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Community Economic Assistance Act of 2017 [HB-2931]
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Community Economic Assistance Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for the establishment of community economic assistance zones that are eligible for certain tax deductions and credits. A zone must be nominated by the governor of the state where it is located and designated by the Department of the Treasury. A nominated area must: have received a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act notice after December 31, 2014, and met other criteria related to loss of employment; have been (or will be) seriously impacted
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Sponsored by: Rep. Matthew Cartwright
Introduced In House on 06/16/2017
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National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 [HB-2810]
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[Military ]
[National Security ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Healthcare ]
[Veterans ]
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 This bill authorizes FY2018 appropriations and sets forth policies for Department of Defense (DOD) programs and activities, including military personnel strengths. It does not provide budget authority, which is provided in subsequent appropriations legislation. The bill authorizes appropriations to DOD for: (1) Procurement, including aircraft, missiles, weapons and tracked combat vehicles, ammunition, shipbuilding and conversion, space procurement, and other procurement; (2) Research, Development,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Adam Smith
Signed By President. on 12/12/2017
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Support Startup Businesses Act of 2017 [HB-2789]
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Support Startup Businesses Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Sen. Ben Lujan
Referred To The Subcommittee On Research And Technology. on 05/22/2018
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To amend the Small Business Act to create certain requirements for Federal agencies with a SBIR or STTR program, and for other purposes. [HB-2780]
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To amend the Small Business Act to create certain requirements for Federal agencies with a SBIR or STTR program, and for other purposes. This bill amends the Small Business Act to require each federal agency required to have a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program or Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program and the Small Business Administration (SBA) to meet annually and report to Congress recommendations on how to: improve collection of SBIR and STTR program data, improve reporting of such data to the SBA, make the application
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Sponsored by: Rep. Dave Brat
Referred To The Subcommittee On Research And Technology. on 05/22/2018
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Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Improvements Act of 2017 [HB-2763]
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[Defense ]
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Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Improvements Act of 2017 This bill amends the Small Business Act to require: the Small Business Administration's (SBA's) annual report on the Small Business Information and Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs to be submitted by December 31, and each federal agency required to establish an SBIR program to submit its annual report on such program by March 30. The bill requires (current law authorizes) the Department of Defense (DOD), for any
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Sponsored by: Rep. Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Small Business And Entrepreneurship. on 10/16/2017
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Veteran Small Business Tax Credit Act of 2017 [HB-2764]
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Veteran Small Business Tax Credit Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a new business-related tax credit for the start-up expenses of a veteran-owned small business. The allowable amount of such credit is 15% of start-up expenditures that do not exceed $80,000. The credit is allowed to any individual (or the surviving spouse of such individual) who: (1) has served on active duty in the Armed Forces, and (2) has not been discharged or released from the Armed Forces under dishonorable conditions.
Sponsored by: Rep. Alma Adams
Introduced In House on 05/30/2017
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Stimulating Innovation through Procurement Act of 2017 [HB-2767]
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Stimulating Innovation through Procurement Act of 2017 This bill amends the Small Business Act to require: the Small Business Administration (SBA) to coordinate with the senior procurement executives of federal agencies participating in a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program or a Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program to assist small businesses participating in such programs with commercializing research before the business is awarded a federal contract; the SBA to modify its policy directives to require procurement center
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Sponsored by: Rep. Stephanie Murphy
Referred To The Subcommittee On Research And Technology. on 05/22/2018
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Jobs and Trade Competitiveness Act [HB-2756]
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Jobs and Trade Competitiveness Act This bill establishes: (1) an Office of the Congressional Trade Enforcer; (2) an Office of Market Access Assistance; (3) a Trade Enforcement Division within the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), headed by a Deputy U.S. Trade Representative for Trade Enforcement; (4) the Office of Trade Assistance for Small Business; (5) the Chief Manufacturing Negotiator; and (6) the Congressional Advisory Commission on WTO Dispute Settlement to provide advice to Congress on the operation of the dispute settlement
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Sponsored by: Rep. Henry Johnson
Introduced In House on 05/26/2017
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SBIR Commercialization Assistance Act of 2017 [HB-2702]
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SBIR Commercialization Assistance Act of 2017 This bill amends the Small Business Act to require a federal agency required to have a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program (covered agency) to implement a commercialization assistance pilot program (CAPP), under which an eligible entity may received a subsequent Phase II SBIR award through FY2022, unless the Small Business Administration determines that the agency already has a program sufficiently similar to a CAPP. An eligible entity is a small business concern that has received a Phase
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Sponsored by: Rep. Al Lawson
Referred To The Subcommittee On Research And Technology. on 05/22/2018
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Small Business Innovation Protection Act of 2017 [HB-2655]
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Small Business Innovation Protection Act of 2017 This bill directs the Small Business Administration (SBA) and the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to enter into a partnership agreement to: develop high-quality training for small business concerns related to domestic and international protection of intellectual property and how such protections should be considered in small business concerns' business plans and growth strategies, and leverage existing training materials
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Sponsored by: Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick
Received In The Senate. Read Twice. Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 507. on 07/11/2018
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Small Business Payment for Performance Act of 2017 [HB-2594]
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[Construction ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Funding ]
Small Business Payment for Performance Act of 2017 This bill amends the Small Business Act to allow a small business performing a construction contract awarded by a federal agency to submit a request for an equitable adjustment to the agency's contracting officer if such officer directs a change in the terms of the contract performance without the agreement of the small business. The agency must provide to the small business an interim partial payment of at least 50% of the estimated amount required to cover additional costs resulting from such
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Sponsored by: Rep. Yvette Clarke
Committee Consideration And Mark-up Session Held. on 06/15/2017
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Federal Maritime Commission Authorization Act of 2017 [HB-2593]
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Federal Maritime Commission Authorization Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. Peter DeFazio
Reported (amended) By The Committee On Transportation And Infrastructure. H. Rept. 115-1017. on 11/13/2018
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Expanding the Impact of the HUBZone Program Act of 2017 [HB-2592]
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[Community Development ]
Expanding the Impact of the HUBZone Program Act of 2017 This bill amends the Small Business Act to redefine terms relating to the Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) program as follows: "HUBZone" as any area designated on a map by the Small Business Administration (SBA) within one or more specified locations, "base closure area" and "qualified disaster area" to repeal the eight-year limitation on HUBZone eligibility, and "qualified HUBZone small business concern" to require SBA certification for up to 10 years. The SBA must determine
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Sponsored by: Rep. Nydia Velazquez
Introduced In House on 05/22/2017
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Incentivize Growth Now In Tomorrow's Entrepreneurs Act of 2017 [HB-2576]
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Incentivize Growth Now In Tomorrow's Entrepreneurs Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to create tax-exempt small business start-up savings accounts to pay for the start-up expenses of a business that does not employ more than 50 full-time employees during a taxable year. Cash contributions to such accounts are allowed up to the lesser of $10,000 or the amount of compensation includible in the taxpayer's gross income for the taxable year. (Start-up expenditures are paid or incurred in connection with: (1) investigating the creation
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Sponsored by: Rep. Jose Serrano
Introduced In House on 05/19/2017
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Relating To Procurement. [HB-1382]
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Assists small business in the state procurement process by establishing a temporary small business assistance initiative, small business advisory group, small business office, and small business procurement coordinator position within the State Procurement Office. Appropriates funds. (HB1382 CD1)
Sponsored by: Rep. Scott Saiki
Act 042, 06/20/2017 (gov. Msg. No. 1142). on 06/22/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Public Health - Maryland Medical Cannabis Commission - Membership, Licensing, and Studies [SB-1197]
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[Public Health ]
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[Small Business ]
Requiring the Natalie M. LaPrade Maryland Medical Cannabis Commission to actively seek, to the extent permitted by State and federal law, to achieve racial, ethnic, and geographic diversity when licensing medical cannabis growers, processors, and dispensaries and to strongly encourage and conduct outreach to small, minority-owned, and women-owned businesses for specified purposes; requiring the Commission to grant Stage One preapproval for a medical cannabis grower license to two specified applicants on or before July 1, 2017; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Miller
Hearing 3/29 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/29/2017
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Income Tax - Research and Development Credit - Start-Up Businesses [SB-1134]
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Altering the calculation of a specified credit against the State income tax for Maryland qualified research and development expenses incurred by an individual or a corporation so as to allow the individual or corporation, subject to specified limitations, a credit in an amount equal to 5% of the Maryland qualified research and development expenses paid to a specified start-up business or paid or incurred by the individual or corporation during the taxable year, if the individual or corporation is a specified start-up business; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel Oaks
Hearing 3/15 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/15/2017
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State Finance and Procurement - Veteran-Owned Small Business Enterprises - Definitions and Penalties [SB-1084]
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Defining "veteran" and altering the definition of "veteran-owned small business enterprise" for the purpose of specified provisions of law relating to the structure of a unit's procurement procedures; and authorizing specified penalties to be applied to a person that willfully misrepresents a business as a veteran-owned small business enterprise.
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephen Waugh
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 709 on 05/25/2017
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Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Cannabis Commission Reform Act [HB-1443]
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Requiring the Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Cannabis Commission to conduct wide-ranging specified outreach to small, minority, and women business owners and entrepreneurs that may have an interest in applying for specified medical cannabis-related licenses; requiring the Commission to partner with specified entities to identify employment opportunities within the medical cannabis industry; establishing the Natalie M. LaPrade Compassionate Use Fund to provide access to medical cannabis for specified individuals; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel Oaks
Conference Committee Appointed on 04/10/2017
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Baltimore City - Police Community Policing Steering Committee [HB-1465]
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[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Community Development ]
Establishing the Baltimore City Police Community Policing Steering Committee; providing for the composition, terms of office, quorum, chair, governance procedures, subcommittee structure, meetings, and duties of the Committee; requiring the Committee, in cooperation with the Baltimore City Police Department, to develop annually a Baltimore City Police Department Community Interaction Recommendations Report to focus on making recommendations to create consistent positive interactions between police officers and community residents; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Antonio Hayes
Hearing 3/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/28/2017