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2/13/2007--Introduced.<br/>Small Business Growth Act of 2007 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to provide for establishment and governance of association health plans (AHPs), which are group health plans that meet certain ERISA certification requirements and whose sponsors are trade, industry, professional, chamber of commerce, or similar business associations. Requires the Secretary to establish a Solvency Standards Working Group.<br/>Preempts any state law that may preclude a health insurance issuer from: (1) offering health insurance coverage in connection with a certified AHP; or (2) offering health insurance coverage of the same policy type to other employers operating in the state that are eligible for coverage under such AHPs, whether or not such other employers are participating employers in such plan.<br/>Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2011 the increased expensing allowance for small business assets.<br/>Amends the Paperwork Reduction Act to prohibit agency heads from imposing civil fines for first-time paperwork violations by small business concerns unless certain requirements are met.<br/>Amends Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to require courts to impose sanctions on attorneys, law firms, or parties who file frivolous lawsuits. Sets forth provisions concerning: (1) additional sanctions for willful and intentional destruction of certain documents; and (2) public disclosure of Rule 11 proceedings.<br/>Amends the Small Business Act to increase the government-wide goal for procurement contracts awarded to small businesses concerns to 25% (currently, 23%) of federal procurement contracts awarded in a fiscal year.<br/>

1181016000 2007-06-05 Thu Nov 06 19:04:42 -0600 2008 introduced 41011 'act':4 '2007':6 'busi':2 'small':1 'growth':3 44207 short introduced 41011 'law':3 'busi':8 'small':7 'affect':6 'reform':2 'procedur':5 41190 official action 41011 1181016000 Tue Jun 05 00:00:00 -0500 2007 120964 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. B001260 2914 1516 Longworth House Office Building http://buchanan.house.gov/contact.shtml 13 202-226-0828 Vern 'r':4 'fl':5 '-13':6 'rep':1 'vern':2,7,9 'buchanan':3,8,10 M 412196 Buchanan Vernon_Buchanan Rep. Vern Buchanan [R, FL-13] 1649 N00027626 6613 Republican 202-225-5015 FL Vern Buchanan 5.375 http://buchanan.house.gov/ B001247 1943-10-05 1354 414 Cannon House Office Building https://forms.house.gov/brown-waite/IMA/issue_subscribe.htm 5 202-226-6559 Virginia 'r':6 '-5':8 'fl':7 'rep':1 'wait':5,12,17 'brown':4,11,16 'ginni':13 'virginia':2,9,14 'brown-wait':3,10,15 F 400051 Brown-Waite Ginny_Brown-Waite Rep. Virginia Brown-Waite [R, FL-5] 361 Ginny N00024777 8946 Republican 202-225-1002 Catholic FL Ginny Virginia Brown-Waite 3.4 http://brown-waite.house.gov/ D000606 1959-11-06 3724 David 'davi':2,4,6 'david':1,3,5 M 412235 Davis Dave_Davis David Davis 963 N00008758 5041 Republican David Davis D000096 1941-09-06 3386 2159 Rayburn House Office Building https://forms.house.gov/davis/webforms/issue_subscribe.htm 7 202-225-5641 Danny 'd':4 '-7':6 'il':5 'rep':1 'davi':3,8,10 'danni':2,7,9 M 400093 Davis Danny_K._Davis K. Rep. Danny Davis [D, IL-7] 1354 N00004884 8288 Democrat 202-225-5006 Baptist IL Danny Davis 2.07692307692308 http://www.house.gov/davis/ F000453 1954-12-09 2538 1432 Longworth House Office Building http://fallin.house.gov/send_email_zip_authentication.shtml 5 202-226-1463 Mary 'r':4 '-5':6 'ok':5 'rep':1 'mari':2,7,9 'fallin':3,8,10 F 412230 Fallin Mary_Fallin Rep. Mary Fallin [R, OK-5] 978 N00027781 6533 Republican 202-225-2132 OK Mary Fallin 4.81818181818182 http://www.ltgov.state.ok.us/ MaryFallin G000180 1946-04-15 1439 Wayne 'wayn':1,3,5 'gilchrest':2,4,6 M 400149 Gilchrest Wayne_T._Gilchrest T. Wayne Gilchrest 802 N00002012 6982 Republican Methodist Wayne Gilchrest G000552 1953-08-18 1798 510 Cannon House Office Building http://gohmert.house.gov/contact_louie.htm 1 202-226-1230 Louis 'r':4 '-1':6 'tx':5 'rep':1 'loui':2,7,9 'gohmert':3,8,10 M 400651 Gohmert Louie_Gohmert B. Rep. Louis Gohmert [R, TX-1] 515 N00026148 9131 Republican 202-225-3035 Unknown TX Louie Louis Gohmert 7.86666666666667 http://gohmert.house.gov/ GohmertTX01 S001144 1945-10-18 2523 Christopher 'shay':2,4,6 'christoph':1,3,5 M 400370 Shays Christopher_Shays H. Christopher Shays 1680 N00000652 5467 Republican Christian Scientist Christopher Shays action 41011 1181016000 Tue Jun 05 00:00:00 -0500 2007 120964 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. action 41011 1174276800 Mon Mar 19 00:00:00 -0500 2007 115161 Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property. introduced 41011 1171342800 Tue Feb 13 00:00:00 -0600 2007 93188 action 41011 1171342800 Tue Feb 13 00:00:00 -0600 2007 105332 Referred to House Judiciary action 41011 1171342800 Tue Feb 13 00:00:00 -0600 2007 105333 Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform action 41011 1171342800 Tue Feb 13 00:00:00 -0600 2007 93189 Referred to House Ways and Means action 41011 1171342800 Tue Feb 13 00:00:00 -0600 2007 105329 Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Small Business, the Judiciary, Oversight and Government Reform, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. action 41011 1171342800 Tue Feb 13 00:00:00 -0600 2007 105330 Referred to House Education and Labor action 41011 1171342800 Tue Feb 13 00:00:00 -0600 2007 105331 Referred to House Small Business