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| H. R. 208||Superstorm Sandy Relief and Disaster Loan Program Improvement Act of 2015||100%||Is an innitiative to provide small businesses affected by the Superstorm sandy disaster an opportunity to apply for a loan from the SBA to repair and rehabilitate or replace property damaged, it's principal objective is to help jumpstart small business affected by the storm and to ensure that they have the necessary financing to prevent subsequent diaster from destruction
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| S.958||Small Business Fairness Act||21%||Small businesses can bid on federal contracts that require JVs and the collaboration of multiple small businesses, contracts may be awarded to a small team of business providing that they have the expertise to complete the necessary work stipulated in the contractual terms
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| H. R. 2310||Helping Our Middle-Class Entrepreneurs Act||0%||Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a taxpayer who uses a residence to conduct a trade or business a standard tax deduction equal to the lesser of $1,500 or the taxpayer's gross trade or business income derived from the business use of such residence. Provides for an inflation adjustment to the standard deduction amount in calendar years beginning after 2015.
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| H. R. 3370||EB-JOBS Act of 2015||0%||Bill amends the Immigration and Nationality act to give conditional permant residency visas to VC backed self-sponsered start up entrepreneurs providing that they have maintained alien status for at least 10 years and created full time for at least 5 US workers
Acts Reported on by the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (view source)
Revision as of 17:01, 20 January 2016
, 17:01, 20 January 2016→Policy Implications
==Policy Implications==
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| S. 957 / H.R. 2499||Veterans Entrepreneurship Act||100%||Is an innitiative initiative created to direct the Administrator of the SBA to report on: 1) assement assessment of the current environment's ability to offer financial and psychological assistance to small business owners prior to their deployment 2) review the level of outreach to female veterans offered by the women's business center and veterans veteran's business center 3) continuned continued development of the Military Reservists Economic Injury Disaster loan progam program |-| H. R. 208||Superstorm Sandy Relief and Disaster Loan Program Improvement Act of 2015||100%||Is an initiative to provide small businesses affected by the Superstorm sandy disaster an opportunity to apply for a loan from the SBA to repair and rehabilitate or replace property damaged, it's principal objective is to help jumpstart small business affected by the storm and to ensure that they have the necessary financing to prevent subsequent disaster from destruction
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| H.R. 2262||U.S. Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness Act||100%||
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| S. Res. 252|| An original resolution expressing the sense of the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the Senate relating to easing the burden of Federal tax compliance on small businesses||93%||This resolution amends IRS guidelines on the taxation of small companies
| H. R. 9||Innovation Act||36%||
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| H. R. 2670||Microloan Modernization Act of 2015||34%||The bill was created in hopes of encouraging microloan intermediaries to use a portion of SBA funds to assist their propsectiveprospective/current borrowers with information gather and technological assistance
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| S.1870||A bill to amend the Small Business Act to require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to carry out a pilot program on issuing grants to eligible veterans to start or acquire qualifying businesses, and for other purposes.||27%||Veterans Entrepreneurial Transition Act of 2015 or the VET Act of 2015 This bill amends the Small Business Act to direct the Small Business Administration to carry out a pilot program to assess the feasibility and advisability of making grants to eligible veterans to start or acquire a qualifying business enterprise.
| S.1001||Small Business Lending Reauthorization Act 2015||25%||The authorized budget for 2016 was increased by 3B for the administrator to make/grant loans to small businesses
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| S. 1400 / H.R. 2221||Veterans Small Business Enhancement Act of 2015||24%||Directs trhe the SBA to manage and be responsible for the allocation of US owned surplus property to small businesses controlled by vets, essentially directing a fair allocation of excess property to veteransprospective veteran entrepreneurs |-| S. 2116||Small Business Broadband and Emerging Information Technology Enhancement Act of 2015||23%||In order to better assist small businesses this act proposes improvements to certain programs within the SBA in order to be up to speed on the current technologies to support small business owners ; broadband has the potential to streamline government processes, change how people collaborate and use educational resources and bring communities together and make improvements in public safety
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| S. 2116552 / H.R. 1023||Small Business Broadband and Emerging Information Technology Enhancement Investment Capital Company Act of 2015||2322%||In order to better assist small businesses this act proposes improvements to certain programs within Increases the SBA in order to amount of leverage that can be up to speed on made available by the current technologies to support small business owers ; broadband has the potential to streamline government processes, change how people collaborate and use educational resources abd bring communities together and make improvements in public safetySBA towards two or more commonly controlled SB investment companies
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| S. 552 / H.R. 1023958||Small Business Investment Capital Company Fairness Act of 2015||2221%||Increaseds Small businesses can bid on federal contracts that require JVs and the amount collaboration of multiple small businesses, contracts may be awarded to a small team of leverage business providing that can be made available by they have the expertise to complete the necessary work stipulated in the SBA towards two or more commmonly controlled SB investment companies contract
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| S. 1470||Recovery Improvements for Small Entities After Disaster Act of 2015||21%||
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| S. 2138||Small Business Subcontracting Transparency Act of 2015||21%||
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| S. 1756||Small Business Energy Efficiency Act of 2015||18%||
| S. 2126||Women’s Small Business Ownership Act of 2015||17%||Re-authorizing the women's business center of the SBA and allocating around ~20M in funds. The act serves as a directive for the women's business center program to collaborate with SBA officials to ensure that women entrepreneurs are supported with access to capital, market insights, job creation opportunities, growth strategies, counseling and general training
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| S. 2136||Improving Small Business Innovative Research and Technologies Act of 2015||15%||The bill amends the small business act and requires that each associated federal agency conduct a small business innovation research program and use <=3% of alocated allocated funds for the administration of its SBIR tech transfer, the initiative is designed to increase technology transfer and commercialization in the STTR program within the SBA
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| S. 1000||SCORE for Small Business Act of 2015||15%||Improve the score program within the SBA, a program that provides no cost assistance to individuals who own or aspire to own a small business. The act discussess discusses specific improvements to rural, economically and traditionally underserved communities
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| H. R. 1806||America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2015||11%||
| S.1546||Ensuring Small Businesses Can Export Act 2015||9%||Should the authority appointed by the Export-Import bank of the US lapse then the SBA should act to take its place. The bill also recommends that the SBA establish a program to provide insurance for exports of small businesses
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| S. 1866||Veterans Small Business Ownership Improvements Act of 2015||6%||Amends the small business act to require that it shall provide training to members of the armed forces, individuals who served on active duty and their spouses or dependents. Special programs specifically target at women and disabled populations should are also be covered under the act. A veteran's business development center shall also be created to further financially assist financially and academically the veteran entrepreneur Veteran entrepreneurs
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| H. R. 3987||Jobs in America Act||3%||Amends the immigration and nationality act to establish an employment based, conditional visa for a sponsored alien entrepreneur providing the entrepreneur has 1) gained necessary financial backing from a VC 2)has engaged in commercial activities will generate required levels of employment, revenue and capital investment
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| H. R. 3997||To amend MAP-21 to establish a veterans business enterprises program, and for other purposes||3%||
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| S. 2273||STARTUP Vets Act of 2015||2%||Requires the SBA to make 2 year renewable grants to ceate create and operate incubators and accelerators that provide technological assistance and training to qualified individuals |-| S.963||Small Business Innovation Impact Act||2%||Requires the chief counsel for advocacy of the SBA to submit an analysis to specified congressional committees on investment, inventions, patents and university technology transfers to/of small businesses
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| H. R. 2868||Small Business Health Fairness Act of 2015||2%||
| H. R. 2060||United States-Mexico Economic Partnership Act||2%||
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| SH.963R. 962||Small Business Innovation Impact Startup Act||21%||Requires Amends the chief counsel immigration and nationality act to authorize homeland to adjust the permanent resident status of up to 50k aliens who have earned their masters or doctorate degree in a STEM related field. If the alien is searching for advoacy of work in a STEM field the SBA to submit visa is granted for an analysis to specified congressional committes on investmentadditional year, inventionsif the alien remains actively engaged in a STEM field the visa is continued indefinitely, patents and university technology transfers there are also various tax benefits afforded to/certain startup businesses that meet a particular set of criterion|-| H. R. 253|| Incentivize Growth Now In Tomorrow’s Entrepreneurs Act of 2015||1%||Creates tax exempt small businesses business start-up accounts to pay for start-up expenses for a business that does not employ more than 50 employees
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| S. 996 / H.R.2266||Commercial Real Estate and Economic Development Act of 2015||1%||
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| H. R. 9623370||Startup EB-JOBS Actof 2015||10%||Amends Bill amends the immigration Immigration and nationality Nationality act to authorize homeland give conditional permanent residency visas to adjust the permanent resident status of VC backed self-sponsored start up to 50k aliens who entrepreneurs providing that they have earned their masters or doctorate degree in a STEM related field if the maintained alien is searching status for work in a STEm field the visa is granted at least 10 years and created full time for an additional year, if the alien remains actively engaged in a stem field the visa is continued indefinitely, there are also various tax benefits afforded to certain startup businesses that meet a particular set of criterionat least 5 US workers
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| H. R. 2532310|| Incentivize Growth Now In Tomorrow’s Helping Our Middle-Class Entrepreneurs Act of 2015||10%||Creates Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a taxpayer who uses a residence to conduct a trade or business a standard tax exempt small deduction equal to the lesser of $1,500 or the taxpayer's gross trade or business income derived from the business start-up accounts use of such residence. Provides for an inflation adjustment to pay for start-up expenses for a business that does not employ more than 50 employeesthe standard deduction amount in calendar years beginning after 2015.
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| H. RES. 511||Expressing support for designation of the third Tuesday in November as “National Entrepreneurs’ Day”||0%||
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| H.R. 616||American Entrepreneurship and Investment Act of 2015||0%||
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