National Small Business Regulatory Assistance Act of 2001

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National Small Business Regulatory Assistance Act of 2001 - Amends the Small Business Act to direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to establish a pilot program to provide regulatory compliance assistance to small businesses through participating Small Business Development Centers (Centers), the Association for Small Business Development Centers (Association), and Federal compliance partnership programs. Requires the Administrator to enter into arrangements with participating Centers to provide: (1) access to regulatory information and resources; (2) training and education activities; (3) confidential counseling to owners and operators of small businesses regarding compliance with Federal regulations; and (4) technical assistance.

Directs the Administrator to contract with the Association to act as the repository of and clearinghouse for data and information submitted by Centers.

Requires the Administrator, giving substantial weight to the Association's recommendations, to select two Centers from each of ten groups of States for participation in the pilot program.

Congress
107
Number
HR - 203
Introduced on
2001-01-03
# Amendments
0
Sponsors
+5
Cosponsors
+5

Variations and Revisions

10/3/2001
Text
PDF

Status of Legislation

Bill Introduced
Introduced to House
House to Vote
Introduced to Senate
Senate to Vote

Purpose and Summary

National Small Business Regulatory Assistance Act of 2001 - Amends the Small Business Act to direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to establish a pilot program to provide regulatory compliance assistance to small businesses through participating Small Business Development Centers (Centers), the Association for Small Business Development Centers (Association), and Federal compliance partnership programs. Requires the Administrator to enter into arrangements with participating Centers to provide: (1) access to regulatory information and resources; (2) training and education activities; (3) confidential counseling to owners and operators of small businesses regarding compliance with Federal regulations; and (4) technical assistance.

Directs the Administrator to contract with the Association to act as the repository of and clearinghouse for data and information submitted by Centers.

Requires the Administrator, giving substantial weight to the Association's recommendations, to select two Centers from each of ten groups of States for participation in the pilot program.

Alternative Names
Official Title as IntroducedTo amend the Small Business Act to direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to establish a pilot program to provide regulatory compliance assistance to small business concerns, and for other purposes.
Policy Areas
Commerce
Potential Impact
Administrative procedure•
Associations, institutions, etc.•
Business education•
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues•
Congress•
Congressional investigations•
Congressional reporting requirements•
Counseling•
Data banks•
Economics and Public Finance•
Electronic data interchange•
Government Operations and Politics•
Government and business•
Government paperwork•
Government publicity•
Government regulation•
Grants-in-aid•
Law•
Regulatory impact statements•
Right of privacy•
Science, Technology, Communications•
Small Business Administration•
Small business•
Social Welfare

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Member:  
Juanita Millender-McDonald
Member:  
John E. Sweeney

Recent Activity

Latest Summary11/28/2006
National Small Business Regulatory Assistance Act of 2001 - Amends the Small Business Act to direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to establish a pilot program to provide regulatory compliance assistance to small busines...
Latest Action10/3/2001
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.