HR 6445 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

Small Business Development Centers Improvement Act of 2022

Latest action · Apr 27, 2022 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

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.

  1. IntroducedJan 20, 2022
  2. Passed HouseApr 26, 2022
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Small Business Development Centers Improvement Act of 2022

This bill reauthorizes the Small Business Development Center Program through FY2025 and otherwise revises the program. Specifically, the bill (1) generally prohibits entities other than institutions of higher education from receiving new grants under the program; (2) allows centers to collect fees related to private partnerships or cosponsorships; (3) authorizes centers to market their services directly to small businesses; and (4) modifies or establishes provisions related to program funding, operations, data collection, and reporting.

Cosponsors 3

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 20, 2022 to Feb 2, 2022; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-MNJim HagedornOriginalJan 20, 2022
R-PRJenniffer González-ColónFeb 2, 2022
D-MDKweisi MfumeFeb 2, 2022

Committees 3

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseSmall Business Committee
Referred Jan 20, 2022Markup Feb 3, 2022Reported Mar 8, 2022
HouseBudget Committee
Referred Jan 20, 2022Discharged Mar 8, 2022
SenateSmall Business and Entrepreneurship Committee
Referred Apr 27, 2022

Actions 13

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Apr 27, 2022Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
  2. Apr 26, 2022Ms. Velazquez moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
  3. Apr 26, 2022Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4463-4465)
  4. Apr 26, 2022DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6445.
  5. Apr 26, 2022Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4463-4464)
  6. Apr 26, 2022Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  7. Mar 8, 2022Reported by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 117-260, Part I.
  8. Mar 8, 2022Committee on the Budget discharged.
  9. Mar 8, 2022Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 190.
  10. Feb 3, 2022Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
  11. Feb 3, 2022Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
  12. Jan 20, 2022Introduced in House
  13. Jan 20, 2022Referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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.

In the Congressional Record 2

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
ExtensionsDebate and remarks E419Sheila Jackson Lee D-TXApr 27, 2022
HouseDebate and remarks H4463–H4465Text printed H4463Blaine Luetkemeyer R-MO, Nydia M. Velázquez D-NYApr 26, 2022

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

  1. Apr 21, 2022H.R. 6445, Small Business Development Centers Improvement Act of 2022As reported by the House Committee on Small Business on March 8, 2022

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8; Clause 1 ``The Congress shall have Power to . . . provide for the . . . general Welfare of the United States; . . .''

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 168, no. 13, January 20, 2022, page H289.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

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.

ProductTitleKindPublished
R41352Small Business Management and Technical Assistance Training ProgramsReportJun 9, 2022

Titles 5

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To amend the Small Business Act to require an annual report on entrepreneurial development programs, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
Small Business Development Centers Improvement Act of 2022
Short Title(s) as Reported to House
Small Business Development Centers Improvement Act of 2022
Short Title(s) as Passed House
Small Business Development Centers Improvement Act of 2022
Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
Small Business Development Centers Improvement Act of 2022

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Commerce.

Text 4

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Apr 27, 2022Referred in Senate
  2. Apr 26, 2022Engrossed in House
  3. Mar 8, 2022Reported in House
  4. Jan 20, 2022Introduced in House

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