Small Business Employee Ownership Promotion Enhancement Act of 2018
Latest action · Dec 19, 2018 By Senator Risch from Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship filed written report. Report No. 115-436.
Progress
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- IntroducedJul 12, 2017
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Small Business Employee Ownership Promotion Enhancement Act of 2018
This bill amends the Small Business Act to require the Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE) to appoint a SCORE Employee Ownership Director, whose duties shall relate to the various forms of employee ownership.
The director shall be responsible for:
- administering and disbursing materials that contain general information and technical assistance for the establishment of employee ownership structures;
- coordinating efforts for employee ownership with SCORE chapters located throughout the United States;
- providing technical assistance relating to a range of business forms and strategies that promote or facilitate employee ownership, including an employee stock ownership plan, a cooperative, and any other approach determined appropriate by the director; and
- providing the Small Business Administration and the Office of Entrepreneurial Development with statistics, including regional statistics from a SCORE chapter relating to services provided to small businesses potentially undertaking a form of employee ownership.
The director may be a SCORE employee on the date of appointment.
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 12, 2017 to Sep 5, 2017, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-ID | James E. Risch | Original | Jul 12, 2017 |
| D-NY | Kirsten E. Gillibrand | Sep 5, 2017 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 19, 2018By Senator Risch from Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship filed written report. Report No. 115-436.
- Mar 19, 2018Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Reported by Senator Risch with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
- Mar 19, 2018Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 348.
- Mar 14, 2018Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- Jul 12, 2017Introduced in Senate
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Commerce.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 19, 2018Reported to Senate
- Jul 12, 2017Introduced in Senate
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