SMALL BUSINESS see also Business and Industry

Amendments

Fish and fishing: provide flexibility for fishery managers and stability for fishermen (H.R. 1335), H3599, H3603, H3604, H3606, H3607, H3608, H3612, H3613 [1JN]

FRS: establish advisory boards for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (H.R. 1195), H2342 [21AP]

——— establish advisory boards for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (H.R. 1195), consideration (H. Res. 200), H2229 [15AP]

Government regulations: ensure complete analysis of potential impacts of rules on small entities (H.R. 527), H822, H825, H826, H827, H828 [5FE]

——— ensure complete analysis of potential impacts of rules on small entities (H.R. 527), consideration (H. Res. 78), H771 [4FE]

——— provide additional safeguards relative to imposing Federal mandates (H.R. 50), H779, H781, H782, H783 [4FE]

——— provide additional safeguards relative to imposing Federal mandates (H.R. 50), consideration (H. Res. 78), H771 [4FE]

Minimum wage: postpone a scheduled increase applicable to American Samoa (H.R. 2617), S7050, S7052 [30SE], H6779 [1OC]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.J. Res. 61), S6441, S6442, S6469 [8SE], S6609 [10SE], S6643, S6644, S6658, S6659 [15SE], S6868, S6869, S6901, S6904 [22SE], S6917, S6942, S6943, S6945, S6946 [24SE]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 22), S5174 [16JY], S5215, S5216, S5217, S5322 [21JY], S5468, S5469, S5470, S5471, S5472, S5473 [22JY], S5538, S5539, S5540, S5541, S5542, S5544, S5545, S5546, S5548, S5549, S5550, S5552, S5553, S5554, S5555, S5556 [23JY], S5566, S5671, S5683, S5686, S5687, S5688, S5689, S5690, S5691, S5692, S5693, S5694, S5696, S5699 [24JY], S5715, S5716, S5717, S5718, S5719, S5720, S5721, S5722, S5723, S5724, S5725, S5726, S5727, S5728, S5734, S5735, S5736, S5738, S5739, S5740, S5741, S5742, S5845, S5847, S5848, S5849, S5850, S5851, S5852, S5857, S5858, S5860, S5861, S5869, S5870, S5871, S5872, S5873, S5874, S5875, S5876, S5877, S5878, S5880, S5885, S5886, S5887, S5891, S5892 [26JY], S5922, S5933, S5934, S6039, S6042 [27JY], S6079 [28JY], S6194, S6205 [30JY], H7418, H7517, H7579, H7580, H7581, H7582, H7583, H7584, H7585, H7586, H7587, H7590, H7592, H7593, H7594, H7595, H7597, H7598, H7599, H7600, H7601, H7602, H7603, H7604, H7605, H7606, H7607, H7608, H7614, H7615, H7616, H7617, H7618, H7619, H7620 [3NO], H7654, H7655, H7656, H7657, H7658, H7659, H7661, H7663, H7664, H7666, H7668, H7670, H7671, H7672, H7673, H7674, H7675, H7677, H7678, H7680, H7681, H7682, H7684, H7685, H7692, H7694, H7695, H7697, H7699, H7701, H7703, H7705, H7707, H7708, H7710, H7719, H7721, H7722, H7723, H7725, H7726, H7728, H7730, H7732, H7737 [4NO]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 22), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 546), H8981 [3DE]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 22), consideration of Senate amendments (H. Res. 507), H7410 [3NO]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 22), consideration of Senate amendments (H. Res. 512), H7649 [4NO]

——— modify definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 30), H119 [8JA]

SBA: establish a program to make loans to certain businesses, homeowners, and renters affected by Hurricane Sandy (H.R. 208), S7422 [21OC], H8223 [16NO]

——— improve certain programs to better assist small business customers in accessing broadband technology (S. 2116), S7126 [5OC]

——— increase access to capital for veteran entrepreneurs to help create jobs (H.R. 2499), S5556, S5558 [23JY], H5508 [27JY]

SEC: make technical corrections to enhance ability of small and emerging growth companies to access capital markets and reduce regulatory burdens (H.R. 37), consideration (H. Res. 27), H246 [13JA]

Taxation: permanently extend increased expensing limitations for depreciable business assets (H.R. 636), consideration (H. Res. 101), H999 [12FE]

——— repeal estate and generation-skipping taxes (H.R. 1105), consideration (H. Res. 200), H2229 [15AP]

Analyses

Dept. of Defense-Funded Contracts Under the Simplified Acquisition Threshold: USASpending.gov (Internet site), H3204 [14MY]

Articles and editorials

Case for Legislative Impact Accounting Economics 21, S4072 [11JN]

Darn Tough Sock Factory Expansion Will Add 250 to 300 Jobs in Northfield, S878 [10FE]

‘Fast Track’ to Nowhere—Congress Shouldn’t Give Obama Power To Ram Through TPP, S2738 [7MY]

Focus on Real Issues for Small Businesses, S3105 [20MY]

Health Care Law Paperwork Costs Small Businesses Thousands, S1682 [23MR]

Inside the World of Danforth Pewter, S8789 [17DE]

Small Businesses Bear Burden of Ex-Im Bank Shutdown, H5615 [29JY]

Stories Behind the Legislation—Woman—Obama’s Health Coverage Saved Me, H120 [8JA]

Bills and resolutions

Agriculture: increase number of acres on which producers are authorized to grow fruits and vegetables without a resulting reduction in payment acres when the resulting produce is used to help alleviate a food desert (see H.R. 3076), H5236 [15JY]

American Craft Beer Week: support goals (see S. Res. 188), S3341 [31MY]

Armed Forces: provide additional training opportunities for members under the Transition Assistance Program (see H.R. 2133), H2767 [30AP]

Bankruptcy: clarify rule allowing discharge as a nonpriority claim of governmental claims arising from disposition of farm assets (see S. 194), S283 [20JA]

Bosnia and Herzegovina-American Enterprise Fund (organization): establish (see S. 2307), S8159 [19NO]

Business and industry: establish minimum standards of fair conduct in franchise sales and business relationships (see H.R. 3196), H5466 [23JY]

——— report on the role of incubators and accelerators in commercialization of federally funded research and regional economic development (see H.R. 3983), H8151 [5NO]

——— strengthen small business industrial base (see H.R. 1481), H1802 [19MR]

CFTC: align exemptions for general solicitation of investment in commodity pools similar to the exemption provided for general solicitation of securities under the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (see H.R. 1954), H2416 [22AP]

Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Senate): ease burden of Federal tax compliance on small businesses (see S. Res. 252), S6651 [15SE]

Construction industries: improve manner of awarding Federal contracts, prohibit use of reverse auctions for services procurements, and improve payment protections to Federal contractors and suppliers (see S. 1526), S3860 [8JN]

Contracts: ensure efficiency and fairness in awarding of Federal contracts in connection with natural disaster reconstruction efforts (see S. 21), S11 [6JA]

——— provide for full and open competition for Federal contracts related to natural disaster reconstruction efforts (see S. 104), S59 [7JA]

Courts: eliminate mandatory arbitration clauses in employment, consumer, civil rights, and antitrust cases (see S. 1133), S2530 [29AP] (see H.R. 2087), H2652 [29AP]

Davis-Bacon Act: repeal wage rate requirements (see S. 1785), S5170 [16JY] (see H.R. 987), H1068 [13FE]

Dept. of Agriculture: exempt from inspection the slaughter of animals and the preparation of carcasses conducted at a custom slaughter facility (see H.R. 3187), H5465 [23JY]

Dept. of Commerce: assess and analyze the outdoor recreation economy of the U.S. (see S. 2219), S7655 [29OC]

Dept. of Education: establish a pilot grant program to support career and technical education exploration programs in middle schools (see S. 1609), S4298 [18JN] (see H.R. 3346), H5765 [29JY]

Dept. of Energy: develop a national smart manufacturing plan and provide assistance to small- and medium-sized manufacturers in implementing smart manufacturing programs (see S. 1054), S2352 [22AP] (see H.R. 3266), H5589 [28JY]

——— establish a grant program allowing National Laboratories provision of vouchers to small businesses to improve commercialization of technologies developed at National Laboratories and their economic impact (see S. 1259), S2730 [7MY]

——— improve technology transfer by reducing bureaucratic barriers to industry, entrepreneurs, and small businesses and increase public-private partnerships in research and development (see S. 2287), S8020 [17NO]

——— provide loans and grants for solar installations in low-income and underserved areas (see S. 1713), S4686 [7JY] (see H.R. 3041), H5116 [13JY]

Dept. of HUD: modernize and improve the program for economic opportunities for low-income persons in public and federally-assisted housing (see H.R. 3697), H6892 [7OC]

Dept. of Labor: create a tiered awards program recognizing meaningful and verifiable efforts by employers to recruit, employ, and retain veterans (see S. 2263), S7912 [10NO] (see H.R. 3286), H5762 [29JY]

——— establish the National Full Employment Trust Fund (see H.R. 1000), H1069 [13FE]

——— increase authorization of funds for Trade Adjustment Assistance for firms (see H.R. 4142), H8859 [1DE]

——— prohibit employers from requiring grocery store employees to enter into covenants not to compete (see H.R. 4254), H9327 [15DE]

Dept. of the Treasury: reauthorize the State Small Business Credit Initiative (see S. 1901), S6186 [30JY]

Dept. of Transportation: establish a veterans business enterprises program (see H.R. 3997), H8239 [16NO]

——— improve contracting opportunities for veteran-owned small businesses for authorized highway and transit projects (see H.R. 1694), H2109 [26MR]

——— prohibit increasing minimum levels of financial responsibility requirements established for motor carriers for the transportation of passengers or property (see H.R. 2077), H2497 [28AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: enhance treatment of small businesses owned by veterans after the death of disabled veteran owners for purposes of contracting goals and preferences (see S. 296), S590 [28JA] (see H.R. 1313), H1612 [4MR]

——— give preference to companies that employ veterans when awarding contracts for procurement of goods or services (see H.R. 1382), H1661 [16MR]

——— improve oversight of contracts awarded to small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans (see H.R. 1015), H1084 [20FE]

Drugs: end Federal ban of medical marijuana, allow importation of certain derivatives, allow banks to work with medical marijuana businesses, enable medicinal research, and allow prescription to veterans (see S. 683), S1383 [10MR] (see H.R. 1538), H1847 [23MR]

——— limit application of Federal laws to distribution and consumption of marijuana (see S. 2237), S7771 [4NO]

Economy: express that any reform or repeal of the last-in, first-out method of accounting for inventories (LIFO) would cause irreparable and unnecessary damage to U.S. businesses (see H. Con. Res. 69), H5769 [29JY]

——— jump-start economic recovery through formation and growth of new businesses (see S. 181), S238 [16JA] (see H.R. 962), H1066 [13FE]

——— provide predictability and certainty in the tax law, create jobs, and encourage investment (see S. 1624), S4298 [18JN]

EEOC: maintain up-to-date information on its website regarding charges and actions brought (see H.R. 550), H638 [27JA]

Employment: allow Americans to earn paid sick time to address their own health needs and the health needs of their families (see S. 497), S982 [12FE] (see H.R. 932), H1033 [12FE]

——— allow workers to make requests about schedules without fear of retaliation and ensure employers consider such requests in order to provide more stable and predictable schedules for employees (see S. 1772), S5129 [15JY] (see H.R. 3071), H5236 [15JY]

——— require employers to provide a certain amount of paid vacation time to eligible employees (see S. 1564), S4103 [11JN]

EPA: provide for certain special congressional review procedures for EPA rulemakings (see H.R. 3056), H5171 [14JY]

——— revise third-party certification requirements for labeling of certain electronic products under the Energy Star program (see H.R. 175), H42 [6JA]

Eximbank: increase target financing of exports by small business concerns (see H.R. 2239), H2798 [5MY]

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 H.R. 1622), H2033 [25MR]

Families and domestic relations: support Working Families Agenda (see H. Res. 506), H7346 [29OC]

FCC: encourage spectrum licensees to make unused spectrum available to rural and smaller carriers to expand wireless coverage (see S. 417), S858 [9FE]

——— exempt application of joint sales agreement (JSA) attribution rule in case of existing agreements in order to protect local television broadcasting (see S. 1182), S2599 [4MY] (see H.R. 3148), H5330 [21JY]

——— exempt small business providers of broadband Internet access from net neutrality enhanced transparency requirements (see S. 2283), S7966 [16NO]

Federal agencies and departments: include subcontracting goals for small business concerns in the responsibilities of certain members of a Federal agency responsible for acquisition (see H.R. 1386), H1720 [17MR]

——— require a notice and comment process for interpretative rules if there is a change to a previously issued rule (see S. 1487), S3678 [3JN] (see H.R. 2631), H3877 [3JN]

——— require the use of two-phase selection procedures when design-build contracts are suitable for award to small business concerns (see H.R. 1666), H2108 [26MR]

——— review certain rules and regulations (see S. 846), S1781 [24MR] (see H.R. 3328), H5764 [29JY]

Federal aid programs: enhance services to disadvantaged small businesses (see H.R. 273), H223 [12JA]

Financial institutions: advance the ability of credit unions to promote small business growth and economic development opportunities (see S. 2028), S6605 [10SE]

——— create protections for depository institutions that provide financial services to marijuana-related businesses (see S. 1726), S4953 [9JY] (see H.R. 2076), H2497 [28AP]

——— enhance ability of community financial institutions to foster economic growth and serve their communities, boost small businesses, and increase individual savings (see S. 812), S1660 [19MR]

——— establish the prudential regulator of community and independent depository institutions as the conduit and arbiter of all Federal financial oversight, examination, and reporting (see S. 726), S1494 [12MR]

——— expand eligibility to the Federal Home Loan Bank System to privately-insured credit unions to facilitate more loan opportunities (see S. 1367), S2971 [18MY]

——— expand the purposes of advances and collateral available to community development financial institutions (see H.R. 1355), H1635 [13MR]

——— improve regulation and the mortgage finance system (see H.R. 1389), H1720 [17MR]

——— provide certain credit unions with the authority to make additional member business loans (see H.R. 1188), H1524 [2MR]

——— provide regulatory relief to community financial institutions (see H.R. 1233), H1609 [4MR]

——— provide relief to community banks and promote their access to capital (see S. 1816), S5210 [21JY] (see H.R. 1523), H1847 [23MR]

——— provide sensible relief to community financial institutions and protect consumers (see S. 1491), S3678 [3JN] (see H.R. 2642), H3877 [3JN]

——— require regulatory agencies to take risk profiles and business models of institutions into account when taking regulatory actions (see H.R. 2896), H4769 [25JN]

Financial literacy: encourage greater public-private sector collaboration to promote for students and young adults (see H. Res. 232), H2654 [29AP]

——— provide grants to promote (see H.R. 346), H403 [14JA]

Firearms: terminate Operation Choke Point or similar programs that infringe on ability of dealers and manufacturers of firearms and ammunition to access credit or other financial services (see S. 477), S982 [12FE] (see H.R. 1413), H1721 [17MR]

Fish and fishing: authorize competitive grants to support programs that address needs of fishing communities (see H.R. 2012), H2464 [23AP]

——— improve Gulf of Mexico red snapper fishery by providing flexibility for fishery managers and stability for fishermen (see H.R. 981), H1068 [13FE]

——— provide flexibility for fishery managers and stability for fishermen (see H.R. 1335), H1613 [4MR]

——— provide flexibility for fishery managers and stability for fishermen (H.R. 1335), consideration (see H. Res. 274), H3386 [19MY]

——— transfer to States the authority to manage red snapper fisheries in the Gulf of Mexico (see H.R. 3094), H5290 [16JY]

Flowers: express that domestically grown flowers support farmers, small businesses, jobs, and economy of the U.S. and enhance the ability of people to honor their mothers on Mother’s Day (see S. Res. 166), S2599 [4MY] (see H. Res. 245), H2792 [1MY]

Foreign trade: enhance promotion of exports of U.S. goods and services (see H.R. 2587), H3641 [1JN]

——— establish congressional trade negotiating objectives and enhanced consultation requirements for trade negotiations and provide for consideration of trade agreements (see S. 995), S2245 [16AP] (see H.R. 1890), H2315 [17AP]

——— improve coordination of export promotion programs and facilitate export opportunities (see S. 25), S11 [6JA]

FRS: establish advisory boards for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (see S. 1963), S6380 [5AU] (see H.R. 1195), H1524 [2MR]

——— establish advisory boards for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (H.R. 1195), consideration (see H. Res. 200), H2208 [14AP]

——— provide an exemption from Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rules and regulations for community financial institutions (see H.R. 3048), H5171 [14JY]

——— raise the consolidated assets threshold under the small bank holding company policy statement (see H.R. 3791), H7089 [21OC]

Government regulations: clarify regulatory treatment of Federal Home Loan Bank products (see H.R. 3453), H5847 [8SE]

——— ensure complete analysis of potential impacts of rules on small entities (see S. 426), S900 [10FE] (see S. 1536), S4021 [10JN] (see H.R. 527), H581 [26JA]

——— ensure complete analysis of potential impacts of rules on small entities (H.R. 527), consideration (see H. Res. 78), H754 [3FE]

——— permit small business concerns to elect to be exempt from certain Federal rules and regulations (see H.R. 116), H39 [6JA]

——— prevent duplicative regulation of advisers of small business investment companies (see S. 1978), S6380 [5AU] (see H.R. 432), H479 [21JA]

——— provide a temporary exemption for low-revenue issuers from certain auditor attestation requirements (see H.R. 4139), H8859 [1DE]

——— provide additional safeguards relative to imposing Federal mandates (see S. 189), S283 [20JA] (see H.R. 50), H37 [6JA]

——— provide additional safeguards relative to imposing Federal mandates (H.R. 50), consideration (see H. Res. 78), H754 [3FE]

——— repeal a loan data collection requirement (see H.R. 1766), H2208 [14AP]

——— suspend fines under certain circumstances for first-time paperwork violations (see S. 86), S58 [7JA]

Health: preserve freedom and choice in health care (see S. 1016), S2272 [20AP]

——— provide for incentives to encourage health insurance coverage (see H.R. 2300), H2957 [13MY]

Immigration: establish an H-2B work visa program for temporary non-agricultural workers (see S. 2225), S7675 [30OC]

——— establish employment-based immigrant visa for alien entrepreneurs who have received significant capital from investors to establish business in the U.S. (see H.R. 3987), H8151 [5NO]

——— make permanent the returning worker exception to the annual numerical limitation on nonimmigrant visas (see H.R. 2758), H4343 [12JN]

——— modify the H-2B nonimmigrant visa program to make it easier for employers to meet season labor demands (see H.R. 3918), H7741 [4NO]

——— provide visas to entrepreneurs who establish businesses and create jobs and reauthorize and extend certain other visa programs (see H.R. 3370), H5766 [29JY]

Insurance: clarify rules on nondiscriminatory employer wellness programs as they relate to premium discounts, rebates, or modifications to otherwise applicable cost sharing under group health plans (see S. 620), S1217 [2MR] (see H.R. 1189), H1524 [2MR]

——— exclude from the definition of health insurance coverage certain medical stop-loss insurance obtained by certain plan sponsors of group health plans (see S. 775), S1628 [18MR] (see H.R. 1423), H1767 [18MR]

——— improve access to and choice of medical care for employees (see H.R. 2868), H4650 [24JN]

——— provide an exception from certain group health plan requirements to allow small businesses to use pre-tax dollars to assist employees in the purchase of policies in the individual market (see S. 1697), S4648 [25JN] (see H.R. 2911), H4769 [25JN]

IRS: increase the dollar limitation on the de minimis safe harbor from treatment as a capital expenditure for taxpayers without applicable financial statements (see H.R. 3318), H5764 [29JY]

Local Radio Freedom Act: support (see S. Con. Res. 4), S1075 [24FE] (see H. Con. Res. 17), H1114 [24FE]

Minimum wage: increase (see S. 1832), S5455 [22JY] (see H.R. 3164), H5402 [22JY]

——— increase, and index future increases to the median wage (see S. 1150), S2567 [30AP] (see H.R. 2150), H2768 [30AP]

——— postpone a scheduled increase applicable to American Samoa (see H.R. 2575), H3577 [26MY] (see H.R. 2617), H3757 [2JN]

——— provide for calculation based on the Federal poverty threshold for a family of 4, as determined by the Bureau of the Census (see H.R. 122), H40 [6JA]

——— stop a scheduled increase applicable to American Samoa and provide that any future increases shall be determined by the government of American Samoa (see H.R. 2574), H3577 [26MY]

Motor vehicles: establish a regulatory structure to facilitate production of custom cars and specialty vehicles by small volume vehicle manufacturers (see H.R. 2675), H3914 [4JN]

National Association of Women Business Owners: anniversary (see S. Res. 225), S5210 [21JY] (see H. Res. 276), H3388 [19MY]

National Entrepreneurs’ Day: designate (see S. Res. 314), S8021 [17NO] (see H. Res. 511), H7624 [3NO]

National Small Business Week: observance (see S. Res. 172), S2688 [6MY] (see H. Res. 246), H2792 [1MY]

National Veterans Small Business Week: designate (see S. Res. 295), S7470 [22OC]

National Women’s Small Business Month: designate (see S. Res. 280), S7219 [7OC]

Native Americans: restore opportunity for tribal economic development by the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe on terms that are equal and fair (see S. 1457), S3309 [22MY] (see H.R. 2684), H3914 [4JN]

NLRB: clarify treatment of two or more employers as joint employers (see S. 2015), S6533 [9SE] (see H.R. 3459), H5865 [9SE]

NOAA: terminate the independent third-party at-sea monitoring program for sectors of the Northeast Multispecies Fishery unless such program is fully funded by NOAA (see S. 2047), S6809 [17SE] (see H.R. 3661), H6787 [1OC]

OMB: require the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs to publish certain information on rulemakings (see H.R. 1759), H2152 [13AP]

OSHA: authorize the Voluntary Protection Programs (see H.R. 2500), H3558 [21MY]

Patents: eliminate abusive patent litigation, increase transparency, modernize fee shifting, and provide for small business education and outreach (see S. 1137), S2530 [29AP] (see H.R. 9), H852 [5FE]

——— strengthen the patent system and combat abuse (see S. 632), S1246 [3MR]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (see S. 12), S11 [6JA] (see H.R. 22), H36 [6JA] (see H.J. Res. 61), H5466 [23JY]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 22), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 546), H8970 [2DE]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 22), consideration of Senate amendments (see H. Res. 507), H7389 [2NO] (see H. Res. 512), H7622 [3NO]

——— authorize health insurance issuers to continue to offer for sale current individual health insurance coverage in satisfaction of individual health insurance mandate (see S. 158), S201 [13JA] (see H.R. 1664), H2108 [26MR]

——— clarify that anti-kickback laws apply to qualified health plans, federally-facilitated marketplaces, and other plans and programs (see S. 97), S59 [7JA]

——— exclude alien agricultural seasonal workers when determining employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 1387), H1720 [17MR]

——— exempt certain small businesses from employer health insurance mandate and modify definition of full-time employee relative to mandate (see S. 432), S900 [10FE]

——— impose restrictions on risk corridor program (see S. 359), S771 [4FE] (see H.R. 724), H811 [4FE]

——— modify definition of applicable large employer relative to employer health insurance mandate (see S. 1415), S3237 [21MY] (see H.R. 2881), H4650 [24JN]

——— modify definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate (see S. 30), S11 [6JA] (see H.R. 30), H36 [6JA]

——— modify definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 30), consideration (see H. Res. 19), H103 [7JA]

——— modify definition of small employer relative to employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 1624), H2033 [25MR]

——— provide States with flexibility in determining the size of employers in the small group market (see S. 1099), S2431 [27AP]

——— provide that the individual health insurance mandate not apply until the employer health insurance mandate is enforced without exceptions (see S. 347), S736 [3FE]

——— repeal certain provisions in order to lower health premiums and increase choice for small business and individuals (see S. 254), S466 [26JA]

——— repeal excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage (see S. 2045), S6809 [17SE] (see H.R. 2050), H2496 [28AP]

——— repeal excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage and ensure resulting revenue loss is offset (see S. 2075), S6938 [24SE]

——— repeal mandate that new employees of certain employers be automatically enrolled in the employer’s health benefits plan (see H.R. 3112), H5291 [16JY]

——— repeal the employer health insurance mandate (see S. 305), S653 [29JA] (see H.R. 248), H187 [9JA]

——— repeal the funding mechanism for the transitional reinsurance program in the individual market (see H.R. 1886), H2307 [16AP]

——— repeal the individual health insurance mandate (see S. 157), S201 [13JA] (see H.R. 117), H39 (see H.R. 143), H40 [6JA]

——— simplify treatment of seasonal positions relative to employer shared responsibility requirements (see S. 1809), S5210 [21JY] (see H.R. 863), H980 [11FE]

Postal Service: ensure continuation of door delivery for all business and residential customers (see H. Res. 28), H224 [12JA]

Real estate: establish uniform and more efficient Federal process to protect private property rights (see H.R. 510), H532 [22JA]

——— protect private property rights by limiting the power of eminent domain (see H.R. 3013), H5029 [9JY]

Regulatory Improvement Commission: establish (see S. 708), S1438 [11MR] (see H.R. 1407), H1721 [17MR]

SBA: allow petitions for reconsideration of size standards for small business concerns (see H.R. 1429), H1768 [18MR]

——— allow use of physical damage disaster loans for the construction of tornado safe rooms (see H.R. 2397), H3308 [18MY]

——— amend funding levels for certain general business loans and modify loan limitations (see H.R. 3191), H5466 [23JY]

——— anniversary of Small Business Development Center network (see S. Res. 243), S6381 [5AU]

——— carry out a pilot program on issuing grants to eligible veterans to start or acquire qualifying businesses (see S. 1862), S5710 [26JY] (see S. 1870), S5928 [27JY] (see H.R. 3248), H5588 [28JY]

——— clarify collateral requirement for certain disaster-related loans (see S. 956), S2220 [15AP]

——— clarify requirements relative to small business contracts for services (see H.R. 1583), H1899 [24MR]

——— clarify responsibilities of Commercial Market Representatives (see H.R. 4198), H9205 [9DE]

——— direct Office of Veterans Business Development task force to provide access to and manage the distribution of excess or surplus property to veteran-owned small businesses (see S. 1400), S3183 [20MY] (see H.R. 2221), H2792 [1MY]

——— ensure equal access for HUBZone designations to all tax-paying small business owners (see H.R. 4156), H8970 [2DE]

——— establish a program to make loans to certain businesses, homeowners, and renters affected by Hurricane Sandy (see S. 1811), S5210 [21JY] (see H.R. 208), H154 [8JA]

——— establish a State Trade and Export Promotion Grant Program (see S. 1011), S2272 [20AP] (see H.R. 2543), H3560 [21MY]

——— establish an incubator and accelerator grant program for veterans and Armed Forces members (see S. 2273), S7913 [10NO]

——— establish authorization levels for general business loans (see S. 1001), S2245 [16AP]

——— establish Export Credit Insurance Program (see S. 1546), S4021 [10JN]

——— establish minimum standards of disclosure by franchises to franchisees who use SBA guaranteed loans (see H.R. 3195), H5466 [23JY] (see H.R. 3559), H6178 [18SE]

——— establish Regional Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) State Collaborative Initiative Pilot Program (see S. 2136), S7159 [6OC]

——— establish Scale-Up Manufacturing Investment Company (SUMIC) Program (see S. 1934), S6296 [4AU] (see H.R. 3468), H5865 [9SE]

——— establish size standards for small agricultural enterprises using the same process for establishing size standards for small business concerns (see H.R. 3714), H6935 [8OC]

——— establish veterans’ business outreach center program and improve certain other veterans programs (see S. 1866), S5928 [27JY]

——— exempt certain loans from prohibition against receiving duplicative financial assistance in the case of a disaster (see H.R. 2594), H3641 [1JN]

——— expand participation in the Microloan Program (see S. 1857), S5526 [23JY] (see H.R. 2670), H3914 [4JN]

——— expand the HUBZone program for communities affected by defense base realignment and closure (see S. 1266), S2759 [11MY]

——— extend and expand State Trade and Export Promotion Grant Program (see H.R. 3912), H7624 [3NO]

——— extend availability of low-interest mortgage refinancing under the local development business loan program (see S. 966), S2221 [15AP] (see H.R. 2266), H2876 [12MY]

——— help small businesses reduce energy costs by extending the Certified Development Company (CDC)/504 loan program to businesses looking to invest in energy efficiency improvements (see S. 1756), S5061 [14JY]

——— improve certain programs to better assist small business customers in accessing broadband technology (see S. 2116), S7102 [1OC]

——— improve review and acceptance of subcontracting plans (see S. 2138), S7160 [6OC]

——— improve small business development centers (see S. 999), S2245 [16AP] (see H.R. 207), H154 [8JA]

——— improve the Microloan Program (see S. 1445), S3238 [21MY]

——— increase access to capital for veteran entrepreneurs to help create jobs (see S. 957), S2220 [15AP] (see H.R. 2499), H3558 [21MY]

——— increase funding available for certain general business loans (see H.R. 3132), H5330 [21JY]

——— increase limitations on leverage for multiple licenses under common control (see S. 552), S1075 [24FE] (see H.R. 1023), H1113 [24FE]

——— increase oversight of small business assistance programs (see S. 115), S59 [7JA]

——— increase small business Federal contracting goals, including those for service-disabled veteran-owned, women-owned, economically disadvantaged minority-owned, and qualified HUBZone small businesses (see S. 1859), S5526 [23JY] (see H.R. 3175), H5465 [23JY]

——— issue regulations providing examples of a failure to comply in good faith with requirements of prime contractors relative to subcontracting plans (see H.R. 4284), H9690 [17DE]

——— make Community Advantage Pilot Program permanent (see S. 2125), S7102 [1OC]

——— make information relative to lenders making covered loans publicly available (see S. 967), S2221 [15AP]

——— modify requirements for joint venture offers for bundled or consolidated contracts (see H.R. 1390), H1720 [17MR]

——— prohibit use of reverse auctions for procurements of covered contracts (see S. 2139), S7160 [6OC] (see H.R. 1444), H1769 [18MR]

——— provide additional assistance to small business concerns for disaster recovery (see S. 1470), S3341 [31MY]

——— provide for contracting preferences and other benefits for emerging business enterprises (see H.R. 2234), H2798 [5MY]

——— provide for team and joint venture offers for certain contracts (see S. 958), S2220 [15AP]

——— provide grants for university business incubators (see H.R. 3990), H8152 [5NO]

——— reauthorize women’s business center program (see S. 2126), S7102 [1OC] (see H.R. 4027), H8279 [17NO]

——— require Chief Counsel for Advocacy submittal of a report on small business innovation (see S. 963), S2220 [15AP]

——— require implementation of a data quality improvement plan (see H.R. 1410), H1721 [17MR]

——— streamline and clarify small business contracting opportunities (see H.R. 2950), H4861 [7JY]

——— treat certain qualified disaster areas as HUBZones and extend the period for HUBZone treatment for certain defense base closure areas (see S. 1292), S2794 [12MY]

Science: support innovation (see S. 894), S2041 [26MR] (see H.R. 3959), H8150 [5NO]

SEC: clarify definition of general solicitation under Federal securities law as not applying to events like demo days (see S. 978), S2244 [16AP]

——— establish an Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation and a Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee (see H.R. 3784), H7088 [21OC]

——— exempt from registration brokers participating in the transfer of ownership of smaller privately-held companies (see H.R. 686), H755 [3FE]

——— exempt smaller public companies from requirements relating to the use of Extensible Business Reporting Language for periodic reporting (see H.R. 1912), H2354 [21AP] (see H.R. 1965), H2417 [22AP]

——— make technical corrections to enhance ability of small and emerging growth companies to access capital markets and reduce regulatory burdens (see H.R. 37), H37 [6JA]

——— make technical corrections to enhance ability of small and emerging growth companies to access capital markets and reduce regulatory burdens (H.R. 37), consideration (see H. Res. 27), H223 [12JA]

——— 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 S. 1010), S2272 [20AP]

——— provide smaller public companies with access to capital-raising advantages by eliminating excessive filing requirements and expediting stock registration (see H.R. 2357), H3251 [15MY]

——— refund or credit excess payments made to the Commission (see H.R. 1975), H2417 [22AP]

——— review the annual Government-Business Forum on Small Business Capital Formation (see H.R. 4168), H9010 [3DE]

——— revise Form S–1 so as to permit smaller reporting companies to use forward incorporation by reference for such form (see H.R. 1723), H2111 [26MR]

Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE) (organization): strengthen entrepreneurial resources (see S. 1000), S2245 [16AP]

Small Business Saturday: designate (see H. Res. 534), H8412 [19NO]

——— observance (see S. Res. 304), S7722 [3NO]

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. 1716), H2110 [26MR]

SSA: establish a trust fund to provide for paid family and medical leave benefits for certain individuals (see S. 786), S1629 [18MR] (see H.R. 1439), H1768 [18MR]

States: grant authority to enforce State and local sales and use tax laws on remote or online transactions (see H.R. 2775), H4382 [15JN]

Taxation: allow a credit against income tax for equity investments by angel investors (see S. 973), S2244 [16AP]

——— allow a credit against income tax for equity investments in research intensive small business concerns (see H.R. 256), H188 [9JA]

——— allow a credit for providing programs to kindergarten, elementary, and secondary students that promote economic and financial literacy (see H.R. 1801), H2268 [15AP]

——— allow an annual elective surcharge in lieu of estate tax (see H.R. 3508), H5980 [15SE]

——— allow deductions and credits relative to expenditures in connection with marijuana sales conducted in compliance with State law (see S. 987), S2244 [16AP] (see H.R. 1855), H2306 [16AP]

——— allow small businesses to defer the payment of certain employment taxes (see H.R. 2409), H3386 [19MY]

——— 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. 3003), H5029 [9JY]

——— allow the work opportunity credit to small businesses which hire members of the Ready Reserve or National Guard (see H.R. 2457), H3388 [19MY]

——— clarify that wages paid to unauthorized aliens are not deductible (see H.R. 841), H916 [10FE]

——— eliminate taxable income limit on percentage depletion for oil and natural gas produced from marginal properties (see S. 948), S2220 [15AP]

——— encourage domestic insourcing and discourage foreign outsourcing (see H.R. 2963), H4954 [8JY]

——— establish small business start-up tax credit for veterans (see H.R. 4039), H8279 [17NO]

——— establish small business start-up tax credit for veterans who have served overseas (see H.R. 3950), H8150 [5NO]

——— establish tax-preferred Small Business Start-up Savings Accounts (see S. 1262), S2730 [7MY]

——— expand and modify the credit for employee health insurance expenses of small employers (see S. 379), S832 [5FE] (see H.R. 762), H853 [5FE]

——— expand availability of employee stock ownership plans in S corporations (see S. 1212), S2688 [6MY] (see H.R. 2096), H2653 [29AP]

——— extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (see S. 1946), S6379 [5AU]

——— extend employer wage credit for activated military reservists (see S. 641), S1246 [3MR]

——— extend the 15-year straight-line cost recovery for qualified leasehold improvements, qualified restaurant buildings and improvements, and qualified retail improvements (see H.R. 2164), H2768 [30AP]

——— extend the employer wage credit for employees who are active duty members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 2160), H2768 [30AP]

——— extend the work opportunity tax credit and allow small employers a credit for hiring individuals receiving unemployment compensation (see H.R. 4178), H9011 [3DE]

——— improve tax treatment of small businesses (see S. 1827), S5455 [22JY]

——— increase alternative tax liability limitation for certain small insurance companies (see S. 905), S2172 [14AP] (see H.R. 1788), H2209 [14AP]

——— increase and make permanent the alternative simplified research credit (see S. 537), S1074 [24FE]

——— increase deduction for business start-up expenditures (see H.R. 254), H188 [9JA]

——— increase limitations for deductible new business expenditures and consolidate provisions for start-up and organizational expenditures (see H.R. 2524), H3559 [21MY]

——— make permanent certain rules regarding basis adjustments to stock of S corporations making charitable contributions of property (see H.R. 630), H667 [30JA]

——— make permanent certain small business tax provisions (see S. 341), S736 [3FE]

——— make permanent the expensing limitations and treatment of certain real property as section 179 property (see H.R. 3933), H8149 [5NO]

——— make permanent the reduced recognition period for built-in gains for S corporations (see S. 1905), S6186 [30JY] (see H.R. 629), H667 [30JA]

——— make total bonus depreciation permanent (see H.R. 3213), H5466 [23JY]

——— modify and make permanent bonus depreciation (see S. 1660), S4602 [24JN] (see H.R. 2510), H3558 [21MY]

——— modify certain safe harbor requirements to encourage small business to offer retirement plans and to allow individuals to save more (see S. 266), S541 [27JA] (see H.R. 557), H638 [27JA]

——— modify S corporation shareholder and preferred stock rules relative to banks (see H.R. 2789), H4431 [16JN]

——— permanently extend increased expensing limitations for depreciable business assets (see H.R. 636), H702 [2FE]

——— permanently extend increased expensing limitations for depreciable business assets (H.R. 636), consideration (see H. Res. 101), H915 [10FE]

——— permanently extend the 15-year recovery period for qualified leasehold improvement property, restaurant property, and retail improvement property (see S. 394), S833 [5FE] (see H.R. 765), H853 [5FE]

——— permanently increase limitations on deduction for start-up and organizational expenditures (see H.R. 4068), H8360 [18NO]

——— permit Indian tribal governments to be shareholders in S corporations (see H.R. 2626), H3877 [3JN]

——— provide a credit to small employers for certain newly hired employees (see H.R. 3198), H5466 [23JY]

——— provide a standard deduction for business use of a home (see S. 1281), S2759 [11MY] (see H.R. 2310), H2957 [13MY]

——— provide a tax credit to businesses that invest in American jobs, provide fair wages and benefits, employ active duty personnel, recruit veterans, and maintain a diverse workforce (see S. 1486), S3456 [2JN] (see H.R. 2619), H3757 [2JN]

——— provide a taxpayer bill of rights for small businesses (see S. 949), S2220 [15AP] (see H.R. 1828), H2269 [15AP]

——— provide exception from passive loss rules for investments in high technology research small business pass-thru entities (see H.R. 2179), H2769 [30AP]

——— provide for full expensing of tangible property (see S. 2350), S8378 [3DE]

——— provide for proper tax treatment of personal service income earned in pass-thru entities (see S. 1686), S4648 [25JN] (see H.R. 2889), H4768 [25JN]

——— provide for S corporation reform (see H.R. 2788), H4431 [16JN]

——— provide for special treatment of the research credit for certain startup companies (see S. 455), S926 [11FE] (see H.R. 3058), H5171 [14JY]

——— provide for the tax treatment of small business start-up savings accounts (see H.R. 253), H188 [9JA]

——— provide tax incentives for small businesses (see S. 1141), S2567 [30AP]

——— provide the work opportunity credit for hiring long-term unemployed workers (see H.R. 481), H530 [22JA]

——— raise limitation on the election to accelerate the alternative minimum tax credit in lieu of bonus depreciation (see S. 1666), S4602 [24JN]

——— reduce excise tax rate on beer produced domestically by certain qualifying producers (see S. 375), S772 [4FE] (see H.R. 232), H155 [8JA]

——— reduce rate of payroll and self-employment taxes (see H.R. 3267), H5589 [28JY]

——— reduce the rate of tax on certain distilled spirits (see S. 1444), S3238 [21MY] (see H.R. 2520), H3559 [21MY]

——— reform and reset the excise tax rate on beer produced domestically by certain qualifying producers (see S. 807), S1660 [19MR] (see H.R. 767), H853 [5FE]

——— reform estate and gift taxes (see H.R. 1544), H1848 [23MR]

——— reinstate estate and generation-skipping taxes, reduce estate value exemption level, include a billionaire’s surtax, tax dynasty trusts, and protect farmland and conservation easements (see S. 1677), S4648 [25JN] (see H.R. 2907), H4769 [25JN]

——— remove bond requirements and extend filing periods for certain taxpayers subject to Federal excise taxes on distilled spirits, wine, and beer (see S. 904), S2172 [14AP] (see H.R. 2238), H2798 [5MY]

——— repeal estate and generation-skipping taxes (see S. 860), S1891 [25MR] (see H.R. 1105), H1368 [26FE]

——— repeal estate and generation-skipping taxes (H.R. 1105), consideration (see H. Res. 200), H2208 [14AP]

——— repeal estate and gift taxes (see H.R. 173), H42 [6JA] (see H.R. 186), H103 [7JA]

——— repeal estate tax and retain stepped-up basis at death (see H.R. 725), H811 [4FE]

——— repeal excise tax on indoor tanning services (see H.R. 2698), H4001 [9JN]

——— treat certain farming business machinery and equipment as 5-year property for purposes of depreciation (see S. 1801), S5170 [16JY] (see S. 2202), S7470 [22OC]

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. 441), S900 [10FE] (see H.R. 662), H703 [2FE]

Transportation: allow States to regulate tow truck operations (see H.R. 2563), H3561 [21MY]

Urban areas: making emergency supplemental appropriations to address critical challenges and rebuild inner city neighborhoods (see S. 1889), S6136 [29JY] (see H.R. 3295), H5763 [29JY]

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 H.R. 3971), H8151 [5NO]

——— 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. 366), H404 [14JA]

——— 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. 2861), H4592 [23JN]

——— improve contracting opportunities for veteran-owned small businesses (see H.R. 3945), H8150 [5NO]

Cloture motions

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.J. Res. 61), S6518 [9SE], S6581, S6582 [10SE], S6642, S6644 [15SE], S6780, S6781 [17SE], S6869 [22SE], S6916 [24SE]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 22), S5671, S5672 [24JY], S5709 [26JY], S5922 [27JY], S6092 [29JY], S7881, S7885 [10NO]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 22), motion to proceed, S5057 [14JY], S5188 [21JY], S5451 [22JY]

Cost Estimates

Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act (H.R. 527): CBO, H817 [5FE]

Explanations

Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act (H.R. 22), S8363 [3DE]

Letters

Commercial Real Estate and Economic Development (CREED) Act: R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, S7797 [5NO]

——— Randy Griffin, CSRA Business Lending (business), S7797 [5NO]

——— Scott Gardiner, Granite State Development Corp., S7796 [5NO]

——— Stephen Ursich, Northeastern Economic Development Co., S7797 [5NO]

Dept. of Defense simplified acquisition threshold for certain textile, clothing, and apparel items: David Costello, Warrior Protection and Readiness Coalition, H3204 [14MY]

——— Scott N. Paul, Alliance for American Manufacturing, H3204 [14MY]

——— several textile and apparel organizations, H3203 [14MY]

Fairness to Veterans for Infrastructure Investment Act: Michael D. Helm, American Legion, H8168 [16NO]

Financial effects of elimination of cap on income subject to Social Security payroll taxes: Stephen C. Goss, SSA, S815 [5FE]

Forty Hours Is Full Time Act: Noelle M. Ellerson, American Association of School Administrators, S18 [6JA], S323 [21JA]

——— Randy Wadleigh, Governor’s Management Co., Inc., S18 [6JA]

——— Val J. Halamandaris, National Association for Home Care & Hospice, S322 [21JA]

Improve Gulf of Mexico red snapper fishery by providing flexibility for fishery managers and stability for fishermen: several individuals, H3611 [1JN]

Promoting Job Creation and Reducing Small Business Burdens Act: Representative Conaway, Committee on Agriculture (House), H75, H77 [7JA], H352 [13JA]

——— Representative Hensarling, Committee on Financial Services (House), H75 [7JA]

Retirement Security Act: Charles C. Cornelio, Lincoln Financial Group, S631 [29JA]

——— Dana F. Connors, Maine State Chamber of Commerce, S630 [29JA]

——— Dirk Kempthorne, American Council of Life Insurers, S631 [29JA]

——— Douglas B. Fisher, Fidelity Investments (company), S631 [29JA]

——— Gregory J. Burrows, Principal Financial Group, S632 [29JA]

——— Jeanne De Cervens, Transamerica Corp., S632 [29JA]

——— Juli Y. McNeely, National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors, S631 [29JA]

——— Lynn D. Dudley, American Benefits Council, S631 [29JA]

——— Michael P. Aitken, Society for Human Resource Management, S632 [29JA]

——— R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, S632 [29JA]

——— Stephen McCaffrey, Plan Sponsor Council of America, S632 [29JA]

Save American Workers Act: AFL–CIO, H135 [8JA]

——— Amanda Austin, National Federation of Independent Business, H130 [8JA]

——— De Ann Friedholm, Consumers Union, H134 [8JA]

——— James P. Hoffa, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, H135 [8JA]

——— Jeffrey D. Shoaf, Associated General Contractors of America, Inc., H129 [8JA]

——— Mary Kay Henry, Service Employees International Union, H135 [8JA]

——— Mary Kusler, National Education Association, E32 [8JA]

——— Miles Free, Precision Machined Products Association, H133 [8JA]

——— Sam Toia, Illinois Restaurant Association, H134 [8JA]

——— Scott Frey, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, H135 [8JA]

——— several organizations, H136 [8JA]

SBA expansion of the HUBZone program for communities affected by defense base realignment and closure: Michael Cooper, Association of Defense Communities, S2761 [11MY]

Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act: Representative Chabot, Committee on Small Business (House), H818 [5FE]

——— Representative Goodlatte, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H818 [5FE]

Small Business Tax Certainty and Growth Act: Amanda Austin, National Federation of Independent Business, S2572 [30AP]

Trade Act: Representative Paul Ryan, Committee on Ways and Means (House), H4262 [12JN]

——— Representative Sessions, Committee on Rules (House), H4262 [12JN]

——— Representative Tom Price, Committee on the Budget (House), H4262 [12JN]

Trade Preferences Extension Act: Richard L. Trumka, AFL–CIO, H4693 [25JN]

Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act: Representative Chaffetz, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House), H773, H774 [4FE]

——— Representative Goodlatte, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H773 [4FE]

——— Representative Sessions, Committee on Rules (House), H774 [4FE]

——— Representative Tom Price, Committee on the Budget (House), H774 [4FE]

Motions

Fish and fishing: provide flexibility for fishery managers and stability for fishermen (H.R. 1335), H3621 [1JN]

FRS: establish advisory boards for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (H.R. 1195), H2379 [22AP]

Government regulations: ensure complete analysis of potential impacts of rules on small entities (H.R. 527), H831 [5FE]

——— provide additional safeguards relative to imposing Federal mandates (H.R. 50), H786 [4FE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.J. Res. 61), S6441 [8SE], S6643, S6644 [15SE], S6868 [22SE], S6916, S6917 [24SE]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 22), S5057 [14JY], S5451 [22JY], S5565, S5675 [24JY], S5710 [26JY], S5921 [27JY], S6092 [29JY], S7881, S7886, S7887 [10NO], H8133, H8134 [5NO]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 22), conference report, S8363 [3DE]

——— modify definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 30), H138 [8JA]

SEC: make technical corrections to enhance ability of small and emerging growth companies to access capital markets and reduce regulatory burdens (H.R. 37), H394 [14JA]

Taxation: permanently extend increased expensing limitations for depreciable business assets (H.R. 636), H1048 [13FE]

——— repeal estate and generation-skipping taxes (H.R. 1105), H2285 [16AP]

Press releases

Consequences of XBRL Exemption in H.R. 37—Minimal Savings, Reduced Transparency and Access to Capital for Small Companies: XBRL International, Inc., E83 [20JA]

Save American Workers Act: Communications Workers of America (organization), E33 [8JA]

Remarks in House

Amherst, NY: tribute to Amherst Chamber of Commerce Small Business Award recipients, E866 [10JN]

Amtrak: ensure consideration of socially and economically disadvantaged businesses requests for proposals for station development opportunities, H1593 [4MR]

Anderson Trucking Service, Inc.: anniversary, H9311 [15DE]

Are You Kidding? (business): tribute, E527 [17AP]

Arroyo, Katie: Florida Small Business Development Center Network Florida Innovative Service and Best Practice award recipient, E1060 [14JY]

Ashby, Todd: Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations Ronald F. Kirby Memorial National Award for Outstanding Individual Leadership recipient, E1678 [30NO]

Asian American Hotel Owners Association: anniversary, E527 [17AP]

Asian-American Chamber of Commerce: tribute to Asian-American Chamber Award recipients, E645 [1MY]

ATF: prohibit from requiring disclosure of race or ethnicity in the transfer of a firearm, H3739 [2JN]

Aurora, IL: Aurora Regional Chamber of Commerce recipient of U.S. Chamber of Commerce Three Star Chamber of Valor Award, H8342 [18NO]

Bailey, Jared: Florida Small Business Development Center Network Florida Innovative Service and Best Practice award recipient, E1060 [14JY]

Banner Signs and Decals (business): West Chamber (organization) Small Business of the Year award recipient, E241 [24FE]

Birmingham, MI: tribute to Community House (organization), H1177 [26FE]

Bloomington, IN: anniversary of Bloomington Chamber of Commerce, E248 [25FE]

Brevard County, FL: anniversary of Brevard Small Business Assistance Council, E1078 [16JY]

Briggs, Bob: West Chamber (organization) Hall of Fame Award recipient, E1402 [1OC]

Business and industry: provide regulatory relief to facilitate capital formation and to ensure greater consumer access to financial products and services, H7736, H7737 [4NO]

——— tribute to confectionary industry, H6007 [16SE], H6122 [17SE]

Cerveny, Gretchen: West Chamber (organization) Hall of Fame Award recipient, E1405 [1OC]

Chicago, IL: anniversary of Zarzycki Manor Chapels, E1587 [4NO]

Clark-Williams Funeral Home, Inc.: tribute, E728 [15MY]

Connecticut Business and Industry Association: anniversary, E1568 [2NO]

Contracts: assess prime contracting goals to ensure maximum participation by a wide variety of small businesses, H3162 [14MY]

Corning, IA: anniversary of Main Street Corning, E1779 [11DE]

Council Bluffs, IA: anniversary of Corum’s Flowers (business), E1008 [7JY]

——— anniversary of Oard-Ross Drug (business), E1002 [7JY]

——— anniversary of Pizza King (business), E1502 [21OC]

——— anniversary of Welch’s Orchard, E1498 [21OC]

Curtis, Jim and Kate: West Chamber (organization) Members of the Year Award recipients, E238 [24FE]

Dade City, FL: Pearl in the Grove (restaurant) recipient of Florida Trend (publication) Golden Spoon Award, H9034 [8DE]

Dale, James E.: Golden, CO, Mayor’s Award for Excellence recipient, E1403 [1OC]

Dept. of Commerce: International Trade Administration funding through reductions in Bureau of the Census funding, H3677, H3678 [2JN]

——— International Trade Administration trade promotion activities funding, H3678, H3679 [2JN]

Dept. of Defense: assess outreach for small business concerns owned and controlled by women and minorities prior to outsourcing military base contracts, H3194, H3195 [14MY]

——— conduct outreach program to assist women, veteran, and minority-owned small businesses, H8128 [5NO]

——— maintain current simplified acquisition threshold for certain textile, clothing, and apparel items, H3203 [14MY]

——— prohibit Defense Logistics Agency funding to implement SBA interim rule relative to procurement of footwear, H4115, H4116 [10JN]

——— restrict use of reverse auctions on procurement of certain items, E722 [15MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: provide self-assessment tools to small and medium-sized businesses to determine their level of cybersecurity readiness, H2437 [23AP]

Dept. of HUD: prohibit funding to enforce the Fair Housing Act in a manner that relies upon disparate impact to allege discrimination, H3979, H3980 [9JN]

Dept. of Justice: prohibit funding for Operation Choke Point or similar programs that infringe on ability of dealers and manufacturers of firearms and ammunition to access credit or other financial services, H3672 [2JN], H3805, H3806 [3JN]

——— prohibit funding to enforce the Fair Housing Act in a manner that relies upon disparate impact to allege discrimination, H3753 [2JN]

Dept. of Labor: create a tiered awards program recognizing meaningful and verifiable efforts by employers to recruit, employ, and retain veterans (H.R. 3286), E1167 [29JY]

——— increase authorization of funds for Trade Adjustment Assistance for firms (H.R. 4142), H8870 [2DE]

Dept. of Transportation: ensure prompt payment requirements are met relative to disadvantaged minority businesses, E1735 [8DE]

——— establish a veterans business enterprises program (H.R. 3997), H8165, H8166 [16NO], H8250 [17NO], E1645 [18NO]

——— improve contracting opportunities for veteran-owned small businesses for authorized highway and transit projects (H.R. 1694), H2163 [14AP], H8164–H8169 [16NO], H8250 [17NO], E1629 [16NO], E1644 [17NO], E1645 [18NO]

——— revise hiring standard for motor carriers, H7647, H7672 [4NO]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: enhance treatment of small businesses owned by veterans after the death of disabled veteran owners for purposes of contracting goals and preferences (H.R. 1313), H3260, H3261, H3293 [18MY]

——— give preference to companies that employ veterans when awarding contracts for procurement of goods or services (H.R. 1382), H3261–H3263, H3293 [18MY]

——— include outstanding payments owed to certain contracted entities in quarterly reports on the financial status of the Veterans Health Administration and report on national call center effectiveness, H2593 [29AP]

Dimitroff, Emmy: Golden, CO, Mayor’s Award for Excellence recipient, E1404 [1OC]

Direct Selling Day: observance, E1556 [28OC], E1562 [29OC]

Doan, Alan: SBA Missouri Small Business Person of the Year award recipient, E1319 [18SE]

Drugs: end Federal ban of medical marijuana, allow cultivation, allow importation of hemp, enable medicinal research, and reform Federal enforcement relative to State and local laws, H3584 [1JN]

——— end Federal ban of medical marijuana, allow importation of certain derivatives, allow banks to work with medical marijuana businesses, enable medicinal research, and allow prescription to veterans (H.R. 1538), E385 [23MR]

Economy: importance of job creation, H800–H802 [4FE], H1750 [18MR], H1856 [24MR], H1914 [25MR], H2275 [16AP], H4336 [12JN], H7197 [27OC]

——— national objectives priority assignments, H439, H442 [21JA]

Employment: allow Americans to earn paid sick time to address their own health needs and the health needs of their families (H.R. 932), H7204 [27OC], H7647 [4NO]

Engelheim Vineyards (company): San Francisco (CA) Chronicle Wine Competition medal winner, H1041 [13FE]

EPA: prohibit designation of a council member to the Federal Permitting Improvement Council, H7730 [4NO]

Eximbank: ensure small business requirements are met, H7692, H7693 [4NO]

——— limit authorizations to countervailing purposes in order to meet competition from foreign export credit agencies, H7694, H7695 [4NO]

Fairfax County, VA: anniversary of Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce, E910 [16JN]

Families and domestic relations: support Working Families Agenda (H. Res. 506), H7319–H7322 [28OC], H8344 [18NO], E1561 [29OC]

Federal agencies and departments: exempt terrorism and crime prevention, pay, tax benefits, small businesses, and anti-discrimination protections from rulemaking reform, H270 [13JA]

——— include subcontracting goals for small business concerns in the responsibilities of certain members of a Federal agency responsible for acquisition, H2994 [14MY]

Fellman, Jill: West Chamber (organization) Celebrate Women Award recipient, E1666 [19NO]

Findlay, OH: Site Selection (publication) Top Micropolitan Community designee, E339 [17MR]

Fish and fishing: improve Gulf of Mexico red snapper fishery by providing flexibility for fishery managers and stability for fishermen, H3596, H3610–H3612 [1JN]

——— prohibit fast-track analyses of environmental concerns required under the National Environmental Policy Act, H3603, H3604 [1JN]

——— provide flexibility for fishery managers and stability for fishermen, H1856 [24MR]

——— provide flexibility for fishery managers and stability for fishermen (H.R. 1335), H3591–H3617, H3619–H3624 [1JN], E306 [4MR], E813 [2JN]

——— provide flexibility for fishery managers and stability for fishermen (H.R. 1335), consideration (H. Res. 274), H3491–H3496 [20MY]

——— provide flexibility for fishery managers and stability for fishermen (H.R. 1335), corrections in engrossment, H3624 [1JN]

——— provide flexibility for fishery managers and stability for fishermen (H.R. 1335), motion to recommit, H3622 [1JN]

——— provide for more input from communities and regional experts at fishery management councils and increase ability of local agencies to hold polluters more accountable, H3622 [1JN]

Foreign trade: establish congressional trade negotiating objectives and enhanced consultation requirements for trade negotiations and provide for consideration of trade agreements, H2823, H2858 [12MY], H2963 [14MY], H3550–H3555 [21MY], H3632–H3634 [1JN], H3645, H3647 [2JN], H4009 [10JN], H4164, H4170, H4213, H4214, H4228–H4236, H4238 [11JN], H4246–H4271, H4323–H4335, H4337–H4341 [12JN], H4347, H4349, H4379 [15JN], H4386, H4390–H4395, H4423 [16JN], H4436 [17JN], H4497–H4507, H4519–H4524 [18JN], H4646 [24JN], H4657–H4662, H4689–H4698 [25JN], H5600 [29JY], E921, E928 [18JN]

——— establish congressional trade negotiating objectives and enhanced consultation requirements for trade negotiations and provide for consideration of trade agreements (H.R. 1890), H2448, H2449–H2453 [23AP]

FRS: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau regulatory relief to community financial institutions, H9312 [15DE]

——— establish advisory boards for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (H.R. 1195), H2292, H2293 [16AP], H2335–H2343 [21AP], H2366, H2378–H2381 [22AP]

——— establish advisory boards for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (H.R. 1195), consideration (H. Res. 200), H2223–H2230 [15AP]

——— establish advisory boards for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (H.R. 1195), motion to recommit, H2379 [22AP]

——— prohibit membership by persons employed by companies engaged in predatory practices related to service members, H2379 [22AP]

——— provide an exemption from Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rules and regulations for community financial institutions (H.R. 3048), H5390 [22JY]

——— require inclusion of veteran-owned small businesses in Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Small Business Advisory Board membership, H2343 [21AP]

——— require inclusion of women-owned and minority-owned small businesses in Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Small Business Advisory Board membership, H2342 [21AP]

Gabel, Steve: Farm Credit Colorado Agriculture Hall of Fame inductee, E1690 [1DE]

Galbraith, Sarah: SBA Missouri Small Business Person of the Year award recipient, E1319 [18SE]

Garcia, Angelica: Women’s Business Enterprise National Council Women’s Business Star award recipient, E834 [3JN]

Garvey, Sarah: West Chamber (organization) Young Professional of the Year award recipient, E232 [24FE]

Gonzalez, Asya: National Federation of Independent Business Dan Danner Leadership Award recipient, E1144 [28JY]

Government regulations: allow the chairman or ranking member of a congressional committee to request a Federal agency to conduct a retrospective cost-benefit analysis of any existing regulation, H775, H782, H783 [4FE]

——— ensure complete analysis of potential impacts of rules on small entities (H.R. 527), H816–H834, H838 [5FE], H5760 [29JY]

——— ensure complete analysis of potential impacts of rules on small entities (H.R. 527), consideration (H. Res. 78), H766–H772 [4FE]

——— ensure complete analysis of potential impacts of rules on small entities (H.R. 527), motion to recommit, H832 [5FE]

——— ensure that if economic growth remains under a certain rate, then additional safeguards relative to imposing Federal mandates will be repealed, H783, H784 [4FE]

——— exempt any rule from complete analysis of potential impacts of rules on small entities that stops the proliferation, spread, or development of nuclear weapons, H832 [5FE]

——— exempt from complete analysis of potential impacts of rules on small entities any FDA regulation relating to consumer safety, H828–H830 [5FE]

——— exempt from complete analysis of potential impacts of rules on small entities any rule that the OMB determines would result in net job creation, H827, H828 [5FE]

——— maintain ability of agencies to waive or delay initial analysis of potential impacts of rules on small entities in response to an emergency that makes compliance impracticable, H826 [5FE]

——— maintain regulations on predatory lending practices against veterans, E1587 [4NO]

——— maintain regulations on predatory lending practices against veterans and active duty servicemembers, H825, H826 [5FE]

——— preserve regulations that provide critical protections against sexual and domestic violence, H786 [4FE]

——— prevent duplicative regulation of advisers of small business investment companies (H.R. 432), H5140–H5142 [14JY]

——— provide additional safeguards relative to imposing Federal mandates (H.R. 50), H95 [7JA], H150 [8JA], H772–H788 [4FE], H838 [5FE], H5760 [29JY]

——— provide additional safeguards relative to imposing Federal mandates (H.R. 50), consideration (H. Res. 78), H766–H772 [4FE]

——— provide additional safeguards relative to imposing Federal mandates (H.R. 50), motion to recommit, H786 [4FE]

——— reduce regulatory burdens, H228 [13JA]

——— require assessment of effects of government action on private property, including the use and value of such property, H781, H782 [4FE]

Graphics Universal Inc.: anniversary, E1360 [25SE]

Greenfield Oil Co.: anniversary, E1778 [11DE]

Greenville, MS: tribute to Upper Kutz Barber & Style College, E1580 [3NO]

Griffin, Faye: West Chamber (organization) Hall of Fame Award recipient, E1408 [1OC]

Hamilton, Joseph: National Federation of Independent Business Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award recipient, E1117 [23JY]

Harrisburg, PA: tribute to Pennsylvania Farm Show, H141 [8JA]

Hazleton, PA: anniversary of Rostas Cafe, E1317 [18SE]

Health: provide for incentives to encourage health insurance coverage (H.R. 2300), H7106 [22OC], H7158 [23OC]

Huntington Beach, CA: tribute to NuVision Federal Credit Union, E342 [17MR]

ITC: legal and technical assistance to small businesses funding, H3693 [2JN]

J.F. Kruse Jewelers (business): SBA Minnesota Small Business Person of the Year award recipient, H2322 [21AP]

Joliet, IL: tribute to Joliet Region Chamber of Commerce and Industry Celebration of Success honorees, E1581 [3NO]

Jones, Grant: SBA Washington State Young Entrepreneur of the Year award recipient, E923 [18JN]

Kewanee, IL: tribute to Reiman’s Harley-Davidson (business), E159 [4FE]

Killum Pest Control, Inc.: Better Business Bureau Awards for Excellence Winner of Distinction recipient, E871 [10JN]

LAB Miami (organization): tribute, H1732 [18MR]

Lakewood, CO: tribute to Rockley Music Center, E234 [24FE]

Lawler, Pamela Rainey: Pearl S. Buck International (organization) Woman of the Year award recipient, E594 [28AP]

Local Radio Freedom Act: support (H. Con. Res. 17), H1576 [4MR]

Macon, GA: H&H Restaurant named ‘‘most iconic restaurant in Georgia’’ by Thrillist.com (Internet site), E32 [8JA]

Manatee County, FL: anniversary of Manatee County Fair, E1695 [2DE]

Mann Plumbing, Inc.: tribute to Mann Plumbing/MPI Solar, E1545 [27OC]

Martinsville, IN: tribute to Martinsville Candy Kitchen, E246 [25FE]

Masi, Glyn and Alan: West Chamber (organization) Ambassadors of the Year award recipients, E233 [24FE]

McDermott and Son Roofing Co.: anniversary, E893 [15JN]

Minimum wage: increase, H233 [13JA], H2024 [25MR], H2255–H2260 [15AP], H9191 [9DE]

——— increase, and index future increases to the consumer price index, H2479 [28AP]

——— increase, and index future increases to the median wage (H.R. 2150), H3637 [1JN], E951 [23JN], E1077 [16JY]

——— postpone a scheduled increase applicable to American Samoa (H.R. 2617), H6281–H6284 [28SE]

——— postpone a scheduled increase applicable to American Samoa (H.R. 2617), Senate amendment, H6779, H6780 [1OC]

——— provide for calculation based on the Federal poverty threshold for a family of 4, as determined by the Bureau of the Census (H.R. 122), H54 [7JA], H2259 [15AP], H3637 [1JN], E951 [23JN], E1077 [16JY]

Minorities: improve economic condition of minorities, H2663 [30AP], H3634–H3640 [1JN], E169, E170 [5FE]

Moline, IL: tribute to Lagomarcino’s (restaurant), E3 [6JA]

Murray, Thomas: West Chamber (organization) Hall of Fame Award recipient, E1408 [1OC]

Nashville, IN: anniversary of Bear Wallow Distillery (business), E1063 [14JY]

National Association of Women Business Owners: anniversary (H. Res. 276), E751 [19MY]

National Small Business Week: observance, H2776 [1MY]

National Veterans Small Business Week: observance, H7401 [3NO]

New Hampshire: tribute to manufacturing industry, H5160 [14JY]

New Port Richey, FL: Dulcet Restaurant and Lounge recipient of Florida Trend (publication) Golden Spoon Award, H9034 [8DE]

NIST: funding, H3671 [2JN]

NOAA: authorize use of Asset Forfeiture Fund for enhanced fishery research, at-sea and shoreside monitoring, conservation gear engineering, development of fishery impact statements, and regional fishery management councils priorities, H3605 [1JN]

——— terminate the independent third-party at-sea monitoring program for sectors of the Northeast Multispecies Fishery unless such program is fully funded by NOAA (H.R. 3661), H6821 [6OC]

North Wilkesboro, NC: anniversary of Yadkin Valley Motor Co., H5302 [21JY]

Oakland, CA: anniversary of East Bay Economic Development Alliance, E1252 [10SE]

Obama, President: evaluation of administration, H483 [22JA], H749–H753 [3FE], H1054–H1057 [13FE]

——— prohibit overreach of executive regulatory authority on Federal and private contractors, H6080 [17SE]

——— State of the Union Message, H749 [3FE]

Patents: eliminate abusive patent litigation, increase transparency, modernize fee shifting, and provide for small business education and outreach (H.R. 9), H908–H914 [10FE], H1794–H1797 [19MR], H2411–H2414 [22AP], H2459–H2461 [23AP], H3241–H3243 [15MY], H3924 [9JN], H4012, H4019 [10JN], H4639–H4643 [24JN], H5084 [10JY], H5165 [14JY], E445 [26MR]

——— promote transparency in ownership and improve the patent system, H1793–H1797 [19MR], H3238–H3243 [15MY]

——— strengthen the patent system and combat abuse (S. 632), H1797 [19MR], H2413 [22AP]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.J. Res. 61), H5488–H5490 [27JY]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 22), H29–H32 [6JA], H55, H95 [7JA], H140, H150 [8JA], H441, H468 [21JA], H512 [22JA], H2321 [21AP], H5539 [28JY]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 22), conference report, H8865 [2DE], H8974, H8988–H9000 [3DE], E1715, E1716 [7DE], E1735 [8DE], E1758 [10DE], E1834 [18DE]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 22), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 546), H8975–H8983 [3DE]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 22), consideration of Senate amendments (H. Res. 507), H7403–H7412 [3NO]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 22), consideration of Senate amendments (H. Res. 512), H7641–H7650 [4NO]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 22), motion to instruct conferees, H8134, H8135 [5NO]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 22), Senate amendments, H7272 [28OC], H7394, H7412–H7621 [3NO], H7633, H7638, H7640, H7650–H7740 [4NO], H8129–H8133, H8140 [5NO], H8216 [16NO], E1602, E1604, E1607, E1608, E1609, E1611 [5NO], E1617 [16NO]

——— impact on job creation and hiring, H736–H738 [3FE]

——— modify definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 30), H95 [7JA], H109, H125–H140, H150 [8JA], H186 [9JA], H2321 [21AP], E33 [8JA], E41 [9JA], E63 [13JA]

——— modify definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 30), consideration (H. Res. 19), H115–H125 [8JA]

——— modify definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 30), motion to recommit, H138, H139 [8JA]

——— modify definition of small employer relative to employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 1624), H6265–H6267 [28SE], H7105 [22OC]

——— repeal excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage (H.R. 2050), H7105 [22OC]

Pearland, TX: inclusion of Killen’s Barbecue (restaurant) inclusion in GQ (publication) ‘‘Most Outstanding Restaurants’’ list, E266 [27FE]

——— tribute to Killen’s Barbeque (restaurant), E966 [24JN]

Pennsylvania State Showmen’s Association: tribute, H440 [21JA]

Port Hueneme, CA: anniversary of Port Hueneme Chamber of Commerce, E287 [2MR]

Postal Service: ensure continuation of door delivery for all business and residential customers, H4324 [12JN]

Prospective, Inc.: Americans for the Arts (organization) Best Businesses Partnering With the Arts in America honoree, E1842 [18DE]

Puckett Emergency Management Services: tribute, H1898 [24MR]

Railroads: include veteran-owned small businesses in small business participation study included in passenger rail program reauthorization, H1594 [4MR]

Real estate: establish uniform and more efficient Federal process to protect private property rights (H.R. 510), H2963 [14MY]

Republic, WA: Anderson’s Grocery recipient of Washington Food Industry Association Excellence in Operations Award, E1532 [26OC]

Rocky Mountain Recycling, Inc.: Commerce City, CO, Pam Downs Lilac Award for Leadership recipient, E374 [23MR]

Rolla, MO: tribute to Al West Collision Center, E879 [11JN]

Roth, Katie: Business Record (publication) Woman Business Owner of the Year award recipient, E1176 [29JY]

Sacco, Janie: SBA Washington State Veteran Small Business Advocate Award recipient, E630 [30AP]

Salisbury, NC: tribute to Rowan County Chamber of Commerce Leadership Rowan Program graduates, E769 [21MY]

San Diego, CA: tribute to Kensington Video (business), E344 [17MR]

Sante Fe, NM: Candyman Strings & Things (business) recipient of National Association of Music Merchants Dealer of the Year and Music Makes a Difference awards, E8 [6JA]

Savannah, GA: anniversary of Spanky’s River Street (restaurant), E1829 [18DE]

SBA: allow Chief Counsel for Advocacy to approve small business size standards, H827 [5FE]

——— allow use of physical damage disaster loans for the construction of tornado safe rooms, E1633 [17NO]

——— entrepreneurial development programs funding, H1875 [24MR]

——— establish a program to make loans to certain businesses, homeowners, and renters affected by Hurricane Sandy (H.R. 208), H5096–H5099 [13JY]

——— establish a program to make loans to certain businesses, homeowners, and renters affected by Hurricane Sandy (H.R. 208), Senate amendments, H8223–H8227 [16NO], E1633 [17NO]

——— expand participation in the Microloan Program (H.R. 2670), H5099–H5101 [13JY]

——— improve process of SBA size designation for small businesses receiving Dept. of Defense contracts, H3198 [14MY]

——— increase access to capital for veteran entrepreneurs to help create jobs (H.R. 2499), H5101, H5102 [13JY]

——— increase access to capital for veteran entrepreneurs to help create jobs (H.R. 2499), Senate amendment, H5508–H5510 [27JY]

——— increase funding available for certain general business loans, H5508–H5510 [27JY]

——— increase limitations on leverage for multiple licenses under common control (H.R. 1023), H5095, H5096 [13JY]

——— increase small business Federal contracting goals, including those for service-disabled veteran-owned, women-owned, economically disadvantaged minority-owned, and qualified HUBZone small businesses (H.R. 3175), E1112 [23JY]

——— provide assistance to small businesses and small financial institutions to participate in cybersecurity programs, H2392 [22AP]

——— 7(a) loan program funding, H5342 [22JY]

——— small business development centers funding, H1875 [24MR]

——— support entrepreneurial development programs for women and minority owned businesses, H3407 [20MY]

——— women’s business center program funding, H1875 [24MR]

ScentsAbility Micro-Enterprise, Inc.: South Florida Business Leadership Network Platinum Business Award recipient, E1016 [8JY]

SEC: make technical corrections to enhance ability of small and emerging growth companies to access capital markets and reduce regulatory burdens (H.R. 37), H71–H82 [7JA], H182 [9JA], H341–H354 [13JA], H361 [14JA], E41 [9JA], E76 [16JA], E83 [20JA], E126 [27JA]

——— make technical corrections to enhance ability of small and emerging growth companies to access capital markets and reduce regulatory burdens (H.R. 37), consideration (H. Res. 27), H237–H248 [13JA]

——— make technical corrections to enhance ability of small and emerging growth companies to access capital markets and reduce regulatory burdens (H.R. 37), motion to recommit, H394 [14JA]

——— prohibit anyone convicted of providing assistance to a terrorist organization from the economic benefits of reduced burdens of capital markets, H394 [14JA]

——— revise Form S–1 so as to permit smaller reporting companies to use forward incorporation by reference for such form (H.R. 1723), H5144, H5145 [14JY]

S&H Products Inc.: Arvada Economic Development Association Outstanding Small Business Award recipient, E1485 [20OC]

Shenandoah, IA: anniversary of Shenandoah Floral (business), E945 [23JN]

Silvis, IL; tribute to Ice Cream Palace (business), E5 [6JA]

Small, Jim and Colleen: SBA Pittsburgh, PA, District Office Small Business Persons of the Year award recipient, H2858 [12MY]

Small Business Saturday: observance, H8252 [17NO], H8292 [18NO], H8869 [2DE]

South St. Paul, MN: tribute to PRO Pharmacy (business), E1008 [7JY]

Space policy: provide outreach to historically Black colleges and universities, Hispanic serving institutions, and national Indian institutions for participation in opportunities in the commercial space industry, H3528 [21MY]

——— provide outreach to women-owned and minority-owned businesses on opportunities in the commercial space industry, H3527 [21MY]

Spring, TX: tribute to efforts to rebuild Wunsche Brothers Cafe and Saloon after fire, E711 [14MY]

St. Cloud, MN: tribute to St. Cloud Area Chamber of Commerce award recipients, E676 [12MY]

Start-Up Day Across America: observance, H5473 [27JY]

Table Mountain Vision (business): West Chamber (organization) Women-Owned Business of the Year Award recipient, E235 [24FE]

Taxation: allow deductions and credits relative to expenditures in connection with marijuana sales conducted in compliance with State law (H.R. 1855), E512 [16AP]

——— allow short-term extension of increased expensing limitations for depreciable business assets while comprehensive tax reform is under consideration and the extension does not result in increased deficit, H1049 [13FE]

——— allow the work opportunity credit to small businesses which hire members of the Ready Reserve or National Guard (H.R. 2457), H3772 [3JN]

——— clarify that wages paid to unauthorized aliens are not deductible (H.R. 841), H5443 [23JY]

——— eliminate cap on income subject to Social Security payroll taxes, E181 [10FE]

——— exempt transfers of family-owned businesses from estate taxes, H2277 [16AP]

——— permanently extend increased expensing limitations for depreciable business assets (H.R. 636), H834 [5FE], H991 [12FE], H1041–H1051, H1052, H1053 [13FE], E206 [12FE]

——— permanently extend increased expensing limitations for depreciable business assets (H.R. 636), consideration (H. Res. 101), H993–H1001 [12FE]

——— permanently extend increased expensing limitations for depreciable business assets (H.R. 636), motion to recommit, H1049 [13FE]

——— prohibit individuals convicted of certain tax fraud from benefiting from a repeal of estate and generation-skipping taxes, H2285 [16AP]

——— provide for comprehensive tax reform, H1003–H1008 [12FE], H2222 [15AP], H9001 [3DE]

——— reform the Federal tax code, H2254 [15AP], H2697 [30AP]

——— repeal estate and generation-skipping taxes (H.R. 1105), H2163, H2200, H2201 [14AP], H2220 [15AP], H2274, H2275–H2286 [16AP], H2322 [21AP], H5760 [29JY], H8348 [18NO], E529 [20AP], E585 [27AP]

——— repeal estate and generation-skipping taxes (H.R. 1105), consideration (H. Res. 200), H2223–H2230 [15AP]

——— repeal estate and generation-skipping taxes (H.R. 1105), motion to recommit, H2285 [16AP]

Toledo, OH: tribute to Red Wells Roast Beef restaurant, E1396 [30SE]

Torklift Central (business): tribute, E628 [30AP]

Tracy, John: West Chamber (organization) Hall of Fame Award recipient, E1404 [1OC]

Transportation: allow States to regulate tow truck operations, H7618, H7619 [3NO], H8997 [3DE]

Trucking industry: tribute, H3651 [2JN]

TruTech Heating and Cooling, Inc.: District of Columbia Small Business of the Year award recipient, E856 [9JN]

Venture Hive (organization): tribute, H1732 [18MR]

Veterans: 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, H2955 [13MY]

Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act: impact on economy, H5337, H5387–H5393 [22JY], H5458–H5463 [23JY]

Waterbury, CT: anniversary of Waterbury Regional Chamber of Commerce, E377 [23MR]

Wheat Ridge, CO: Anthony M’s Visions in Gold (business) recipient of Wheat Ridge Business Association Business of the Year Award, E1511 [22OC]

——— Quality Auto Care and Tire (business) recipient of Wheat Ridge Business Association Business of the Year Award, E1511 [22OC]

——— Seyfer Specialties (business) recipient of Wheat Ridge Reinvestment Award, E240 [24FE]

Winterset, IA: opening of 1st Avenue Collective, E1733 [8DE]

Yanis Coffee Zone (business): Jefferson City, MO, Area Chamber of Commerce Small Business of the Year Award recipient, E1557 [28OC]

Remarks in Senate

American Craft Beer Week: support goals (S. Res. 188), S3371 [31MY]

Anomatic Corp.: anniversary, S1526 [16MR]

Bankruptcy: clarify rule allowing discharge as a nonpriority claim of governmental claims arising from disposition of farm assets (S. 194), S284 [20JA]

Baton Rouge, LA: tribute to Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers (business), S3182 [20MY]

Bethlehem, CT: anniversary of March Farm, S7589 [28OC]

Bosnia and Herzegovina-American Enterprise Fund (organization): establish (S. 2307), S8162–S8164 [19NO]

Boyett Printing & Graphics, Inc.: tribute, S419 [22JA]

Cabot Hosiery Mills, Inc.: tribute to Darn Tough Socks brand, S877 [10FE]

Carson City, NV: anniversary of Carson City Chamber of Commerce, S4294 [18JN]

Central Plumbing Co.: tribute, S2931 [14MY]

Congress: accomplishments of the 114th Congress, S8838 [18DE]

Conversations, LLC: tribute, S4596 [24JN]

Danforth Pewter (company): anniversary, S8789 [17DE]

Delta Fuel Co., Inc.: tribute, S4295 [18JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: marketing grants funding, S2595 [4MY]

Dept. of Education: allow schools, districts, nonprofits, and small businesses to develop proposals based on the specific needs of the community, S4671 [7JY]

——— establish a pilot grant program to support career and technical education exploration programs in middle schools, S4928 [9JY]

——— establish a pilot grant program to support career and technical education exploration programs in middle schools (S. 1609), S4301 [18JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: investigate alleged mismanagement of procurement contracts, S3763 [4JN]

Downs Enterprise, LLC: tribute, S3235 [21MY]

Drugs: end Federal ban of medical marijuana, allow importation of certain derivatives, allow banks to work with medical marijuana businesses, enable medicinal research, and allow prescription to veterans (S. 683), S1385 [10MR]

Economy: impact of Government regulations, S3448 [2JN], S4070–S4073 [11JN], S7709 [3NO]

——— importance of job creation, S34–S36 [7JA], S155 [12JA], S1694 [23MR], S2769 [12MY], S6796 [17SE], S6836 [21SE]

Employment: allow Americans to earn paid sick time to address their own health needs and the health needs of their families, S2201, S2211 [15AP]

——— allow Americans to earn paid sick time to address their own health needs and the health needs of their families (S. 497), S4108 [11JN], S5000 [13JY], S6269 [4AU], S7049 [30SE]

——— allow Americans to earn paid sick time to address their own health needs and the health needs of their families (S. 497), unanimous-consent request, S6345 [5AU]

——— allow workers to make requests about schedules without fear of retaliation and ensure employers consider such requests in order to provide more stable and predictable schedules for employees (S. 1772), S6253, S6269 [4AU]

——— allow workers to make requests about schedules without fear of retaliation and ensure employers consider such requests in order to provide more stable and predictable schedules for employees (S. 1772), unanimous-consent request, S6345 [5AU]

——— require employers to provide a certain amount of paid vacation time to eligible employees (S. 1564), S4108 [11JN]

Factory Service Agency, Inc.: anniversary, S128 [9JA]

Farmers Implement Co., Inc.: anniversary, S7436 [22OC]

FCC: exempt small business providers of broadband Internet access from net neutrality enhanced transparency requirements (S. 2283), S7969 [16NO]

Federal agencies and departments: require a notice and comment process for interpretative rules if there is a change to a previously issued rule (S. 1487), S3680 [3JN]

Financial institutions: provide sensible relief to community financial institutions and protect consumers (S. 1491), S5450 [22JY]

Financial literacy: encourage greater public-private sector collaboration to promote for students and young adults, S8561 [9DE]

Flowers: express that domestically grown flowers support farmers, small businesses, jobs, and economy of the U.S. and enhance the ability of people to honor their mothers on Mother’s Day (S. Res. 166), S2608, S2609 [4MY]

Foreign trade: ensure competitive opportunities for U.S. exports of fish, seafood, and shellfish products in foreign markets, S3230 [21MY]

——— establish congressional trade negotiating objectives and enhanced consultation requirements for trade negotiations and provide for consideration of trade agreements, S2663 [6MY], S2700, S2736–S2739 [7MY], S2743 [11MY], S2767–S2772, S2779–S2792 [12MY], S2815–S2819, S2821, S2826, S2834–S2845 [13MY], S2897, S2902, S2906, S2908–S2922, S2926 [14MY], S2951–S2964, S2966–S2968, S3006 [18MY], S3009, S3014–S3053 [19MY], S3089–S3100, S3103, S3104, S3106–S3109, S3112 [20MY], S3202–S3207, S3209–S3213, S3216, S3219–S3223, S3225–S3231 [21MY], S3253, S3255–S3259, S3261–S3263, S3265–S3270, S3272, S3277, S3279–S3283, S3285–S3288, S3290–S3299 [22MY], S4010 [10JN], S4066–S4068 [11JN], S4282–S4287, S4291 [18JN], S4333 [22JN], S4523–S4533, S4535–S4539 [23JN], S4557, S4574, S4579, S4590, S4608 [24JN], S4620, S4628 [25JN], S4934 [9JY]

——— establish congressional trade negotiating objectives and enhanced consultation requirements for trade negotiations and provide for consideration of trade agreements (S. 995), S2190, S2203 [15AP], S2283 [21AP], S2312–S2315, S2317, S2321–S2323 [22AP], S2361, S2374–S2377, S2380, S2392 [23AP], S2491 [29AP], S2611, S2627 [5MY]

Government regulations: ensure complete analysis of potential impacts of rules on small entities (S. 1536), S4070 [11JN]

——— provide additional safeguards relative to imposing Federal mandates (S. 189), S560 [28JA]

Gulf of Mexico: anniversary of Deepwater Horizon oil spill, S2262 [20AP]

Hammond, LA: tribute to Helm Paint & Decorating (business), S1659 [19MR]

Health: preserve freedom and choice in health care (S. 1016), S3218 [21MY]

Henderson, NV: anniversary of Henderson Chamber of Commerce, S6603 [10SE]

Indianapolis, IN: anniversary of Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce, S1155 [26FE]

Innogenomics Technologies, LLC: tribute, S3181 [20MY]

Insurance: provide an exception from certain group health plan requirements to allow small businesses to use pre-tax dollars to assist employees in the purchase of policies in the individual market (S. 1697), S4652 [25JN]

Johnson City, TN: anniversary of Johnson City Chamber of Commerce, S236 [16JA], S274 [20JA]

Krotz Springs, LA: tribute to Billy’s Boudin & Cracklin, S672 [30JA]

Lafayette, LA: tribute to Coco Eros Clothing Boutique, S6290 [4AU]

——— tribute to Healthe Habits for Living (business), S7410 [21OC]

——— tribute to Jill Listi Dance Studio, S2167 [14AP]

——— tribute to Lafayette Music Co., S7158 [6OC]

——— tribute to Learning Train (business), S1494 [12MR]

——— tribute to Red Arrow Workshop, S6291 [4AU]

Lake Charles, LA: tribute to Darrell’s (restaurant), S1156 [26FE]

Las Vegas, NV: anniversary of Las Vegas Latin Chamber of Commerce, S7654 [29OC], S8371 [3DE]

Louisiana Lemonade Day: observance, S2564 [30AP]

Madisonville, LA: tribute to Crowns 4 Kids (business), S2729 [7MY]

Mandeville, LA: tribute to Painting With a Twist (business), S3775 [4JN]

Marucci Sports (company): tribute, S2039 [26MR]

Melanie Massey Physical Therapy (business): tribute, S6806 [17SE]

Minimum wage: establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to allow States to raise the minimum wage above the Federal level, S2006 [26MR]

——— increase, S4821 [8JY]

——— increase, and index future increases to the median wage (S. 1150), S2572 [30AP], S2928 [14MY], S5000 [13JY], S6269 [4AU], S6345 [5AU], S7049 [30SE]

——— increase, and index future increases to the median wage (S. 1150), unanimous-consent request, S6345 [5AU]

——— postpone a scheduled increase applicable to American Samoa (H.R. 2617), S7052 [30SE]

Montana: tribute to award-winning small breweries, S7217 [7OC]

Natchitoches, LA: tribute to Judge Porter House Bed and Breakfast, S6954 [25SE]

National Association of Women Business Owners: anniversary (S. Res. 225), S6087 [28JY]

National Entrepreneurs’ Day: designate (S. Res. 314), S8175 [19NO]

National Hemp History Week: observance, S3762 [4JN]

National Small Business Week: observance, S2635 [5MY], S3181, S3182 [20MY]

——— observance (S. Res. 172), S2697 [6MY]

National Veterans Small Business Week: designate (S. Res. 295), S7477 [22OC]

National Women’s Small Business Month: designate (S. Res. 280), S7224 [7OC]

New Orleans, LA: tribute to Cook Me Somethin’ Mister! (business), S7410 [21OC]

——— tribute to District—Donuts, Sliders, Brew (business), S3402 [1JN]

——— tribute to Dong Phuong Bakery and Restaurant (business), S7718 [3NO]

——— tribute to Haspel (business), S4838 [8JY]

——— tribute to Loretta’s Authentic Pralines (business), S831 [5FE]

Newark, OH: anniversary of Licking County, OH, Chamber of Commerce, S1526 [16MR]

Oil Pollution Act: require responsible parties to pay full cost of oil spills, S323 [21JA]

Ora Estuaries (company): tribute, S2242 [16AP]

Patents: eliminate abusive patent litigation, increase transparency, modernize fee shifting, and provide for small business education and outreach (S. 1137), S2499, S2532–S2539 [29AP], S4591 [24JN]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate, S6119 [29JY]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.J. Res. 61), S6087 [28JY], S6089 [29JY], S6437–S6451, S6453–S6455 [8SE], S6477–S6525 [9SE], S6544–S6596 [10SE], S6615–S6644 [15SE], S6661–S6666, S6668–S6676, S6679–S6689 [16SE], S6773–S6785 [17SE], S6868–S6870, S6883, S6888 [22SE], S6910, S6911, S6913–S6920, S6930, S6931 [24SE], S7380 [21OC]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.J. Res. 61), unanimous-consent agreement, S6342 [5AU], S6543, S6581 [10SE], S6643 [15SE]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.J. Res. 61), unanimous-consent request, S6442 [8SE], S6543 [10SE]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 22), S34 [7JA], S5566–S5677 [24JY], S5701–S5710 [26JY], S5893, S5895–S5900, S5907–S5910, S5912–S5919, S5921, S5922 [27JY], S6045–S6056, S6058, S6062–S6066 [28JY], S6089, S6091, S6098–S6102, S6104–S6108, S6113–S6116, S6122–S6125 [29JY], S6147, S6149, S6153–S6162, S6166, S6181, S6205 [30JY], S6370 [5AU], S7183–S7185 [7OC], S7557 [28OC], S7631 [29OC], S7802–S7804, S7807–S7810 [5NO]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 22), conference report, S8227 [1DE], S8335, S8357–S8369 [3DE], S8428 [7DE], S8565 [10DE], S8660 [15DE], S8758, S8759 [17DE]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 22), House amendment, S7881–S7886 [10NO], S8072 [18NO]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 22), motion to instruct conferees, S7884–S7887 [10NO]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 22), motion to proceed, S5181–S5184, S5186–S5191, S5194 [21JY], S5431, S5432, S5438–S5441, S5444–S5447, S5451 [22JY], S5477–S5484, S5486–S5500, S5506 [23JY]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 22), unanimous-consent agreement, S5702 [26JY], S7881–S7883 [10NO], S8353 [3DE]

——— establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to modify definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate, S1970 [26MR]

——— impact of implementation on small business, S3982–S3984 [10JN]

——— impact on job creation and hiring, S321 [21JA]

——— modify definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 30), S70–S73 [8JA]

——— modify definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate (S. 30), S17 [6JA], S321, S322 [21JA]

——— modify definition of small employer relative to employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 1624), S7084 [1OC]

——— repeal excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage, S8344 [3DE]

——— repeal excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage (S. 2045), S7248 [8OC], S7977 [17NO], S8535–S8538 [9DE]

——— repeal the individual health insurance mandate, S2156 [14AP]

——— repeal the individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 143), S3921 [9JN]

Pineville, LA: tribute to Harlow’s Donut and Bakery (business), S8792 [17DE]

ReactWell, L.L.C.: tribute, S5169 [16JY]

Red Hen Baking Co.: tribute, S2682 [6MY]

S & W Wholesale Foods, L.L.C.: tribute, S237 [16JA]

Safe Haven Enterprises, LLC: tribute, S4950 [9JY]

SBA: anniversary of Small Business Development Center network (S. Res. 243), S6469 [8SE]

——— establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to increase the guarantee threshold for the surety bonds guarantee program, S1967 [26MR]

——— establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to raise the limit a ‘‘family of funds’’ can borrow with a Small Business Investment Company Program guarantee, S1967 [26MR]

——— establish a program to make loans to certain businesses, homeowners, and renters affected by Hurricane Sandy (H.R. 208), S7406, S7407 [21OC]

——— establish a State Trade and Export Promotion Grant Program, S3017 [19MY], S3231 [21MY], S3293 [22MY]

——— expand the HUBZone program for communities affected by defense base realignment and closure (S. 1266), S2761 [11MY]

——— extend availability of low-interest mortgage refinancing under the local development business loan program (S. 966), S7796–S7798, S7800 [5NO]

——— extend availability of low-interestmortgage refinancing under the local development business loan program (S. 966), unanimous-consent request, S7798–S7800 [5NO]

——— increase access to capital for veteran entrepreneurs to help create jobs (H.R. 2499), S5558 [23JY], S5677 [24JY]

——— increase limitations on leverage for multiple licenses under common control (S. 552), S1078 [24FE], S7796, S7797, S7800 [5NO]

——— increase limitations on leverage for multiple licenses under common control (S. 552), unanimous-consent request, S7798–S7800 [5NO]

——— make Community Advantage Pilot Program permanent (S. 2125), S7104 [1OC]

——— provide additional assistance to small business concerns for disaster recovery, S7406 [21OC]

——— reauthorize women’s business center program (S. 2126), S7119 [5OC]

——— 7(a) loan program funding, S5677 [24JY]

Shreveport, LA; tribute to Mainstreet Self Storage (business), S4102 [11JN]

Six C Fabrication, Inc.: tribute, S5516 [23JY]

Skyrunner, LLC: tribute, S1335 [9MR]

Small Business Saturday: observance (S. Res. 304), S7728 [3NO]

SSA: establish a trust fund to provide for paid family and medical leave benefits for certain individuals (S. 786), S4108 [11JN]

States: grant authority to enforce State and local sales and use tax laws on remote or online transactions (H.R. 2775), S4192 [16JN]

Taxation: allow deductions and credits relative to expenditures in connection with marijuana sales conducted in compliance with State law (S. 987), S2249 [16AP]

——— eliminate cap on income subject to Social Security payroll taxes, S815 [5FE]

——— establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to permanently increase small business expensing allowance, S1991 [26MR]

——— establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to permanently repeal estate tax, S2000 [26MR]

——— expand and modify the credit for employee health insurance expenses of small employers, S1881 [25MR]

——— modify certain safe harbor requirements to encourage small business to offer retirement plans and to allow individuals to save more (S. 266), S629–S633 [29JA]

——— permanently extend increased expensing limitations for depreciable business assets (H.R. 636), S2255 [16AP], S2261 [20AP]

——— provide a tax credit to businesses that invest in American jobs, provide fair wages and benefits, employ active duty personnel, recruit veterans, and maintain a diverse workforce (S. 1486), S3641 [3JN]

——— provide for comprehensive tax reform, S566 [28JA], S2189 [15AP], S5498 [23JY], S6911–S6913 [24SE]

——— provide for special treatment of the research credit for certain startup companies, S1882 [25MR]

——— provide for special treatment of the research credit for certain startup companies (S. 455), S7076 [1OC]

——— provide tax incentives for small businesses, S8750–S8752 [17DE]

——— provide tax incentives for small businesses (S. 1141), S2571 [30AP]

——— reduce excise tax rate on beer produced domestically by certain qualifying producers (S. 375), S775 [4FE], S826–S828 [5FE]

2 Sisters’ Salsa Co.: tribute, S7410 [21OC]

Urban areas: making emergency supplemental appropriations to address critical challenges and rebuild inner city neighborhoods (S. 1889), S6182 [30JY]

Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act: impact on economy, S5442–S5444 [22JY], S5504–S5506 [23JY], S8136 [19NO], S8286–S8289 [2DE]

West Monroe, LA: tribute to Landry Vineyards and Winery, S981 [12FE]

Wetland Resources LLC: tribute, S8792 [17DE]

Wisner, LA: tribute to Haring Catfish (business), S3182 [20MY]

Reports

Change the Definition of ‘‘Full-Time’’ to 40 Hours Per Week: Congressional Research Service, H118 [8JA]

Reports filed

All Economic Regulations Are Transparent (ALERT) Act: Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) (H.R. 1759) (H. Rept. 114–238), H5762 [29JY]

——— Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 1759) (H. Rept. 114–238), H5762 [29JY]

Alternative Tax Liability Limitation Increase for Certain Small Insurance Companies: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 905) (S. Rept. 114–16), S2171 [14AP]

America’s Small Business Tax Relief Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 636) (H. Rept. 114–21), H865 [9FE]

Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 995), S2759 [11MY]

——— Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 995) (S. Rept. 114–42), S2793 [12MY]

——— Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 1890) (H. Rept. 114–100), H2790 [1MY]

Bonus Depreciation Modification and Make Permanent: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 2510) (H. Rept. 114–317), H7331 [28OC]

Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Advisory Boards Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 1195) (H. Rept. 114–55), H2151 [13AP]

Commercial Real Estate and Economic Development (CREED) Act: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Senate) (S. 966), S4021 [10JN]

Communicating Lender Activity Reports From the Small Business Administration (CLEAR SBA) Act: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Senate) (S. 967), S4021 [10JN]

Consideration of H.R. 3, Keystone XL Pipeline Act and H.R. 30, Save American Workers Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 19) (H. Rept. 114–1), H103 [7JA]

Consideration of H.R. 37, Promoting Job Creation and Reducing Small Business Burdens Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 27) (H. Rept. 114–2), H223 [12JA]

Consideration of H.R. 527, Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act and H.R. 50, Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 78) (H. Rept. 114–14), H754 [3FE]

Consideration of H.R. 636, America’s Small Business Tax Relief Act, and H.R. 644, America Gives More Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 101) (H. Rept. 114–23), H915 [10FE]

Consideration of H.R. 1105, Death Tax Repeal Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 200) (H. Rept. 114–74), H2208 [14AP]

Consideration of H.R. 1195, Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Advisory Boards Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 200) (H. Rept. 114–74), H2208 [14AP]

Consideration of H.R. 1335, Strengthening Fishing Communities and Increasing Flexibility in Fisheries Management Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 274) (H. Rept. 114–128), H3386 [19MY]

Consideration of Senate Amendment to H.R. 1314, Trade Act and Senate Amendments to H.R. 644, Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 305) (H. Rept. 114–146), H4134 [10JN]

Craft Beverage Bond Simplification Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 904) (S. Rept. 114–15), S2171 [14AP]

Death Tax Repeal Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 1105) (H. Rept. 114–52), H2151 [13AP]

Ease Burden of Federal Tax Compliance on Small Businesses: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Senate) (S. Res. 252), S6651 [15SE]

Hire More Heroes Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (H.R. 22) (S. Rept. 114–3), S981 [12FE]

HUBZone Revitalization Act: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Senate) (S. 1292), S4021 [10JN]

Improving Small Business Innovative Research and Technologies Act: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Senate) (S. 2136), S8378 [3DE]

Innovation Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 9) (H. Rept. 114–235), H5762 [29JY]

Microloan Modernization Act: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Senate) (S. 1857), S6651 [15SE]

——— Committee on Small Business (House) (H.R. 2670) (H. Rept. 114–188), H4768 [25JN]

Nomination of Darryl L. DePriest To Be SBA Chief Counsel for Advocacy: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Senate), S8546 [9DE]

Permanent Reduced Tax Recognition Period for Built-in Gains for S Corporations: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 629) (H. Rept. 114–15), H865 [9FE]

Permanent Tax Rules Regarding Basis Adjustments to Stock of S Corporations Making Charitable Contributions of Property: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 630) (H. Rept. 114–16), H865 [9FE]

Protecting American Talent and Entrepreneurship (PATENT) Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 1137), S6466 [8SE]

Protecting Local Business Opportunity Act: Committee on Education and the Workforce (House) (H.R. 3459) (H. Rept. 114–355), H8859 [1DE]

Recovery Improvements for Small Entities (RISE) After Disaster Act: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Senate) (S. 1470), S4021 [10JN]

Restaurant and Retail Jobs and Growth Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 765) (H. Rept. 114–306), H7173 [23OC]

SBA Authorization Levels for General Business Loans Establishment: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Senate) (S. 1001), S4021 [10JN]

SBIC Advisers Relief Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 432) (H. Rept. 114–199), H5171 [14JY]

SCORE for Small Business Act: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Senate) (S. 1000), S4021 [10JN]

Small Business Broadband and Emerging Information Technology Enhancement Act: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Senate) (S. 2116), S7219 [7OC]

Small Business Development Centers Improvement Act: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Senate) (S. 999), S4021 [10JN]

Small Business Energy Efficiency Act: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Senate) (S. 1756), S6651 [15SE]

Small Business Fairness Act: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Senate) (S. 958), S4021 [10JN]

Small Business Investment Capital Company Act: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Senate) (S. 552), S4021 [10JN]

Small Business Investment Company Capital Act: Committee on Small Business (House) (H.R. 1023) (H. Rept. 114–189), H4768 [25JN]

Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 527) (H. Rept. 114–12), H702 [2FE]

Small Business Subcontracting Transparency Act: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Senate) (S. 2138), S7722 [3NO]

Small Company Simple Registration Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 1723) (H. Rept. 114–201), H5171 [14JY]

Small Contractors Improve Competition Act: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Senate) (S. 2139), S8305 [2DE]

Strengthening Fishing Communities and Increasing Flexibility in Fisheries Management Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 1335) (H. Rept. 114–116), H3250 [15MY]

Superstorm Sandy Relief and Disaster Loan Program Improvement Act: Committee on Small Business (House) (H.R. 208) (H. Rept. 114–186), H4768 [25JN]

——— Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Senate) (S. 1811), S7271 [8OC]

Tax Relief Extension Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 1946) (S. Rept. 114–118), S6379 [5AU]

Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act: Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) (H.R. 50) (H. Rept. 114–11), H702 [2FE]

Veterans Entrepreneurship Act: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Senate) (S. 957), S4021 [10JN]

——— Committee on Small Business (House) (H.R. 2499) (H. Rept. 114–187), H4768 [25JN]

Veterans Small Business Enhancement Act: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Senate) (S. 1400), S6651 [15SE]

Veterans Small Business Ownership Improvements Act: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Senate) (S. 1866), S6651 [15SE]

Women’s Small Business Ownership Act: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Senate) (S. 2126), S7271 [8OC]

Rulings of the Chair

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 22), S5710 [26JY], S5921 [27JY]

Statements

Restoring Full-Time to Forty Hours: Senator Alexander, Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S462 [26JA]

State-Based Solution to Gulf of Mexico Red Snapper, H3611 [1JN]

Stealing the Dream of Business Ownership—The NLRB’s Joint Employer Decision: Senator Alexander, Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S7264 [8OC]

Who’s the Boss? The ‘‘Joint Employer’’ Standard, American Small Businesses and Employment Growth: Senator Alexander, Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S853 [9FE]

Summaries

Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act (H.R. 22), S8359 [3DE]

Tables

Merchandise trade balance with free trade agreement countries, H4522 [18JN]

Texts of

H. Res. 19, consideration of H.R. 3, Keystone XL Pipeline Act and H.R. 30, Save American Workers Act, H115 [8JA]

H. Res. 27, consideration of H.R. 37, Promoting Job Creation and Reducing Small Business Burdens Act, H.R. 185, Regulatory Accountability Act, and H.R. 240, Dept. of Homeland Security appropriations, H237 [13JA]

H. Res. 78, consideration of H.R. 527, Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act and H.R. 50, Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act, H767 [4FE]

H. Res. 101, consideration of H.R. 644, America Gives More Act and H.R. 636, America’s Small Business Tax Relief Act, H993 [12FE]

H. Res. 200, consideration of H.R. 622, State and Local Sales Tax Deduction Fairness Act, H.R. 1105, Death Tax Repeal Act, and H.R. 1195, Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Advisory Boards Act, H2223 [15AP]

H. Res. 274, consideration of H.R. 1335, Strengthening Fishing Communities and Increasing Flexibility in Fisheries Management Act, H3491 [20MY]

H.J. Res. 61, Hire More Heroes Act, H5488 [27JY]

H.R. 22, Hire More Heroes Act, H29 [6JA]

H.R. 30, Save American Workers Act, H125 [8JA]

H.R. 37, Promoting Job Creation and Reducing Small Business Burdens Act, H71–H74 [7JA], H341–H344 [13JA]

H.R. 50, Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act, H779–H781 [4FE]

H.R. 208, Recovery Improvements for Small Entities (RISE) After Disaster Act, H8223–H8226 [16NO]

H.R. 208, Superstorm Sandy Relief and Disaster Loan Program Improvement Act, H5096 [13JY]

H.R. 432, SBIC Advisers Relief Act, H5140 [14JY]

H.R. 527, Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act, H822–H825 [5FE]

H.R. 636, America’s Small Business Tax Relief Act, H1041 [13FE]

H.R. 1023, Small Business Investment Company Capital Act, H5095 [13JY]

H.R. 1105, Death Tax Repeal Act, H2275 [16AP]

H.R. 1195, Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Advisory Boards Act, H2341 [21AP]

H.R. 1313, Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business Relief Act, H3260 [18MY]

H.R. 1382, Boosting Rates of American Veteran Employment (BRAVE) Act, H3261 [18MY]

H.R. 1624, Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act, H6265 [28SE]

H.R. 1694, Fairness to Veterans for Infrastructure Investment Act, H8164 [16NO]

H.R. 1723, Small Company Simple Registration Act, H5144 [14JY]

H.R. 2499, Veterans Entrepreneurship Act, H5101 [13JY]

H.R. 2617, postpone a scheduled minimum wage increase applicable to American Samoa, H6281 [28SE]

H.R. 2670, Microloan Modernization Act, H5099 [13JY]

S. 194, Family Farmer Bankruptcy Clarification Act, S285 [20JA]

S. 375, Small Brewer Reinvestment and Expanding Workforce (Small BREW) Act, S776 [4FE]

S. 987, Small Business Tax Equity Act, S2249 [16AP]

S. 1137, Protecting American Talent and Entrepreneurship (PATENT) Act, S2533–S2539 [29AP]

S. 1400, Veterans Small Business Enhancement Act, S3187 [20MY]

S. 1486, Patriot Employer Tax Credit Act, S3459–S3461 [2JN]

S. 2283, Small Business Broadband Deployment Act, S7969 [16NO]

S. Con. Res. 4, support Local Radio Freedom Act, S1078 [24FE]

S. Res. 166, express that domestically grown flowers support farmers, small businesses, jobs, and economy of the U.S. and enhance the ability of people to honor their mothers on Mother’s Day, S2602 [4MY]

S. Res. 172, National Small Business Week, S2693 [6MY]

S. Res. 188, support goals of American Craft Beer Week, S3341 [31MY]

S. Res. 225, National Association of Women Business Owners anniversary, S5213 [21JY]

S. Res. 243, SBA Small Business Development Center network anniversary, S6402 [5AU]

S. Res. 252, Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Senate) priorities to ease burden of Federal tax compliance on small businesses, S6654–S6656 [15SE]

S. Res. 280, National Women’s Small Business Month, S7221 [7OC]

S. Res. 295, National Veterans Small Business Week, S7475 [22OC]

S. Res. 304, Small Business Saturday, S7726 [3NO]

S. Res. 314, National Entrepreneurs’ Day, S8023 [17NO]