Support Small Business R & D Act of 2017
Latest action · Aug 2, 2017 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 195.
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 15, 2017
- 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.)
Support Small Business R & D Act of 2017
(Sec. 3) This bill requires the Small Business Administration (SBA) to develop partnership agreements to:
- provide for development of basic training relating to federal income tax credits benefitting small business concerns and startups, especially credits for research and experimentation, and informational materials relating to such credits, including Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance documents;
- provide these basic training and informational materials through electronic resources and at physical locations; and
- make the materials available to SBA business development programs and business development entities that partner with SBA programs, including universities, nonprofits, business incubators, and business accelerators.
(Sec. 5) The bill amends the Small Business Act to require SBA development centers to provide, in conjunction with the IRS, informational materials, education, and basic training to small business concerns relating to federal income tax credits, including credits available to: (1) businesses generally; and (2) small business concerns and startups specifically, especially credits for research and experimentation. Such materials, education, and basic training may be delivered in person or through an Internet website.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Mar 15, 2017.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-KS | Pat Roberts | Original | Mar 15, 2017 |
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 Mar 15, 2017Markup Aug 2, 2017Reported Aug 2, 2017 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Aug 2, 2017Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- Aug 2, 2017Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Reported by Senator Risch without amendment. Without written report.
- Aug 2, 2017Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 195.
- Mar 15, 2017Introduced in Senate
- Mar 15, 2017Read 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.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Aug 31, 2017S. 650, Support Small Business R & D Act of 2017As reported by the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship on August 2, 2017
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 115-880 | NOMINATION TO THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION AND THE SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD81 pages | Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee | Apr 11, 2018 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1543 | Support Small Business R & D Act of 2017 | Identical bill | Mar 15, 2017 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend the Small Business Act to expand tax credit education and training for small businesses that engage in research and development, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Support Small Business R & D Act of 2017
- Short Titles as Reported to Senate
- Support Small Business R & D Act of 2017
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Commerce.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Aug 2, 2017Reported to Senate
- Mar 15, 2017Introduced 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.
