Small Business

State (Maryland)
Maryland 2017 Regular Session

State Finance and Procurement - Small and Minority Business Participation [SB-309] [Finance ] [Small Business ] [Energy ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Economic Development ]
Incorporating specified findings and evidence associated with a specified Minority Business Enterprise Program; requiring that approved applicants for a proposed offshore wind project comply with the Program to a specified extent; clarifying what constitutes good cause for the removal of a certified minority business enterprise after the execution of a contract; altering a requirement that specified units structure procurement procedures to achieve a minimum percentage of the dollar value of contracts for small businesses; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Stephen Hershey Approved By The Governor - Chapter 438 on 05/04/2017

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2017 Regular Session

Sales and Use Tax - Exemption - Electricity Consumption by Small Business Located in Qualified Distressed County [HB-223] [Taxes ] [Small Business ] [Energy ] [Economic Development ]
Providing that the sales and use tax does not apply to the sale of electricity used to operate a specified small business located in a specified qualified distressed county.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Buckel Hearing 2/07 At 1:30 P.m. on 02/07/2017

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2017 Regular Session

Video Lottery Terminals - Disposition of Unclaimed Winnings [SB-228] [Gaming ] [Budget and Spending ]
Specifying that a jackpot won at a video lottery terminal that is not claimed by the winner within 182 days after the jackpot is won shall become the property of the State and be distributed in a specified manner.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley Approved By The Governor - Chapter 452 on 05/04/2017

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2017 Regular Session

Health Insurance - Required Conformity With Federal Law [HB-123] [Healthcare ] [Insurance ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Public Health ]
Altering the length of a policy term and the information provided in a specified notice for short-term medical insurance procured from a nonadmitted insurer; making specified provisions of the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act relating to preventive and wellness services and chronic disease management applicable to specified individual health insurance coverage; authorizing the dependents of specified victims to enroll in a specified health plan, at a specified time, under specified circumstances; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Approved By The Governor - Chapter 720 on 05/25/2017

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2017 Regular Session

Video Lottery Terminals - Small, Minority, and Women-Owned Businesses Account - Transfer of Authority [HB-92] [Gaming ] [Small Business ] [Finance ] [Economic Development ]
Transferring the authority for the administration of the Small, Minority, and Women-Owned Businesses Account from the Board of Public Works to the Department of Commerce; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Hearing 3/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/21/2017

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Federal
US Congress 115th Congress

Small Business Development Centers Improvement Act of 2018 [HB-1702] [Small Business ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Economic Development ] [Education ]
Small Business Development Centers Improvement Act of 2018 This bill amends the Small Business Act with respect to the authority of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to use certain SBA programs, including the small business development center (SBDC) program, to provide grants, financial assistance, loans, export assistance, and subcontracting opportunities on federal contracts to specified small businesses, organizations, state governments, universities, companies, and other entities that assist smaller enterprises. The SBA shall use such (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Rod Blum Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Small Business And Entrepreneurship. on 05/09/2018

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Federal
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S Corporation Modernization Act of 2017 [HB-1696] [Taxes ] [Small Business ] [Retirement ]
S Corporation Modernization Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax treatment of S corporations, to: allow a nonresident alien to be a qualifying beneficiary of an electing small business trust (ESBT), which is a type of trust that is permitted to hold shares in an S corporation; allow S corporations to increase passive investment income from 25% to 60% without incurring additional taxes; eliminate a provision terminating the S corporation status of corporations with excessive passive income for three consecutive (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. David Reichert Introduced In House on 03/23/2017

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Federal
US Congress 115th Congress

Expanding Small Business Opportunities to all Women Act of 2017 [HB-1714] [Small Business ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Human Services ] [Economic Development ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Poverty ]
Expanding Small Business Opportunities to all Women Act of 2017 This bill amends the Small Business Act to revise the Small Business Administration's criteria for awarding a grant to a women's business center to include the ability of the applicant to provide training and services to a representative number of unmarried women who are both socially and economically disadvantaged.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Jose Serrano Introduced In House on 03/23/2017

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Federal
US Congress 115th Congress

Improving Contract Procurement for Small Businesses through More Accurate Reporting Act of 2017 [HB-1693] [Small Business ] [Veterans ] [Economic Development ]
Improving Contract Procurement for Small Businesses through More Accurate Reporting Act of 2017 This bill amends the Small Business Act to require the Small Business Administration to report to the President and Congress an analysis of the number and dollar amount of prime contracts awarded by federal agencies each fiscal year to small business concerns, including those: owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans; located in qualified HUBZones; owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals; owned by an Indian (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Yvette Clarke Introduced In House on 03/23/2017

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Federal
US Congress 115th Congress

SCORE for Small Business Act of 2018 [HB-1700] [Small Business ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Data Privacy ] [Economic Development ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Cybersecurity ]
SCORE for Small Business Act of 2018 This bill amends the Small Business Act to reauthorize the SCORE program (Service Corps of Retired Executives) for FY2018-FY2019. The program is renamed as simply the SCORE program. The Small Business Administration (SBA) shall award a grant to the SCORE Association (or any successor group) to manage the program. Based on business experience and knowledge, a volunteer participating in the program shall: provide at no cost to individuals who own, or aspire to own, small business concerns personal counseling, mentoring, (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Alma Adams Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Small Business And Entrepreneurship. on 07/11/2018

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Federal
US Congress 115th Congress

S Corporation Modernization Act of 2017 [S.711] [Taxes ] [Small Business ] [Retirement ]
S Corporation Modernization Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax treatment of S corporations, to: allow a nonresident alien to be a qualifying beneficiary of an electing small business trust (ESBT), which is a type of trust that is permitted to hold shares in an S corporation; allow S corporations to increase passive investment income from 25% to 60% without incurring additional taxes; eliminate a provision terminating the S corporation status of corporations with excessive passive income for three consecutive (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Cardin Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 03/23/2017

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US Congress 115th Congress

Women's Business Centers Improvements Act of 2018 [HB-1680] [Small Business ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Economic Development ] [Finance ]
Women's Business Centers Improvements Act of 2018 The bill revises the duties of the Office of Women's Business Ownership and declares it is the Office's mission to assist women entrepreneurs to start, grow, and compete in global markets by providing quality support with access to capital, access to markets, job creation, growth, and counseling. The Small Business Administration (SBA) shall establish standards for a program to accredit eligible entities receiving a grant to operate one or more women's business centers. These organizations shall (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Comstock Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Small Business And Entrepreneurship. on 05/09/2018

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Federal
US Congress 115th Congress

CREATE Act of 2017 Comprehensive Resources for Entrepreneurs in the Arts to Transform the Economy Act of 2017 [HB-1649] [Arts and Culture ] [Small Business ] [Taxes ] [Immigration ] [Disaster Relief ] [Community Development ] [Economic Development ] [Funding ] [Grants ]
CREATE Act of 2017 Comprehensive Resources for Entrepreneurs in the Arts to Transform the Economy Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow artists to claim tax deductions for qualified artistic charitable contributions based on the fair market value of a piece of artwork, rather than the value of the materials used to create it; and (2) revise income and gift tax requirements for charitable contributions of fractional gifts, the valuation of subsequent gifts, and recapture of the charitable deduction. The Small Business (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee Referred To The Subcommittee On Commodity Exchanges, Energy, And Credit. on 04/11/2017

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Federal
US Congress 115th Congress

HUBZone Investment Protection Act [S.690] [Small Business ] [Economic Development ] [Community Development ]
HUBZone Investment Protection Act (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Small Business Act with respect to Historically Underutilized Business Zones (HUBZones) located in qualified census tracts, qualified nonmetropolitan counties, or redesignated areas, which are census tracts or nonmetropolitan counties that cease to meet the ordinary criteria for the HUBZone program but are "redesignated" to qualify for it. The bill increases the length of time a census tract or nonmetropolitan county may be redesignated to qualify for HUBZone status from three years (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Angus King Committee On Small Business And Entrepreneurship. Ordered To Be Reported Without Amendment Favorably. on 08/02/2017

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US Congress 115th Congress

American Health Care Act of 2017 [HB-1628] [Healthcare ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Taxes ] [Insurance ] [Public Health ] [Mental Health ] [Pharmaceuticals ]
American Health Care Act of 2017 TITLE I--ENERGY AND COMMERCE Subtitle A--Patient Access to Public Health Programs (Sec. 101) This bill amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) to eliminate funding after FY2018 for the Prevention and Public Health Fund, which provides for investment in prevention and public health programs to improve health and restrain the rate of growth in health care costs. Funds that are unobligated at the end of FY2018 are rescinded. (Sec. 102) The bill amends the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Diane Black Returned To The Calendar. Calendar No. 120. on 07/28/2017

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Federal
US Congress 115th Congress

TARGET Act Targeted Rewards for the Global Eradication of Human Trafficking [HB-1625] [Human Rights ] [International ] [Crime ]
TARGET Act Targeted Rewards for the Global Eradication of Human Trafficking (Sec. 2) This bill expresses the sense of Congress that the Department of State's rewards program is a powerful tool in combating sophisticated international crime and that the State Department and federal law enforcement should work in concert to offer rewards that target human traffickers who prey on the most vulnerable people around the world. (Sec. 3) The State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 is amended to include severe forms of trafficking in persons involving (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe Became Public Law No: 115-141. on 03/23/2018

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Federal
US Congress 115th Congress

To amend the Small Business Act to ensure uniformity in procurement terminology, and for other purposes. [HB-1640] [Small Business ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Trade ] [Budget and Spending ]
To amend the Small Business Act to ensure uniformity in procurement terminology, and for other purposes. This bill amends the Small Business Act to require each government contract for the purchase of goods and services that has an anticipated value greater than the micro-purchase threshold but not greater than the simplified acquisition threshold (currently, greater than $2,500 but not greater than $100,000) to be reserved exclusively for small business concerns unless the contracting officer is unable to obtain offers from 2 or more small business (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Nydia Velazquez Introduced In House on 03/20/2017

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To amend the Small Business Act to clarify the responsibilities of Business Opportunity Specialists, and for other purposes. [HB-1641] [Small Business ] [Veterans ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Law Enforcement ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Economic Development ]
To amend the Small Business Act to clarify the responsibilities of Business Opportunity Specialists, and for other purposes. This bill amends the Small Business Act to declare that the exclusive duties of a Business Opportunity Specialist reporting to the senior official (or designee) appointed by the Small Business Administration (SBA) with certain SBA loan responsibilities, including the procurement program for small business concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans and the Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) program, (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Nydia Velazquez Introduced In House on 03/20/2017

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US Congress 115th Congress

Commercial Market Representatives Clarification Act [HB-1597] [Small Business ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Funding ]
Commercial Market Representatives Clarification Act This bill amends the Small Business Act to specify the principal duties of Commercial Market Representatives, government contracting staff stationed at area Small Business Administration (SBA) offices and reporting to specified senior SBA officers. Such duties shall include: helping prime federal government contractors to find small business concerns capable of performing subcontracts; counseling such contractors on their responsibility to maximize subcontracting opportunities for small business (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Dave Brat Introduced In House on 03/17/2017

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US Congress 115th Congress

CLEAR SBA Act Communicating Lender Activity Reports from the Small Business Administration Act [HB-1590] [Small Business ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Finance ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Economic Development ]
CLEAR SBA Act Communicating Lender Activity Reports from the Small Business Administration Act This bill amends the Small Business Act to define "covered loan" as a loan made or debenture issued under the Act or the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 by a private individual or entity. The bill requires the Small Business Administration (SBA) to make publicly available on its website a Lender Activity Index (i.e., a user-friendly database of specified information relating to lenders making covered loans). The SBA shall: (1) include in the database (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Eleanor Norton Introduced In House on 03/16/2017

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