US Congress Senate Bill 3198 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on May 17 2012 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-05-17 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
Pending: Senate Small Business And Entrepreneurship Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Strengthening Resources for America's Entrepreneurs Act of 2012 - Amends the Small Business Act to direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to develop and submit to Congress a plan for using SBA entrepreneurial development programs (EDPs) to create jobs during FY2013-FY2014. Requires the Administrator to: (1) promulgate a rule to develop and implement a consistent data collection process for the EDPs; (2) report annually to Congress on opportunities to foster coordination of, limit duplication among, and improve program delivery for federal EDPs; (3) establish a database of providers of entrepreneurial development services; (4) designate at least one employee in each SBA district office as a community specialist to work with local providers of such services to increase their coordination with federal EDPs; and (5) develop benchmarks for measuring the performance of such specialists.

Strengthening Resources for America's Entrepreneurs Act of 2012

Sen. Mary Landrieu [D-LA]

Sen. Olympia Snowe [R-ME]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-05-17	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

SB3442 (Related) 2012-11-29 - Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held.
SB3572 (Related) 2012-09-19 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/senate-bill/3198/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/s3198/BILLS-112s3198is.pdf