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To reauthorize programs to assist small business concerns, and for other purposes. 6/20/2007--Passed House without amendment.    (There is 1 other summary) (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) SBA Entrepreneurial Development Programs Act of 2007 - Title I: Revisions to Small Business Development Centers - (Sec. 101) Amends the Small Business Act to make operational changes to the Small Business Administration (SBA)'s small business development centers (SBDCs) program, including: (1) requiring new SBDC award grantees that are universities to be accredited; (2) requiring award grantees to be equal partners in grant program and contract negotiations; (3) prohibiting SBA interference in hiring practices of SBDC grant recipients; (4) prohibiting the SBA from using program resources for administrative expenses of examining SBDC operations; (5) exempting [...]

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  • 06/22/2007 - Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 218.
  • 06/21/2007 - Received in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
  • 06/20/2007 - Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H6755-6756)
  • 06/20/2007 - On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 405 - 18 (Roll no. 514). (text: CR 6/18/2007 H6615-6618)
  • 06/20/2007 - Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

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Bill Text
File name Last Updated
H.R.2359 Placed on Calendar in Senate08/31/2007
H.R.2359 Engrossed as Agreed to or Passed by House08/31/2007
H.R.2359 Reported in House08/31/2007
H.R.2359 Introduced in House08/31/2007