National Reservist Enterprise Transition and Sustainability Act of 2007

A bill to amend the Small Business Act to improve programs for veterans, and for other purposes.

7/12/2007--Introduced.
Military Reservist and Veteran Small Business Reauthorization and Opportunity Act of 2007 - Increases funding, for each of FY2008-FY2010, for the Office of Veterans Business Development of the Small Business Administration (SBA), with the excess funds to be used to support veterans business outreach centers. Amends the Small Business Act to direct the President to establish an interagency task force to coordinate federal efforts to increase capital and business development opportunities for, and the award of federal contracts and subcontracts to, small businesses owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans and veterans. Extends permanently the SBA's Advisory Committee on Veterans Business Affairs. National Reservist Enterprise Transition and Sustainability Act of 2007 - Directs the SBA Administrator to establish a program to provide business planning assistance to small businesses owned and operated by reservists. Directs the Administrator to:
(1) establish a loan pre-consideration process for small business loans to reservists;
(2) develop an outreach and technical assistance program with respect to loans and grants made to reservists; and
(3) give priority to reservists' loan applications. Increases the loan limit for such loans. Authorizes the Administrator to make noncollateralized small business loans to reservists. Provides relief from SBA time limits in the case of certain veteran or service-disabled veteran small business loans. Requires a:
(1) report concerning types of assistance needed by service-disabled veterans who wish to become entrepreneurs; and
(2) study on options for promoting positive working relations between employers and their reservist employees.


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Sponsor

• Sen. John Kerry [D, MA]
• and 6 Co-Sponsors
  • Sen. Maria Cantwell [D, WA]
  • Sen. Charles Hagel [R, NE]
  • Sen. Mary Landrieu [D, LA]
  • Sen. Joseph Lieberman [I, CT]
  • Sen. Olympia Snowe [R, ME]
  • Sen. Jon Tester [D, MT]
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Committees

• Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship

Amendments

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Amendments to S.1784

Number	Status	Purpose
S.Amdt.3885	Pass	In the nature of a substitute.
S.Amdt.3886	Pass	To improve the bill.

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Introduced		Voted on by Senate		Voted on by House		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
July 12, 2007

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• Dec 19, 2007: See also H.R.4253.
• Dec 19, 2007: Ordered placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 550.
• Dec 19, 2007: Senate incorporated this measure in H.R.4253 as an amendment.
• Dec 19, 2007: Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.
• Dec 19, 2007: Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship discharged by Unanimous Consent.
• Jul 12, 2007: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
• Jul 12, 2007: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9149-9150)
• Introduced on Jul 12, 2007.

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Related Bills:

• S.1005
• H.R.4253

Related Issue Areas:

• Business
• Armed forces
• Armed forces reserves
• Budgets
• 24 more
• Business education
• Capital
• Congress
• Congressional investigations
• Congressional reporting requirements
• Defense policy
• Disabled
• Entrepreneurs
• Executive departments
• Federal advisory bodies
• Government lending
• Governmental investigations
• Grants-in-aid
• Industrial relations
• Iraq compilation
• Labor
• Public contracts
• Small Business Administration
• Small business
• Subcontractors
• Veterans
• Veterans' employment
• Women
• Women in business

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In the News

December 19, 2007 Senate Passes Kerry, Snowe, Altmire Bill for Veteran Entrepreneurs

... Veteran Small Business Reauthorization and Opportunity Act (S. 1784), and includes provisions from a House-passed bill sponsored by Congressman Altmire. ...

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December 19, 2007 Senate Passes Kerry, Snowe, Altmire Bill for Veteran Entrepreneurs

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March 27, 2008 Caps off for Obama? Med Mal and the '08 Election

By contrast, in 2005, Obama has rejected caps on med mal damages, instead co-sponsoring (with Hilary Clinton) S. 1784, a bill to protect physicians from liability if they disclose their past medical errors and enter into settlement ...

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March 02, 2008 No Vet Left Behind?

Senator Kerry has always been a champion for Veterans' causes, so when he and Senator Snowe introduced the Military Reservist and Veteran Small Business Reauthorization and Opportunity Act (S. 1784) last year, it was in keeping with ...

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