A resolution to express the sense of the Senate recognizing the important role played by the Small Business Administration on behalf of the United States small business community.
Latest action · May 9, 2001 Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4582-4584; text: CR S4613)
Progress
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- IntroducedMay 9, 2001
- Agreed to in SenateMay 9, 2001
Summary
Urges the President to: (1) strengthen and expand assistance to small businesses through Federal programs, including Federal contracts, guaranteed loans, special programs in economically distressed areas, and management assistance programs such as the Service Corps of Retired Executives and the Small Business Development Center and Women's Business Center programs; (2) adopt a policy to achieve the applicable Federal procurement goals for small businesses, including such goals for women-owned businesses, HUBZone businesses, socially and economically disadvantaged businesses, and businesses owned by service-disabled veterans; (3) hold the head of each Federal department and agency accountable in ensuring that such goals are achieved; and (4) direct such heads to comply fully with requirements of the Small Business Regulatory Fairness Act and the Regulatory Flexibility Act.
States that the SBA Administrator should have an active role as a member of the President's Cabinet and the Domestic and National Economic Policy Councils.
Cosponsors 16
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on May 9, 2001.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MI | Carl Levin | Original | May 9, 2001 |
| R-MT | Conrad R. Burns | Original | May 9, 2001 |
| D-NC | John Edwards | Original | May 9, 2001 |
| R-NV | John Ensign | Original | May 9, 2001 |
| D-MA | John F. Kerry | Original | May 9, 2001 |
| I-CT | Joseph I. Lieberman | Original | May 9, 2001 |
| D-WA | Maria Cantwell | Original | May 9, 2001 |
| D-LA | Mary L. Landrieu | Original | May 9, 2001 |
| D-GA | Max Cleland | Original | May 9, 2001 |
| R-WY | Michael B. Enzi | Original | May 9, 2001 |
| R-ID | Mike Crapo | Original | May 9, 2001 |
| R-ME | Olympia J. Snowe | Original | May 9, 2001 |
| D-MN | Paul D. Wellstone | Original | May 9, 2001 |
| R-UT | Robert F. Bennett | Original | May 9, 2001 |
| D-SD | Thomas A. Daschle | Original | May 9, 2001 |
| D-IA | Tom Harkin | Original | May 9, 2001 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 9, 2001Introduced in Senate
- May 9, 2001Passed/agreed to in Senate: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4582-4584; text: CR S4613)
In the Congressional Record 2
Days the Record’s own index lists this resolution, 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 S4936 | John F. Kerry D-MA | May 15, 2001 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S4582–S4584Text printed S4613 | Christopher S. Bond R-MO, John Ensign R-NV | May 9, 2001 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A resolution to express the sense of the Senate recognizing the important role played by the Small Business Administration on behalf of the United States small business community.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Commerce.
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Cabinet officers
- Commerce
- Depressed areas
- Disabled veterans
- Economic growth
- Economics and Public Finance
- Executive Office of the President
- Executives
- Federally-guaranteed loans
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Government and business
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government procurement
- Housing and Community Development
- Job creation
- Labor and Employment
- Minorities
- Minority business enterprises
- Poor
- Regulatory impact statements
- Retirement
- Rural economic development
- Small business
- Small Business Administration
- Social Welfare
- Urban affairs
- Urban economic development
- Venture capital
- Veterans' employment
- Volunteer workers
- Women
- Women in business
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 9, 2001Agreed to Senate
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