US Congress House Bill 3985 (Prior Session Legislation)

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December 21 2012 - Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 526.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Building Better Business Partnerships Act of 2012 - Amends the Small Business Act to authorize the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to establish a mentor-protege program for all small businesses. (Under current law, the SBA mentor-protege program is limited to small businesses participating in the section 8(a) guaranteed loan program.) Prohibits a federal department or agency from carrying out a mentor-protege program for small businesses unless the head of such department or agency submits a program plan to the Administrator and the Administrator approves it. Requires the Administrator to approve or disapprove a plan based on whether the proposed program: (1) will assist proteges to compete for federal prime contracts and subcontracts, and (2) complies with program regulations as issued by the Administrator under this Act.

Building Better Business Partnerships Act of 2012

Rep Schilling, Robert T.	Rep Chabot, Steve	Rep Chu, Judy	Rep Cicilline, David N.
Rep Ellmers, Renee L.	Rep Graves, Sam	Rep Hanna, Richard L.	Rep Mulvaney, Mick
Rep Walsh, Joe	Rep West, Allen B.

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-12-21	House	Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 526.
2012-12-21	House	Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 112-723.
2012-03-21	House	Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
2012-03-21	House	Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2012-02-16	House	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H816)
2012-02-08	House	Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.

Type	Source
Summary	http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d112:HN03985:@@@L&summ2=m&
Text	http://gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-112hr3985ih/pdf/BILLS-112hr3985ih.pdf
Text	http://gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-112hr3985rh/pdf/BILLS-112hr3985rh.pdf