Study of Office of Rural Affairs, within the Small Business Administration
Latest action · May 9, 2019 Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
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 9, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Study of Office of Rural Affairs, within the Small Business Administration
This bill requires the Small Business Administration to report on the costs and potential benefits of establishing a successor to the Office of Rural Affairs.
Cosponsors 25
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 9, 2019 to Jul 27, 2020; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-IA | Abby Finkenauer | Original | May 9, 2019 |
| R-AS | Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen | Original | May 9, 2019 |
| D-ME | Jared F. Golden | May 22, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Josh Harder | May 22, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Adriano Espaillat | May 24, 2019 | |
| D-CO | Ed Perlmutter | May 24, 2019 | |
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | Jun 4, 2019 | |
| D-MD | David J. Trone | Jun 4, 2019 | |
| D-NJ | Jefferson Van Drew | Jun 4, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Jim Costa | Jun 13, 2019 | |
| D-NH | Chris Pappas | Jun 25, 2019 | |
| D-CA | John Garamendi | Jun 26, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Jun 26, 2019 | |
| D-AZ | Tom O'Halleran | Jul 11, 2019 | |
| D-IL | Lauren Underwood | Aug 20, 2019 | |
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Aug 27, 2019 | |
| D-OK | Kendra S. Horn | Oct 1, 2019 | |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Oct 8, 2019 | |
| D-TX | Henry Cuellar | Dec 3, 2019 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Jan 28, 2020 | |
| D-HI | Tulsi Gabbard | Jan 28, 2020 | |
| D-HI | Ed Case | Feb 7, 2020 | |
| R-TN | Tim Burchett | Mar 10, 2020 | |
| D-MN | Angie Craig | Jul 16, 2020 | |
| D-GU | Michael F. Q. San Nicolas | Jul 27, 2020 |
Committees 1
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 9, 2019 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 9, 2019Introduced in House
- May 9, 2019Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
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. 165, no. 77, May 9, 2019, page H3681.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 116-61 | ASSESSING THE GOVERNMENT'S ROLE IN SERVING RURAL AMERICAN SMALL BUSINESSES (PART ONE)59 pages | Small Business Committee | Nov 14, 2019 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to submit a report on the Office of Rural Affairs.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Study of Office of Rural Affairs, within the Small Business Administration
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Commerce.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 9, 2019Introduced 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.
