SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

Bills and resolutions

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

Business and industry: 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]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Financial services and general Government: making appropriations (see S. 3301), S4203 [14JN] (see H.R. 6020), H4063 [26JN]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 6020), consideration (see H. Res. 717), H4603 [28JN]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

——— 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]

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

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

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

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

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

——— 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]

Women’s business center program: reauthorize (see S. 3197), S3280 [17MY]

Briefings

Impact of Pacific Asian Consortium in Employment (PACE) SBA Micro-Loan Program: Linda Wong, E772 [10MY]

Letters

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]

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]

Remarks in House

Budget: application of fair-market value accounting method to certain Federal credit and loan guarantee programs, H534–H541 [7FE]

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]

Disasters: 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]

Financial services and general Government: making appropriations (H.R. 6020), consideration (H. Res. 717), H4609–H4614 [29JN]

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

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

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

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

Hurricanes: 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]

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

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

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

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

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

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]

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: 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]

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

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

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

Remarks in Senate

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Federal agencies and departments: consolidate duplicative and overlapping Government trade programs, S5904–S5907 [2AU]

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

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

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]

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

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

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

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

Small business: extend and reauthorize certain programs, S4876–S4879 [11JY], S4938 [12JY]

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

——— 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]

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

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

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

Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program: reauthorize and improve, S3391 [22MY]

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

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

Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program: reauthorize and improve, S3391 [22MY]

Women: 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]

Women’s business center program: reauthorize (S. 3197), S3281 [17MY]

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. 6020, Financial Services and General Government Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 717) (H. Rept. 112–558), H4603 [28JN]

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]

Financial Services and General Government Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 6020) (H. Rept. 112–550), H4063 [26JN]

——— Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 3301) (S. Rept. 112–177), S4203 [14JN]

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

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]

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]

Texts of

H. Res. 717, consideration of H.R. 6020, financial services and general Government appropriations, H4609 [29JN]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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