Small Business Reauthorization and Manufacturing Assistance Act of 2004
Latest action · Sep 21, 2004 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
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.
- IntroducedSep 21, 2004
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Small Business Reauthorization and Manufacturing Assistance Act of 2004 - Amends the Small Business Act to permanently authorize small business loan provisions concerning: (1) combination financing; (2) loan guarantee fees; (3) express loan requirements; (4) deferred participation loan standards; and (5) increased Small Business Administration (SBA) guaranteed loan limits.
Amends the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (SBIA) to increase the debenture size for SBA loans to development companies and modify job creation requirements for such loans.
Requires the SBA Administrator to report to Congress on the feasibility of creating a national database of small manufacturers.
Amends the Small Business Act to modify international trade loan program provisions.
Amends the SBIA to make changes in the Small Business Investment Company program.
Establishes authorization levels for specified SBA programs. Extends program authority for SBA or SBIA programs scheduled to expire on or after September 30, 2004. Reauthorizes: (1) the Paul D. Coverdell Drug-Free Workplace Program (makes specified program changes); and (2) appropriations for Small Business Development Centers (SBDCs).
Revises provisions concerning SBA document retention and disclosure.
Amends the SBA Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 1994 to extend the SBA's cosponsorship authority.
Amends the Small Business Act to prohibit the disclosure of personal information concerning individuals or small businesses receiving SBDC assistance.
Amends the Veterans Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development Act of 1999 to extend the authority of the Advisory Committee on Veterans Business Affairs.
Amends the Small Business Act to make non-disabled veterans and members of reserve components of the Armed Forces eligible for SBA outreach program assistance.
Requires the Administrator to complete a study of industries in which small business concerns owned and controlled by women are underrepresented with respect to Federal procurement contracting.
Directs the SBA to assign at least one procurement center representative to each major procurement center in addition to at least one such representative for each State.
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 21, 2004 to Oct 5, 2004, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-MO | Christopher S. Bond | Original | Sep 21, 2004 |
| R-KS | Pat Roberts | Oct 5, 2004 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 21, 2004Introduced in Senate
- Sep 21, 2004Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
- Sep 21, 2004Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9447)
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 5108 | Small Business Reauthorization and Manufacturing Assistance Act of 2004 | Related bill | Sep 21, 2004 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Commerce.
- Administrative fees
- Administrative procedure
- Alaska
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Armed forces reserves
- Auditing
- Authorization
- Bank loans
- Bonds
- Business education
- Capital investments
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Colleges
- Commerce
- Competitive bidding
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Consultants
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Data banks
- Debtor and creditor
- Depressed areas
- Disaster loans
- Drug abuse
- Drug abuse prevention
- Drugs and employment
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Emergency Management
- Enterprise zones
- Executives
- Federal advisory bodies
- Federal incorporation
- Federally-guaranteed loans
- Fees
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Fines (Penalties)
- Foreign Trade and International Finance
- Fraud
- Government contractors
- Government lending
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Government procurement
- Governmental investigations
- Grants-in-aid
- Hawaii
- Higher education
- International competitiveness
- Investments
- Job creation
- Labor and Employment
- Law
- Licenses
- Liens
- Manufacturing industries
- Mortgages
- Performance measurement
- Right of privacy
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Securities
- Small business
- Small Business Administration
- Social Welfare
- Surety and fidelity
- Venture capital
- Veterans' employment
- Volunteer workers
- Women
- Women in business
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