Bill Sponsor
House Bill 1702
115th Congress(2017-2018)
Small Business Development Centers Improvement Act of 2018
Active
Active
Passed House on May 8, 2018
Overview
Text
Introduced
Mar 23, 2017
Latest Action
May 9, 2018
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill
The primary form of legislative measure used to propose law. Depending on the chamber of origin, bills begin with a designation of either H.R. or S. Joint resolution is another form of legislative measure used to propose law.
Bill Number
1702
Congress
115
Policy Area
Commerce
Commerce
Primary focus of measure is business investment, development, regulation; small business; consumer affairs; competition and restrictive trade practices; manufacturing, distribution, retail; marketing; intellectual property. Measures concerning international competitiveness and restrictions on imports and exports may fall under Foreign Trade and International Finance policy area.
Sponsorship by Party
Democrat
Pennsylvania
House Votes (1)
Senate Votes (0)
checkPassed on May 8, 2018
Status
Passed
Type
Voice Vote
Voice Vote
A vote in which the presiding officer states the question, then asks those in favor and against to say "Yea" or "Nay," respectively, and announces the result according to his or her judgment. The names or numbers of senators voting on each side are not recorded.
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H3806-3807)
Summary

Small Business Development Centers Improvement Act of 2017

This bill amends the Small Business Act with respect to the authority of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to use certain SBA programs, including the small business development center (SBDC) program, to provide grants, financial assistance, loans, export assistance, and subcontracting opportunities on federal contracts to specified small businesses, organizations, state governments, universities, companies, and other entities that assist smaller enterprises.

The SBA shall use such programs only to deliver entrepreneurial development services, entrepreneurial education, support for the development and maintenance of clusters, or business training. Such program requirements shall not apply to services provided to assist small businesses owned by an Indian tribe.

The SBA shall not prohibit SBDC grant recipients from marketing and advertising their services to individuals and small business concerns.

The SBA shall establish a Data Collection Working Group to determine the best way to capture data collection and create or revise existing systems dedicated to data collection.

The bill: (1) increases the portion of certain available funds the SBA may use to pay the expenses of the National Small Business Development Center Advisory Board, the information sharing system, and the SBDC association for conducting an SBCD accreditation program; and (2) removes a limitation on the amount the SBA may use to pay the examination expenses of the SBDC accreditation program.

The SBA may not award grants (including contracts and cooperative agreements) under the SBDC program to entities other than those that received them before September 30, 2015, and seek to renew them after that date, with an exception for not-for-profit institutions of higher education.

Text (3)
Actions (9)
05/09/2018
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
05/08/2018
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
05/08/2018
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3806-3807)
05/08/2018
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H3806-3807)
05/08/2018
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1702.
05/08/2018
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3806-3808)
05/08/2018
Mr. Chabot moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
03/23/2017
Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
03/23/2017
Introduced in House
Public Record
Record Updated
Jan 11, 2023 1:35:32 PM