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Summary of Legislative and Oversight Activities During the 106Th Congress 1 107TH CONGRESS "!REPORT 1st Session SENATE 107–19 SUMMARY OF LEGISLATIVE AND OVERSIGHT ACTIVITIES DURING THE 106TH CONGRESS R E P O R T OF THE COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS UNITED STATES SENATE JUNE 1, 2001.—Ordered to be printed Filed under authority of the order of the Senate of May 26, 2001 U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 89–010 WASHINGTON : 2001 VerDate 11-MAY-2000 09:25 Jun 04, 2001 Jkt 089010 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 5012 Sfmt 5012 E:\HR\OC\SR019.XXX pfrm11 PsN: SR019 VerDate 11-MAY-2000 09:25 Jun 04, 2001 Jkt 089010 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 5012 Sfmt 5012 E:\HR\OC\SR019.XXX pfrm11 PsN: SR019 C O N T E N T S Page I. Introduction .................................................................................................... 1 II. Oversight of the Small Business Administration ........................................ 1 A. General Oversight—First Session .................................................. 1 B. General Oversight—Second Session ............................................... 5 C. SBA Performance and Accountability Review ............................... 7 D. SBA Loan Monitoring System ........................................................ 10 E. Small Business Innovation Research Program .............................. 11 F. Small Business Technology Transfer Research Program .............. 14 G. Access to Equity Capital ................................................................. 15 H. HUBZone Program .......................................................................... 15 I. Other Government Contracting Issues ............................................ 24 J. Additional Oversight Issues ............................................................. 28 III. Small Business Regulatory Issues ................................................................ 29 A. OSHA’s Promulgation of an Ergonomics Standard ....................... 29 B. S. 1156, ‘‘Small Business Advocacy Review Panel Technical Amendments Act of 1999’’ .............................................................. 41 C. SBREFA and Other Small Business Activities ............................. 42 D. Federal Acquisition Regulation on Contractor Responsibility ..... 49 E. Family and Medical Leave Act/Unemployment Insurance Pro- posed Regulation to Provide Paid Leave for New Parents .......... 51 F. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Administration, Survey of Poultry Industry ......................................................................... 51 IV. Small Business Tax Issues ............................................................................ 52 A. Deductibility of Health-Insurance Costs for the Self-Employed .. 52 B. Independent Contractor Reform ..................................................... 54 C. Tax Simplification and Filing Burdens .......................................... 55 D. Internal Revenue Service Oversight .............................................. 58 E. Taxpayer Refund and Relief Act of 1999 ........................................ 65 F. Estate Tax Reform ........................................................................... 67 G. Marriage Penalty Relief .................................................................. 67 H. Small Business Accounting Issues ................................................. 67 I. Taxpayer Relief Act of 2000 ............................................................. 69 J. Other Tax Issues ............................................................................... 71 V. Small Business Environmental Issues ......................................................... 72 A. Industrial Laundry Effluent Limitations ....................................... 72 B. McLaughlin Gormley King/Whitmire Micro-Gen Pesticides Ap- plication ........................................................................................... 72 C. Lead TRI Rulemaking ...................................................................... 73 D. Small Business Brownfields Redevelopment Act of 1999 ............. 74 E. Ozone Depleting Substances Rulemaking ...................................... 74 F. Acrylamide Rulemaking ................................................................... 74 G. Compliance Assistance .................................................................... 75 H. Nitrates Reporting Enforcement .................................................... 76 VI. Assisting Small Businesses in Preparing for the Year 2000 Date Change 77 A. Legislation ........................................................................................ 77 B. Other Committee Efforts ................................................................. 79 VII. Fighting Fraud ............................................................................................... 80 A. Internet Cramming .......................................................................... 80 B. Toner Fraud ...................................................................................... 81 VIII. Slotting Allowances and Retail Competition Issues ................................... 81 IX. Increasing Small Business Exporting .......................................................... 85 X. Creating a Dialogue Among Businesses on Education ............................... 85 XI. Oversight of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation ........................... 86 A. General Accounting Office Studies ................................................. 86 (III) VerDate 11-MAY-2000 10:53 Jun 04, 2001 Jkt 089010 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 E:\HR\OC\SR019.XXX pfrm02 PsN: SR019 IV Page B. Computer Security ........................................................................... 86 XII. Bankruptcy Reform ........................................................................................ 87 XIII. Hearings of the Committee ........................................................................... 88 February 5, 1999: Organizational Meeting, Markup of Pending Leg- islation, and Nomination of Phyllis K. Fong to be Inspector General of the Small Business Administration ............................ 88 March 10, 1999: Roundtable—Oversight of the Regulatory Flexi- bility Act (RFA) and the Red Tape Reduction Act (SBREFA) .... 89 March 16, 1999: Hearing—The President’s Fiscal Year 2000 Budget Request for the Small Business Administration .......................... 91 April 12, 1999: Hearing—Buried Alive: Small Business Consumed by Tax Filing Burdens ................................................................... 93 April 21, 1999: Roundtable—Office of Advocacy and SBIR/STTR Programs ......................................................................................... 95 April 27, 1999: Roundtable—SBA’s 7(a) and 504 Loan Programs ..... 96 May 12, 1999: Roundtable—Small Business Roundtable on SBA’s SBIC and Microloan Programs ...................................................... 98 May 20, 1999: Roundtable—Small Business Roundtable on SBA’s Management Assistance Programs ............................................... 99 May 20, 1999: Roundtable—Small Business Procurement ................ 100 May 25, 1999: Hearing—Education Success = Business Success ...... 102 June 14, 1999: Field Hearing—Small Business and Environmental Technologies: The Challenges and Opportunities ........................ 104 June 15, 1999: Forum—E-Commerce: Barriers and Opportunities for Small Business .......................................................................... 106 August 4, 1999: Roundtable—Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program .............................................................................. 107 August 13, 1999: Field Hearing—Issues Important to Women in Businesses ....................................................................................... 109 August 24, 1999: Joint Field Roundtable—Building a Stronger Ag- ricultural Community ..................................................................... 110 September 9, 1999: Roundtable—Business Supporting Education ... 112 September 14, 1999: Hearing—Slotting: Fair for Small Business & Consumers? ................................................................................. 113 October 19, 1999: Roundtable—National Conference on Small Busi- ness Act ........................................................................................... 115 October 25, 1999: Hearing—Internet Cramming: The Latest High- Tech Fraud on Small Businesses .................................................. 117 November 9, 1999: Roundtable—Ensuring the Maximum Prac- ticable Opportunity ........................................................................ 119 December 14, 1999: Forum—The Future of Small Business Export- ing .................................................................................................... 121 February 24, 2000: Hearing—The President’s Fiscal Year 2001 Budget Request for the Small Business Administration ............. 123 March 9, 2000: Forum—CyberCrime: Can a Small Business Protect Itself? ............................................................................................... 125 March 28, 2000: Hearing—Swindling Small Businesses: Toner- Phoner Schemes and Other Office Supply Scams ........................ 126 May 18, 2000: Forum—B2B: An Emerging E-Frontier for Small Business .......................................................................................... 128 May 23, 2000: Hearing—IRS Restructuring: A New Era for Small Business .........................................................................................
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