House Small Business Committee, 114th Congress (2015–2016): Members & Record

Members, 114th Congress 26

Everyone who held a seat in the 114th Congress, leaders first, with the day they joined or left when it was not with the rest.

Seat	Member	Role
R-OH	Steve Chabot	Chair
D-CA	Judy Chu	Ranking Member
D-NC	Alma S. AdamsJoined Feb 3, 2015
R-AS	Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen
R-MO	Blaine Luetkemeyer
D-MI	Brenda L. Lawrence
R-FL	Carlos Curbelo
R-NY	Christopher P. Gibson
R-NV	Cresent Hardy
R-VA	Dave Brat
D-NJ	Donald M. Payne, Jr.
D-NY	Grace Meng
D-CA	Janice Hahn
D-HI	Mark TakaiJoined Apr 22, 2015 · Left Jul 14, 2016
R-IL	Mike BostLeft Feb 4, 2016
D-NY	Nydia M. VelázquezJoined Dec 5, 2015
R-NY	Richard L. Hanna
D-MA	Seth MoultonJoined Mar 25, 2015
R-CA	Stephen Knight
R-IA	Steve King
R-KS	Tim Huelskamp
R-SC	Tom RiceLeft Nov 5, 2015
R-MS	Trent KellyJoined Jun 10, 2015
R-OH	Warren DavidsonJoined Jun 14, 2016
R-TX	Will HurdLeft Mar 16, 2015
D-NY	Yvette D. ClarkeJoined Feb 25, 2015

Subcommittees, 114th Congress 8

Under the names they had then. Each has its own record.

Record

Bills, meetings, hearings, reports and more, newest first. In the 114th Congress.

Newest activity first. In the 114th Congress.

Bill	Title	Referral	Date
HR 6398	To amend the Small Business Act to provide for the inclusion of unmarried women in the criteria for awarding a grant to a women's business center.	Referred To	Nov 29, 2016
HR 6327	Main Street Input Opportunity Act of 2016	Referred To	Nov 16, 2016
HR 6197	Supporting America's Young Entrepreneurs Act of 2016	Referred To	Sep 28, 2016
HRES 886	Recognizing November 26, 2016, as "Small Business Saturday" and supporting efforts to increase awareness of the value of locally owned small businesses.	Referred To	Sep 22, 2016
HR 6112	CLEAR SBA Act	Referred To	Sep 21, 2016
HR 6062	SERVICE Act	Referred To	Sep 15, 2016
HR 6053	Bring the Jobs Home Loan Act of 2016	Referred To	Sep 15, 2016
HR 5986	Small Business Relief from Disease Induced Economic Hardship Act of 2016	Referred To	Sep 9, 2016

Hearings, markups and business meetings, newest first. In the 114th Congress.

Kind	Subject	Status	Date
Hearing	Foreign Cyber Threats: Small Business, Big TargetRayburn House Office Building 23608 documents 4 witnesses Mr. Jamil Jaffer, Director, Homeland and National Law Program, George Mason School of Law Mr. Justin Zeefe, Co-founder & Chief Strategy Officer, Nisos Group Mr. Nova Daly, Senior Public Policy Advisor, Wiley Rein LLP Ms. Angela Dingle, Founder, President and CEO, Ex Nihilo	Scheduled	Jul 6, 2016

Meeting	Damaging Repercussions: DOL’s Overtime Rule, Small Employers, and their EmployeesRayburn House Office Building 236011 documents 5 witnesses Mr. Adam Robinson, Co-founder/CEO, Hireology The Honorable Jerrie Tipton, Commission Chair, Mineral County Mr. Albert Macre, General Partner, Payroll + Services Ms. Christine Walters, Sole Proprietor, FiveL Company Mr. Ross Eisenbrey, Vice President, Economic Policy Institute	Scheduled	Jun 23, 2016

Hearing	Help Wanted: Small Business Providing Opportunities for AllRayburn House Office Building 23602 documents	Scheduled	May 19, 2016

Meeting	S is for Savings: Pro-Growth Benefits of Employee-Owned S CorporationsRayburn House Office Building 23608 documents 4 witnesses Mr. Peter Strange, Chairman Emeritus, Messer Inc. Mr. Jay Hardy, President, Hardy Diagnostics Mr. Alex Brill, Resident Fellow, American Enterprise Institute Ms. Stephanie Silverman, President & Executive Director, Employee-Owned S Corporations of America	Scheduled	Apr 27, 2016

Hearing	Small Business and the Federal Government: How Cyber Attacks Threaten BothRayburn House Office Building 23609 documents 4 witnesses Mr. Richard Snow, Owner, Maine Indoor Karting Mr. Kevin Dunn, Technical Vice President, NCC Group Mr. Nicholas Oldham, Counsel, King & Spalding LLP Mr. Stephen Mankowski, CPA, National Tax Chair, National Conference of CPA Practitioners (NCCPAP), Partner at EP Caine & Associates CPA, LLC	Scheduled	Apr 20, 2016

Hearing	Regulation: The Hidden Small Business TaxRayburn House Office Building 236010 documents 4 witnesses Ms. Karen Harned, Executive Director, National Federation of Independent Business Small Business Legal Center Mr. Frank Knapp, President and CEO, South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce Mr. Rosario Palmieri, Vice President, Labor, Legal and Regulatory Policy, National Association of Manufacturers Mr. Thomas Sullivan, Of Counsel, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough	Scheduled	Apr 14, 2016

Hearing	Keep It Simple: Small Business Tax Simplification and Reform, the Commissioner RespondsRayburn House Office Building 23603 documents 1 witness The Honorable John Koskinen, Commissioner, Internal Revenue Service	Scheduled	Apr 13, 2016

Markup	Markup of H.R. 4783 and H.R. 207 ANSRayburn House Office Building 23604 documents	Scheduled	Mar 23, 2016

The published transcripts, newest first, from GovInfo. In the 114th Congress.

Hearing	Title	Held
114-73	Opportunity Rising: the Faa's New Regulatory Framework for Commercial Drone Operations62 pages 4 witnesses Mr. Gabriel Dobbs, Vice President, Business Development and Policy, Kespry Inc., Menlo Park, CA, testifying on behalf of the Small UAV Coalition Mr. Brian Wynne, President & CEO, Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International, Arlington, VA Mr. Jonathan H. Daniels, President, Praxis Aerospace Concepts International, Inc., Henderson, NV Ms. Lisa Ellman, Partner, Hogan Lovells US LLP, Washington, DC	Sep 27, 2016
114-72	IRS Puts Small Businesses Through Audit Wringer49 pages 4 witnesses Ms. Kathy Petronchak, Director of IRS Practice and Procedure, alliantgroup, LP, Houston, TX Mr. Warren Hudak, President, Hudak & Company, Lemoyne, PA, testifying on behalf of the National Association of Enrolled Agents Mr. Don Williamson, Executive Director, Kogod Tax Policy Center, American University, Washington, DC Ms. Jennifer E. Breen, Partner, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Washington, DC, testifying on behalf of the American Bar Association Section of Taxation	Sep 14, 2016
114-71	The Cumulative Burden of President Obama's Executive Orders on Small Contractors70 pages 4 witnesses Mr. James P. Hoffman, P.E., President, Summer Consultants, Inc., McLean, VA, testifying on behalf of the American Council of Engineering Companies Ms. Donna S. Huneycutt, Co-Owner and Chief Operating Officer, WWC, LLC, Tampa, FL, testifying on behalf of the National Defense Industrial Association Mr. Jimmy Christianson, Regulatory Counsel, Associated General Contractors of America, Arlington, VA David Madland, Ph.D., Senior Fellow & Senior Advisor to the American Worker Project, Center for American Progress, Washington, DC	Sep 13, 2016
114-70	Struggling to Grow: Assessing the Challenges for Small Businesses in Rural America44 pages 4 witnesses Mr. John Dearie, Author, ``Where the Job Are: Entrepreneurship and the Soul of the American Economy'', Washington, DC Mr. Robert Boyd, County Commissioner, Riley County, Manhattan, KS, testifying on behalf of the National Association of Counties Mr. Hugh Middleton, Co-Founder, Kopis Mobile LLC, Flowood, MS Ms. Linsley Kinkade, Deputy Director, U.S. Programs, Winrock International, Little Rock, AR	Sep 8, 2016
114-69	Ensuring Opportunities: Oversight of the Hubzone Program105 pages 2 witnesses Mr. William B. Shear, Director, Financial Markets and Community Investment, United States Government Accountability Office, Washington, DC Mr. John Shoraka, Associate Administrator, Office of Government Contracts and Business Development, United States Small Business Administration, Washington, DC	Sep 7, 2016
114-68	Ready for Liftoff: the Importance of Small Businesses in the NASA Supply Chain40 pages 4 witnesses Mr. Chris Carberry, CEO and Co-Founder, Explore Mars, Inc., Beverly, MA George Davis, Ph.D., President and Founder, Emergent Space Technologies, Greenbelt, MD Ms. Carol Craig, President and CEO, Craig Technologies, Cape Canaveral, FL Mr. Stephen Gorevan, Chairman, Honeybee Robotics, Ltd., Brooklyn, NY	Jul 12, 2016
114-67	Foreign Cyber Threats: Small Business, Big Target67 pagesOn H.R. 5064 4 witnesses Mr. Jamil N. Jaffer, Director, Homeland and National Law Program, George Mason School of Law, Arlington, VA Mr. Justin Zeefe, Co-founder & Chief Strategy Officer, Nisos Group, Alexandria, VA Mr. Nova J. Daly, Senior Public Policy Advisor, Wiley Rein LLP, Washington, DC Ms. Angela Dingle, Founder, President and CEO, Ex Nihilo, Washington, DC	Jul 6, 2016
114-66	Damaging Repercussions: Dol's Overtime Rule, Small Employers, and Their Employees89 pagesOn H.Res. 4773 5 witnesses Mr. Adam Robinson, Co-founder/CEO, Hireology, Chicago, IL, testifying on behalf of the Job Creators Network Hon. Jerrie Tipton, Commission Chair, Mineral County, Hawthorne, NV, testifying on behalf of the National Association of Counties Mr. Albert F. Macre, General Partner, Payroll + Services, Steubenville, OH, testifying on behalf of the National Federation of Independent Business Ms. Christine V. Walters, JD, MAS, SHRM-SCP, SPHR, Sole Proprietor, FiveL Company, Westminster, MD, testifying on behalf of the Society for Human Resource Management Mr. Ross Eisenbrey, Vice President, Economic Policy Institute, Washington, DC	Jun 23, 2016

The committee's written reports, most on a bill it sent to the floor. In the 114th Congress.

Report	Title	Issued
H. Rept. 114-880	REPORT ON THE ACTIVITIES of the COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS 114TH CONGRESS	Dec 20, 2016
H. Rept. 114-705	Commercializing on Small Business Innovation Act of 2016On H.R. 4783	Jul 25, 2016
H. Rept. 114-704	Defending America's Small Contractors Act of 2016On H.R. 4341	Jul 25, 2016
H. Rept. 114-526	Developing the Next Generation of Small Businesses Act of 2016On H.R. 207	Apr 25, 2016
H. Rept. 114-510	Small Contractors Improve Competition Act of 2015On H.R. 1481	Apr 19, 2016
H. Rept. 114-189	Small Business Investment Company Capital Act of 2015On H.R. 1023	Jun 25, 2015
H. Rept. 114-188	Microloan Modernization Act of 2015On H.R. 2670	Jun 25, 2015
H. Rept. 114-187	Veterans Entrepreneurship Act of 2015On H.R. 2499	Jun 25, 2015

Reports, rules and messages sent to Congress by agencies and the President, and petitions and memorials, referred to this committee. Newest first. In the 114th Congress.

Number	Communication	Referred
EC-7706	A letter from the Deputy General Counsel, Office of the General Counsel, Small Business Administration, transmitting the Administration's interim final rule - Debt Refinancing in 504 Loan Program (RIN: 3245-AG79) received November 28, 2016, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104–121, section 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Small Business.Executive communication · Small Business Administration	Dec 1, 2016
EC-7506	A letter from the Deputy General Counsel, Office of General Counsel, Small Business Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule - Disaster Assistance Loan Program; Disaster Loan Mitigation, Contractor Malfeasance and Secured Threshold (RIN: 3245-AG78) received November 7, 2016, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104–121, section 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Small Business.Executive communication · Small Business Administration	Nov 17, 2016
EC-7428	A letter from the Deputy General Counsel, Office of General Counsel, Small Business Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule - Disaster Assistance Loan Program; Disaster Loan Credit and Collateral Requirements (RIN: 3245-AG61) received October 11, 2016, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104–121, section 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Small Business.Executive communication · Small Business Administration	Nov 14, 2016
EC-7427	A letter from the Deputy General Counsel, Office of Government Contracting and Business Development, Small Business Administration, transmitting the Administration's direct final rule - HUBZone and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 Amendments (RIN: 3245-AG81) received October 24, 2016, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104–121, section 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Small Business.Executive communication · Office of Government Contracting and Business Development, Small Business Administration	Nov 14, 2016
EC-6646	A letter from the Deputy General Counsel, Office of the General Counsel, Small Business Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule - Small Business Mentor Protégé Programs (RIN: 3245-AG24) received August 18, 2016, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104–121, section 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Small Business.Executive communication · Small Business Administration	Sep 6, 2016
EC-6645	A letter from the Deputy General Counsel, Office of Capital Access, Small Business Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule - Affiliation for Business Loan Programs and Surety Bond Guarantee Program (RIN: 3245-AG73) received July 26, 2016, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104–121, section 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Small Business.Executive communication · Office of Capital Access, Small Business Administration	Sep 6, 2016
EC-5683	A letter from the Deputy General Counsel, Office of the General Counsel, Small Business Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule - Small Business Government Contracting and National Defense Authorization Act of 2013 Amendments (RIN: 3245-AG58) received June 8, 2016, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104–121, section 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Small Business.Executive communication · Small Business Administration	Jun 14, 2016
EC-5511	A letter from the Deputy General Counsel, Office of Surety Guarantees, Small Business Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule - Surety Bond Guarantee Program; Miscellaneous Amendments (RIN: 3245-AG70) received May 23, 2016, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104–121, section 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Small Business.Executive communication · Office of Surety Guarantees, Small Business Administration	May 26, 2016

By Congress

The committee's record in each Congress on file. Choose one to see the page as it stood then: its members, subcommittees and record. A dash means the official source has nothing that early, not that the committee did nothing.

Congress	Members	Bills referred	Reported	Became law	Reports	Meetings	Printed hearings	Communications
119th2025–2026, sitting	29	191	47	1	47	41	36	2
118th2023–2024	28	167	41	2	42	46	59	12
117th2021–2022	29	193	21	5	22	34	69	2
116th2019–2020	26	232	18	1	19	51	97	25
115th2017–2018	26	110	18	6	19	53	87	18
114th2015–2016	26	83	8	2	9	31	76	17
113th2013–2014	25	73	8	0	10	12	82	—
112th2011–2012	29	83	14	2	18	0	87	—
111th2009–2010	30	100	22	8	4	—	73	—
110th2007–2008	36	80	12	5	13	—	120	—
109th2005–2006	33	65	5	1	6	—	66	—
108th2003–2004	42	52	3	5	4	—	78	—
107th2001–2002	41	62	6	2	7	—	70	—

Membership changes 10

Who joined, left or changed role after the committee was first filled in the 114th Congress, newest first, each with the official record.

Date	Member	Change	Record
Jul 14, 2016	Mark Takai D-HI	Left Congress	Last recorded vote
Jun 14, 2016	Warren Davidson R-OH	Joined	H.Res. 781
Feb 4, 2016	Mike Bost R-IL	Resigned from the committee	Congressional Record, H583
Nov 5, 2015	Tom Rice R-SC	Resigned from the committee	Congressional Record, H8136
Jun 10, 2015	Trent Kelly R-MS	Joined	H.Res. 304
Apr 22, 2015	Mark Takai D-HI	Joined	H.Res. 219
Mar 25, 2015	Seth Moulton D-MA	Joined	H.Res. 172
Mar 16, 2015	Will Hurd R-TX	Resigned from the committee	Congressional Record, H1643
Feb 25, 2015	Yvette D. Clarke D-NY	Joined	H.Res. 124
Feb 3, 2015	Alma S. Adams D-NC	Joined	H.Res. 77

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