SMALL BUSINESS ACT

Bills and resolutions

Federal agencies and departments: report on scores received under scorecard program for compliance with small business contracting goals and testify on scores and failure to meet Governmentwide contracting goals (see H.R. 7103), H270 [29JA]

SBA: codify Community Advantage Loan Program (see H.R. 7560), H998 [6MR]

——— enhance Office of Credit Risk Management and issue rules relative to environmental obligations of certified development companies (see H.R. 10247), H6190 [21NO]

——— establish Office of Whistleblower Awards (see H.R. 7129), H314 [30JA]

——— establish requirements relative to submission of tax returns or tax return transcripts for disaster loan (see H.R. 10243), H6190 [21NO]

——— improve outreach and education on employee ownership (see H.R. 10244), H6190 [21NO]

——— include surviving children in definition of small business concern owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans (see H.R. 9930), H5853 [4OC]

——— increase maximum gross loan amount for 7(a) loan program (see H.R. 7242), H431 [5FE] (see H.R. 9176), H4949 [25JY]

——— issue rules for cancelled solicitations for small business contracts (see H.R. 8014), H2443 [16AP]

——— modify application deadlines and communication requirements for certain disaster assistance (see H.R. 9609), H5238 [16SE]

——— modify requirements relative to certain employee-owned businesses (see H.R. 10242), H6190 [21NO]

——— modify start date used to calculate period in which small business concern is eligible to participate in 8(a) disadvantaged business development program (see H.R. 9509), H5097 [9SE]

——— optimize operations of microloan program and lower costs for small business concerns and intermediary participants in program (see H.R. 10241), H6190 [21NO]

——— prohibit businesses owned by or affiliated with Chinese citizens from receiving assistance (see H.R. 9904), H5846 [1OC]

——— provide re-entry entrepreneurship counseling and training services for formerly incarcerated individuals (see H.R. 9841), H5828 [25SE]

——— provide re-entry entrepreneurship counseling and training services for incarcerated individuals (see H.R. 8443), H3328 [16MY]

——— provide resources, counseling, and access to capital for child care providers (see H.R. 10115), H5956 [12NO]

——— require penalties for small business concerns falsely claiming goods or services are made in America (see H.R. 8950), H4477 [8JY]

——— require reporting on additional information relative to small businesses owned and controlled by women, qualified HUBZone small business concerns, and small businesses owned and controlled by veterans (see S. 3971), S2439 [19MR]

——— require training on increasing contract awards to small business concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans (see S. 4417), S3883 [23MY]

——— waive accrual of interest and payments for certain disaster loans for year (see H.R. 9610), H5238 [16SE]

Remarks in House

Federal agencies and departments: report on scores received under scorecard program for compliance with small business contracting goals and testify on scores and failure to meet Governmentwide contracting goals (H.R. 7103), H2642, H2643 [29AP]

SBA: issue rules for cancelled solicitations for small business contracts (H.R. 8014), H3693–H3695 [11JN]

——— require training on increasing contract awards to small business concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans (H.R. 3511), H719–H721 [28FE]

Reports filed

Agency Accountability Act: Committee on Small Business (House) (H.R. 7103) (H. Rept. 118–396), H691 [23FE]

Put America on Commission Act: Committee on Small Business (House) (H.R. 7129) (H. Rept. 118–399), H691 [23FE]

Small Business Contracting Transparency Act: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Senate) (S. 3971), S3883 [23MY]

Transparency and Predictability in Small Business Opportunities Act: Committee on Small Business (House) (H.R. 8014) (H. Rept. 118–539), H3654 [4JN]

Texts of

H.R. 3511, Service-Disabled Veteran Opportunities in Small Business Act, H719 [28FE]

H.R. 7103, Agency Accountability Act, H2642 [29AP]

H.R. 8014, Transparency and Predictability in Small Business Opportunities Act, H3693 [11JN]