Small Business Reauthorization and Improvements Act of 2006
Latest action · Nov 16, 2006 By Senator Snowe from Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship filed written report. Report No. 109-361.
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.
- IntroducedAug 2, 2006
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Small Business Reauthorization and Improvements Act of 2006 - Amends the Small Business Act (the Act) to reauthorize for FY2007-FY2009 certain small business assistance programs of the Small Business Administration (SBA), including a predisaster mitigation program and grants to microloan program intermediaries and technical assistance providers. Makes permanent the Small Business Innovation Research Program. Extends through FY2009 various loan programs for small businesses under the Act and the Small Business Investment Act of 1958, including: (1) general section 7(a) start-up and equity loans; (2) the microloan program; (3) certified development company financing; (4) the Service Corps of Retired Executives program; (5) disaster loan programs; and (6) the new markets venture capital program.
Establishes: (1) the National Preferred Lenders Program; and (2) an Office of Minority Small Business Development.
Authorizes: (1) the SBA Administrator to guarantee participating debentures issued by a licensed company to interim small business funding providers; (2) various development company loan programs, to be known collectively as the local development business loan program; (3) the Administrator to guarantee loans made by private lenders to small businesses located in disaster areas, including loans for disaster relief and reconstruction; (4) funding for veterans' and reservists' small business loan programs; (5) energy loans for small businesses; and (6) assistance for women-owned small businesses.
Increases funding under the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programs. Provides technical and financial assistance for small business innovation.
Native American Small Business Development Act of 2006 - Establishes a Native American small business development program and related pilot programs.
National Small Business Regulatory Assistance Act of 2006 - Establishes a pilot program to assist small businesses in complying with federal and state regulatory requirements.
Small Business Intermediary Lending Pilot Program Act of 2006 - Establishes a small business intermediary lending pilot program.
Establishes a: (1) pilot program for the development of peer learning opportunities for second-stage (high-growth) small businesses; (2) microenterprise technical assistance and capacity building grant program; and (3) minority entrepreneurship and innovation pilot program.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 1
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 | Markup Jul 28, 2006Reported as an original measure Aug 2, 2006 |
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 16, 2006By Senator Snowe from Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship filed written report. Report No. 109-361.
- Aug 8, 2006Star Print ordered on the bill as reported.
- Aug 2, 2006Introduced in Senate
- Aug 2, 2006Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8626-8627)
- Aug 2, 2006Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Snowe. Without written report.
- Aug 2, 2006Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 577.
- Jul 27, 2006Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship ordered to be reported an original measure.
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
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- Nov 15, 2006S. 3778, Small Business Reauthorization and Improvements Act of 2006<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship on August 2, 2006</p>
- Nov 15, 2006S. 3778, Small Business Reauthorization and Improvements Act of 2006Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship on August 2, 2006
Titles 5
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- An original bill to reauthorize and improve the Small Business Act and the Small Business Act of 1958, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Small Business Reauthorization and Improvements Act of 2006
- Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill
- Small Business Intermediary Lending Pilot Program Act of 2006
- National Small Business Regulatory Assistance Act of 2006
- Native American Small Business Development Act of 2006
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Commerce.
- Accreditation (Education)
- Administrative procedure
- Administrative remedies
- Agricultural credit
- Agriculture and Food
- Alternative energy sources
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Armed forces reserves
- Auditing
- Authorization
- Biomass energy
- Business insurance
- Commerce
- Commercialization
- Congress
- Congressional investigations
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Corporation directors
- Credit unions
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Depressed areas
- Disabled
- Disaster loans
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Emergency Management
- Employee health benefits
- Employee training
- Energy
- Energy efficiency
- Energy prices
- Entrepreneurs
- Executive reorganization
- Federal advisory bodies
- Federal aid to education
- Federal employees
- Federally-guaranteed loans
- Fees
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Foreign Trade and International Finance
- Foreign trade promotion
- Fraud
- Geothermal resources
- Government contractors
- Government lending
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Government procurement
- Government regulation
- Governmental investigations
- Grants-in-aid
- Health
- Health insurance
- Heating
- Higher education
- Housing and Community Development
- Hurricane aftermath legislation
- Hurricanes
- Hydrogen
- Indian economic development
- Intellectual property
- Labor and Employment
- Law
- Minorities
- Minority business enterprises
- National Guard
- Natural gas
- Ombudsman
- Petroleum
- Propane
- Prosecution
- Rural economic development
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Small business
- Small Business Administration
- Solar energy
- Standards
- Subcontractors
- Suburbs
- Surety and fidelity
- Technological innovations
- Trade secrets
- Urban affairs
- Venture capital
- Veterans' employment
- Wind power
- Women
- Women in business
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Aug 2, 2006Placed on Calendar Senate
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