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.
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Small Business Committee | Referred Mar 12, 2007Markup Mar 15, 2007 |
| Senate | Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee | Referred Mar 27, 2007 |
Actions 10
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, 2007Ms. Velazquez moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- 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, 2007Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3029-3030)
- Mar 26, 2007Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Mar 15, 2007Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Mar 15, 2007Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
- Mar 12, 2007Introduced in House
- Mar 12, 2007Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H3029–H3031Text printed H3029 | Nydia M. Velázquez D-NY, Steve Chabot R-OH, William J. Jefferson D-LA | Mar 26, 2007 |
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.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- Mar 22, 2007H.R. 1468, Disadvantaged Business Disaster Eligibility Act<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Small Business on March 15, 2007</p>
- Mar 22, 2007H.R. 1468, Disadvantaged Business Disaster Eligibility ActCost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Small Business on March 15, 2007
Printed hearings 2
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 110-14 | FULL COMMITTEE FIELD HEARING ON PARTICIPATION OF SMALL BUSINESS IN HURRICANE KATRINA RECOVERY CONTRACTS140 pages | Small Business Committee | Apr 12, 2007 |
| Serial No. 110-8 | FULL COMMITTEE MARKUP OF DISASTER RELIEF AND IMPROVED ACCESS TO CAPITAL LEGISLATION H.R. 1361, H.R. 1332 AND H.R. 146839 pages | Small Business Committee | Mar 15, 2007 |
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 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To ensure that, for each small business participating in the 8(a) business development program that was affected by Hurricane Katrina of 2005, the period in which it can participate is extended by 18 months.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Disadvantaged Business Disaster Eligibility Act
- Short Titles as Passed House
- Disadvantaged Business Disaster Eligibility Act
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
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.
