Prove It Act of 2016
Latest action · Dec 20, 2016 By Senator Vitter from Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship filed written report under authority of the order of the Senate of 12/10/2016. Report No. 114-420. Minority views filed.
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 25, 2016
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
Prove It Act of 2016
(Sec. 2) This bill authorizes the Chief Counsel of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to request the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to review any federal agency certification that a proposed rule, if promulgated, will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities and so need not submit a regulatory flexibility analysis of the rule.
The request for a review must:
- be published in the Federal Register and on the website of the SBA Office of Advocacy,
- include any documentation or comments the Chief Counsel furnished or made during the notice and comment period for the proposed rule, and
- explain why the Chief Counsel disagreed with the certification and statement providing the factual basis for it.
Within 10 days after the request for review is published in the Federal Register, the federal agency in question shall submit to the SBA a response to the request and publish it in the Federal Register and on the agency website.
If it is determined, after a specified procedure, that the proposed rule will, if promulgated, have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities, the federal agency shall then perform both an initial and a final regulatory flexibility analysis for the rule.
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 | Referred Apr 25, 2016Hearings Apr 27, 2016Markup May 11, 2016Reported May 24, 2016 |
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 20, 2016By Senator Vitter from Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship filed written report under authority of the order of the Senate of 12/10/2016. Report No. 114-420. Minority views filed.
- May 24, 2016Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Reported by Senator Vitter without amendment. Without written report.
- May 24, 2016Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 484.
- May 11, 2016Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- Apr 27, 2016Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-637.
- Apr 25, 2016Introduced in Senate
- Apr 25, 2016Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
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
- Aug 10, 2016S. 2847, Prove It Act of 2016As reported by the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship on May 24, 2016
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| R43625 | SBA Office of Advocacy: Overview, History, and Current Issues | Report | Mar 30, 2022 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to require greater transparency for Federal regulatory decisions that impact small businesses.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Prove It Act of 2016
- Short Titles as Reported to Senate
- Prove It Act of 2016
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Commerce.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 24, 2016Reported to Senate
- Apr 25, 2016Introduced 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.
