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H.R. 3714 114th Congress House

Small Agriculture Producer Size Standards Improvements Act of 2015

Official title: To amend the Small Business Act to allow the Small Business Administration to establish size standards for small agricultural enterprises using the same proces… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Small Business Act to allow the Small Business Administration to establish size standards for small agricultural enterprises using the same process for establishing size standards for small business concerns, and for other purposes.

Introduced: October 8, 2015 Introduced by: Mike Bost Republican · Illinois See on congress.gov
Commerce Administrative law and regulatory proceduresGeneral agriculture mattersSmall Business AdministrationSmall business
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 Everywhere this bill has been 9 steps
Introduced
In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 20, 2016
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
Apr 19, 2016
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Apr 19, 2016
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1831)
Apr 19, 2016
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H1831)
Apr 19, 2016
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3714.
Apr 19, 2016
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1831-1833)
Apr 19, 2016
Mr. Chabot moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Oct 8, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
Oct 8, 2015
Introduced in House
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 Latest action April 20, 2016

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Small Agriculture Producer Size Standards Improvements Act of 2015

(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Small Business Act to specify that the agricultural enterprises it covers are small business concerns.

(Sec. 3) The Act shall cover any small farm regardless of whether its annual receipts, including those of any affiliates, exceed $750,000.

(Sec. 4) The Small Business Administration shall, by rule, establish size standards for agricultural enterprises, which shall be subject to rolling review procedures under the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 4341 Defending America's Small Contractors Act of 2016
 Bill text 3 versions

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 10
All 10 Democratic 1
Davis, Rodney
· Jan 12, 2016
Hartzler, Vicky
· Jan 12, 2016
Gibson, Christopher
· Nov 18, 2015
Ashford, Brad
· Nov 16, 2015
Hanna, Richard
· Nov 16, 2015
Huelskamp, Tim
· Nov 16, 2015
CHABOT, STEVE
· Oct 8, 2015
Curbelo, Carlos
· Oct 8, 2015
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Meng, Grace
New York · Oct 8, 2015
Rooney, Thomas
· Oct 8, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3714: Small Agriculture Producer Size Standards Improvements Act of 2015. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-3714/
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"H.R. 3714: Small Agriculture Producer Size Standards Improvements Act of 2015." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-3714/.
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H.R. 3714, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-3714/.
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