SMALL BUSINESS see also Business and Industry

Amendments

Hurricanes: making supplemental appropriations for recovery from damage caused by Hurricane Sandy (H.R. 152), S180, S183 [22JA], S295 [24JA], S320 [28JA], H56 [4JA], H121, H125, H128, H136, H137, H139, H140, H141, H143, H144, H145 [15JA]

Investments: provide a registration exemption for private equity fund advisers (H.R. 1105), H7486 [4DE]

——— provide a registration exemption for private equity fund advisers (H.R. 1105), consideration (H. Res. 429), H7468 [4DE]

Patents: eliminate abusive patent litigation, increase transparency, modernize fee shifting, and provide for small business education and outreach (H.R. 3309), H7526, H7532, H7535, H7538, H7539, H7541, H7543, H7545, H7546 [5DE]

——— eliminate abusive patent litigation, increase transparency, modernize fee shifting, and provide for small business education and outreach (H.R. 3309), consideration (H. Res. 429), H7468 [4DE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: authorize health insurance issuers to offer for sale current individual health insurance coverage in satisfaction of individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3350), H7126 [15NO]

——— delay implementation of the employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 2667), consideration (H. Res. 300), H4543 [17JY]

——— delay implementation of the individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 2668), consideration (H. Res. 300), H4543 [17JY]

Articles and editorials

Boehner—Upton Bill a Step on Path to Obamacare Repeal, H7121 [15NO]

Hardware Store Is a Family Affair, E1301 [12SE]

Health Plan Cost for New Yorkers Set To Fall 50%, H4537 [17JY]

Health Reform Without a Mandate—Lessons From Washington State, H4558 [17JY]

Leunig’s Co-owner Honored, S4015 [7JN]

ObamaCare’s Troubles Are Only Beginning—Be Prepared for Eligibility, Payment and Information Protection Debacles—And Longer Waits for Care, S8980 [18DE]

Part-Timers To Lose Pay Amid Health Act’s New Math, S3304 [9MY]

Richmond Bakery Cooks Up Job-Training Program and Successful Business, S6323 [10SE]

Second Wave of Health Plan Cancellations Looms, S8980 [18DE]

Short Hillside’s Long Legacy, S754 [14FE]

Shutdown’s Forgotten Victims—Government Contractors, S7457 [14OC]

Tennessee Voices—Health Care Law Must Be Delayed, S6861 [24SE]

Under ACA, Employer Mandate Could Mean Fewer Jobs, S1108 [5MR]

Bills and resolutions

Agriculture: restore integrity to and strengthen payment limitation rules for commodity payments and benefits to farmers (see S. 281), S657 [12FE] (see H.R. 1932), H2568 [9MY]

Alcoholic beverages: exempt aging process of distilled spirits from the production period for purposes of capitalization of interest costs (see S. 1457), S6207 [1AU]

Bankruptcy: clarify rule allowing discharge as a nonpriority claim of governmental claims arising from disposition of farm assets (see S. 1427), S6206 [1AU]

Business and industry: accelerate research, development, and innovation in advanced manufacturing to improve competitiveness (see H.R. 1421), H1856 [9AP]

——— permit business development companies to increase investments in small- and middle-market financial service companies and investment advisors (see H.R. 1973), H2602 [14MY]

——— prohibit the Federal Government from preventing a private business from operating during a Government shutdown on Federal property leased by the business (see H.R. 3664), H7566 [5DE]

Commission on the Advancement of Social Enterprise: establish (see H.R. 2043), H2773 [17MY]

Construction industries: prohibit use of reverse auctions for design and construction services procurements (see H.R. 2751), H4825 [19JY]

Contracts: allow an income tax credit for employers who pay Federal contractor employees compensation lost due to the Government shutdown (see H.R. 3553), H7309 [20NO]

——— ensure certain Federal contracts are set aside for small businesses and enhance services to disadvantaged small businesses (see H.R. 2551), H4142 [27JN]

——— ensure efficiency and fairness in awarding of Federal contracts in connection with natural disaster reconstruction efforts (see S. 98), S213 [23JA]

——— establish fair procedures for arbitration clauses (see S. 878), S3158 [7MY] (see H.R. 1844), H2483 [7MY]

——— increase contracting goals for service-disabled veteran-owned small business and qualified HUBZone small businesses (see S. 259), S520 [7FE]

——— provide for compensation of Federal contractor employees that were placed on unpaid leave as a result of the Government shutdown (see H.R. 3500), H7110 [14NO]

——— provide for full and open competition for Federal contracts related to natural disaster reconstruction efforts (see S. 99), S213 [23JA]

——— require the use of two-phase selection procedures when design-build contracts are suitable for award to small business concerns (see H.R. 2750), H4825 [19JY]

Corp. for Travel Promotion: extend funding (see H.R. 2626), H4213 [8JY]

Corps of Engineers: prohibit imposition of excessive fees for use of Army-controlled property at water resources development projects relative to certain concessionaires at marinas (see H.R. 2795), H4978 [23JY]

Credit unions: provide exception from the member business loan cap for loans made to aid in recovery from a disaster (see H.R. 1646), H2158 [18AP]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish a program to provide loans for local farms, ranches, and market gardens to improve public health and nutrition and reduce energy consumption (see S. 678), S2501 [9AP]

Dept. of Commerce and the Workforce: establish (see S. 1836), S8913 [17DE]

Dept. of HHS: eliminate authority to limit ability of medical providers to conduct lawful businesses (see H.R. 2833), H5088 [25JY]

——— foster further innovation and entrepreneurship in the health information technology sector (see H.R. 2363), H3591 [13JN]

Dept. of HUD: increase portion of Community Development Block Grant Program assistance that may be used to provide public services (see H.R. 1758), H2351 [25AP]

Dept. of Labor: establish the National Full Employment Trust Fund (see H.R. 870), H701 [27FE] (see H.R. 1000), H1319 [6MR]

——— establish the Small Business Liaison Pilot Program (see H.R. 954), H981 [5MR]

Dept. of Transportation: develop rule prohibiting use of Disadvantaged Business Enterprises program funds for any enterprise no longer eligible (see H.R. 1088), H1356 [12MR]

——— improve contracting opportunities for veteran-owned small businesses for authorized highway and transit projects (see H.R. 2906), H5341 [1AU]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: enhance treatment of certain small business concerns for purposes of contracting goals and preferences (see S. 430), S1012 [28FE] (see H.R. 3098), H5546 [12SE]

——— establish a Veterans Economic Opportunity Administration (see H.R. 2327), H3355 [12JN]

——— give preference to veteran-owned local contractors (see H.R. 2358), H3590 [13JN]

Depts. of Labor and Commerce: establish Make It in America Incentive Grant Program (see H.R. 375), H279 [23JA]

Economy: encourage job creation through trade, tax, labor, health care, and court reforms, a balanced budget amendment, Alaskan energy development, Federal workforce reduction, and regulatory flexibility (see H.R. 2674), H4483 [11JY]

——— jump-start economic recovery through formation and growth of new businesses (see S. 310), S707 [13FE] (see H.R. 714), H546 [14FE]

——— provide predictability and certainty in the tax law, create jobs, and encourage investment (see S. 1826), S8809 [13DE]

Employment: allow Americans to earn paid sick time to address their own health needs and the health needs of their families (see S. 631), S2026 [20MR] (see H.R. 1286), H1718 [20MR]

——— provide assistance to small businesses providing low-income individuals with green jobs (see H.R. 2863), H5173 [30JY]

——— require employers provide a minimum of 1 week of paid annual leave to employees (see H.R. 2096), H2910 [22MY]

EPA: make permanent the moratorium on certain regulations and fines governing incidental discharges from commercial vessels under a certain size (see H.R. 3464), H7050 [13NO]

——— require analyses of the cumulative and incremental impacts of certain rules and actions (see H.R. 2948), H5343 [1AU]

E3—Economy, Energy, and Environment—A Sustainable Growth Strategy (Government initiative): evaluate and authorize continuation of activities (see H.R. 2873), H5259 [31JY]

Executive departments: require transparency in meeting Federal goals for contracting with small business concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans (see S. 140), S284 [24JA]

Fab Foundation: provide a Federal charter for the National Fab Lab Network, a network of digital fabrication facilities providing community access to advanced manufacturing tools (see S. 1705), S8049 [14NO] (see H.R. 1289), H1718 [20MR]

FDA: waive or reduce certain fees applicable to generic drug facilities if such fees present a significant barrier to market entry due to limited resources or other circumstances (see H.R. 3631), H7394 [2DE]

Federal agencies and departments: permit agencies to count certain contracts toward certain small business contracting goals (see S. 1190), S4673 [19JN] (see H.R. 2441), H3928 [19JN]

——— reform regulatory process to ensure freedom of small businesses to compete and create jobs (see S. 1730), S8186 [19NO]

Federal aid programs: enhance services to disadvantaged small businesses (see H.R. 2550), H4142 [27JN]

——— transfer funds to the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund, improve microenterprise programs, and establish the SBA Office of Youth Entrepreneurship (see H.R. 2474), H3989 [20JN]

Financial institutions: advance the ability of credit unions to promote small business growth and economic development opportunities (see S. 968), S3569 [16MY]

——— create protections for depository institutions that provide financial services to marijuana-related businesses (see H.R. 2652), H4369 [10JY]

——— encourage institutions to work with their customers affected by the Government shutdown who may be facing short-term financial hardship and long-term damage to their creditworthiness (see H. Con. Res. 60), H6545 [11OC]

——— enhance ability of community financial institutions to foster economic growth and serve their communities, boost small businesses, and increase individual savings (see S. 1349), S5907 [24JY] (see H.R. 1750), H2350 [25AP]

——— enhance ability of community financial institutions to foster economic growth, serve their communities, boost small businesses, and increase individual savings (see H.R. 3329), H6768 [23OC]

——— expand eligibility to the Federal Home Loan Bank System to privately-insured credit unions to facilitate more loan opportunities (see S. 1806), S8771 [12DE]

——— expand the purposes of advances and collateral available to community development financial institutions (see H.R. 3656), H7566 [5DE]

——— provide certain credit unions with the authority to make additional member business loans (see H.R. 688), H544 [14FE]

Financial literacy: provide grants to promote (see S. 829), S3028 [25AP] (see S. 1532), S6647 [19SE] (see H.R. 2920), H5342 [1AU]

——— provide incentives to encourage financial institutions and small businesses to provide continuing financial education to customers, borrowers, and employees (see H.R. 1538), H1991 [12AP]

Fish and fishing: permit eligible fishermen to approve certain limited access privilege programs (see S. 221), S469 [4FE]

Foreign trade: enhance promotion of exports of U.S. goods and services (see H.R. 1409), H1856 [9AP] (see H.R. 1926), H2568 [9MY]

——— improve coordination of export promotion programs and facilitate export opportunities (see S. 1179), S4585 [18JN]

FTC: promulgate rules requiring Internet merchants to disclose use of price-altering computer programs (see H.R. 2487), H4037 [25JN]

GAO: require a study and report on the costs of Federal regulations (see S. 536), S1710 [12MR]

Government regulations: ensure complete analysis of potential impacts of rules on small entities (see H.R. 2542), H4142 [27JN]

——— permit small business concerns to elect to be exempt from certain Federal rules and regulations (see H.R. 168), H51 [4JA]

——— provide additional safeguards relative to imposing Federal mandates (see H.R. 899), H814 [28FE]

——— provide with a grace period for any regulatory violation (see H.R. 746), H593 [15FE]

——— repeal a loan data collection requirement (see H.R. 2323), H3287 [11JN]

——— suspend fines under certain circumstances for first-time paperwork violations (see S. 97), S213 [23JA] (see H.R. 1321), H1821 [21MR]

Health: lower health premiums and increase choice for small business (see S. 24), S42 [22JA] (see H.R. 1558), H2025 [15AP]

——— national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 3165), H5802 [20SE]

——— provide for incentives to encourage health insurance coverage (see S. 1851), S8975 [18DE] (see H.R. 2300), H3251 [6JN]

——— repeal mandate that new employees of certain employers be automatically enrolled in the employer’s health benefits plan (see H.R. 1254), H1630 [19MR]

Housing: allow States participating in the State Small Business Credit Initiative to provide program funds to small businesses for development of affordable housing (see H.R. 3003), H5396 [2AU]

Hurricanes: making supplemental appropriations for recovery from damage caused by Hurricane Sandy (see H.R. 152), H50 [4JA]

——— making supplemental appropriations for recovery from damage caused by Hurricane Sandy (H.R. 152), consideration (see H. Res. 23), H84 [14JA]

Immigration: establish employment-based immigrant visa for alien entrepreneurs who have received significant capital from investors to establish business in the U.S. (see S. 189), S400 [30JA]

——— promote economic survival of seasonal small businesses by ensuring that the wages paid to H-2B nonimmigrants are fair and reasonable (see H.R. 2765), H4825 [19JY]

——— provide for additional investment visas for aliens investing in rural areas (see H.R. 3000), H5396 [2AU]

Insurance: exclude from the definition of health insurance coverage certain medical stop-loss insurance obtained by certain plan sponsors of group health plans (see S. 1735), S8186 [19NO] (see H.R. 3462), H7050 [13NO]

——— make enrollment in the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program available when fewer than 2 qualified health plans are offered through the Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP) (see S. 1327), S5800 [18JY]

——— permit individuals to renew certain health insurance offered in the individual or small group markets and provide that such individuals would not be subject to the individual mandate penalty (see S. 1699), S8000 [13NO]

——— provide improved consumer protection and rate review for health insurance coverage in the individual market (see H.R. 3504), H7151 [15NO]

——— require health insurance issuers and group health plans to disclose information regarding how certain taxes and fees impact the amount of premiums (see S. 764), S2797 [18AP] (see H.R. 1205), H1427 [14MR]

Investments: provide a registration exemption for private equity fund advisers (see H.R. 1105), H1394 [13MR]

——— provide a registration exemption for private equity fund advisers (H.R. 1105), consideration (see H. Res. 429), H7445 [3DE]

IRS: clarify application of the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act and require convening of a regulatory review panel for certain rules (see H.R. 3169), H5806 [23SE]

——— permit issuance of prospective guidance clarifying employment status of individuals for purposes of employment taxes and prevent retroactive assessments relative to such clarifications (see S. 1706), S8049 [14NO]

Local Radio Freedom Act: support (see S. Con. Res. 6), S1229 [6MR] (see H. Con. Res. 16), H596 [15FE]

Medicare: allow retail community pharmacies to deliver diabetic testing supplies to beneficiaries (see H.R. 2845), H5093 [26JY]

Minimum wage: increase, and extend increased expensing limitations for depreciable business assets and treatment of certain property as section 179 property (see S. 1737), S8186 [19NO]

——— increase, and index future increases to the consumer price index (see S. 460), S1127 [5MR] (see H.R. 1010), H1319 [6MR] (see H.R. 1346), H1822 [21MR] (see H.R. 3746), H8108 [12DE]

——— 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. 229), H84 [14JA]

National Entrepreneurs Day: designate (see H. Res. 401), H6954 [30OC]

National Small Business Week: observance (see S. Res. 177), S4673 [19JN] (see H. Res. 265), H3687 [17JN]

Native Americans: restore opportunity by the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe for tribal economic development on terms that are equal and fair (see H.R. 1144), H1396 [13MR]

Oil Pollution Act: require responsible parties to pay full cost of offshore oil spills (see S. 828), S3028 [25AP] (see H.R. 1743), H2350 [25AP]

OMB: require the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs to publish proposed Federal regulations on a monthly basis (see H.R. 2804), H5049 [24JY]

OPM: establish a pilot program to accelerate entrepreneurship and innovation by partnering world-class entrepreneurs with Federal agencies (see H.R. 3559), H7310 [20NO]

OSHA: authorize and expand the Voluntary Protection Programs to include more small businesses (see H.R. 632), H499 [13FE]

Patent and Trademark Office: modify the definition of micro entity (see H.R. 2236), H3094 [4JN]

Patents: eliminate abusive patent litigation, increase transparency, modernize fee shifting, and provide for small business education and outreach (see H.R. 3309), H6767 [23OC]

——— eliminate abusive patent litigation, increase transparency, modernize fee shifting, and provide for small business education and outreach (H.R. 3309), consideration (see H. Res. 429), H7445 [3DE]

——— promote transparency in ownership and improve the patent system (see S. 1720), S8100 [18NO]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: allow coverage of church plans (see S. 1164), S4481 [13JN]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 3474), H7051 [13NO]

——— authorize health insurance issuers to continue to offer current individual health insurance coverage in satisfaction of individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3350), consideration (see H. Res. 413), H7109 [14NO]

——— authorize health insurance issuers to continue to offer for sale current individual health insurance coverage in satisfaction of individual health insurance mandate (see H.R. 3350), H6827 [28OC] (see H.R. 3522), H7187 [18NO]

——— clarify that anti-kickback laws apply to qualified health plans, federally-facilitated marketplaces, and other plans and programs (see S. 1723), S8186 [19NO]

——— delay implementation of the employer health insurance mandate (see S. 1330), S5800 [18JY] (see S. 1488), S6295 [9SE] (see H.R. 2667), H4482 [11JY]

——— delay implementation of the employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 2667), consideration (see H. Res. 300), H4522 [16JY]

——— delay implementation of the individual health insurance mandate (see S. 1488), S6295 [9SE] (see S. 1671), S7927 [7NO] (see H.R. 2668), H4482 [11JY]

——— delay implementation of the individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 2668), consideration (see H. Res. 300), H4522 [16JY]

——— delay implementation of the individual health insurance mandate and penalties for violating such mandate until Federal enrollment website is fully functional (see H.R. 3425), H6953 [30OC]

——— delay implementation of the individual health insurance mandate and penalties for violating such mandate until Federal or State enrollment websites are fully functional (see H.R. 3517), H7152 [15NO]

——— delay implementation of the individual health insurance mandate for individuals who have not attained a certain age (see H.R. 2950), H5343 [1AU]

——— delay implementation of the individual health insurance mandate until the American Health Benefit Exchanges are functioning properly (see S. 1592), S7574 [28OC] (see H.R. 3359), H6828 [28OC]

——— eliminate limitation on deductibles for employer-sponsored health plans (see H.R. 2995), H5396 [2AU]

——— ensure that individuals who attempted to, or who are enrolled in, qualified health plans offered through an exchange have continuity of coverage (see S. 1886), S9105 [20DE] (see H.R. 3745), H8108 [12DE]

——— exempt certain small businesses from employer health insurance mandate and modify definition of full-time employee relative to mandate (see H.R. 3419), H6953 [30OC]

——— make the individual health insurance mandate voluntary (see H.R. 3348), H6827 [28OC]

——— modify definition of applicable large employer relative to employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 2577), H4173 [28JN]

——— modify definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate (see S. 701), S2564 [10AP] (see S. 1188), S4673 [19JN] (see H.R. 2575), H4173 [28JN] (see H.R. 2988), H5396 [2AU]

——— prevent implementation of tax and fee provisions until certification that certain employer and employee reporting requirements may be made accurately and without fraud (see H.R. 2927), H5342 [1AU]

——— provide temporary exemption from individual health insurance mandate for persons whose employer-sponsored health insurance coverage is terminated for the coming plan year (see H.R. 3376), H6901 [29OC]

——— provide that the reinsurance program be applied equally to all health insurance issuers and group health plans (see S. 1724), S8186 [19NO] (see H.R. 3755), H8108 [12DE]

——— repeal the funding mechanism for the transitional reinsurance program in the individual market (see H.R. 3489), H7109 [14NO]

Pensions: reform funding rules for cooperative associations and small charitable employers to ensure their ability to provide pension plans to employees (see S. 1302), S5708 [16JY]

Pharmacies: ensure and foster safety and quality of care and competitive marketplace by exempting independent pharmacies from antitrust laws in negotiations with health and health insurance providers (see H.R. 1188), H1426 [14MR]

Public Company Accounting Oversight Board: prohibit from requiring public companies to use specific auditors or the use of different auditors on a rotating basis (see S. 1526), S6646 [19SE] (see H.R. 1564), H2025 [15AP]

Public Works and Economic Development Act: amend relative to grants for economic adjustment (see H.R. 3518), H7152 [15NO]

Real estate: establish the Ports as Small Business Incubators Program to provide eligible small businesses with access to commercial real property (see H.R. 2460), H3988 [20JN]

——— protect private property rights by limiting the power of eminent domain (see H.R. 1944), H2568 [9MY]

Regulatory Improvement Commission: establish (see S. 1390), S6071 [30JY]

Rural areas: ensure businesses have access to credit to promote economic growth and job creation (see H.R. 2136), H2952 [23MY]

SBA: allow use of physical damage disaster loans for the construction of tornado safe rooms (see S. 1440), S6207 [1AU] (see H.R. 2908), H5341 [1AU]

——— amend and extend State Trade and Export Promotion Grant Program (see H.R. 3619), H7364 [22NO]

——— clarify collateral requirement for certain disaster-related loans (see S. 415), S1011 [28FE] (see H.R. 1974), H2602 [14MY]

——— eliminate guarantee fees for certain loans where the total loan amount is not more than $150,000 (see H.R. 2462), H3988 [20JN]

——— enhance the Small Business Investment Company Program (see S. 511), S1592 [11MR]

——— enhance the Small Business Investment Company Program and provide for a small business early-stage investment program (see S. 1285), S5667 [11JY]

——— ensure fairness and transparency in contracting with small business concerns (see H.R. 1622), H2157 [18AP]

——— ensure that all of Brevard County, FL, is treated as a HUBZone (see H.R. 2049), H2774 [17MY]

——— establish a grant program to empower encore entrepreneurs (see S. 1454), S6207 [1AU]

——— establish and carry out a direct lending program for small business concerns (see H.R. 2451), H3988 [20JN]

——— establish loan guarantee program to assist small business concerns that manufacture clean energy technologies (see H.R. 1138), H1396 [13MR]

——— establish the Ports as Small Business Incubators Program to provide eligible small businesses with access to commercial real property (see H.R. 2460), H3988 [20JN]

——— expand the HUBZone program for communities affected by defense base realignment and closure (see S. 206), S438 [31JA] (see H.R. 489), H342 [4FE]

——— extend and expand State Trade and Export Promotion Grant Program (see H.R. 3115), H5588 [17SE]

——— extend availability of low-interest mortgage refinancing under the local development business loan program (see S. 289), S657 [12FE] (see H.R. 1240), H1567 [18MR]

——— improve the procurement program for women-owned small business concerns (see H.R. 2452), H3988 [20JN]

——— increase Government-wide small business contracting level and the contracting goal for businesses owned by veterans, women, and economically disadvantaged individuals (see S. 196), S438 [31JA]

——— increase limitations on leverage for multiple licenses under common control (see S. 550), S1785 [13MR] (see H.R. 1106), H1394 [13MR]

——— increase maximum loan amount for loans under the Microloan program (see H.R. 3191), H5883 [26SE]

——— increase oversight of small business assistance programs (see S. 936), S3429 [14MY]

——— make information relative to lenders making covered loans publicly available (see S. 537), S1710 [12MR]

——— make permanent the Small Loan Advantage program (see H.R. 2461), H3988 [20JN]

——— permit prime contractors covered by a subcontracting plan for a single Federal contract to receive credit against such a plan for using small business subcontractors (see H.R. 2232), H3094 [4JN]

——— provide conformity in Native small business opportunities and promote job creation, manufacturing, and American economic recovery (see S. 1607), S7615 [29OC]

——— provide for a small business early-stage investment program (see H.R. 30), H28 [3JA]

——— provide for grants to small business development centers (see H.R. 1283), H1718 [20MR]

——— provide for permanent establishment of the State Trade and Export Promotion Grant Program (see H.R. 2333), H3356 [12JN]

——— provide interest rate for certain disaster related loans (see H.R. 2857), H5173 [30JY]

——— provide loan guarantees for the acquisition of health information technology by eligible professionals in solo and small group practices (see H.R. 28), H28 [3JA]

——— require a study and report on the costs to small business concerns of Federal regulations (see S. 535), S1710 [12MR]

Science: support innovation (see S. 1777), S8457 [21NO]

SEC: allow publicly traded companies with a certain sized public float to change their stocks’ tick sizes to increase liquidity by incentivizing capital commitment, research coverage, and brokerage support (see H.R. 1952), H2574 [13MY]

——— exempt low-revenue companies from certain regulations (see H.R. 2629), H4308 [9JY]

——— provide for a notice-filing registration procedure for brokers participating in the transfer of ownership of smaller companies and provide appropriate regulation of such transfers (see H.R. 2274), H3250 [6JN]

——— set a deadline to require addition of a particular class of securities to those exempted under the Securities Act (see H.R. 701), H545 [14FE]

Small Business Saturday: designate (see S. Res. 313), S8565 [9DE] (see H. Res. 410), H7051 [13NO]

Social Security: exclude from creditable wages income earned by aliens for services illegally performed in the U.S. or derived from an illegal trade or business (see H.R. 2745), H4725 [18JY]

SSA: establish a trust fund to provide for paid family and medical leave benefits for certain individuals (see S. 1810), S8771 [12DE] (see H.R. 3712), H8107 [12DE]

Taxation: allow a credit for equity investments in high technology and biotechnology small business concerns developing innovative technologies that stimulate private sector job growth (see H.R. 1415), H1856 [9AP]

——— allow an income tax credit for equity investments in high technology small businesses (see H.R. 122), H31 [3JA]

——— allow credits for establishment of franchises with veterans (see H.R. 3725), H8107 [12DE]

——— allow credits for the purchase of franchises by veterans (see S. 1015), S3761 [22MY]

——— allow deductions and credits relative to expenditures in connection with marijuana sales conducted in compliance with State law (see H.R. 2240), H3094 [4JN]

——— allow increased work opportunity credit for employers of recently discharged veterans (see H.R. 3653), H7507 [4DE]

——— allow small businesses to defer the payment of certain employment taxes (see H.R. 952), H981 [5MR]

——— allow small employers a credit against income tax for hiring individuals receiving unemployment compensation (see H.R. 3781), H8117 [16DE]

——— allow the work opportunity credit for hiring veterans or Ready Reserve or National Guard members, make such credit permanent, and expand and make permanent the employer wage credit for active duty servicemen (see H.R. 3649), H7507 [4DE]

——— allow the work opportunity credit to small businesses which hire members of the Ready Reserve or National Guard (see S. 1591), S7574 [28OC] (see H.R. 3648), H7507 [4DE]

——— apply payroll taxes to remuneration up to the contribution and benefit base and to remuneration in excess of certain amounts (see S. 500), S1269 [7MR] (see H.R. 1029), H1327 [7MR]

——— clarify that wages paid to unauthorized aliens are not deductible (see H.R. 1292), H1718 [20MR]

——— clarify the employment tax treatment and reporting of wages paid by professional employer organizations (see S. 479), S1229 [6MR] (see H.R. 3581), H7353 [21NO]

——— encourage domestic insourcing and discourage foreign outsourcing (see H.R. 851), H700 [27FE]

——— establish Small Business Start-Up Savings Accounts (see H.R. 774), H595 [15FE]

——— establish tax-preferred Small Business Start-up Savings Accounts (see H.R. 1323), H1821 [21MR]

——— expand and simplify the credit for employee health insurance expenses of small employers (see H.R. 3046), H5398 [2AU]

——— expand availability of cash method of accounting for small businesses (see H.R. 947), H981 [5MR]

——— expand availability of employee stock ownership plans in S corporations (see S. 742), S2684 [16AP]

——— extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (see S. 1859), S9051 [19DE]

——— extend certain expiring tax provisions relative to small businesses (see S. 1498), S6446 [12SE]

——— extend employer wage credit for activated military reservists (see H.R. 3759), H8108 [12DE]

——— extend payroll tax reduction (see H.R. 516), H370 [5FE]

——— extend the qualifying therapeutic discovery project credit (see H.R. 3473), H7051 [13NO]

——— increase alternative tax liability limitation for small property and casualty insurance companies (see S. 1346), S5840 [23JY]

——— increase deduction for business start-up expenditures (see H.R. 1704), H2297 [24AP]

——— make certain dividends and distributions paid to individuals from certain small businesses exempt from tax to the extent of the increased wages of the small business (see H.R. 815), H627 [25FE]

——— make permanent certain small business tax provisions (see S. 1658), S7876 [6NO]

——— make permanent the increased deduction for business start-up expenditures (see H.R. 1621), H2157 [18AP]

——— make permanent the reduced recognition period for built-in gains for S corporations (see S. 1855), S8976 [18DE]

——— modify the small employer health insurance credit (see S. 1325), S5800 [18JY]

——— permanently extend the 15-year recovery period for qualified leasehold improvement property, restaurant property, and retail improvement property (see S. 749), S2749 [17AP]

——— permit expensing of certain depreciable business assets for small businesses (see S. 1342), S5840 [23JY]

——— provide a credit for employer-provided job training (see S. 1409), S6126 [31JY]

——— provide a credit to small employers for certain newly hired employees (see H.R. 3127), H5654 [18SE]

——— provide a permanent exclusion of all gain on certain small business stock (see H.R. 3129), H5654 [18SE]

——— provide a standard deduction for business use of a home (see S. 1260), S5499 [27JN]

——— provide a taxpayer bill of rights for small businesses (see S. 725), S2649 [15AP] (see H.R. 3479), H7051 [13NO]

——— provide an income tax credit for increased payroll (see S. 115), S214 [23JA]

——— provide for S corporation reform (see H.R. 892), H814 [28FE]

——— provide for startup businesses to use a portion of the research and development credit to offset payroll taxes (see S. 193), S438 [31JA]

——— provide for the tax treatment of small business start-up savings accounts (see H.R. 2558), H4143 [27JN]

——— provide relief for small businesses (see H.R. 886), H814 [28FE]

——— provide tax credits to small businesses that hire people who were previously unemployed and to small businesses in high unemployment areas (see H.R. 3430), H6953 [30OC]

——— provide tax incentives for small businesses (see S. 1085), S3905 [3JN]

——— provide tax relief for damages relative to Hurricane Sandy (see H.R. 2137), H2952 [23MY]

——— provide the work opportunity credit for hiring long-term unemployed workers (see H.R. 3726), H8107 [12DE]

——— reduce excise tax rate on beer produced domestically by certain qualifying producers (see S. 917), S3326 [9MY] (see H.R. 494), H370 [5FE]

——— reduce rate on distilled spirits produced by small producers (see H.R. 1806), H2392 [26AP]

——— reform public and private pension plans and preserve access to professional investment advice (see S. 1270), S5567 [9JY]

——— repeal estate and generation-skipping taxes (see S. 1183), S4673 [19JN] (see H.R. 2429), H3927 [19JN]

——— repeal estate and gift taxes (see S. 1402), S6126 [31JY] (see H.R. 147), H32 [3JA] (see H.R. 177), H51 [4JA] (see H.R. 483), H342 [4FE]

——— repeal estate tax and retain stepped-up basis at death (see H.R. 782), H595 [15FE]

——— repeal the employer health insurance mandate (see S. 399), S1011 [28FE] (see H.R. 903), H814 [28FE]

——— require responsible parties to pay full cost of offshore oil spills (see S. 827), S3028 [25AP]

Tobacco products: clarify FDA jurisdiction over certain tobacco products and protect jobs and small businesses involved in the sale, manufacturing, and distribution of cigars (see S. 772), S2798 [18AP] (see H.R. 792), H595 [15FE]

Truth in Lending Act: provide coverage for credit cards issued to small businesses (see H.R. 2419), H3758 [18JN]

Veterans: clarify that individuals who attended a military preparatory school but never joined the Armed Forces may not claim veteran status for purposes of contracting preferences and benefits (see S. 1736), S8186 [19NO] (see H.R. 3469), H7050 [13NO]

——— extend work opportunity tax credit for hiring veterans, assist small businesses owned by veterans, and improve enforcement of employment and reemployment rights of members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 3453), H6997 [12NO]

——— extend work opportunity tax credit to certain veterans, improve coordination of job training services, and improve Federal contracting with small businesses owned by disabled veterans (see H.R. 2056), H2802 [20MY]

——— provide for a consolidated definition of a small business concern owned and controlled by veterans to improve the Federal contracting process for service-disabled veterans (see H.R. 2882), H5260 [31JY]

——— reauthorize Veterans Retraining Assistance Program, assist small businesses owned by veterans, and improve enforcement of employment and reemployment rights of members of the uniformed services (see S. 6), S42 [22JA]

Letters

American Job Protection Act: Angelo I. Amador and Michelle Reinke Neblett, National Restaurant Association, S1109 [5MR]

——— David French, National Retail Federation, S1110 [5MR]

——— R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, S1109 [5MR]

Authority for Mandate Delay Act: National Taxpayers Union, H4569 [17JY]

Dept. of Agriculture convening of a small business review panel to consider the economic impact of regulations on small businesses: Susan Eckerly, National Federation of Independent Business, H3922 [19JN]

Dept. of HUD Community Development Block Grant Program funding: several Representatives, H4868 [23JY]

Fairness for American Families Act: Douglas W. Elmendorf, CBO, H4558 [17JY]

——— Georges C. Benjamin, American Public Health Association, H4563 [17JY]

——— Matt Kibbe, FreedomWorks (organization), H4567 [17JY]

——— Max Richtman, National Committee To Preserve Social Security & Medicare, H4563 [17JY]

——— National Taxpayers Union, H4569 [17JY]

——— Susan Eckerly, National Federation of Independent Business, H4566 [17JY]

Fairness for American Families Act and Authority for Mandate Delay Act: Katherine Beh Neas, Easter Seals, Inc., H4564 [17JY]

——— Mary Kay Henry, Service Employees International Union, H4563 [17JY]

——— several organizations, H4562 [17JY]

Financial deregulation legislation: Barbara Roper, Consumer Federation of America, H7483 [4DE]

——— Mary Jo White, SEC, H7484 [4DE]

——— William Samuel, AFL–CIO, H7482 [4DE]

HUBZone Expansion Act: Heather D. Blease, Savi Systems, LLC, S445 [31JA]

——— Robert M. Murdock, Association of Defense Communities, S444 [31JA]

——— Steven H. Levesque, Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority, S444 [31JA]

Individual health insurance mandate: several economists, H4571 [17JY]

Innovation Act: R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, H7465 [4DE]

——— Sally S. Neely, National Bankruptcy Conference, H7533 [5DE]

——— several business organizations, H7466 [4DE]

——— several law professors, H7517 [5DE]

——— several startup investors, H7516 [5DE]

——— Steve Brown, National Association of Realtors, H7466 [4DE]

Keep Your Health Plan Act: Representative Camp, Committee on Ways and Means (House), E1691 [18NO]

——— Representative Upton, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), E1690 [18NO]

——— several health organizations, H7120 [15NO]

Nomination of Thomas E. Perez to be Sec. of Labor: John R. Dunne, Whiteman Osterman & Hanna LLP, S3235 [8MY]

——— Kathleen T. Snyder, Maryland Chamber of Commerce, S3235 [8MY]

——— M.H. Jim Estepp, Greater Prince George’s County Business Roundtable (organization), S3235 [8MY]

——— Pless Jones, Maryland Minority Contractors Association, Inc., S3235 [8MY]

Patent reform: several inventors, technologists, and entrepreneurs, H7521–H7524 [5DE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act implementation, S6797 [24SE], H6602 [15OC]

——— Lee Stanley, H6609 [16OC]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act implementation impact on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility, S8705 [12DE], S9031 [19DE]

——— Anthony DeVito, S8705 [12DE]

——— Christine Robinson, S8705 [12DE]

——— Chuck Marsh, S8705 [12DE]

——— Clint McLaughlin, S8705 [12DE]

——— Companion Life Insurance Co., H7090 [14NO]

——— Don Whisenant, S8705 [12DE]

——— Gary Bailey, H7092 [14NO]

——— Glenn Barlow, S8705 [12DE]

——— Kathleen Stephan, S8018 [14NO]

——— Michelle Hatley, S8018 [14NO]

——— Robert W. Hillman, Anthem Insurance Co., Inc., H7093 [14NO]

SEC deadline to require addition of a particular class of securities to those exempted under the Securities Act: James C. Greenwood, Biotechnology Industry Organization, H2628 [15MY]

——— R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, H2627 [15MY]

——— Terry G. Campbell, Nasdaq OMX Group, Inc., H2627 [15MY]

——— Timothy Tardibono, CONNECT (organization), H2628 [15MY]

Secure Annuities for Employees (SAFE) Retirement Act: Brian H. Graff, American Society of Pension Professionals & Actuaries, S5572 [9JY]

——— Catherine J. Weatherford, Insured Retirement Institute, S5663 [11JY]

——— Gregory J. Burrows, Principal Life Insurance Co., S5750 [17JY]

——— Grover G. Norquist, Americans for Tax Reform (organization), S5572 [9JY]

——— James J. Donelon, National Association of Insurance Commissioners, S5751 [17JY]

——— Joseph F. McKeever, Davis & Harman LLP, S5662 [11JY]

——— Kim O’Brien, National Association for Fixed Annuities, S5663 [11JY]

——— Kirk D. Johnson, National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, S5750 [17JY]

——— Lynn D. Dudley, American Benefits Council, S5571 [9JY]

——— Malott W. Nyhart, Great American Life Insurance Co., S5662 [11JY]

——— Pamela D. Everhart, Fidelity Investments (business), S5750 [17JY]

——— Paul S. Stevens, Investment Company Institute, S5663 [11JY]

——— Paula Calimafde, Small Business Council of America, S5750 [17JY]

——— Peter G. Gallanis, National Organization of Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Associations, S5751 [17JY]

——— Peter Kunkel, Transamerica Corp., S5751 [17JY]

——— Peter R. Pastre, Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., S5663 [11JY]

——— R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, S5751 [17JY]

——— Robert O. Smith, National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors, S5664 [11JY]

——— Scott F. Betts, National Benefit Services, LLC, S5750 [17JY]

——— W. Jeffrey Zobell, Alliance Benefit Group-Rocky Mountain (company), S5571 [9JY]

——— Walter C. Welsh, American Council of Life Insurers, S5571 [9JY]

Small Business Capital Access and Job Preservation Act: A. Heath Abshure, North American Securities Administrators Association, Inc., H7482 [4DE]

——— Americans for Financial Reform (organization), H7477 [4DE]

——— Brett Palmer, Small Business Investor Alliance, H7472 [4DE]

——— Gary LaBranche, Association for Corporate Growth, H7474 [4DE]

——— Jennell F. Lynch, National Association of Investment Companies, H7473 [4DE]

——— Jordan Lofaro, Council of Institutional Investors, H7479 [4DE]

——— Karen Kerrigan, Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council, H7473 [4DE]

——— R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, H7473 [4DE]

——— Russ Iuculano, North American Securities Administrators Association, Inc., H7479 [4DE]

——— Steve Judge, Private Equity Growth Capital Council, H7473 [4DE]

Small Business Disaster Reform Act: Bob Mitchell, Bay Area Houston, TX, Economic Partnership, S1023 [28FE]

——— Brenda Bertus, St. Tammany Economic Development Foundation, S1023 [28FE], S4579 [18JN]

——— Bryan S. Derreberry, Charleston, SC, Metro Chamber of Commerce, S4580 [18JN]

——— C.E. (Tee) Rowe, Association of Small Business Development Centers, S1022 [28FE], S4578 [18JN]

——— Darrell W. Randle, Mobile, AL, Area Chamber of Commerce, S4580 [18JN]

——— George Swift, Southwest Louisiana Economic Development Alliance, S1023 [28FE]

——— John W. Madden, National Emergency Management Association, S4578 [18JN]

——— Michael Hecht, Greater New Orleans, Inc., and Kathryn S. Wylde, Partnership for New York City (organization), S4579 [18JN]

——— Paul L. Krutko, International Economic Development Council, S1022 [28FE], S4578 [18JN]

——— Peggy E. Gustafson, SBA, S4577 [18JN]

——— Scott Martinez, North Louisiana Economic Partnership (organization), S1023 [28FE]

——— Todd O. McCracken, National Small Business Association, S4579 [18JN]

Small Business Taxpayer Bill of Rights Act: Marc Rodriguez and Javier Palomarez, U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, S2653 [15AP]

Tax incentives for small businesses: Susan Eckerly, National Federation of Independent Business, S3908 [3JN]

Lists

Americans for Finanical Reform (organization) partners and affiliates, H7478 [4DE]

Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) hearings on Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, H7117 [15NO]

Concerns with H.R. 3309, Innovation Act, H7551 [5DE]

Minnesota supporters of proposal to require online retailers to collect and remit State sales and use taxes, S2105 [21MR]

Organizations opposed to H.R. 3309, Innovation Act, H7444 [3DE], H7551 [5DE]

Organizations opposed to H.R. 3350, Keep Your Health Plan Act, H7138 [15NO]

Recent expert reports, disparity studies and congressional hearings addressing public procurement and minority-owned and women-owned enterprises, S4981 [21JN], E940 [20JN]

Motions

Investments: provide a registration exemption for private equity fund advisers (H.R. 1105), H7488 [4DE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: authorize health insurance issuers to continue to offer for sale current individual health insurance coverage in satisfaction of individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3350), H7139, H7142 [15NO]

——— delay implementation of the employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 2667), H4573 [17JY]

——— delay implementation of the individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 2668), H4575 [17JY]

Press releases

National Women’s Law Center Critical of House Bills Aimed at Hampering Health Care Law: National Women’s Law Center, H4563 [17JY]

Patent Holders Urge Comprehensive Patent Reform: Electronic Frontier Foundation, H7520 [5DE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Individual Health Insurance Mandate Implementation: Mike Kreidler, Washington State Insurance Commissioner, E1089 [18JY]

Remarks in House

Agriculture: restore integrity to and strengthen payment limitation rules for commodity payments and benefits to farmers, H3954, H3955 [20JN]

Air Force: Counter-Electronics High Power Microwave Missile Project delivery vehicle funding through reductions in Defense Rapid Innovation Program funding, H4920, H4921 [23JY]

Allenhurst, NJ: anniversary of Cravings Bakery, E1871 [12DE]

Amplify Gymnastics LLC: SBA Phoenix Award recipient, E835 [11JN]

Apopka, FL: anniversary of Apopka Chamber of Commerce, E841 [11JN]

Argo Marketing Group (business): Inc. (publication) Hire Power Award for Job Creation recipient, E1706 [19NO]

Asian-American Chamber of Commerce: tribute to Asian-American Chamber Award recipients, E459 [15AP]

Baker and O’Brien, Inc.: anniversary, E83 [4FE]

Bangor, ME: tribute to Bangor Chamber of Commerce award recipients, E40 [18JA]

Bankruptcy: determine rights of intellectual property licensees relative to transnational bankruptcy, H7533 [5DE]

Banner Bank (business): SBA Community Lender of the Year Award recipient, E1117 [23JY]

Batesville, MS: tribute to Cooley’s Morturary, Inc., E1798 [5DE]

Bejado, Christopher: SBA Guam Small Business Person of the Year award recipient, E401 [9AP]

Bloomington, IN: tribute to Buffalouie’s (business), E1122 [24JY]

Bochler, Ann: Ashland, WI, Chamber of Commerce Person of the Year award recipient, E485 [17AP]

Bolton, MS: tribute to Bolton Funeral Home, E1864 [12DE]

Borgert Products, Inc.: anniversary, E1379 [26SE]

Branford, CT: anniversary of Myers Flower Shop (business), E1467 [9OC]

Bridgewater, Diane: Business Record (publication) Women of Influence honoree, E1224 [2AU]

Bullard’s Farm Market (business): Greater Elkhart, IN, Chamber of Commerce Business of the Year award recipient, H3931 [20JN]

Bureau of the Census: authority to require participation in the Economic Survey, H2302 [25AP]

Business and industry: accelerate research, development, and innovation in advanced manufacturing to improve competitiveness (H.R. 1421), E1647 [13NO]

——— impact of Government regulations on hiring and job loss, H4843–H4848 [22JY]

——— improve economic climate for businesses, H505 [14FE]

Business Incubator Center (organization): National Business Incubation Association Incubator of the Year award recipient, E767 [3JN]

California: impact of Government shutdown, H6476–H6482 [10OC]

Capital Energy Inc.: SBA District of Columbia Small Business of the Year award recipient, E773 [3JN]

Carlisle, PA: anniversary of Greater Carlisle Area Chamber of Commerce, E1491 [11OC]

Cleveland, MS: tribute to Brinson Funeral Home, E1794 [5DE]

Cobb County, GA: anniversary of Cumberland Community Improvement District, E741 [23MY]

Congress: legislative priorities, H3766 [19JN], H5309 [1AU]

Congressional Black Caucus: legislative priorities, H7384–H7390 [2DE]

Connell Insurance Co.: Springfield, MO, Area Chamber of Commerce W. Curtis Strube Small Business Award recipient, E821 [6JN]

Contracts: establish fair procedures for arbitration clauses (H.R. 1844), H2448 [7MY]

——— provide for compensation of Federal contractor employees that were placed on unpaid leave as a result of the Government shutdown (H.R. 3500), E1664 [14NO]

Copeland, Richard: SBA Minnesota Small Business Person of the Year award recipient, E698 [17MY]

Corporations: repeal expansion of information reporting requirements for certain payments to corporations, H5371 [2AU]

Corps of Engineers: encourage participation of minority- and women-owned businesses in hurricane and storm damage reduction projects and call for a GAO report on such participation, H6720 [23OC]

Courts: prohibit awarding of attorney’s fees and costs to prevailing party in patent infringement cases, E1793 [5DE]

Credit unions: provide exception from the member business loan cap for loans made to aid in recovery from a disaster (H.R. 1646), E499 [18AP]

Dan Cristiani Excavating Co., Inc.: tribute, E1401 [30SE]

Democratic Party: national agenda, H4993, H4994 [24JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program funding, H3902, H3903 [19JN]

——— increase opportunities for women- and minority-owned small businesses, H3783 [19JN]

——— require a small business review panel to consider the economic impact of regulations on small businesses, H3922 [19JN]

Dept. of Defense: conduct outreach program to benefit women- and minority-owned small businesses prior to conversion of functions from civilian employees to contractors, H3547 [13JN], E887 [17JN]

——— conduct study on impact of contracting with veteran-owned small businesses, H3530 [13JN]

——— establish outreach and education program to educate small businesses on cyber threats, H3560 [13JN]

——— operation and maintenance funding through reductions in Defense Rapid Innovation Program funding, H3524–H3526 [13JN]

Dept. of HHS: eliminate authority to limit ability of medical providers to conduct lawful businesses, H534 [14FE]

Dept. of HUD: Community Development Block Grant Program funding, H4868 [23JY], H4989 [24JY], H5114, H5117, H5118, H5120–H5124, H5153, H5154 [30JY], H5184, H5186 [31JY], H5268 [1AU], E1184 [1AU]

Dept. of Labor: establish alternate guidelines for measuring progress of State and local performance for entrepreneurial training services under the Workforce Investment Act, H1411 [14MR]

——— establish the National Full Employment Trust Fund (H.R. 870), E206 [27FE]

——— establish the National Full Employment Trust Fund (H.R. 1000), E301 [14MR]

——— establish the Small Business Liaison Pilot Program (H.R. 954), H1439 [15MR]

Depts. of Labor and Commerce: establish Make It in America Incentive Grant Program (H.R. 375), H1870 [10AP], H4048 [26JN], H6214 [3OC], H6847 [29OC], H7557 [5DE]

Diamond Hawk Golf Course (business): Cheektowaga, NY, Chamber of Commerce Small Business of the Year award recipient, E1309 [12SE]

DiTirro, Loretta: Wheat Ridge, CO, City Council Partnership Award recipient, E1438 [4OC]

Douglas, Thomas H.: SBA Missouri Small Business Person of the Year award recipient, E1042 [10JY]

Economy: impact of budget sequestration, H2252 [24AP], H3055 [4JN]

——— impact of Government regulations, H635 [26FE], H1803 [21MR], H3262 [11JN], H3670, H3672–H3678, H3684 [17JN], H5185 [31JY], H6908 [30OC], H7065 [14NO]

——— impact of Government regulations on manufacturing, H399 [6FE]

——— impact of Government shutdown, H6490 [10OC]

——— importance of job creation, H97 [15JA], H464 [13FE], H640 [26FE], H1406 [14MR], H1434 [15MR], H1668, H1669, H1670, H1671, H1677, H1679 [20MR], H1724, H1814 [21MR], H1871, H1873, H1874 [10AP], H1921, H1924 [11AP], H2377 [26AP], H2470–H2475 [7MY], H2494 [8MY], H2626 [15MY], H2723 [17MY], H2812 [21MY], H2916 [23MY], H3027 [4JN], H3106 [5JN], H3220 [6JN], H3274, H3277 [11JN], H3297, H3299 [12JN], H3368, H3369, H3370, H3371 [13JN], H3671, H3684 [17JN], H4001 [25JN], H4048 [26JN], H4148 [28JN], H4179, H4189, H4200 [8JY], H4223 [9JY], H4830, H4831, H4842–H4848 [22JY], H4987 [24JY], H5099 [30JY], H5273 [1AU], H5352 [2AU], H5418 [9SE], H5441 [10SE], H5481 [11SE], H5532 [12SE], H5658 [19SE], H5808 [25SE], H6189 [3OC], H6418 [9OC], H6466 [10OC], H7265 [20NO], E428 [11AP]

——— spur economic growth and create jobs, H516 [14FE]

Employment: allow Americans to earn paid sick time to address their own health needs and the health needs of their families (H.R. 1286), H2513, H2518, H2519 [8MY], E643 [13MY]

——— require employers provide a minimum of 1 week of paid annual leave to employees (H.R. 2096), E1598 [29OC]

Enriquez, Anita B.: SBA Guam Women in Business Champion of the Year award recipient, E384 [9AP]

EPA: impact of overregulation on the economy, H689 [27FE]

Everglades National Park: impact of Government shutdown on fishing guides, E1502 [11OC]

Eximbank: tribute, H6908 [30OC]

Fab Foundation: provide a Federal charter for the National Fab Lab Network, a network of digital fabrication facilities providing community access to advanced manufacturing tools (H.R. 1289), H1710 [20MR]

Fairless Hills, PA: anniversary of Lower Bucks County Chamber of Commerce, E585 [3MY]

Federal agencies and departments: include remediation plans in annual reports on small business contracting goals, H3530 [13JN]

Fulton, Mandy: Wheat Ridge Business Association Member of the Year Award recipient, E1440 [4OC]

Global Business Network Association: tribute, E1593 [29OC]

Gouldd, Shea: National Federation of Independent Business Young Entrepreneur Award recipient, H4161 [28JN]

Government regulations: economic impact, E813 [6JN]

——— provide additional safeguards relative to imposing Federal mandates (H.R. 899), H819 [4MR]

——— provide with a grace period for any regulatory violation (H.R. 746), H669 [27FE], H3685 [17JN], H4865 [23JY]

Green Brothers Pharmacy (business): tribute, E162 [15FE]

Health: decision to eliminate income verification eligibility requirement relative to health care exchange insurance subsidies, H4180 [8JY], H4221 [9JY]

——— provide for incentives to encourage health insurance coverage (H.R. 2300), H5371 [2AU], H7082 [14NO], H7437 [3DE]

——— repeal mandate that new employees of certain employers be automatically enrolled in the employer’s health benefits plan (H.R. 1254), H2591 [14MY]

——— tribute to community pharmacies, E1154 [30JY]

Horecky, Frederick J.: SBA Guam Minority Small Business Champion of the Year award recipient, E391 [9AP]

Houston, TX: economic impact of Government shutdown, H6463 [10OC]

Hurricanes: anniversary of Hurricane Sandy, E1590 [29OC]

——— making supplemental appropriations for recovery from damage caused by Hurricane Sandy, H40–H48 [4JA]

——— making supplemental appropriations for recovery from damage caused by Hurricane Sandy (H.R. 152), H99, H109–H152, H155–H158, H161 [15JA], E37, E38 [18JA]

——— making supplemental appropriations for recovery from damage caused by Hurricane Sandy (H.R. 152), consideration (H. Res. 23), H99–H108 [15JA]

——— supplemental appropriations for recovery from damage caused by Hurricane Sandy funding through Government across-the-board funding reduction, H103, H125, H126 [15JA], E37 [18JA]

Ilao, Eduardo: SBA Guam Family-Owned Small Business of the Year award recipient, E388 [9AP]

Investments: provide a registration exemption for private equity fund advisers (H.R. 1105), H7470–H7491 [4DE]

——— provide a registration exemption for private equity fund advisers (H.R. 1105), consideration (H. Res. 429), H7461–H7470 [4DE]

——— provide a registration exemption for private equity fund advisers (H.R. 1105), motion to recommit, H7488, H7489 [4DE]

——— require private equity fund advisers to register with the SEC, H7486, H7487 [4DE]

——— restrict eligibility of investment funds to those that do not own a controlling interest in companies that outsource American jobs, H7488, H7489 [4DE]

Jackson, Laura: Business Record (publication) Women of Influence honoree, E1231 [2AU]

Jackson, MS: tribute to Collins Funeral Home, Inc., E1846 [12DE]

Jeffersonville, IN: anniversary of Schimpff’s Confectionery, E1815 [9DE]

Jno. S. Solenberger & Co., Inc.: anniversary, E1301 [12SE]

Killen’s Steakhouse (business): tribute, E1067 [16JY]

Kingwood, TX: tribute to Sullivan’s Advanced Paint and Body Shop (business), E931 [20JN]

Kirkland, WA: anniversary of Barber Shoppe (business), E1898 [19DE]

Lewiston, ME: tribute to Androscoggin County Chamber of Commerce award recipients, E42 [18JA], E44 [22JA], E49 [23JA]

Lexington, MS: tribute to Porter & Sons Funeral Home, E1805 [5DE]

Louisiana State University: anniversary of Louisiana Business & Technology Center, E1678 [15NO]

Main Street Business and Professional Association: tribute to award recipients, E1656 [14NO]

Marks, MS: tribute to Delta Burial Corp., E1800 [5DE]

Mayer Lumber Co., Inc.: anniversary, E1377 [26SE]

Miami, FL: anniversary of Puerto Rican Chamber of Commerce of South Florida, E1737 [21NO]

Minimum wage: increase, H5497–H5502 [11SE], H5599 [18SE]

——— increase, and index future increases to the consumer price index, H1528 [15MR]

——— increase, and index future increases to the consumer price index (H.R. 1010), H968 [5MR], H2458 [7MY], H2518, H2519 [8MY], H7498–H7503 [4DE], H7636 [11DE], E1801 [5DE]

——— increase, and index future increases to the consumer price index (H.R. 1346), E357 [21MR]

——— level, H6668 [22OC]

Minorities: improve opportunities for minority entrepreneurs, H3678–H3683 [17JN]

Monge, F. Marie Calvo: First Hawaiian Bank and Guam Business (publication) Guam Businesswoman of the Year Award recipient, E591 [6MY]

Moses Group Inc.: Amherst, NY, Chamber of Commerce Family Owned Business Award recipient, E653 [14MY]

National Entrepreneurs Day: designate (H. Res. 401), E1708 [19NO]

National Federation of Independent Business: anniversary, H4094 [27JN]

National parks and recreation areas: impact of Government shutdown, H6274 [4OC]

National Small Business Week: observance, H3658, H3678 [17JN], H3698, H3699 [18JN], H3768 [19JN], H3931, H3971 [20JN], E896 [17JN], E931, E944 [20JN]

New Bedford, MA: tribute to completion of Flaherty Drive Project, E1641 [13NO]

New Mexico Business Weekly (publication): tribute to New Mexico ‘‘Women of Influence’’ award recipients, E528 [24AP]

Northern Virginia Black Chamber of Commerce, Inc.: tribute, E1593 [29OC]

Obama, President: evaluation of economic policies, H4864 [23JY], H5275 [1AU]

——— evaluation of policies relative to general aviation industry, H435 [12FE]

O’Brian, Rob: SBA Phoenix Award recipient, E842 [11JN]

OMB: require the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs to publish proposed Federal regulations on a monthly basis (H.R. 2804), H5098 [30JY]

OSHA: authorize and expand the Voluntary Protection Programs to include more small businesses (H.R. 632), E136 [13FE]

Otsego County, NY; Otsego County Chamber of Commerce recipient of Business Council of New York State, Inc., Chamber of the Year award, E1455 [8OC]

Owens, Dave: Greeley, CO, Chamber of Commerce honoree, E128 [12FE]

Pantheon-Bourgeois Guitars, LLC: Small Enterprise Growth Fund Achievement Award recipient, E48 [22JA]

Park Tool Co.: anniversary, E395 [9AP]

Patent and Trademark Office: study impact of patent reform legislation on ability of individuals and small businesses owned by women, veterans, and minorities to protect exclusive rights to inventions and discoveries, H7525, H7543–H7545 [5DE], E1793 [5DE]

Patents: allow a judge to consider dilatory or other abusive tactics by the prevailing party in determining whether to reduce or deny court fee awards, H7535–H7538 [5DE]

——— allow independent inventor the right of judicial review if his case is mishandled by the patent system, H7465 [4DE]

——— eliminate abusive patent litigation, increase transparency, modernize fee shifting, and provide for small business education and outreach (H.R. 3309), H6823–H6826 [28OC], H7103–H7108 [14NO], H7182–H7185 [18NO], H7390–H7393 [2DE], H7441–H7445 [3DE], H7511–H7556 [5DE], E1793 [5DE], E1831, E1836 [11DE], E1845, E1866 [12DE], E1889 [16DE]

——— eliminate abusive patent litigation, increase transparency, modernize fee shifting, and provide for small business education and outreach (H.R. 3309), consideration (H. Res. 429), H7461–H7470 [4DE]

——— expand definition of covered customer to include small businesses with annual revenue under a certain amount relative to stays of action in patent infringement suits, H7525, H7541–H7543 [5DE]

——— preserve independent judicial review of patent applications, H7545, H7546 [5DE]

——— prohibit inclusion in patent code of certain provisions allowing stays of action in patent infringement suits against certain covered customers, H7539, H7540 [5DE]

——— require claimants to provide additional disclosure information in any pre-suit notification to establish a willful infringement claim in patent litigation transparency, H7538, H7539 [5DE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: authorize health insurance issuers to continue to offer for sale current individual health insurance coverage in satisfaction of individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3350), H6959, H6960, H6979, H6980 [12NO], H7006, H7007, H7034 [13NO], H7058, H7061, H7062, H7063, H7064, H7065, H7080, H7081, H7082, H7083, H7084, H7085, H7086, H7087, H7089, H7090, H7091, H7092, H7093, H7094 [14NO], H7114, H7115, H7128–H7145, H7149, H7150 [15NO], H7157 [18NO], H7215, H7239 [19NO], H7265 [20NO], H7314, H7338 [21NO], E1656 [14NO], E1692 [18NO], E1707 [19NO], E1728 [21NO]

——— authorize health insurance issuers to offer current individual health insurance coverage in satisfaction of individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3350), consideration (H. Res. 413), H7115–H7128 [15NO]

——— authorize health insurance issuers to offer for sale current individual health insurance coverage in satisfaction of individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3350), motion to recommit, H7140, H7141, H7143 [15NO]

——— authorize State insurance commissioners to investigate and fine instances of arbitrary insurance cancellations and excessive or unjustified premium increases, H7140, H7141 [15NO]

——— delay implementation of the employer health insurance mandate, H4179 [8JY], H4221, H4222, H4223 [9JY], H4318 [10JY], H4374, H4375 [11JY], H4818 [19JY], H6067 [1OC], H6443 [9OC]

——— delay implementation of the employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 2667), H4475 [11JY], H4491, H4504 [16JY], H4527, H4529, H4530, H4531, H4532, H4533, H4534, H4546–H4560, H4564–H4575, H4579 [17JY], H4606, H4608, H4609 [18JY], H4817 [19JY], H4990, H5038 [24JY], H5333–H5336 [1AU], H7338 [21NO], E1074 [17JY], E1089 [18JY], E1108 [22JY]

——— delay implementation of the employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 2667), consideration (H. Res. 300), H4534–H4545 [17JY], E1143 [25JY]

——— delay implementation of the employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 2667), motion to recommit, H4573 [17JY]

——— delay implementation of the individual health insurance mandate, H5555 [17SE], H5897 [27SE], H5941, H5943 [28SE], H6021–H6029, H6034, H6038, H6044 [30SE], H6066 [1OC], H6119, H6157, H6159 [2OC], H6180, H6181, H6183, H6186, H6187, H6190, H6191 [3OC], H6231, H6240, H6242, H6246, H6251, H6257, H6265, H6272, H6273, H6276, H6277, H6280 [4OC], H6314 [5OC], H6335 [7OC], H6355, H6391, H6398 [8OC], H6417, H6422, H6425, H6442, H6445 [9OC], H6462, H6463 [10OC], H6533, H6535 [11OC], H6566 [12OC], H6573 [14OC], H6595 [15OC], H6612, H6614 [16OC], H6670–H6672 [22OC], H6692, H6762–H6766 [23OC], H6915 [30OC]

——— delay implementation of the individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 2668), H4475 [11JY], H4491 [16JY], H4529, H4530, H4531, H4532, H4533, H4534, H4546–H4573, H4575, H4579 [17JY], H4606, H4608, H4609 [18JY], H4817 [19JY], H4990 [24JY], H5333, H5334 [1AU], H6128 [2OC], H7402 [3DE], E1074 [17JY], E1087, E1089 [18JY]

——— delay implementation of the individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 2668), consideration (H. Res. 300), H4534–H4545 [17JY], E1145 [25JY]

——— delay implementation of the individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 2668), motion to recommit, H4575, H4576 [17JY]

——— delay penalty provisions of individual health insurance mandate, H6118 [2OC]

——— economic impact on middle class families, H6050 [30SE], H6070 [1OC]

——— impact, H1342, H1349 [12MR], H1641 [20MR], H2168 [23AP], H2492 [8MY], H2610 [15MY], H2665, H2666, H2667, H2668, H2669 [16MY], H4021–H4024 [25JN], H4477 [11JY], H4505 [16JY], H4535, H4539 [17JY], H5033–H5039 [24JY], H5275, H5334–H5336 [1AU]

——— impact of implementation on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility, H7368 [2DE]

——— impact on job creation and hiring, H1804, H1805, H1809 [21MR], H2015 [15AP], H2272 [24AP], H3109, H3110 [5JN], H5033–H5039 [24JY], H5846 [26SE], H6015, H6025, H6044 [30SE], H6186 [3OC], H6235, H6245 [4OC], H6455 [10OC], H6987, H6988 [12NO]

——— impact on tax burden, H64 [14JA], H822 [4MR], H1336 [12MR], H6532 [11OC]

——— make the individual health insurance mandate voluntary (H.R. 3348), H6811 [28OC], H7130 [15NO], H7238 [19NO]

——— prohibit employers from reducing insurance coverage for individuals and families who currently receive job-based health benefits, H4573 [17JY]

——— protect consumers from premium increases and prohibit discrimination based on pre-existing conditions, H4575, H4576 [17JY]

——— protect tax credits for middle class and small businesses, H5371, H5372 [2AU]

——— repeal, H4529 [17JY], H5332, H5333 [1AU]

——— repeal implementation of the employer health insurance mandate, H4190 [8JY], H4320 [10JY]

Pharmacies: ensure and foster safety and quality of care and competitive marketplace by exempting independent pharmacies from antitrust laws in negotiations with health and health insurance providers (H.R. 1188), H5040–H5044 [24JY]

Pipelines: ensure the hiring of women, small businesses, and minority-owned businesses in development of Keystone XL Pipeline, H2858 [22MY]

Poyant Signs, Inc.: anniversary, E725 [22MY]

Public Company Accounting Oversight Board: prohibit from requiring public companies to use specific auditors or the use of different auditors on a rotating basis (H.R. 1564), H4182–H4184 [8JY]

Quartzsite, AZ: anniversary of Quartzsite General Store, E1852 [12DE]

Real estate: establish the Ports as Small Business Incubators Program to provide eligible small businesses with access to commercial real property (H.R. 2460), E953 [20JN]

Republican Party: national agenda, H4189 [8JY], H4223 [9JY], H5032 [24JY], H5442 [10SE]

Salas, Patricia B.: SBA Guam Small Business Financial Services Champion of the Year award recipient, E395 [9AP]

San Diego County, CA: tribute to Live Well San Diego initiative, H7376 [2DE]

San Francisco, CA: anniversary of South San Francisco Chamber of Commerce, E189 [26FE]

SBA: clarify collateral requirement for certain disaster-related loans (H.R. 1974), E896 [17JN]

——— eliminate guarantee fees for certain loans where the total loan amount is not more than $150,000 (H.R. 2462), E928 [20JN]

——— ensure fairness and transparency in contracting with small business concerns (H.R. 1622), H2148 [18AP]

——— establish the Ports as Small Business Incubators Program to provide eligible small businesses with access to commercial real property (H.R. 2460), E953 [20JN]

——— make permanent the Small Loan Advantage program (H.R. 2461), E946 [20JN]

——— permit prime contractors covered by a subcontracting plan for a single Federal contract to receive credit against such a plan for using small business subcontractors, E875 [14JN]

Seattle, WA: anniversary of Greater Seattle Chinese Chamber of Commerce, E442 [12AP]

SEC: proposed rules to permit companies to offer and sell securities through crowdfunding, H6909 [30OC]

——— set a deadline to require addition of a particular class of securities to those exempted under the Securities Act (H.R. 701), H2627–H2629 [15MY]

Shaff, Karen: Business Record (publication) Women of Influence honoree, E1222 [2AU]

Small Business Advocacy Council: tribute, E1182 [1AU]

Smith, Suzanne: Wheat Ridge Business Association Member of the Year Award recipient, E1440 [4OC]

St. Louis, MO: anniversary of Crown Candy Kitchen, E270 [12MR]

Taxation: allow deductions and credits relative to expenditures in connection with marijuana sales conducted in compliance with State law (H.R. 2240), H3021 [4JN], E794 [4JN]

——— allow small businesses to defer the payment of certain employment taxes (H.R. 952), H3670 [17JN]

——— clarify that wages paid to unauthorized aliens are not deductible (H.R. 1292), H2293 [24AP], H2760 [17MY], H3648 [14JN]

——— eliminate wage cap on payroll tax, H5773 [20SE]

——— encourage domestic insourcing and discourage foreign outsourcing (H.R. 851), H5602, H5603 [18SE]

——— establish Small Business Start-Up Savings Accounts (H.R. 774), H2240 [23AP]

——— extend Bush administration tax cuts, provide alternative minimum tax relief, and extend increased expensing limitations, E17 [4JA], E21 [14JA]

——— make permanent the increased deduction for business start-up expenditures (H.R. 1621), H2148 [18AP]

——— provide tax relief for damages relative to Hurricane Sandy, E1607 [30OC]

——— repeal the employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 903), H4548 [17JY]

——— repeal withholding tax on Federal, State, and local government contracts, H5371 [2AU]

TLC Properties (business): anniversary, E1064 [16JY]

Trudnowski, Monique: National Restaurant Association Faces of Diversity Award recipient, E295 [14MR]

Tutwiler, MS: tribute to Tutwiler Funeral Homes, E1860 [12DE]

Ulbrich, Tom: Amherst, NY, Chamber of Commerce Small Business Advocate of the Year Award recipient, E652 [14MY]

Vernon, CT: tribute to Lotus Vietnamese Restaurant, E1743 [21NO]

Veterans: extend work opportunity tax credit for hiring veterans, assist small businesses owned by veterans, and improve enforcement of employment and reemployment rights of members of the uniformed services (H.R. 3453), H7623 [10DE]

——— reduce unemployment, H2832 [21MY]

Vicksburg, MS: tribute to W.H. Jefferson Funeral Home, E1862 [12DE]

Waterville, ME: tribute to Mid-Maine Chamber of Commerce award recipients, E385 [9AP]

Wheat Ridge, CO: Able Planet (business) recipient of Wheat Ridge Special Recognition Award, E1440 [4OC]

——— Colorado Plus Brewpub (business) and West 29th Restaurant and Bar recipients of Wheat Ridge Reinvestment Award, E1436 [4OC]

——— Swiss Flower and Gift Cottage (business) recipient of Wheat Ridge Business of the Year Award, E1434 [4OC]

Williamsville Business Association: Amherst, NY, Chamber of Commerce Small Business Organization of the Year Award recipient, E651 [14MY]

Young, Ronald M.: SBA Guam Entrepreneurial Success Award recipient, E398 [9AP]

Remarks in Senate

Agriculture: restore integrity to and strengthen payment limitation rules for commodity payments and benefits to farmers, S8631 [11DE]

——— restore integrity to and strengthen payment limitation rules for commodity payments and benefits to farmers (S. 281), S658, S659 [12FE]

Bankruptcy: clarify rule allowing discharge as a nonpriority claim of governmental claims arising from disposition of farm assets (S. 1427), S6217 [1AU], S6335 [10SE]

Buhl, ID: tribute to Nehemian (business), S4582 [18JN]

Cochran Ski Area (business): anniversary, S754 [14FE]

Conlon, Bob: Burlington Business Association Tim Halvorson award recipient, S4014 [7JN]

Conservation of energy: exempt small companies from third-party testing to achieve ENERGY STAR certification relative to promoting energy savings in residential buildings and industry, S6370 [11SE]

Contracts: ensure small businesses are not subject to conflicting guidance from Federal agencies, S8334 [20NO]

——— increase contracting goals for service-disabled veteran-owned small business and qualified HUBZone small businesses (S. 259), S525 [7FE]

Coshocton, OH: anniversary of Kiefer’s Florist (business), S6883 [24SE]

Credit: promulgate regulations regarding debit and credit card interchange transaction fees, S6181 [1AU]

Dept. of HUD: Community Development Block Grant Program funding, S5832 [23JY], S5862 [24JY]

——— increase portion of Community Development Block Grant Program assistance that may be used to provide public services (S. 855), S3086 [6MY]

Disasters: provide better coordination among flood mitigation programs to assist homeowners and small businesses, S2300 [22MR]

Dome Technology (business): Idaho Small Business of the Week award recipient, S4671 [19JN]

Economy: impact of budget sequestration, S8557 [9DE]

——— impact of Government shutdown, S7714 [31OC]

——— importance of job creation, S3233 [8MY], S3286 [9MY], S3499 [15MY], S3733 [22MY], S4077 [11JN], S5600–S5602 [10JY], S5819 [23JY], S5952–S5955 [25JY], S6737, S6862 [24SE], S6912 [26SE], S7138 [2OC], S7855 [6NO], S8625 [11DE]

——— jump-start economic recovery through formation and growth of new businesses, S204 [23JA]

——— jump-start economic recovery through formation and growth of new businesses (S. 310), S3748 [22MY], S5602 [10JY], S5991–S5993 [29JY]

——— spur economic growth and create jobs, S7990 [13NO]

Employment: allow Americans to earn paid sick time to address their own health needs and the health needs of their families (S. 631), S2029 [20MR]

EPA: impact of overregulation on the economy, S8739 [12DE]

Estes Park, CO: impact of Government shutdown, S7305 [8OC]

Executive departments: require transparency in meeting Federal goals for contracting with small business concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans (S. 140), S1882 [18MR]

Fairbanks, AK: tribute to Big Daddy’s BarB-Q, S355 [29JA]

Federal agencies and departments: reform regulatory process to ensure freedom of small businesses to compete and create jobs (S. 1730), S8192 [19NO]

Harbison, David A., Jr.: Aroostook, ME, Entrepreneur of the Year award recipient, S6066 [30JY]

Hawaii: impact of Government shutdown, S7346 [9OC]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, S8940 [18DE]

——— provide for incentives to encourage health insurance coverage (S. 1851), S8978 [18DE]

Huntington, WV: anniversary of Jim’s Steak and Spaghetti House (business), S3978 [6JN]

Hurricanes: making supplemental appropriations for recovery from damage caused by Hurricane Sandy, S19, S20 [4JA]

——— making supplemental appropriations for recovery from damage caused by Hurricane Sandy (H.R. 152), S36–S38, S187 [22JA], S207 [23JA], S234–S236 [24JA], S299, S311–S325 [28JA], S463 [4FE]

——— making supplemental appropriations for recovery from damage caused by Hurricane Sandy (H.R. 152), unanimous-consent agreement, S296 [24JA], S304 [28JA]

——— supplemental appropriations for recovery from damage caused by Hurricane Sandy funding through Government across-the-board funding reduction, S312–S316, S320, S322 [28JA]

Immigration: establish employment-based immigrant visa for alien entrepreneurs who have received significant capital from investors to establish business in the U.S. (S. 189), S405 [30JA]

——— establish employment-based immigrant visa for alien entrepreneurs who have received significant capital from investors to establish businesses in the U.S., S5119 [25JN]

——— impact of guest worker program expansion on youth employment, S4557 [18JN]

Insurance: exclude from the definition of health insurance coverage certain medical stop-loss insurance obtained by certain plan sponsors of group health plans (S. 1735), S8942 [18DE]

Minimum wage: increase, S6149 [1AU], S6696 [24SE], S8626 [11DE], S9010 [19DE]

——— increase, and extend increased expensing limitations for depreciable business assets and treatment of certain property as section 179 property (S. 1737), S8290 [19NO], S8293 [20NO]

——— increase, and index future increases to the consumer price index, S8925 [18DE]

——— increase, and index future increases to the consumer price index (S. 460), S1131 [5MR], S2792 [18AP], S5899 [24JY], S8540–S8547 [9DE], S8886–S8889 [17DE]

Minorities: improve opportunities for minority entrepreneurs, S4981 [21JN]

Montpelier, VT: anniversary of Wayside Restaurant and Bakery, S4473 [13JN]

National Small Business Week: observance, S4671 [19JN], S4981 [21JN]

——— observance (S. Res. 177), S4725 [19JN]

New Britain, CT: anniversary of Greater New Britain Chamber of Commerce, S7925 [7NO]

New Mexico: impact of Government shutdown, S7478 [15OC]

Nightforce Optics, Inc.: tribute, S4983 [21JN]

Obama, President: evaluation of economic policies, S5852–S5854, S5874 [24JY]

OSHA: exempt small farming operations from rules and regulations, S8933 [18DE]

Patents: promote transparency in ownership and improve the patent system (S. 1720), S8182 [19NO], S9045 [19DE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: delay implementation of the employer health insurance mandate, S5532, S5535, S5550, S5553–S5555 [9JY], S5604 [10JY], S5659–S5661 [11JY], S5701, S5713 [16JY], S5720 [17JY], S5769 [18JY], S6139 [31JY], S6425 [12SE], S6548 [18SE], S6853, S6868 [24SE], S7070 [1OC]

——— delay implementation of the employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 2667), S5723, S5726 [17JY], S5931 [25JY], S6765 [24SE]

——— delay implementation of the employer health insurance mandate (S. 1488), S7645 [30OC], S7811, S7816 [5NO], S7971 [13NO]

——— delay implementation of the individual health insurance mandate, S6139 [31JY], S6404, S6406–S6408, S6425 [12SE], S6548 [18SE], S6853, S6868 [24SE], S6926, S6928 [26SE], S6982, S6989 [27SE], S7022, S7039–S7041, S7043 [30SE], S7065, S7069–S7072 [1OC], S7118 [2OC], S7145, S7148 [3OC], S7187 [4OC], S7257 [7OC], S7278, S7299 [8OC], S7314 [9OC], S7362 [10OC]

——— delay implementation of the individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 2668), S5850 [23JY], S5931 [25JY], S6170, S6173 [1AU], S6765, S6771, S6845 [24SE]

——— delay implementation of the individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 2668), unanimous-consent request, S6170 [1AU], S8987 [19DE]

——— delay implementation of the individual health insurance mandate (S. 1488), S7645 [30OC], S7811, S7816 [5NO], S7971 [13NO]

——— delay implementation of the individual health insurance mandate until the American Health Benefit Exchanges are functioning properly (S. 1592), S7581 [28OC], S7583 [29OC], S7816 [5NO]

——— delay implementation of the individual health insurance mandate until the American Health Benefit Exchanges are functioning properly (S. 1592), unanimous-consent request, S7657 [30OC]

——— impact, S2078 [21MR], S2320 [22MR], S3100–S3102 [7MY], S3308–S3310 [9MY], S6042–S6049 [30JY], S6144, S6168 [1AU]

——— impact of implementation on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility, S8679–S8686, S8692–S8709, S8718–S8722, S8725–S8733, S8736, S8739, S8746–S8749, S8753, S8754, S8759–S8763, S8769 [12DE]

——— impact on job creation and hiring, S3287 [9MY], S4436 [13JN], S5713–S5715 [16JY], S5931, S5949, S5955 [25JY], S6043, S6044 [30JY], S6707–S6709, S6712–S6716, S6721–S6724, S6729–S6731, S6797, S6830, S6854, S6867, S6878 [24SE], S6974 [27SE], S7043 [30SE], S7069 [1OC], S7851 [6NO], S7974 [13NO]

——— impact on tax burden, S8659 [11DE]

——— implementation, S8686 [12DE]

——— modify definition of full-time employee, S2259, S2278, S2279 [22MR]

——— modify definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate (S. 701), S2567 [10AP], S3302 [9MY]

——— prohibit discrimination based on pre-existing conditions, S6750, S6751 [24SE]

——— provide that the reinsurance program be applied equally to all health insurance issuers and group health plans (S. 1724), S8189 [19NO]

Quest Aircraft Co.: tribute, S4520 [17JN]

Regulatory Improvement Commission: establish (S. 1390), S6074 [30JY]

SBA: allow use of physical damage disaster loans for the construction of tornado safe rooms (S. 1440), S6220 [1AU]

——— clarify collateral requirement for certain disaster-related loans (S. 415), S1019–S1024 [28FE], S1085 [4MR], S4576 [18JN]

——— enhance the Small Business Investment Company Program (S. 511), S1594 [11MR]

——— expand the HUBZone program for communities affected by defense base realignment and closure, S8438 [21NO]

——— expand the HUBZone program for communities affected by defense base realignment and closure (S. 206), S444 [31JA]

——— extend availability of low-interest mortgage refinancing under the local development business loan program (S. 289), S660 [12FE]

——— make information relative to lenders making covered loans publicly available (S. 537), S1712 [12MR]

Taxation: allow the work opportunity credit to small businesses which hire members of the Ready Reserve or National Guard (S. 1591), S7579 [28OC]

——— clarify the employment tax treatment and reporting of wages paid by professional employer organizations (S. 479), S1234 [6MR]

——— extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (S. 1859), S8988–S8993, S9069 [19DE], S9115 [20DE]

——— extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (S. 1859), unanimous-consent request, S8987 [19DE]

——— extend the research credit, S8988 [19DE]

——— permanently repeal estate tax, S2582 [11AP]

——— provide a taxpayer bill of rights for small businesses (S. 725), S2651 [15AP]

——— provide for startup businesses to use a portion of the research and development credit to offset payroll taxes (S. 193), S439 [31JA], S736 [14FE], S7656, S7657 [30OC], S7855 [6NO]

——— provide tax incentives for small businesses (S. 1085), S3908 [3JN]

——— reduce excise tax rate on beer produced domestically by certain qualifying producers (S. 917), S3331 [9MY], S7856 [6NO]

——— reform public and private pension plans and preserve access to professional investment advice (S. 1270), S5569, S5572 [9JY], S5750, S5751 [17JY]

——— repeal estate and gift taxes (S. 1402), S6129 [31JY]

——— repeal estate tax, S2087, S2088 [21MR], S2286 [22MR]

——— repeal estate tax provided action would not result in an increase in the deficit, S2285, S2286 [22MR]

——— repeal the employer health insurance mandate (S. 399), S1107–S1110 [5MR], S6037 [30JY]

Twin Falls, ID: anniversary of Quale’s Electronics (business), S6194 [1AU]

Veterans: reauthorize Veterans Retraining Assistance Program, assist small businesses owned by veterans, and improve enforcement of employment and reemployment rights of members of the uniformed services (S. 6), S277 [24JA]

——— reduce unemployment by ensuring training and transition assistance and providing incentives to employers for hiring veterans, S277 [24JA], S924 [27FE]

Virginia: impact of Government shutdown, S7399 [11OC]

Western Idaho Cabinets (business): tribute, S4790 [20JN]

WestOne Logistics, LLC: tribute, S8359 [20NO]

Whiteman Lumber Co.: tribute, S7057 [30SE]

Women’s Business Development Center (organization): tribute, S7570 [28OC]

Reports

Awards of Attorneys’ Fees by Federal Courts and Federal Agencies: Henry Cohen, Congressional Research Service (excerpt), H7536 [5DE]

Benefits of the Health Care Reform Law in Arkansas’ 2d Congressional District: Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce (House) Democratic Staff, H4551 [17JY]

Benefits of the Health Care Reform Law in Florida’s 12th Congressional District: Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce (House) Democratic Staff, H4553 [17JY]

Benefits of the Health Care Reform Law in Georgia’s 11th Congressional District: Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce (House) Democratic Staff, H4569 [17JY]

Benefits of the Health Care Reform Law in Indiana’s 9th Congressional District: Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce (House) Democratic Staff, H4559 [17JY]

Benefits of the Health Care Reform Law in Michigan’s 10th Congressional District: Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce (House) Democratic Staff, H4567 [17JY]

Benefits of the Health Care Reform Law in Minnesota’s 3d Congressional District: Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce (House) Democratic Staff, H4559 [17JY]

Benefits of the Health Care Reform Law in Ohio’s 16th Congressional District: Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce (House) Democratic Staff, H4554 [17JY]

Benefits of the Health Care Reform Law in Pennsylvania’s 18th Congressional District: Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce•20(House) Democratic Staff, H4552 [17JY]

Benefits of the Health Care Reform Law in Tennessee’s 1st Congressional District: Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce (House) Democratic Staff, H4560 [17JY]

Benefits of the Health Care Reform Law in Tennessee’s 6th Congressional District: Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce (House) Democratic Staff, H4570 [17JY]

Benefits of the Health Care Reform Law in Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District: Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce (House) Democratic Staff, H4556 [17JY]

Benefits of the Health Care Reform Law in Texas’ 8th Congressional District: Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce (House) Democratic Staff, H4548 [17JY]

Benefits of the Health Care Reform Law in Texas’ 26th Congressional District: Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce (House) Democratic Staff, H4542 [17JY]

Benefits of the Health Care Reform Law in Virginia’s 5th Congressional District: Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce (House) Democratic Staff, H4562 [17JY]

Benefits of the Health Care Reform Law in Virginia’s 7th Congressional District: Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce (House) Democratic Staff, H4565 [17JY]

Benefits of the Health Care Reform Law in Washington’s 5th Congressional District: Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce (House) Democratic Staff, H4566 [17JY]

Benefits of the Health Care Reform Law in Wisconsin’s 1st Congressional District: Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce (House) Democratic Staff, H4548 [17JY]

Reports filed

Audit Integrity and Job Protection Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 1564) (H. Rept. 113–142), H4212 [8JY]

Commercial Real Estate and Economic Development (CREED) Act: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Senate) (S. 289) (S. Rept. 113–89), S6327 [10SE]

Communicating Lender Activity Reports From the SBA (CLEAR SBA) Act: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Senate) (S. 537) (S. Rept. 113–91), S6327 [10SE]

Consideration of H.R. 152, Supplemental Appropriations for Recovery From Damage Caused by Hurricane Sandy: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 23) (H. Rept. 113–1), H84 [14JA]

Consideration of H.R. 2668, Fairness for American Families Act and H.R. 2667, Authority for Mandate Delay Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 300) (H. Rept. 113–157), H4522 [16JY]

Consideration of H.R. 3309, Innovation Act and H.R. 1105, Small Business Capital Access and Job Preservation Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 429) (H. Rept. 113–283), H7445 [3DE]

Consideration of H.R. 3350, Keep Your Health Plan Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 413) (H. Rept. 113–265), H7109 [14NO]

Cooperative and Small Employer Charity Pension Flexibility Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 1302), S7673 [30OC]

Expanding Access to Capital for Entrepreneurial Leaders (EXCEL) Act: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Senate) (S. 511) (S. Rept. 113–90), S6327 [10SE]

Innovation Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 3309) (H. Rept. 113–279), H7393 [2DE]

Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act: Committee on Small Business (House) (H.R. 2542) (H. Rept. 113–288), H7686 [11DE]

——— Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 2542) (H. Rept. 113–288), H7686 [11DE]

SEC Deadline To Require Addition of a Particular Class of Securities to Those Exempted Under the Securities Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 701) (H. Rept. 113–58), H2653 [15MY]

Small Business Capital Access and Job Preservation Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 1105) (H. Rept. 113–276), H7364 [22NO]

Small Business Disaster Reform Act: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Senate) (S. 415) (S. Rept. 113–84), S6126 [31JY]

Rulings of the Chair

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: authorize health insurance issuers to continue to offer for sale current individual health insurance coverage in satisfaction of individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3350), H7141 [15NO]

Statements

Authority for Mandate Delay Act: Executive Office of the President, H4555 [17JY]

Fairness for American Families Act: Executive Office of the President, H4555 [17JY]

Insurance Coverage Requirement Is Foundation of Improving Access, Quality and Cost Containment in Health Care: Jeff Cain, American Academy of Family Physicians, H4563 [17JY]

Keep Your Health Plan Act: Executive Office of the President, H7118 [15NO]

Legislative Proposals To Relieve the Red Tape Burden on Investors and Job Creators: Anne Simpson, California Public Employees’ Retirement System, H7481 [4DE]

Small Business Capital Access and Job Preservation Act: Executive Office of the President, H7479 [4DE]

Studies

Which Workers Are Most at Risk of Reduced Work Hours Under the Affordable Care Act? University of California, Berkeley, Labor Center, S3303 [9MY]

Tables

Hours worked by health coverage—workers in firms of 100 or more employees, S3304 [9MY]

Hours worked by industry—workers in firms of 100 or more employees, S3303 [9MY]

Supplemental appropriations for recovery from damage caused by Hurricane Sandy (H.R. 152), H110–H112 [15JA]

Testimonies

Oklahomans Are Hit Hard by ObamaCare, S8746 [12DE]

Private Property Rights Protection Act: Julia Trigg Crawford, H2855 [22MY]

Texts of

H. Res. 23, consideration of H.R. 152, supplemental appropriations for recovery from damage caused by Hurricane Sandy, H99 [15JA]

H. Res. 300, consideration of H.R. 2667, Authority for Mandate Delay Act and H.R. 2668, Fairness for American Families Act, H4534 [17JY]

H. Res. 413, consideration of H.R. 3350, Keep Your Health Plan Act, H7115 [15NO]

H. Res. 429, consideration of H.R. 3309, Innovation Act and H.R. 1105, Small Business Capital Access and Job Preservation Act, H7461 [4DE]

H.R. 152, supplemental appropriations for recovery from damage caused by Hurricane Sandy, H121–H124 [15JA]

H.R. 701, SEC deadline to require addition of a particular class of securities to those exempted under the Securities Act, H2627 [15MY]

H.R. 1105, Small Business Capital Access and Job Preservation Act, H7470 [4DE]

H.R. 1564, Audit Integrity and Job Protection Act, H4182 [8JY]

H.R. 2667, Authority for Mandate Delay Act, H4546 [17JY]

H.R. 2668, Fairness for American Families Act, H4557 [17JY]

H.R. 3309, Innovation Act, H7526–H7532 [5DE]

H.R. 3350, Keep Your Health Plan Act, H7128 [15NO]

S. 6, Putting Our Veterans Back to Work Act, S45–S47 [22JA]

S. 289, Commercial Real Estate and Economic Development (CREED) Act, S661 [12FE]

S. 415, Small Business Disaster Reform Act, S1022 [28FE]

S. 460, Fair Minimum Wage Act, S1132 [5MR]

S. 537, Communicating Lender Activity Reports From the Small Business Administration (CLEAR SBA) Act, S1712 [12MR]

S. 631, Healthy Families Act, S2030–S2035 [20MR]

S. 725, Small Business Taxpayer Bill of Rights Act, S2651–S2653 [15AP]

S. 764, Patients’ Right To Know Act, S2799 [18AP]

S. 917, Small Brewer Reinvestment and Expanding Workforce Act, S3332 [9MY]

S. 1402, Death Tax Repeal Act, S6129 [31JY]

S. 1427, Family Farmer Bankruptcy Clarification Act, S6218 [1AU]

S. 1440, Tornado Family Safety Act, S6221 [1AU]

S. 1457, Aged Distilled Spirits Competitiveness Act, S6229 [1AU]

S. 1607, Native Small Business Conformity Act, S7633 [29OC]

S. 1705, National Fab Lab Network Act, S8052 [14NO]

S. 1736, Support Earned Recognition for Veterans (SERVe) Act, S8193 [19NO]

S. 1859, Tax Extenders Act, S9054–S9058 [19DE]

S. Con. Res. 6, Local Radio Freedom Act support, S1237 [6MR]

S. Res. 177, National Small Business Week, S4676 [19JN]

S. Res. 313, Small Business Saturday, S8573 [9DE]