SCORE for Small Business Act of 2015
Latest action · Apr 21, 2016 By Senator Vitter from Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship filed written report. Report No. 114-242.
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.
- IntroducedApr 16, 2015
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
SCORE for Small Business Act of 2015
(Sec. 2) Amends the Small Business Act to reauthorize the SCORE (Service Corps of Retired Executives) program for FY2015-FY2018 for Small Business Administration (SBA) grants or cooperative agreements that do not exceed a total of $10.5 million in each such fiscal year.
Requires a SCORE program volunteer, based on business experience and knowledge, to:
- provide at no cost to individuals who own, or aspire to own, small businesses personal counseling, mentoring, and coaching relating to the process of starting, expanding, managing, buying, and selling a business;
- facilitate low-cost education workshops for these individuals; and
- use appropriate tools, resources, and expertise of other organizations to carry out the SCORE program.
Directs the SBA to ensure that the SCORE program and each of its chapters develop and implement plans and goals to more effectively and efficiently provide services to individuals in rural areas, economically disadvantaged communities, and other traditionally underserved communities, including plans for electronic initiatives, web-based initiatives, chapter expansion, partnerships, and development of new skills by SCORE program volunteers.
Bars the SBA and the SCORE Association from disclosing certain personal identifying information on any individual or small business receiving SCORE Association's assistance without the individual's or small business's consent, unless the SBA:
- is ordered to make such a disclosure by a court in any civil or criminal enforcement action initiated by a federal or state agency; or
- determines such a disclosure to be necessary to conduct a financial audit of the SCORE program, in which case the disclosure shall be limited to the information necessary for the audit.
Exempts from these privacy requirements SBA access to program activity data or SBA use of client information to conduct client surveys.
Prohibits the SBA, in carrying out the Entrepreneurship Education Program during each of FY2016-FY2018, from obligating: (1) more than $5 million, and (2) less than $2.5 million to carry out the Emerging Leaders Initiatives.
Cosponsors 5
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 16, 2015 to Jul 28, 2015; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-DE | Christopher A. Coons | Original | Apr 16, 2015 |
| R-NH | Kelly Ayotte | Apr 22, 2015 | |
| D-MI | Gary C. Peters | Apr 23, 2015 | |
| D-NM | Tom Udall | Jun 8, 2015 | |
| R-CO | Cory Gardner | Jul 28, 2015 |
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 | Referred Apr 16, 2015Markup Apr 23, 2015Reported Jun 10, 2015 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 21, 2016By Senator Vitter from Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship filed written report. Report No. 114-242.
- Jun 10, 2015Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Reported by Senator Vitter with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
- Jun 10, 2015Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 110.
- Apr 23, 2015Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- Apr 16, 2015Introduced in Senate
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 estimate
- Jun 8, 2015S. 1000, SCORE for Small Business Act of 2015As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship on April 23, 2015
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| R41352 | Small Business Management and Technical Assistance Training Programs | Report | Jun 9, 2022 |
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2034 | SCORE for Small Business Act of 2017 | Reintroduced Bill | May 15, 2018 |
| HR 4788 | SCORE for Small Business Act of 2016 | Related bill | Mar 17, 2016 |
| HR 4909 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 | Related bill | May 26, 2016 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to strengthen resources for entrepreneurs by improving the SCORE program, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- SCORE for Small Business Act of 2015
- Short Titles as Reported to Senate
- SCORE for Small Business Act of 2015
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Commerce.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 10, 2015Reported to Senate
- Apr 16, 2015Introduced in Senate
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.
