Disadvantaged Business Disaster Eligibility Act
Latest action · Mar 27, 2007 Received in the Senate and 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.
- IntroducedMar 12, 2007
- Passed HouseMar 26, 2007
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Disadvantaged Business Disaster Eligibility Act - Permits any small business that was participating in a Small Business Administration (SBA) business development program located in a Louisiana parish or Mississippi or Alabama county designated by the SBA Administrator as a disaster area by reason of Hurricane Katrina to continue participation and eligibility in such program for an additional 18 months.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 11
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 27, 2007Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
- Mar 26, 2007Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3029-3031)
- Mar 26, 2007DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate of H.R. 1468.
- Mar 26, 2007Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Mar 26, 2007Ms. Velazquez moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 3285 | Disadvantaged Business Disaster Eligibility Act of 2008 | Related bill | Jul 17, 2008 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Commerce.
- Alabama
- Business education
- Commerce
- Disaster relief
- Emergency Management
- Entrepreneurs
- Floods
- Government contractors
- Government lending
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government procurement
- Hurricanes
- Louisiana
- Minorities
- Minority business enterprises
- Mississippi
- Small business
- Women
- Women in business
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 27, 2007Referred in Senate
- Mar 26, 2007Engrossed in House
- Mar 12, 2007Introduced in House
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