HRES 138 · 108th Congress 2003–2005, ended

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that small business concerns should continue to play an active role in assisting the United States military, Federal intelligence and law enforcement agencies, and State and local police forces by designing and developing innovative products to combat terrorism, and that Federal, State, and local governments should aggressively seek out and purchase innovative technologies and services from small business concerns to improve homeland defense and aid in the fight against terrorism.

Fact sheet

Latest action · Mar 11, 2003 Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedMar 11, 2003
  2. Agreed to in HouseNot reached

Summary

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) small business concerns should continue to play an active role in assisting the military, Federal intelligence and law enforcement agencies, and State and local police by designing and developing innovative products to combat terrorism; and (2) Federal, State, and local governments should aggressively seek out and purchase innovative technologies and services from, and promote research opportunities for, small businesses to improve homeland defense and aid in the fight against terrorism.

Cosponsors

Members who signed on, in the order they did.

No cosponsors are on file for this measure.

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Mar 11, 2003Introduced in House
  2. Mar 11, 2003Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.

Subjects

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

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