S 295 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

Small Business and Farm Energy Emergency Relief Act of 2001

Introduced Feb 8, 2001 Originated Senate Sponsor John F. Kerry D-MA

Latest action · May 17, 2001 Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Rural Development and Research.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedFeb 8, 2001
Passed SenateMar 26, 2001
Passed HouseNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Small Business and Farm Energy Emergency Relief Act of 2001 - Amends the Small Business Act to authorize the Small Business Administration (SBA) to make disaster loans to assist small businesses that have suffered or are likely to suffer substantial economic injury as the result of a sharp and significant increase in the price of heating fuel or electricity. Prohibits any such loan from being made if the total amount outstanding and committed to the borrower would exceed $1.5 million, unless the applicant is a major source of employment in its surrounding area. Requires, for such assistance: (1) a declaration of a disaster by the President or the SBA Administrator; or (2) a certification from the governor of the State that its small businesses have suffered such economic injury and are in need of assistance which is not otherwise available.

Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to make loans to farm operations that qualify as a small business and have or are likely to suffer substantial economic injury from a sharp and significant increase in energy costs or input costs from energy sources occurring on or after June 1, 2000, in connection with an energy emergency declared by the President or the Secretary.

Requires the SBA Administrator and the Secretary to report to specified congressional committees on the effectiveness of such loan programs.

Cosponsors 34

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 8, 2001 to Mar 26, 2001; 21 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-NH	Bob Smith	Original	Feb 8, 2001
D-MI	Carl Levin	Original	Feb 8, 2001
D-NY	Charles E. Schumer	Original	Feb 8, 2001
D-CT	Christopher J. Dodd	Original	Feb 8, 2001
D-IN	Evan Bayh	Original	Feb 8, 2001
D-WI	Herb Kohl	Original	Feb 8, 2001
D-NY	Hillary Rodham Clinton	Original	Feb 8, 2001
R-VT	James M. Jeffords	Original	Feb 8, 2001
D-NM	Jeff Bingaman	Original	Feb 8, 2001
D-NC	John Edwards	Original	Feb 8, 2001
I-CT	Joseph I. Lieberman	Original	Feb 8, 2001
R-RI	Lincoln Chafee	Original	Feb 8, 2001
D-LA	Mary L. Landrieu	Original	Feb 8, 2001
D-MT	Max Baucus	Original	Feb 8, 2001
R-ME	Olympia J. Snowe	Original	Feb 8, 2001
D-VT	Patrick J. Leahy	Original	Feb 8, 2001
D-MN	Paul D. Wellstone	Original	Feb 8, 2001
R-NM	Pete V. Domenici	Original	Feb 8, 2001
R-ME	Susan M. Collins	Original	Feb 8, 2001
D-SD	Tim Johnson	Original	Feb 8, 2001
D-IA	Tom Harkin	Original	Feb 8, 2001
R-MO	Christopher S. Bond		Feb 13, 2001
D-HI	Daniel K. Inouye		Feb 13, 2001
D-MA	Edward M. Kennedy		Feb 13, 2001
D-RI	Jack Reed		Feb 13, 2001
D-SD	Thomas A. Daschle		Feb 13, 2001
D-NJ	Jon S. Corzine		Feb 15, 2001
D-NJ	Robert G. Torricelli		Feb 15, 2001
D-HI	Daniel K. Akaka		Feb 26, 2001
D-WA	Maria Cantwell		Feb 28, 2001
D-WA	Patty Murray		Feb 28, 2001
D-GA	Max Cleland		Mar 1, 2001
R-WY	Michael B. Enzi		Mar 6, 2001
D-PA	Arlen Specter		Mar 26, 2001

Committees 3

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
Senate	Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee	Referred Feb 8, 2001Markup Feb 28, 2001Reported Mar 21, 2001
House	Small Business Committee	Referred Mar 27, 2001
House	Agriculture Committee	Referred Mar 27, 2001
	Forestry and Horticulture Subcommittee	Referred May 17, 2001

Actions 13

Everything that happened, newest first.

May 17, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Rural Development and Research.
Mar 27, 2001Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Mar 27, 2001Received in the House.
Mar 27, 2001Referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Mar 26, 2001Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S2909-2913; text of measure as reported in Senate: CR S2910)

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In the Congressional Record 4

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

Where	In the Record	Members	Date
Senate	Debate and remarks S21	John F. Kerry D-MA	Jan 23, 2002
Senate	Debate and remarks S2974	Herb Kohl D-WI	Mar 27, 2001
Senate	Debate and remarks S2909–S2913Text printed S2912Amendments S2909, S2910Cost estimates S2910	Christopher S. Bond R-MO, John F. Kerry D-MA, Michael B. Enzi R-WY (amendment), Mitch McConnell R-KY (text)	Mar 26, 2001
Senate	Debate and remarks S1225–S1227Text printed S1227	John F. Kerry D-MA (text)	Feb 8, 2001

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Committee report

S. Rept. 107-4

Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2

Mar 21, 2001S. 295, Small Business and Farm Energy Emergency Relief Act of 2001<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Small Business on February 28, 2001</p>
Mar 21, 2001S. 295, Small Business and Farm Energy Emergency Relief Act of 2001Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Small Business on February 28, 2001

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

Number	Hearing	Committee	Held
Serial No. 107-1	IMPROVING AND STRENGTHENING THE OFFICE OF ADVOCACY77 pages	Small Business Committee	Mar 22, 2001

Amendments 1

Amendments offered to this bill.

Amendment	Description	Offered by	Status
SA 147	To include cogeneration as an alternative energy source.	Michael B. Enzi R-WY	Amendment SA 147 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.

Titles 4

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: A bill to provide emergency relief to small businesses affected by significant increases in the prices of heating oil, natural gas, propane, and kerosene, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced: Small Business Energy Emergency Relief Act of 2001
Short Titles as Reported to Senate: Small Business and Farm Energy Emergency Relief Act of 2001
Short Titles as Passed Senate: Small Business and Farm Energy Emergency Relief Act of 2001

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Commerce.

Text 4

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Mar 27, 2001Referred in House
Mar 26, 2001Engrossed in Senate
Mar 21, 2001Reported to Senate
Feb 8, 2001Introduced in Senate

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