[Deschler's Precedents, Volume 4, Chapters 15 - 17]
[Chapter 17. Committees]
[D. Jurisdiction of Committees]
[Â§ 48. Committee on Small Business]
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                               CHAPTER 17
 
                               Committees
 
                         C. COMMITTEE PROCEDURE
 
Sec. 48. Committee on Small Business

    The Committee on Small Business was created as a standing committee 
effective Jan. 3, 1975, with the adoption of the Committee Reform 
Amendments of 1974.(8) Paragraph (1) of its jurisdiction was 
transferred from the Committee on Banking and Currency, and paragraph 
(2) was transferred mainly from the Committee on the Judiciary:
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 8. H. Res. 988, 120 Cong. Rec. 34447-70, 93d Cong. 2d Sess., Oct. 8, 
        1974, effective Jan. 3, 1975. See Rule X clause 1(s), House 
        Rules and Manual Sec. 688 (1979).
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        (s) Committee on Small Business.
        (1) Assistance to and protection of small business, including 
    financial aid.
        (2) Participation of small-business enterprises in Federal 
    procurement and Government contracts.
        In addition to its legislative jurisdiction under the preceding 
    provisions of this paragraph (and its general oversight function 
    under clause 2(b)(1)), the committee shall have the special

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    oversight function provided for in clause 3(g) with respect to the 
    problems of small business.

    The committee's oversight jurisdiction [Rule X clause 3(g), House 
Rules and Manual Sec. 693 (1979)], reads as follows:

        (g) The Committee on Small Business shall have the function of 
    studying and investigating, on a continuing basis, the problems of 
    all types of small business.

    The standing committee was the successor to the permanent Select 
Committee on Small Business, which had been incorporated into the rules 
as a permanent select committee, but without legislative jurisdiction, 
in the 92d Congress; (9) prior to that time, a Select 
Committee on Small Business had been created by separate House 
resolution in each Congress since 1941.(10)
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 9. H. Res. 5, 117 Cong. Rec. 134-144, 92d Cong. 1st Sess., Jan. 22, 
        1971.
10. See H. Res. 294, 87 Cong. Rec. 9418-28, 77th Cong. 1st Sess., Dec. 
        4, 1941.
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