Small Business Growth Act of 2007
Latest action · Jun 5, 2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
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 13, 2007
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Small Business Growth Act of 2007 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to provide for establishment and governance of association health plans (AHPs), which are group health plans that meet certain ERISA certification requirements and whose sponsors are trade, industry, professional, chamber of commerce, or similar business associations.
Requires the Secretary to establish a Solvency Standards Working Group.
Preempts any state law that may preclude a health insurance issuer from: (1) offering health insurance coverage in connection with a certified AHP; or (2) offering health insurance coverage of the same policy type to other employers operating in the state that are eligible for coverage under such AHPs, whether or not such other employers are participating employers in such plan.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2011 the increased expensing allowance for small business assets.
Amends the Paperwork Reduction Act to prohibit agency heads from imposing civil fines for first-time paperwork violations by small business concerns unless certain requirements are met.
Amends Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to require courts to impose sanctions on attorneys, law firms, or parties who file frivolous lawsuits. Sets forth provisions concerning: (1) additional sanctions for willful and intentional destruction of certain documents; and (2) public disclosure of Rule 11 proceedings.
Amends the Small Business Act to increase the government-wide goal for procurement contracts awarded to small businesses concerns to 25% (currently, 23%) of federal procurement contracts awarded in a fiscal year.
Cosponsors 7
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 13, 2007 to Mar 5, 2007; 4 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Original | Feb 13, 2007 |
| R-FL | Ginny Brown-Waite | Original | Feb 13, 2007 |
| R-OK | Mary Fallin | Original | Feb 13, 2007 |
| R-MD | Wayne T. Gilchrest | Original | Feb 13, 2007 |
| R-TN | David Davis | Feb 14, 2007 | |
| R-CT | Christopher Shays | Feb 15, 2007 | |
| R-TX | Louie Gohmert | Mar 5, 2007 |
Committees 5
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Feb 13, 2007 |
| Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee | Referred Jun 5, 2007 | |
| House | Small Business Committee | Referred Feb 13, 2007 |
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Feb 13, 2007 |
| Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet Subcommittee | Referred Mar 19, 2007 | |
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Feb 13, 2007 |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Feb 13, 2007 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 5, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
- Mar 19, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.
- Feb 13, 2007Introduced in House
- Feb 13, 2007Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Small Business, the Judiciary, Oversight and Government Reform, and Ways and Means, 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.
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.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| RL32275 | Small Business Tax Preferences: Significant Legislative Proposals in the 110th Congress Archived | Report | Jun 7, 2007 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 241 | Small Business Health Fairness Act of 2007 | Related bill | May 9, 2007 |
| HR 324 | Working Families Wage and Access to Health Care Act | Related bill | May 9, 2007 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To reform laws and procedures affecting small business.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Small Business Growth Act of 2007
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Commerce.
- Bankruptcy
- Chambers of commerce
- Civil procedure
- Commerce
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Consumer education
- Cooperative societies
- Depreciation and amortization
- Employee health benefits
- Evidence (Law)
- Federal-state relations
- Fines (Penalties)
- Frivolous lawsuits
- Government contractors
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Government procurement
- Health
- Health insurance
- Income tax
- Insurance premiums
- Law
- Lawyers
- Legal ethics
- Licenses
- Obstruction of justice
- Professional associations
- Small business
- State taxation
- Tax deductions
- Taxation
- Torts
- Trade associations
- Trusts and trustees
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 13, 2007Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
