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Small Business Size Standard Flexibility Act of 2011

Introduced: February 9, 2011 Introduced by: Graves, Sam Republican · Missouri See on congress.gov
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Became law
Nov 16, 2011
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 190.
Nov 16, 2011
Reported by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 112-288.
Feb 9, 2011
Introduced in House
Feb 9, 2011
Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
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Small Business Size Standard Flexibility Act of 2011 - Amends the Small Business Act (the Act) to authorize the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small Business Administration (SBA), in addition to the SBA Administrator, to specify definitions or standards by which a business may be determined to be a small business (size standard) for purposes of the Act or the Small Business Investment Act of 1958. Requires Chief Counsel approval of any size standard prescribed by the Administrator.

Authorizes the party seeking judicial review of a rule which includes a size standard approved by the Chief Counsel to join the Chief Counsel as a party in such action.

What's happening now November 16, 2011

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 190.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 585: Small Business Size Standard Flexibility Act of 2011. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-585/
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"H.R. 585: Small Business Size Standard Flexibility Act of 2011." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-585/.
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H.R. 585, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-585/.
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