Puerto Rico Task Force Economic Empowerment Act of 2017
Latest action · May 22, 2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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.
- IntroducedMay 16, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Puerto Rico Task Force Economic Empowerment Act of 2017
Puerto Rico Opportunity, Small Business Prosperity, and Economic Revitalization Act of 2017
This bill amends the Small Business Act to modify requirements for the microloan program for Puerto Rico small businesses and increase access to capital for such program.
The Small Business Administration shall establish: (1) a Veteran Business Outreach Center in Puerto Rico, and (2) a temporary Federal and State Technology (FAST) grant program to provide assistance to Puerto Rico businesses.
The bill amends the Investment Company Act of 1940 to apply the oversight requirements of that Act to investment companies in U.S. territories.
The bill includes Puerto Rico in the Department of Labor reemployment demonstration projects grant program.
For FY2018, Labor may transfer funding to the Bureau of Labor Statistics for feasibility studies of the Puerto Rico economy.
The bill amends Social Security Act provisions affecting hospitals in Puerto Rico and health care and prescription drug coverage in U.S. territories.
The Office of National Drug Control Policy shall develop a publicly available Caribbean Border Counternarcotics Strategy, with emphasis on the borders of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Cosponsors 7
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 16, 2017 to Oct 25, 2017; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-PR | Jenniffer González-Colón | Original | May 16, 2017 |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Original | May 16, 2017 |
| R-WI | Sean P. Duffy | Original | May 16, 2017 |
| D-NY | Adriano Espaillat | Oct 25, 2017 | |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Oct 25, 2017 | |
| D-PA | Dwight Evans | Oct 25, 2017 | |
| R-PA | Lloyd Smucker | Oct 25, 2017 |
Committees 8
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 May 16, 2017 |
| House | Financial Services Committee | Referred May 16, 2017 |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred May 16, 2017 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred May 22, 2017 | |
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred May 16, 2017 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred May 19, 2017 | |
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred May 16, 2017 |
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred May 16, 2017 |
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred May 16, 2017 |
| House | Appropriations Committee | Referred May 16, 2017 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 22, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- May 19, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- May 16, 2017Introduced in House
- May 16, 2017Referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, the Judiciary, Oversight and Government Reform, Education and the Workforce, and Appropriations, 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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 84, May 16, 2017, page H4223.
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. 115-29 | EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND RECOVERY: CENTRAL TAKEAWAYS FROM THE UNPRECEDENTED 2017 HURRICANE SEASON254 pages | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Nov 2, 2017 |
| 115-29 | THE PUERTO RICO OVERSIGHT, MANAGEMENT AND ECONOMIC STABILITY ACT: STATE OF SMALL BUSINESS CONTRACTING104 pages | Small Business Committee | Jul 13, 2017 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| IF10888 | Legislation to Lift the Investment Company Act Exemption for Funds Based in U.S. Territories Archived | Resource | May 16, 2018 |
Related bills 8
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 154 | Small Business Relief From Disease Induced Economic Hardship Act of 2017 | Related bill | Aug 2, 2017 |
| S 484 | U.S. Territories Investor Protection Act of 2017 | Related bill | Sep 12, 2017 |
| S 526 | Microloan Modernization Act of 2018 | Related bill | Dec 20, 2018 |
| HR 1091 | Flexibility to Promote Reemployment Act | Related bill | Feb 28, 2017 |
| HR 1366 | U.S. Territories Investor Protection Act of 2017 | Related bill | May 3, 2017 |
| HR 2488 | Puerto Rico Small Business Assistance Act of 2017 | Related bill | May 17, 2017 |
| HR 4319 | Fairness to Veterans for Infrastructure Investment Act of 2017 | Related bill | Nov 13, 2017 |
| HR 5178 | Puerto Rico Small Business Contracting Assistance Act of 2018 | Related bill | Apr 10, 2018 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To support businesses in Puerto Rico, improve health funding for Puerto Rico, and promote security in Puerto Rico, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Puerto Rico Task Force Economic Empowerment Act of 2017
- Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill
- Puerto Rico Opportunity, Small Business Prosperity, and Economic Revitalization Act of 2017
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
- Appropriations
- Banking and financial institutions regulation
- Border security and unlawful immigration
- Business education
- Caribbean area
- Census and government statistics
- Congressional oversight
- Criminal justice information and records
- Department of Labor
- Disaster relief and insurance
- Drug trafficking and controlled substances
- Employee hiring
- Employment and training programs
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Financial services and investments
- Foreign labor
- Government information and archives
- Government lending and loan guarantees
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government studies and investigations
- Health care quality
- Health programs administration and funding
- Health promotion and preventive care
- Hospital care
- Immigration status and procedures
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
- Inflation and prices
- Interest, dividends, interest rates
- Law enforcement administration and funding
- Medicaid
- Medicare
- Performance measurement
- Prescription drugs
- Public contracts and procurement
- Puerto Rico
- Securities
- Small business
- Small Business Administration
- State and local finance
- Travel and tourism
- U.S. territories and protectorates
- Unemployment
- User charges and fees
- Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
- Virgin Islands
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 16, 2017Introduced 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.
