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US Policy Towards Entrepreneurship and Innovation (view source)
Revision as of 16:24, 30 November 2015
, 16:24, 30 November 2015→Acts reported on by the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship
**To amend the Small Business Act with respect to the authority of the Small Business Administration 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.
**Declares that the SBA shall only use such programs to deliver entrepreneurial development services, entrepreneurial education, support for the development and maintenance of clusters, or business training.
**Prognosis: 9% chance of being enacted
*[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/114/s1756/text S. 1756]: Small Business Energy Efficiency Act of 2015
**To amend the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to allow a state development company to use the economic development objective of helping small businesses achieve savings through energy efficiency to qualify for loan assistance.
**Prognosis: 18% chance of being enacted
*[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/114/sres252/text S. Res. 252]: An original resolution expressing the sense of the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the Senate relating to easing the burden of Federal tax compliance on small businesses
**To amend provisions of the Internal Revenue Code relating to the taxation of small business entities.
**Prognosis: 93% chance of being agreed to
*[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/114/s2126/text S. 2126]: Women’s Small Business Ownership Act of 2015