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US Policy Towards Entrepreneurship and Innovation (view source)
Revision as of 17:13, 30 November 2015
, 17:13, 30 November 2015→Acts reported on by the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship
*[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/114/s1400/text S. 1400] / [https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/114/hr2221/text H.R. 2221]: Veterans Small Business Enhancement Act of 2015
** Amends the Small Business Act to direct the task force of the Office of Veterans Business Development to provide access to and manage the distribution of excess or surplus property to veteran-owned small businesses.
**Prognosis: 24% chance of being enacted
* [https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/114/s2116/text S. 2116]: Small Business Broadband and Emerging Information Technology Enhancement Act of 2015
**Improves certain programs of the Small Business Administration to better assist small business customers in accessing broadband technology.
**Prognosis: 23% chance of being enacted
*[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/114/s552/text S. 552] / [https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/114/hr1023/text H.R. 1023]: Small Business Investment Capital Company Act of 2015
**Amends the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to increase the maximum amount of outstanding leverage provided by the Small Business Administration to two or more commonly controlled small business investment companies not under capital impairment from $225 million to $350 million.
**Prognosis: 22% chance of being enacted
*[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/114/s966/text S. 996] / [https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/114/hr2266/text H.R.2266]: Commercial Real Estate and Economic Development Act of 2015
**Reinstates the authority for Small Business Administration low-interest refinancing of small business debt not involving business expansion under the SBA's local development business loan program.
**Effective: on and after enactment of this Act, and during any fiscal year in which the federal government's cost in making loan guarantees under such program is zero.
**Repeals a provision of the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 that terminated such authority as of September 27, 2012.
*[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/114/s957/text S. 957] / [https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/114/hr2499/text H.R. 2499] : Veterans Entrepreneurship Act
**Increases access to capital for veteran entrepreneurs to help create jobs.
*[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/114/s2136/text S. 2136]: Improving Small Business Innovative Research and Technologies Act of 2015
**Establishes the Regional SBIR State Collaborative Initiative Pilot Program.
*[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/114/hr2262/text H.R. 2262]: U.S. Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness Act
