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Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee

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Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship

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42 bills referred in the 112th Congress

894 across the 13 Congresses on file, most in the 116th at 134. A referral is not a hearing: most bills sent to a committee are never taken up.

Bills referred, by Congress 107th to 119th

Members

Served in the 112th Congress

Members, 112th Congress 19

Everyone who held a seat in the 112th Congress, leaders first, with the day they joined or left when it was not with the rest.

Seat	Member	Role
D-LA	Mary L. Landrieu	Chair
R-ME	Olympia J. Snowe	Ranking Member
D-MD	Benjamin L. Cardin
D-MI	Carl Levin
R-LA	David Vitter
R-ID	James E. Risch
D-NH	Jeanne Shaheen
R-KS	Jerry Moran
D-MA	John F. Kerry
I-CT	Joseph I. Lieberman
D-NC	Kay R. Hagan
R-NH	Kelly Ayotte
R-FL	Marco Rubio
D-WA	Maria Cantwell
D-AR	Mark L. Pryor
R-WY	Michael B. Enzi
R-KY	Rand Paul
R-MA	Scott P. Brown
D-IA	Tom Harkin

Record

Bills, meetings, hearings, reports and more, newest first. In the 112th Congress.

Newest activity first. In the 112th Congress.

Bill	Title	Referral	Date
S 3681	A bill to clarify the collateral requirement for certain loans under section 7(d) of the Small Business Act, and for other purposes.	Referred To	Dec 13, 2012
S 3672	A bill to clarify the collateral requirement for certain loans under section 7(d) of the Small Business Act, and for other purposes.	Hearings By	Dec 13, 2012
S 3675	HUBZone Expansion Act of 2012	Referred To	Dec 12, 2012
S 3638	TEAM Act of 2012	Hearings By	Nov 29, 2012
S 3442	SUCCESS Act of 2012	Hearings By	Nov 29, 2012
S 3508	SCORE for Small Business Act of 2012	Referred To	Aug 2, 2012
S 3281	A bill to terminate the Federal authorization of the National Veterans Business Development Corporation.	Referred To	Jun 7, 2012
S 3277	Go Global Act of 2012	Referred To	Jun 7, 2012

The published transcripts, newest first, from GovInfo. In the 112th Congress.

Hearing	Title	Held
S. Hrg. 112-903	Hurricane Sandy: Assessing the Federal Response and Small Business Recovery Efforts130 pages 5 witnesses Rivera, James, Associate Administrator, Office of Disaster Assistance, U.S. Small Business Administration Chodos, Michael, Associate Administrator, Office of Entrepreneurial Development, U.S. Small Business Administration Zimmer, Hon. Dawn, Mayor, City of Hoboken, NJ King, James L., State Director, New York State Small Business Development Center Law, Kevin S., President and Chief Executive Officer, Long Island Association	Dec 13, 2012
S. Hrg. 112-908	Creating Jobs and Growing the Economy: Legislative Proposals to Strengthen the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem184 pagesOn H.R. 5050 8 witnesses Greene, Sean, Associate Administrator for Investment and Senior Advisor for Innovation Policy, U.S. Small Business Administration Chodos, Michael, Associate Administrator for Entrepreneurial Development, U.S. Small Business Administration Gardiner, Scott, Executive Vice President, Granite State Economic Development Corporation Lindfors New, Fonda, Chief Executive Officer, Quaternary Resource Investigations, LLC Etemadi, Joshua A., Sales Manager, Construction Bonds, Inc., a Division of Murray Securus, and Chair, Small and Emerging Business Committee, National Association of Surety Bond Producers Clough, David R., State Director, Maine Chapter, National Federation of Independent Business Furchtgott-Roth, Diana, Senior Fellow, Manhattan Institute for Policy Research Weeks, Julie R., President and Chief Executive Officer, Womenable, and Chair, Association of Women's Business Centers	Nov 29, 2012
S. Hrg. 112-617	Perspectives from the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem: Creating Jobs and Growing Businesses Through Entrepreneurship120 pages 14 witnesses Gorman, Juliet, Communications Director, Etsy Gerber, Scott, Founder and President, Young Entrepreneur Council Williamson, Tim, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, The Idea Village Daugherty, Scott, Executive Director, North Carolina Small Business and Technology Development Center Mitchell, Ph.D., Matt, Senior Research Fellow, Mercatus Center at George Mason University Lowe, Hon. Craig, Mayor, City of Gainesville, Florida Nigro, Joe, Business Evangelist, Vsnap.com Wadhwa, Vivek, Fellow, Stanford University Friederichs, Christina, Managing Director, Helzberg Entrepreneurial Mentoring Program Laskey, Alex, President and Founder, Opower Hyman, Jennifer, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, Rent the Runway Burfield, Evan, Chairman, StartupDC Greene, Ph.D., Patricia G., Paul T. Babson Chair in Entrepreneurial Studies, Babson College Acharya, Nishith, Director, Office of Innovation and Entrrepreneurship, Economic Development Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce	Apr 18, 2012
S. Hrg. 112-500	The Fy 2013 Budget Request for the Small Business Administration162 pages 7 witnesses Mills, Hon. Karen, Administrator, United States Small Business Administration Gustafson, Hon. Peggy, Inspector General, United States Small Business Administration Sargeant, Hon. Winslow, Chief Counsel for Advocacy, United States Small Business Administration Wilkinson, Tony, President, National Association of Government Guaranteed Lenders Shear, Bill, Director, Financial Markets and Community Investment, United States Government Accountability Office Hurn, Christopher G., Chief Executive Officer and Cofounder, Mercantile Capital Corporation Evers, Ridgely C., Managing Partner, Tapit Partners, L.L.C	Mar 29, 2012
S. Hrg. 112-487	A Spotlight on Small Business Investment Companies and Their Role in the Entrepreneurship Ecosystem164 pages 16 witnesses McWilliams, Jelena, Republican Assistant Chief Counsel, Small Business Committee Wides, Barry, Deputy Comptroller for Community Affairs, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Girard, Rick, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Girard Environmental Services Kolln, Thies, Partner, AAVIN Private Equity Kopfinger, Carl, Senior Vice President, Community Capital Group, Venture Capital and Mezzanine Investment Division, TD Bank Penberthy, Dan, Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President, RAND Capital Corporation Haskins, Harry, Deputy Associate Administrator for Investment, U.S. Small Business Administration Bates, Roger, President, MEP R&H Supply, Inc Foster, Vincent, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Main Street Capital Corporation Goodman, James, President, Gemini Investors Henriquez, Manuel, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Hercules Technology Growth Capital Rafalovich, Tim, Vice President, Community Lending and Investment, Wells Fargo Bank Rothstein, Charles, General Partner, Michigan Growth Capital Partners Palmer, Brett, Small Business Investor Alliance Gillers, David, Democratic Counsel, Small Business Committee Sackett, Don, Senior Vice President and Business Manager, Olympus Innov-X	Mar 22, 2012
S. Hrg. 112-429	Developing and Strengthening High-Growth Entrepreneurship94 pages 14 witnesses Rowe, Tim, Founder and CEO, Cambridge Innovation Center Crews, Wayne, Vice President for Policy, Competitive Enterprise Institute Kessler, Jim, Vice President for Policy, Third Way Greene, Sean, Associate Administrator for Investment, U.S. Small Business Administration Holtz-Eakin, Dr. Doug, President, American Action Forum Farmer, Michael, Founder and CEO, Leap2 Ezell, Stephen, Senior Analyst, Information Technology and Innovation Foundation Tomb, Diane, President and CEO, National Association of Women Business Owners Evans, Barry, CEO, Calxeda Sumption, Madeleine, Policy Analyst, Migration Policy Institute Evers, Ridgely, Managing Partner, Tapit Partners LLC Finney, Michael, President and CEO, Michigan Economic Development Corporation Lindsey, Brink, Research and Policy Associate, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation Ortmans, Jonathan, Senior Fellow, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation	Feb 1, 2012
S. Hrg. 112-488	The Small Business Jobs Act of 2010, One Year Later119 pagesOn H.R. 5297 1 witness Geithner, Hon. Timothy F., Secretary, U.S. Department of Treasury	Oct 18, 2011
S. Hrg. 112-722	Disaster Recovery: Evaluating the Role of America's Small Business in Rebuilding Their Communities128 pages 3 witnesses A Panel, consisting of: Sligh, Jr., Albert B., Associate Administrator, Mission Support Bureau, Federal Emergency Management Agency, U.S. Department of Homeland Security Harrison, Brigadier General Theodore C., Director, National Contracting Organization, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Department of the Army Woods, William T., Director, Acquisition and Sourcing Management, U.S. Government Accountability Office	Sep 15, 2011

The committee's written reports, most on a bill it sent to the floor. In the 112th Congress.

Report	Title	Issued
S. Rept. 112-6	Summary of Legislative and Oversight Activities During the 111th Congress	Mar 28, 2011

Referred to this committee for confirmation, newest first, with the outcome and the latest action. In the 112th Congress.

Nomination	Nominee and post	Outcome	Received
PN137	Winslow Lorenzo Sargeant, of Wisconsin, to be Chief Counsel for Advocacy, Small Business Administration, vice Thomas M. Sullivan.Small Business Administration	Confirmed Nov 18, 2011Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote.	Jan 26, 2011

Reports, rules and messages sent to Congress by agencies and the President, and petitions and memorials, referred to this committee. Newest first. In the 112th Congress.

Number	Communication	Referred
EC-8196	A communication from the Deputy General Counsel, Office of Size Standards, Small Business Administration, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled "Small Business Size Standards: Educational Services" (RIN3245-AG29) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on November 26, 2012; to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.Executive communication	Nov 28, 2012
EC-8195	A communication from the Deputy General Counsel, Office of Size Standards, Small Business Administration, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled "Small Business Size Standards: Real Estate and Rental and Leasing " (RIN3245-AG28) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on November 26, 2012; to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.Executive communication	Nov 28, 2012
EC-8194	A communication from the Deputy General Counsel, Office of Size Standards, Small Business Administration, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled "Small Business Size Standards: Health Care and Social Assistance" (RIN3245-AG30) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on November 26, 2012; to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.Executive communication	Nov 28, 2012
EC-8193	A communication from the Deputy General Counsel, Office of Size Standards, Small Business Administration, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled "Small Business Size Standards: Adoption of 2012 North American Industry Classification System for Size Standards" (RIN3245-AG47) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on November 26, 2012; to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.Executive communication	Nov 28, 2012
EC-7322	A communication from the Acting Director, Office of Management and Budget, Executive Office of the President, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled "OMB Sequestration Update Report to the President and Congress for Fiscal Year 2013"; to the Committees on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry; Appropriations; Armed Services; Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; the Budget; Commerce, Science, and Transportation; Energy and Natural Resources; Environment and Public Works; Finance; Foreign Relations; Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs; Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions; the Judiciary; Rules and Administration; Small Business and Entrepreneurship; Veterans' Affairs; Indian Affairs; and Select Committee on Intelligence.Executive communication	Sep 11, 2012
EC-7262	A communication from the Deputy General Counsel, Office of Surety Guarantees, Small Business Administration, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled "Surety Bond Guarantee Program - Quick Bond Application and Agreement" (RIN3245-AG39) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 8, 2012; to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.Executive communication	Sep 10, 2012
EC-6990	A communication from the Deputy General Counsel, Office of Investment and Innovation, Small Business Administration, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled "Small Business Investment Companies - Conflicts of Interest and Investment of Idle Funds" (RIN3245-AF56) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 18, 2012; to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.Executive communication	Jul 26, 2012
EC-6989	A communication from the Deputy General Counsel, Office of Investment and Innovation, Small Business Administration, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled "Small Business Investment Companies - Energy Saving Qualified Investments" (RIN3245-AF86) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 18, 2012; to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.Executive communication	Jul 26, 2012

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	Nominations	Communications	Prints
119th2025–2026, sitting	20	108	12	2	0	29	23	4	10	0
118th2023–2024	19	99	16	0	0	14	18	1	28	0
117th2021–2022	20	115	9	7	4	26	18	3	2	0
116th2019–2020	19	134	4	2	0	12	29	3	16	0
115th2017–2018	19	67	21	8	15	—	17	4	36	0
114th2015–2016	19	84	32	1	29	—	27	3	26	1
113th2013–2014	22	31	6	0	5	—	23	2	24	0
112th2011–2012	19	42	2	0	1	—	19	1	30	0
111th2009–2010	19	58	6	0	6	—	26	5	16	0
110th2007–2008	19	56	6	1	6	—	26	3	12	0
109th2005–2006	18	42	2	0	2	—	9	3	18	0
108th2003–2004	19	28	1	1	2	—	11	1	29	0
107th2001–2002	19	30	14	1	14	—	13	4	31	0

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