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Small Business Development Centers Improvement Act of 2018

Introduced: March 23, 2017 Introduced by: Evans, Dwight Democratic · Pennsylvania See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 9 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 9, 2018
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
May 8, 2018
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
May 8, 2018
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3806-3807)
May 8, 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)
May 8, 2018
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1702.
May 8, 2018
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3806-3808)
May 8, 2018
Mr. Chabot moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Mar 23, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
Mar 23, 2017
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

What's happening now May 9, 2018

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

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1