US Congress House Bill 2429 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on May 16 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-05-22 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Puerto Rico Task Force Economic Empowerment Act of 2017 Puerto Rico Opportunity, Small Business Prosperity, and Economic Revitalization Act of 2017 This bill amends the Small Business Act to modify requirements for the microloan program for Puerto Rico small businesses and increase access to capital for such program. The Small Business Administration shall establish: (1) a Veteran Business Outreach Center in Puerto Rico, and (2) a temporary Federal and State Technology (FAST) grant program to provide assistance to Puerto Rico businesses. The bill amends the Investment Company Act of 1940 to apply the oversight requirements of that Act to investment companies in U.S. territories. The bill includes Puerto Rico in the Department of Labor reemployment demonstration projects grant program. For FY2018, Labor may transfer funding to the Bureau of Labor Statistics for feasibility studies of the Puerto Rico economy. The bill amends Social Security Act provisions affecting hospitals in Puerto Rico and health care and prescription drug coverage in U.S. territories. The Office of National Drug Control Policy shall develop a publicly available Caribbean Border Counternarcotics Strategy, with emphasis on the borders of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Puerto Rico Task Force Economic Empowerment Act of 2017

Rep. Thomas MacArthur [R-NJ]	Rep. Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon [R-PR]	Rep. Sean Duffy [R-WI]	Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]
Rep. Lloyd Smucker [R-PA]	Rep. Dwight Evans [D-PA]	Rep. Adriano Espaillat [D-NY]	Rep. Darren Soto [D-FL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-05-22	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2017-05-19	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2017-05-16	House	Referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, the Judiciary, Oversight and Government Reform, Education and the Workforce, and Appropriations, 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.
2017-05-16	House	Referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, the Judiciary, Oversight and Government Reform, Education and the Workforce, and Appropriations, 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.
2017-05-16	House	Referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, the Judiciary, Oversight and Government Reform, Education and the Workforce, and Appropriations, 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.
2017-05-16	House	Referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, the Judiciary, Oversight and Government Reform, Education and the Workforce, and Appropriations, 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.
2017-05-16	House	Referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, the Judiciary, Oversight and Government Reform, Education and the Workforce, and Appropriations, 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.
2017-05-16	House	Referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, the Judiciary, Oversight and Government Reform, Education and the Workforce, and Appropriations, 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.
2017-05-16	House	Referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, the Judiciary, Oversight and Government Reform, Education and the Workforce, and Appropriations, 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.
2017-05-16	House	Referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, the Judiciary, Oversight and Government Reform, Education and the Workforce, and Appropriations, 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.
2017-05-16	House	Referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, the Judiciary, Oversight and Government Reform, Education and the Workforce, and Appropriations, 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.
2017-05-16	House	Introduced in House

HB1091 (Related) 2017-02-28 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
HB1366 (Related) 2017-05-03 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
SB154 (Related) 2017-08-02 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 194.
SB484 (Related) 2017-09-12 - Held at the desk.
HB2488 (Related) 2017-05-17 - Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
SB2873 (Related) 2018-05-17 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
HB5975 (Related) 2018-05-25 - Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Small Business, Financial Services, Oversight and Government Reform, and Energy and Commerce, 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.
SB3256 (Related) 2018-07-24 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
HB4319 (Related) 2017-11-13 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
HB5178 (Related) 2018-04-10 - Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 481.
SB526 (Related) 2018-12-20 - By Senator Risch from Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship filed written report. Report No. 115-452.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/2429/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr2429/BILLS-115hr2429ih.pdf