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US Congress 116th Congress

Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act [S.1120] [Small Business ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Economic Development ] [Consumer Protection ]
A bill to amend chapter 6 of title 5, United States Code (commonly known as the "Regulatory Flexibility Act"), to ensure complete analysis of potential impacts on small entities of rules, and for other purposes.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Chuck Grassley Committee On Small Business And Entrepreneurship. Hearings Held. on 05/22/2019

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VET OPP Act of 2019 Veterans’ Education, Transition, and Opportunity Prioritization Plan Act of 2019 [S.1003] [Veterans ] [Education ] [Housing ] [Small Business ] [Economic Development ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Establishes the Veterans Economic Opportunity and Transition Administration to administer economic opportunity assistance programs for veterans and their dependents and survivors. Specifically, the Veterans Economic Opportunity and Transition Administration must administer the following Department of Veterans Affairs programs: vocational rehabilitation and employment programs, educational assistance programs, veterans' housing loan and related programs, the Transition Assistance Program, and the database of small business concerns owned and controlled (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Martha McSally Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Veterans' Affairs. on 04/03/2019

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NEW START Act of 2019 Necessary Entrepreneurship Workshops via the SBA to Transform and Assist Re-entry Training Act of 2019 [S.1077] [Small Business ] [Crime ] [Economic Development ] [Criminal Justice ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Poverty ] [Law Enforcement ]
Establishes a pilot program for providing entrepreneurial development assistance to formerly incarcerated individuals. Specifically, the bill requires the Small Business Administration to establish a pilot program whereby it awards grants to organizations or partnerships that create or support entrepreneurship programs for providing assistance to formerly incarcerated individuals. Such assistance shall be in the form of entrepreneurial development programming that includes the disbursement of microloans. The Government Accountability Office must (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Blumenthal Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Small Business And Entrepreneurship. on 04/09/2019

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Small Business Reorganization Act of 2019 [S.1091] [Small Business ] [Finance ] [Law Enforcement ] [Economic Development ]
Creates new bankruptcy procedures for small businesses filing under Chapter 11 and otherwise revises provisions related to venue and trustee responsibilities in Chapter 11 bankruptcies. For small businesses filing under these new procedures, the bill provides for the appointment of a trustee, sets forth requirements regarding the filing, contents, and confirmation of a plan of reorganization, and establishes the conditions of a discharge. Among other things, the bill provides authority to the bankruptcy court to approve a reorganization plan for (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Chuck Grassley Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 04/09/2019

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To amend the Small Business Act to require the Small Business and Agriculture Regulatory Enforcement Ombudsman to create a centralized website for compliance guides, and for other purposes. [HB-2142] [Agriculture ] [Small Business ] [Consumer Protection ] [Law Enforcement ]
Requires the Small Business and Agriculture Regulatory Enforcement Ombudsman to create a website compiling small entity compliance guides and contact information for individuals who can assist small entities with each guide.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. David Scott Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Small Business And Entrepreneurship. on 07/16/2019

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Saving for the Future Act [HB-2120] [Finance ] [Retirement ] [Budget and Spending ] [Pensions ] [Investments ]
To establish a universal personal savings program, and for other purposes.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Lisa Rochester Introduced In House on 04/08/2019

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HOPR Act Homeland Procurement Reform Act [S.1055] [Defense ] [Small Business ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Manufacturing ] [National Security ] [Public Safety ] [Budget and Spending ]
Directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to ensure that procurement of certain items, such as body armor and other protective gear, meets specified requirements, including that a fraction of procurement funds be used for items manufactured by U.S. small businesses. DHS shall (1) ensure that covered items are purchased at a fair and reasonable price, and (2) study the adequacy of uniform allowances provided to employees.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Rounds Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. on 04/04/2019

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ACCESS BROADBAND Act Advancing Critical Connectivity Expands Service, Small Business Resources, Opportunities, Access, and Data Based on Assessed Need and Demand Act [S.1046] [Telecommunications ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Small Business ] [Community Development ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Economic Development ]
Requires the Department of Commerce to establish the Office of Internet Connectivity and Growth within the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA). The office shall connect with communities that need access to high-speed internet and hold regional workshops to share best practices and effective strategies for promoting broadband access and adoption. The bill also requires the office to (1) develop targeted broadband training and presentations for various demographic communities through media; (2) develop and distribute (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Marsha Blackburn Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. Reported By Senator Wicker With An Amendment In The Nature Of A Substitute. With Written Report No. 116-274. on 10/01/2020

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Saving for the Future Act [S.1053] [Finance ] [Retirement ] [Budget and Spending ] [Investments ]
A bill to establish a universal personal savings program, and for other purposes.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Cory Booker Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 04/04/2019

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Build USA Infrastructure Act [S.1038] [Infrastructure ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Budget and Spending ] [Construction ] [Trade ] [Manufacturing ]
Addresses highway infrastructure funding. The bill requires, for the five-year period beginning on October 1, 2020, the deposit of the first $21.4 billion of revenues collected by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection into the Highway Trust Fund. A state may enter into an agreement with the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), for a period of three years or longer, under which it agrees to opt out of receiving at least 60% of funds out of the Highway Trust Fund that the state may receive during each year of the agreement for federal-aid highway (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Dan Sullivan Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. on 04/04/2019

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HOPR Act Homeland Procurement Reform Act [HB-2083] [Defense ] [Small Business ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [National Security ] [Manufacturing ] [Budget and Spending ] [Funding ] [Grants ]
Directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to ensure that procurement of certain items, such as body armor and other protective gear, meets specified requirements, including that a fraction of procurement funds be used for items manufactured in part or provided by U.S. small businesses. DHS shall (1) ensure that the items are purchased at a fair and reasonable price, and (2) study the adequacy of uniform allowances provided to employees.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. James McGovern Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. on 06/11/2019

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Equity for Disaster Victims Act of 2019 [HB-2018] [Disaster Relief ] [Small Business ] [Community Development ] [Funding ] [Grants ]
Assists victims of Superstorm Sandy and other disasters by allowing recipients of specified disaster-assistance loans from the Small Business Administration to repay the loans with disaster-recovery grant funds received under the Community Development Block Grant Program.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Christopher Smith Referred To The Subcommittee On Economic Development, Public Buildings, And Emergency Management. on 04/02/2019

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Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act of 2019 [HB-1994] [Finance ] [Taxes ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Retirement ] [Small Business ] [Healthcare ] [Education ] [Pensions ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Budget and Spending ]
TITLE I--EXPANDING AND PRESERVING RETIREMENT SAVINGS (Sec. 101) The bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise requirements for multiple employer pension plans and pooled employer plans. It provides that failure of one employer in a multiple employer retirement plan to meet plan requirements will not cause all plans to fail and that assets in the failed plan will be transferred to another plan. It also establishes pooled employer plans that do not require a common characteristic. (Sec. 102) The bill increases the cap for automatic contributions (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Earl Blumenauer Received In The Senate. on 06/03/2019

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Apprenticeship Hubs Across America Act of 2019 [HB-1995] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Grants ] [Education ] [Economic Development ]
Requires the Department of Labor to implement a program to award grants to workforce intermediaries (certain national, regional, state, or local entities that facilitate the establishment of registered apprenticeship programs) to enable them to engage a variety of stakeholders to support, develop, and implement registered apprenticeship programs.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Donald Norcross Introduced In House on 03/29/2019

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Apprenticeship Hubs Across America Act of 2019 [S.951] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Grants ] [Education ] [Economic Development ]
Requires the Department of Labor to implement a program to award grants to workforce intermediaries (certain national, regional, state, or local entities that facilitate the establishment of registered apprenticeship programs) to enable them to engage a variety of stakeholders to support, develop, and implement registered apprenticeship programs.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Sherrod Brown Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 03/28/2019

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Online Sales Simplicity and Small Business Relief Act of 2019 [HB-1933] [Taxes ] [Small Business ] [Consumer Protection ] [Economic Development ]
Prohibits states from imposing a sales tax collection duty on certain remote sellers. A "remote seller" is a person without a physical presence in a state who makes a sale in the state. A state may impose a sales tax collection duty on a remote seller only for a sale that occurs after January 1, 2019. In the case of a small business remote seller (no more than $10 million in gross annual receipts in the United States), a state may not impose a sales tax collection duty on any person other than the purchaser if the sale is made (1) on or after June (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ann Kuster Referred To The Subcommittee On Antitrust, Commercial, And Administrative Law. on 05/03/2019

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Family Farmer Relief Act of 2019 [S.897] [Agriculture ] [Finance ] [Small Business ]
Increases the aggregate debt limit for a family farmer who files for bankruptcy under chapter 12 (family farmer or family fisherman reorganization).

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Chuck Grassley Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 03/27/2019

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Space Frontier Act of 2019 [S.919] [Aerospace ] [Science ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [National Security ]
The bill revises provisions relating to commercial space launch license applications and experimental permits. The Department of Transportation shall consolidate across federal agencies requirements to protect the public health and safety, safety of property, national security interests, and foreign policy interests of the United States relevant to any commercial space vehicle into a single application set that satisfies those requirements and expedites the coordination of commercial space services. NASA is authorized to establish a low-Earth orbit (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Edward Markey Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. Reported By Senator Wicker Without Amendment. With Written Report No. 116-172. on 12/11/2019

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Small Employer Retirement Savings Auto-Enrollment Credit Act [HB-1938] [Taxes ] [Small Business ] [Retirement ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Pensions ]
Allows a three-year $500 business-related tax credit for eligible small employers who include and maintain an automatic contribution arrangement in an employer-sponsored retirement plan. An "eligible employer" is an employer with no more than 100 employees who received at least $5,000 of compensation from the employer for the preceding year.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick Introduced In House on 03/27/2019

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Native American Business Incubators Program Act [HB-1900] [Native American Affairs ] [Small Business ] [Economic Development ] [Grants ] [Education ] [Nonprofit ] [Community Development ]
Requires the Department of the Interior to establish a grant program in the Office of Indian Energy and Economic Development for establishing and operating business incubators that serve Native American communities. A business incubator is an organization that (1) provides physical workspace and facilities resources to startups and established businesses, and (2) is designed to accelerate the growth and success of businesses through a variety of business support resources and services. Grant applicants may be institutions of higher education, private (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Norma Torres Referred To The Subcommittee For Indigenous Peoples Of The United States. on 04/11/2019

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