Senate Bill 154
115th Congress(2017-2018)
Small Business Relief From Disease Induced Economic Hardship Act of 2017
Introduced
Introduced in Senate on Jan 17, 2017
Origin Chamber
Senate
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
154
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.
No Senate votes have been held for this bill.
Summary
Small Business Relief from Disease Induced Economic Hardship Act of 2017
This bill amends the Small Business Act to expand the definition of a "disaster" for which the Small Business Administration may provide disaster loans to small business concerns to include communicable diseases for which the federal government issues a travel alert or travel warning.
08/02/2017
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 194.
08/02/2017
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Reported by Senator Risch without amendment. Without written report.
08/02/2017
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
01/17/2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
01/17/2017
Introduced in Senate
Public Record
Record Updated
Jan 11, 2023 1:34:07 PM