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Hearing Small Businesses Act of 2017

Introduced: July 13, 2017 Introduced by: Risch, James E. Republican · Idaho See on congress.gov
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Jul 13, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Jul 13, 2017
Introduced in Senate
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Hearing Small Businesses Act of 2017

This bill requires the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Internal Revenue Service to seek and consider the advice of small entities about a proposed or interim final rule before publishing the rule if the rule will have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities.

What's happening now July 13, 2017

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

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Kennedy, John
Louisiana · Nov 13, 2017
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Ernst, Joni
Iowa · Oct 24, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1559: Hearing Small Businesses Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-1559/
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"S. 1559: Hearing Small Businesses Act of 2017." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-1559/.
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S. 1559, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-1559/.
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