Small Business Administration
US Congress 111th Congress
Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2010 [HB-3170]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Finance ]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Taxes ]
[Trade ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
[Elections ]
[Ethics ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[National Security ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Safety ]
[Reproductive Rights / Abortion ]
[Small Business ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Voting Rights ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Energy ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Real Estate ]
[Religion ]
[Science ]
[Sports ]
[Crime ]
- Sets forth permissions for and restrictions upon the use of funds under this Act. (Sec. 606) Prohibits the expenditure of funds under this Act by an entity unless it agrees that such expenditure will comply with the Buy American Act. (Sec. 607) Prohibits the availability of funds under this Act to any person or entity that has been convicted of violating the Buy American Act. (Sec. 610) Prohibits the availability of funds under this Act for use by the Executive Office of the President to request from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) any
(continued...)
Sponsored by: Rep. Jose E. Serrano
Received In The Senate. Read Twice. Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 115. on 07/20/2009
Spread the world
Gettr US Congress 111th Congress
Climate Change Center and Clearinghouse Act of 2009 [HB-3032]
[Climate Change ]
[Energy ]
[Small Business ]
[Environmental ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Science ]
[Economic Development ]
Climate Change Center and Clearinghouse Act of 2009 - Amends the Small Business Act to establish: (1) the Office of Environment, Energy, and Climate Change within the Small Business Administration (SBA); and (2) the Climate Change Center and Clearinghouse within such Office. Requires the Office to: (1) oversee and administer the Center; (2) promote energy efficiency efforts for, and efforts to reduce energy costs of, small businesses; and (3) oversee efforts by small businesses to develop renewable energy technologies. Requires the Center to: (1)
(continued...)
Sponsored by: Sen. Peter Welch
Referred To The House Committee On Small Business. on 06/24/2009
Spread the world
US Congress 111th Congress
Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010 [HB-2965]
[Defense ]
[Military ]
[National Security ]
[Veterans ]
[Human Rights ]
Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010 - Provides for repeal of the current Department of Defense (DOD) policy concerning homosexuality in the Armed Forces, to be effective 60 days after the Secretary of Defense has received DOD's comprehensive review on the implementation of such repeal, and the President, Secretary, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) certify to the congressional defense committees that they have considered the report and proposed plan of action, that DOD has prepared the necessary policies and regulations to exercise
(continued...)
Sponsored by: Rep. Nydia M. Velazquez
Became Public Law No: 111-321. on 12/22/2010
Spread the world
US Congress 111th Congress
Fairness and Transparency in Contracting Act of 2009 [HB-2568]
[Small Business ]
[Trade ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Economic Development ]
Fairness and Transparency in Contracting Act of 2009 - Amends the Small Business Act to exclude as a small business, for purposes of meeting federal agency contracting goals with small businesses, any small business (or subsidiary thereof) that is publicly traded, or any business (or subsidiary thereof) with more than 50% non-U.S. citizen ownership. Requires the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to notify the head of each federal department or agency regarding this Act and its amendments, and the department or agency head
(continued...)
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva
Referred To The Committee On Small Business, And In Addition To The Committee On Oversight And Government Reform, For A Period To Be Subsequently Determined By The Speaker, In Each Case For Consideration Of Such Provisions As Fall Within The Jurisdiction Of The Committee Concerned. on 05/21/2009
Spread the world
US Congress 111th Congress
Job Creation Through Entrepreneurship Act of 2009 [HB-2352]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Small Business ]
[Veterans ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Native American Affairs ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Economic Development ]
[Manufacturing ]
[Energy ]
[Taxes ]
[Climate Change ]
[Unemployment ]
Job Creation Through Entrepreneurship Act of 2009 - Title I: Establishment of Veterans Business Center Program - (Sec. 101) Amends the Small Business Act to direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to establish a Veterans Business Center Program to provide entrepreneurial training and counseling to veterans. Requires the Program to be headed by a Director, who shall establish a process to designate entities as veterans business centers. Provides funding for such centers. Requires each center to provide veterans' entrepreneurial
(continued...)
Sponsored by: Rep. Yvette D. Clarke
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Small Business And Entrepreneurship. on 05/21/2009
Spread the world
US Congress 111th Congress
United States-China Market Engagement and Export Promotion Act [HB-2310]
[Trade ]
[Small Business ]
[International ]
[Education ]
[Economic Development ]
United States-China Market Engagement and Export Promotion Act - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to: (1) provide grants to states to establish and operate state offices in the People's Republic of China (PRC) to promote U.S. exports to the PRC; (2) establish a program to create China market advocate positions in United States Export Assistance Centers in order to provide assistance to small- and medium-sized U.S. businesses in the export of U.S. goods to the PRC, including assistance for business-related expenses for trade missions to the PRC;
(continued...)
Sponsored by: Rep. Gerald E. Connolly
Referred To The Committee On Foreign Affairs, And In Addition To The Committee On Small Business, For A Period To Be Subsequently Determined By The Speaker, In Each Case For Consideration Of Such Provisions As Fall Within The Jurisdiction Of The Committee Concerned. on 05/07/2009
Spread the world
US Congress 111th Congress
Temporary Employees Franchise Improvement Act of 2009 [HB-2197]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Small Business ]
Temporary Employees Franchise Improvement Act of 2009 - Directs the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA), in determining whether a franchisee is affiliated with a franchisor in the temporary employee services industry (industry), to: (1) continue to apply historically considered affiliation factors; (2) promulgate necessary rules and regulations to determine affiliation in a manner consistent with the Small Business Act; and (3) consider the processing of payroll and billing by a franchisor as customary and common practice in
(continued...)
Sponsored by: Rep. Mary Fallin
Referred To The House Committee On Small Business. on 04/30/2009
Spread the world
US Congress 111th Congress
Small Business Development Centers Modernization Act of 2009 [HB-1845]
[Small Business ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Economic Development ]
[Education ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Finance ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Small Business Development Centers Modernization Act of 2009 - Amends the Small Business Act relating to small business development centers (SBDCs) (centers established through the Small Business Administration [SBA] to provide advisory, operational, and technical assistance to small businesses) to: (1) require institutions of higher education that are provided SBDC grants to be accredited; (2) require SBDC employee hirings to be at the sole discretion of an SBDC without input or approval from SBA officers or employees; (3) eliminate a matching
(continued...)
Sponsored by: Rep. Glenn Thompson
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Small Business And Entrepreneurship. on 11/09/2009
Spread the world
US Congress 111th Congress
To amend the Small Business Act to improve SCORE, and for other purposes. [HB-1839]
[Small Business ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Amends the Small Business Act relating to the Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE) to require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to ensure that SCORE: (1) carries out a plan to increase the proportion of small business mentors from socially or economically disadvantaged backgrounds, and reports annually to the Administrator on plan implementation; (2) establishes benchmarks for evaluating its activities and volunteers; and (3) establishes a mentoring program of one-on-one advice to small businesses from qualified
(continued...)
Sponsored by: Rep. Sam Graves
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Small Business And Entrepreneurship. on 11/19/2009
Spread the world
US Congress 111th Congress
To amend the Small Business Act to modify certain provisions relating to women's business centers, and for other purposes. [HB-1838]
[Small Business ]
[Energy ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Economic Development ]
Amends the Small Business Act relating to the women's business centers program to require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to: (1) disburse funds to a women's business center (center) no later than one month after its application is approved; (2) annually publish on the SBA website information on the financing of each center; (3) establish a standardized process to communicate with centers regarding program administration matters; and (4) notify each center of the opportunity for notice and comment on proposed program
(continued...)
Sponsored by: Rep. Yvette D. Clarke
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Small Business And Entrepreneurship. on 11/09/2009
Spread the world
US Congress 111th Congress
Native American Business Development Enhancement Act of 2009 [HB-1834]
[Small Business ]
[Native American Affairs ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Native American Business Development Enhancement Act of 2009 - Amends the Small Business Act to establish in the Small Business Administration (SBA) the Office of Native American Affairs, administered by a new SBA Associate Administrator, to increase Native American entrepreneurship. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the SBA's Administrator (acting through the Associate Administrator) to: (1) operate a Tribal Business Information Centers program that provides Native American populations with business training and entrepreneurial development
(continued...)
Sponsored by: Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Small Business And Entrepreneurship. on 11/20/2009
Spread the world
US Congress 111th Congress
Veterans Business Center Act of 2009 [HB-1803]
[Veterans ]
[Small Business ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Construction ]
Veterans Business Center Act of 2009 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Small Business Act to direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to establish within the SBA a Veterans Business Center program (program), headed by a Director, to provide entrepreneurial training and counseling to veterans. Authorizes the Director to make grants to each entity designated by the Director as a veterans business center (center). Authorizes the Director to make both initial and growth funding grants under the program. Requires each center to use such
(continued...)
Sponsored by: Rep. James A. Himes
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Small Business And Entrepreneurship. on 07/29/2009
Spread the world
US Congress 111th Congress
Securing Equity for the Economic Development of Low Income Areas Act of 2009 [HB-1491]
[Economic Development ]
[Small Business ]
[Finance ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Poverty ]
Securing Equity for the Economic Development of Low Income Areas Act of 2009 - Amends the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA), in selecting companies to participate in the New Markets Venture Capital Program (Program), to select at least one company from each geographic region of the SBA. Requires (current law authorizes) the Administrator to make grants to such companies to be used for loans to new-market small businesses, and to guarantee debentures issued by such companies.
(continued...)
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Cohen
Referred To The House Committee On Small Business. on 03/12/2009
Spread the world
US Congress 111th Congress
Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009 [HB-1105]
[Agriculture ]
[Food ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Energy ]
[Water ]
[Environmental ]
[Trade ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Science ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Manufacturing ]
[Healthcare ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Immigration ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[National Security ]
[Defense ]
[Military ]
[Construction ]
[Small Business ]
[Economic Development ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Safety ]
[Arts and Culture ]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Veterans ]
[Native American Affairs ]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Insurance ]
[Animals ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Air Quality ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Poverty ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Crime ]
Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009 - (Sec. 4) Declares that the explanatory statement regarding this Act printed in the House of Representatives section of the Congressional Record on or about February 23, 2009, by the Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations of the House shall have the same effect with respect to the allocation of funds and implementation of this Act as if it were a joint explanatory statement of a committee of conference. (Sec. 5) Makes the following appropriations for FY2009. Division A: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food
(continued...)
Sponsored by: Rep. David R. Obey
Message On Senate Action Sent To The House. on 03/11/2009
Spread the world
US Congress 111th Congress
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 [HB-1]
[Finance ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Small Business ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Investments ]
- (Sec. 7001) Amends the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (the Act) to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to require each entity receiving financial assistance under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) to meet specified standards for executive compensation and corporate governance of such entity during the period in which any obligation arising from TARP financial assistance remains outstanding, including: (1) limits on compensation that exclude incentives for senior executive officers of the TARP recipient to take unnecessary
(continued...)
Sponsored by: Rep. Nydia M. Velazquez
Signed By President. on 02/17/2009
Spread the world
US Congress 116th Congress
Preventing SBA Assistance from Going to China Act [HB-8497]
[Small Business ]
[Trade ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
Prohibits the Small Business Administration from providing aid, counsel, or assistance to a small business concern that (1) is headquartered in China, or (2) has more than 25% of voting stock owned by citizens of China.
Sponsored by: Rep. Matt Gaetz
Introduced In House on 10/01/2020
Spread the world
US Congress 116th Congress
Delivering Immediate Relief to America's Families, Schools and Small Businesses Act [S.4775]
[Small Business ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Unemployment ]
[Funding ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Economic Development ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Children and Youth ]
Establishes measures and funding to provide economic relief and support for individuals, families, and businesses in response to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). These measures include (1) implementing certain liability protections, (2) extending pandemic unemployment compensation, and (3) authorizing second draw loans under the Paycheck Protection Program.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mitch McConnell
Read The Second Time. Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 564. on 10/01/2020
Spread the world
US Congress 116th Congress
Continuing the Paycheck Protection Program Act [S.4773]
[Small Business ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Finance ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
A bill to establish the Paycheck Protection Program Second Draw Loan, and for other purposes.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan M. Collins
Read The Second Time. Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 562. on 10/01/2020
Spread the world
US Congress 116th Congress
The Heroes Act [HB-8406]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Disaster Relief ]
Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021, and for other purposes.
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva
Introduced In House on 09/29/2020
Spread the world
US Congress 116th Congress
Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021 and Other Extensions Act [HB-8337]
[Healthcare ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Agriculture ]
[Veterans ]
[Immigration ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Small Business ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Economic Development ]
[Food ]
[Public Health ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Human Services ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Libraries ]
[Military ]
[National Security ]
[Poverty ]
[Public Safety ]
[Energy ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Construction ]
[Housing ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Science ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Animals ]
[Water ]
[Arts and Culture ]
[Education ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Finance ]
[Infrastructure ]
[International ]
[Real Estate ]
[Taxes ]
[Trade ]
[Unemployment ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Crime ]
Provides continuing FY2021 appropriations to federal agencies and extends expiring programs that address health care, surface transportation, agriculture, veterans benefits, and other issues. DIVISION A--CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2021 Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021 This division provides continuing FY2021 appropriations to federal agencies through December 11, 2020. It is known as a continuing resolution (CR) and prevents a government shutdown that would otherwise occur if the FY2021 appropriations bills have not been enacted when FY2021
(continued...)
Sponsored by: Rep. Nita M. Lowey
Became Public Law No: 116-159. (txt | Pdf) on 10/01/2020