY]

——— extend Bush administration tax cuts and other tax relief for families making less than a certain annual income and provide alternative minimum tax relief (S. 3412), unanimous-consent request, S6418, S6419 [19SE]

——— extend Bush administration tax cuts and permanently repeal estate and gift taxes and the alternative minimum tax on individuals, S6318–S6320 [13SE]

——— extend certain Creating Small Business Jobs Act provisions (S. 2050), S210 [31JA]

——— extend the time for making S corporation elections (S. 2271), S2251 [29MR]

——— impact of rate increase on small businesses, S7782 [12DE]

——— make permanent certain tax cuts and relief for families making less than a certain income, increased expensing limitations, and alternative minimum tax relief (H.J. Res. 66), S8324 [21DE]

——— make permanent the increased deduction for business start-up expenditures (S. 2088), S497 [9FE]

——— permanently extend and modify the research credit (S. 825), S337 [6FE]

——— permanently extend the employer-provided child care credit (S. 3427), S5305 [24JY]

——— prevent pending tax increases and permanently repeal estate and gift taxes and the alternative minimum tax on individuals, S2803 [26AP], S7672–S7674 [6DE]

——— prevent professional service income from being mischaracterized as S corporation income to avoid paying payroll taxes, S2802 [26AP], S2898–S2906 [7MY], S2933–S2948, S2954 [8MY], S2998, S3000, S3003, S3004, S3006, S3013, S3015, S3024–S3028, S3030, S3031, S3034, S3035 [9MY], S3054–S3057, S3060 [10MY], S3263, S3264, S3268 [17MY], S3411 [22MY], S3536 [24MY], S3677 [4JN], S4188 [14JN]

——— provide a deduction for domestic business income of qualified small businesses, S4936 [12JY]

——— provide a deduction for domestic business income of qualified small businesses (H.R. 9), S4812 [10JY], S4921 [12JY]

——— provide a deduction for domestic business income of qualified small businesses (H.R. 9), unanimous-consent request, S5451 [26JY], S5845 [1AU], S6419 [19SE]

——— provide a taxpayer bill of rights for small businesses (S. 2291), S2395 [17AP]

——— provide a temporary income tax credit for increased payroll and extend bonus depreciation for certain business assets (S. 2237), S2036 [26MR], S2039 [27MR], S4884–S4886 [11JY], S4919–S4928, S4930–S4938 [12JY]

——— provide a temporary income tax credit for increased payroll and extend bonus depreciation for certain business assets (S. 2237), motion to proceed, S4448 [25JN], S4765 [29JN], S4784 [9JY], S4793, S4795, S4804–S4806, S4812 [10JY], S4835–S4843, S4846, S4851–S4853, S4872–S4884 [11JY]

——— provide a temporary income tax credit for increased payroll and extend bonus depreciation for certain business assets (S. 2237), unanimous-consent request, S4836, S4885, S4886 [11JY]

——— provide for startup businesses to use a portion of the research and development credit to offset payroll taxes (S. 3460), S5735 [31JY]

——— provide tax incentives for small businesses and improve SBA programs (S. 3442), S5386–S5390 [25JY]

——— repeal estate and generation-skipping taxes, S4924–S4926 [12JY], S5336, S5340–S5345, S5357 [25JY], S5441, S5442 [26JY], S5840 [1AU], S7695 [10DE]

Transportation: improve consumer protection through regulation of the household goods moving industry, S8197–S8199 [19DE]

U.S. Chamber of Commerce: anniversary (S. Res. 482), S3782 [6JN]

Veterans: reduce unemployment by ensuring training and transition assistance and providing incentives to employers for hiring veterans, S3504–S3506 [23MY]

West Branch Heritage Timber, LLC: tribute, S2543 [19AP]

Wilbur’s of Maine Chocolate Confections (business): tribute, S610 [14FE]

Xuron Corp.: tribute, S1678 [14MR]

Yale Cordage (business): tribute, S6445 [19SE]

Reports

Employer Health Benefits Survey Findings: Kaiser Family Foundation and Health Research & Educational Trust (organization), H4712–H4715 [10JY]

Reports filed

Building Better Business Partnerships Act: Committee on Small Business (House) (H.R. 3985) (H. Rept. 112–723), H7429 [21DE]

Consideration of H.R. 8, Job Protection and Recession Prevention Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 747) (H. Rept. 112–641), H5524 [31JY]

Consideration of H.R. 9, Small Business Tax Cut Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 620) (H. Rept. 112–447), H1914 [17AP]

Consideration of H.R. 3606, Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 572) (H. Rept. 112–409), H1209 [6MR]

Consideration of H.R. 6169, Pathway to Job Creation Through a Simpler, Fairer Tax Code Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 747) (H. Rept. 112–641), H5524 [31JY]

Consideration of H.R. 6684, Spending Reduction Act and Senate Amendment to H.J. Res. 66, Permanent Tax Relief for Families and Small Businesses Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 841) (H. Rept. 112–708), H7359 [19DE]

Consideration of Senate Amendments to H.R. 8, American Taxpayer Relief Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 844) (H. Rept. 112–741), H7565 [1JA]

Contracting Oversight for Small Business Jobs Act: Committee on Small Business (House) (H.R. 4206) (H. Rept. 112–728), H7429 [21DE]

Contractor Opportunity Protection Act: Committee on Small Business (House) (H.R. 4081) (H. Rept. 112–725), H7429 [21DE]

Early Stage Small Business Contracting Act: Committee on Small Business (House) (H.R. 4121) (H. Rept. 112–727), H7429 [21DE]

Government Efficiency Through Small Business Contracting Act: Committee on Small Business (House) (H.R. 3850) (H. Rept. 112–720), H7429 [21DE]

Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 3606) (H. Rept. 112–406), H1209 [6MR]

Pathway to Job Creation Through a Simpler, Fairer Tax Code Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H.R. 6169) (H. Rept. 112–629), H5330 [30JY]

Private Property Rights Protection Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 1433) (H. Rept. 112–401), H943 [17FE]

Protecting Main Street End-Users From Excessive Regulation Act: Committee on Agriculture (House) (H.R. 3527) (H. Rept. 112–391), H639 [8FE]

Reopening American Capital Markets to Emerging Growth Companies Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 3606) (H. Rept. 112–406), H1133 [1MR]

Small Business Advocate Act: Committee on Small Business (House) (H.R. 3851) (H. Rept. 112–721), H7429 [21DE]

Small Business Opportunity Act: Committee on Small Business (House) (H.R. 3980) (H. Rept. 112–722), H7429 [21DE]

Small Business Procurement Improvement Act: Committee on Small Business (House) (H.R. 4118) (H. Rept. 112–726), H7429 [21DE]

Small Business Protection Act: Committee on Small Business (House) (H.R. 3987) (H. Rept. 112–724), H7429 [21DE]

Small Business Reorganization Efficiency and Clarity Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 2370), S3630 [24MY]

Small Business Tax Cut Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 9) (H. Rept. 112–425), H1844 [16AP]

Subcontracting Transparency and Reliability Act: Committee on Small Business (House) (H.R. 3893) (H. Rept. 112–731), H7435 [27DE]

Women’s Procurement Program Improvement Act: Committee on Small Business (House) (H.R. 4203) (H. Rept. 112–732), H7435 [27DE]

Rulings of the Chair

Economy: increase job creation and economic growth by improving access to public capital markets for emerging growth companies (H.R. 3606), S1884 [21MR], H1240 [7MR]

Statements

Business Tax Reform: Executive Office of the President, H1225 [7MR]

Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act: Executive Office of the President, H1237 [7MR]

——— Luis A. Aguilar, SEC, S1970 [22MR]

Small Banks’ Regulatory Burdens: Adam Levitin, Georgetown University Law School, H6582 [3DE]

Summaries

Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (H.R. 3606), H1239 [7MR]

Surveys

Economic State of Small Business: American Sustainable Business Council, Main Street Alliance, Small Business Majority (organization), H5239 [25JY]

Tables

Budget aggregates, H3101 [17MY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act provisions affecting small businesses, H6719 [12DE]

Texts of

H. Res. 572, consideration of H.R. 3606, Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act, H1222 [7MR]

H. Res. 620, consideration of H.R. 9, Small Business Tax Cut Act, H1981 [19AP]

H. Res. 747, consideration of H.R. 8, Job Protection and Recession Prevention Act, H5538 [1AU]

H. Res. 747, consideration of H.R. 6169, Pathway to Job Creation Through a Simpler, Fairer Tax Code Act, H5538 [1AU]

H. Res. 841, consideration of H.R. 6684, Spending Reduction Act and Senate amendment to H.J. Res. 66, Permanent Tax Relief for Families and Small Businesses Act, H7374 [20DE]

H. Res. 844, consideration of Senate amendment to H.R. 8, American Taxpayer Relief Act, H7531 [1JA]

H.R. 1, Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, S8486–S8496 [28DE]

H.R. 8, Job Protection and Recession Prevention Act, H5578 [1AU]

H.R. 9, Small Business Tax Cut Act, H1990 [19AP]

H.R. 1433, Private Property Rights Protection Act, H997–H999 [28FE]

H.R. 3606, Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act, H1245–H1249 [7MR]

H.R. 4041, Export Promotion Reform Act, H3252 [30MY]

H.R. 4157, Preserving America’s Family Farms Act, H5162 [24JY]

H.R. 6169, Pathway to Job Creation Through a Simpler, Fairer Tax Code Act, H5658 [2AU]

H.R. 6296, Disaster Loan Fairness Act, H6115 [19SE]

H.R. 6504, Small Business Investment Company Modernization Act, H6838 [18DE]

S. 2050, Small Business Tax Extenders Act, S211 [31JA]

S. 2172, Fairness in Women-Owned Small Business Contracting Act, S1462 [7MR]

S. 2217, Rural America Preservation Act, S1936–S1938 [21MR]

S. 2237, Small Business Jobs and Tax Relief Act, S2032 [26MR]

S. 2271, Small Business Election Simplification Act, S2252 [29MR]

S. 2291, Small Business Taxpayer Bill of Rights Act, S2396–S2398 [17AP]

S. 3196, National Women’s High-Growth Business Bipartisan Task Force Act, S3282 [17MY]

S. 3197, Women’s Small Business Ownership Act, S3283–S3286 [17MY]

S. 3214, Today’s Entrepreneurs Are America’s Mentors (TEAM) Act, S3425 [22MY]

S. 3246, SCORE Program Improvement Act, S3637 [24MY]

S. 3281, National Veterans Business Development Corp., Federal authorization termination, S3842 [7JN]

S. 3393, Middle Class Tax Cut Act, S5087–S5089 [17JY]

S. 3412, Middle Class Tax Cut Act, S5216–S5218 [19JY], S5355 [25JY]

S. 3442, Success Ultimately Comes from Capital, Contracting, Education, Strategic Partnerships, and Smart Regulations (SUCCESS) Act, S5390–S5401 [25JY]

S. 3453, Fair Minimum Wage Act, S5492 [26JY]

S. 3545, Family Farmer Bankruptcy Tax Clarification Act, S6343 [13SE]

S. 3681, clarify SBA collateral requirement for certain disaster-related loans, S8043 [13DE]

S. Res. 469, National Small Business Week, S3331, S3387 [21MY]

S. Res. 482, U.S. Chamber of Commerce anniversary, S3782 [6JN]

S. Res. 589, Small Business Saturday, S6635, S6684 [21SE]