Summary:
SBIR and STTR Reauthorization and Improvement Act of 2016

This bill amends the Small Business Act to reauthorize and make permanent the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs.

The bill specifies budget amounts for the Department of Defense and other federal agencies to obligate for expenditure with small business concerns under the SBIR and STTR programs.

The Small Business Administration (SBA) shall modify certain policy directives to eliminate automatic annual inflation adjustments to awards under Phases I and II of the SBIR program.

The bill makes the Commercialization Development Awards pilot program permanent.

The national small business goal for federal agency research and development programs shall be at least 10% for FY2018 and ensuing fiscal years.

Annual reports to Congress on the SBIR and STTR programs shall include information regarding awards under the Rapid Innovation Program under the Ike Skelton National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011.

An SBIR or STTR award may cover the indirect cost of seeking protection for intellectual property created through work performed under it.

The Government Accountability Office shall audit annually federal government compliance with SBIR and STTR goals and incentives.

Federal agencies and prime contractors shall issue Phase III awards relating to technology, including sole source awards, to the SBIR and STTR award recipients that developed the technology.

The SBA shall establish a Regional SBIR State Collaborative Initiative Pilot Program.

The bill reauthorizes the Federal and State Technology (FAST) Partnership Program through FY2021.

The bill establishes an SBIR and STTR Interagency Policy Committee to:

 determine how to collect data on achievements by small business concerns in each phase of the programs; and establish a uniform baseline for metrics that support improving the solicitation, contracting, funding, and execution of program management.

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Summary:
SBIR and STTR Reauthorization and Improvement Act of 2016

TITLE I--REAUTHORIZATION OF PROGRAMS

(Sec. 101) This bill amends the Small Business Act to reauthorize and make permanent the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs.

TITLE II--ENHANCED SMALL BUSINESS ACCESS TO FEDERAL INNOVATION INVESTMENTS

(Sec. 201) The bill specifies budget amounts for the Department of Defense (DOD) (for extramural expenditures and those for research, development, test, and evaluation) and other federal agencies to obligate for expenditure with small business concerns under the SBIR and STTR programs.

(Sec. 202) The Small Business Administration (SBA) shall modify certain policy directives to eliminate automatic annual inflation adjustments to awards under Phases I and II of the SBIR program.

(Phase I is a six-month exploration of the technical merit or feasibility of an idea or technology. Phase II, which may be for up to two years, is research, development, and evaluation of the potential of Phase I ideas or technologies for commercialization.)

The bill expresses the sense of Congress that for FY2019, and every third fiscal year following, Congress should evaluate whether the maximum award sizes under the SBIR and STTR programs should be adjusted and, if so, take appropriate action to require such adjustments to be made under specified SBIR policy directives.

A federal agency head shall ensure that any sequential Phase II award is made in accordance with specified limitations on award sizes.

(A sequential Phase II award is an additional Phase II award for research and development of an idea or technology that evaluates the potential for commercialization.)

A small business concern that receives a sequential Phase II SBIR or Phase II STTR award for a project from a federal agency shall be eligible to receive an additional sequential Phase II award that continues work on that project from another federal agency.

TITLE III--COMMERCIALIZATION IMPROVEMENTS

(Sec. 301)The bill makes permanent the Commercialization Development Awards pilot program under which the SBA makes awards:

 for technology development, testing, evaluation, and commercialization assistance for SBIR and STTR Phase II technologies; or to support the progress of research, research and development, and commercialization conducted under the SBIR or STTR programs to Phase III (in which a small business pursues, without SBA funding, commercialization objectives resulting from the Phase I/II activities). (Sec. 302) The national small business goal for federal agency research and development programs shall be at least 10% for FY2018 and ensuing fiscal years.

(Sec. 303) Annual reports to Congress on the SBIR and STTR programs shall include information regarding awards under the Rapid Innovation Program under the Ike Skelton National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011.

(Sec. 304) An SBIR or STTR award may cover the indirect cost of seeking protection for intellectual property created through work performed under it.

 No federal agency may inhibit directly or indirectly the recovery of patent costs by an otherwise eligible small business concern performing under an SBIR or STTR award, including: costs for searching the art necessary to make invention disclosures; other costs connected with the filing and prosecution of a U.S. patent application where title or royalty-free license is to be conveyed to the federal government; and general counseling services relating to patent matters. These patent costs shall be allowable for technology developed under:

 a Phase I award, as indirect costs of up to $5,000; a Phase II award, as indirect costs of up to $15,000; and a Phase III award in which the federal government has specified government purpose rights. (Sec. 305) The Government Accountability Office (GAO) shall audit annually federal government compliance with SBIR and STTR goals and incentives.

(Sec. 306) Federal agencies and prime contractors shall issue Phase III awards relating to technology, including sole source awards, to the SBIR and STTR award recipients that developed the technology.

(Sec. 307) Each federal agency required to conduct an SBIR or an STTR program may enter into an agreement with one (as in current law) or more vendors to give small business concerns engaged in SBIR or STTR projects technical assistance (as in current law) and business assistance services, such as assistance with product sales, intellectual property protections, market research, market validation, and development of regulatory and manufacturing plans, as well as intellectual property protections.

A small business concern as well as a federal agency may, by contract or otherwise, select one or more vendors to assist the small business concern in meeting program goals.

The amount that a federal agency may give a recipient of a Phase I SBIR or STTR award through a vendor, or that the agency may authorize for a recipient in order to purchase allowable services, shall change from up to $5,000 per year to up to $6,500 per project.

The counterpart amounts for the recipient of a Phase II SBIR or STTR award shall change from up to $5,000 per year to up to $35,000 per project. The amount for purchase of services may be included as part of the recipient's award or be in addition to the amount of the recipient's award.

Business-related services aimed at improving the commercialization success of a small business concern may be obtained from an entity, such as a public or private organization, a state agency, or another state-established or -funded entity, that facilitates or accelerates the commercialization of technologies or assists in the creation and growth of private enterprises that are commercializing technology. The SBA shall establish a fiscal year limit on the amount of technical and business assistance services that may be received or purchased by small business concerns with respect to multiple Phase II SBIR or STTR awards. TITLE IV--PROGRAM DIVERSIFICATION INITIATIVES

(Sec. 401) The SBA shall allow each federal agency required to conduct an SBIR program to use certain funds for improvements that increase commonality across data systems, reduce redundancy, and improve data oversight and accuracy.

The SBA shall establish a Regional SBIR State Collaborative Initiative Pilot Program under which it shall make awards to regional collaboratives to address the needs of small business concerns in order to:

 be more competitive in the proposal and selection process for SBIR and STTR awards, and increase technology transfer and commercialization. The SBA shall award each eligible state in a regional collaborative up to $300,000 to carry out collaborative activities.

The Pilot Program shall terminate at the end of FY2021.

(Sec. 402) The bill reauthorizes the Federal and State Technology (FAST) Partnership Program through FY2021.

TITLE V--OVERSIGHT AND SIMPLIFICATION INITIATIVES

(Sec. 501) The bill establishes an SBIR and STTR Interagency Policy Committee to:

 determine how to collect data on achievements by small business concerns in each phase of the programs; establish a uniform baseline for metrics that support improving the solicitation, contracting, funding, and execution of program management; normalize formatting and database usage across participating federal agencies; and determine the feasibility of developing a common system across all participating federal agencies and related paperwork requirements. (Sec. 502) For FY2018-FY2019 any federal agency that has not implemented specified SBIR and STTR requirements must continue to pay the SBA specified funds for the Regional SBIR State Collaborative Initiative Pilot Program and the FAST Partnership Program, and to support the SBA Office of the Administration that administers those programs; but may not use any additional amounts until a certain time after it complies fully with those requirements.

(Sec. 503) The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Department of Agriculture, and the National Science Foundation shall make final decisions on each proposal submitted under its SBIR and STTR programs by specified deadlines.

(Sec. 504) The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 is amended to extend until the GAO submits its FY2019 report the GAO duty to conduct fiscal and management audits of the SBIR and STTR programs.

The GAO shall assess whether the change in the base funding for DOD under Sec. 201 of this bill:

 improves transparency for determining whether DOD is complying with SBIR AND STTR allocation requirements, reduces the burden of calculating the allocations, and improves DOD compliance with those allocation requirements. TITLE VI--PARTICIPATION BY WOMEN AND MINORITIES (Sec. 601) The SBA shall coordinate with participating agencies on efforts to increase outreach and awards under the SBIR and STTR programs to small business concerns owned and controlled by women and socially and economically disadvantaged small business concerns. (Sec. 602) Each federal agency required to establish an SBIR program shall implement an SBIR outreach program to all such concerns. (Sec. 603) The SBA shall modify its STTR policy directive to emphasize enhanced outreach efforts to increase the participation of such concerns in technological innovation and in STTR programs. (Sec. 604) The SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Act of 2011 is amended to require the Interagency SBIR/STTR Policy Committee to meet at least twice a year. If it meets to discuss outreach and technical assistance activities to increase the participation of small business concerns underrepresented in the SBIR and STTR programs, it shall invite a representative of the Minority Business Development Agency and relevant stakeholders working to advance the interests of small business concerns owned and controlled by women and by socially and economically disadvantaged small business concerns. (Sec. 605) The SBA shall establish a four-year Diversity and STEM Workforce Development Pilot Program to encourage the business community to create workforce development opportunities for science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) interns, under which a federal agency participating in the SBIR or the STTR program may make a grant of up to $15,000 per year to one or more eligible entities for the costs of internships for covered STEM interns. TITLE VII--TECHNICAL CHANGES

(Sec. 701) HHS generally (currently only the National Institutes of Health) may:

 grant a small business concern a Phase II SBIR award for a project without regard to whether the concern received a Phase I award for the project, if certain requirements are met; and award competitively up to 25% of the funds allocated for the SBIR program to small business concerns owned in majority part by multiple venture capital operating companies, hedge funds, or private equity firms. (Sec. 702) Eligibility for a Phase II SBIR award may be based, but not based only, on an invitation, pre-screening, or pre-selection process.

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ensure sequential phase_ii award accordance specified limitations award sizes sequential phase award additional phase award research development idea technology evaluates potential commercialization small business concern receives sequential phase sbir phase sttr award project federal agency shall eligible receive additional sequential phase_ii award continues work project federal agency title iii sec bill makes permanent pilot program sba makes awards technology development testing evaluation commercialization assistance sbir sttr phase technologies support progress research research development commercialization conducted sbir sttr programs phase_iii small business sba funding commercialization objectives resulting phase activities sec national small business goal federal agency research development programs shall fy2018 ensuing fiscal years sec annual reports congress sbir sttr programs shall include information awards rapid innovation program ike skelton national defense authorization act fiscal year sec sbir sttr award cover indirect cost seeking protection intellectual property created work performed federal agency inhibit directly indirectly recovery patent costs eligible small business concern performing sbir sttr award including costs searching art necessary invention disclosures costs connected filing prosecution patent application title royalty free license conveyed federal government general counseling services relating patent matters patent costs shall allowable technology developed phase award indirect costs phase award indirect costs phase iii award federal government specified government purpose rights sec government_accountability_office gao shall audit annually federal government compliance sbir sttr goals incentives sec federal agencies prime contractors shall issue phase iii awards relating technology including sole source awards sbir sttr award recipients developed technology sec federal agency required conduct sbir sttr program enter agreement current law vendors small business concerns engaged sbir sttr projects technical assistance current law business assistance services assistance product sales intellectual property protections market research market validation development regulatory manufacturing plans intellectual property protections small business concern federal agency contract select vendors assist small business concern meeting program goals federal agency recipient phase sbir sttr award vendor agency authorize recipient order purchase allowable services shall change year project counterpart amounts recipient phase sbir sttr award shall change year project purchase services included recipient award addition recipient award business related services aimed improving commercialization success small business concern obtained entity public private organization state agency state established entity facilitates accelerates commercialization technologies assists creation growth private enterprises commercializing technology sba shall establish fiscal year limit technical business assistance services received purchased small business concerns respect multiple phase sbir sttr awards title program diversification initiatives sec sba shall allow federal agency required conduct sbir program use certain funds improvements increase data systems reduce improve data oversight accuracy sba shall establish shall awards regional collaboratives address needs small business concerns order competitive proposal selection process sbir sttr awards increase technology transfer commercialization sba shall award eligible state regional collaborative carry collaborative activities shall terminate end fy2021 sec bill reauthorizes fast partnership program fy2021 title oversight simplification initiatives sec bill establishes sbir determine collect data achievements small business concerns phase programs establish uniform baseline metrics support improving solicitation contracting funding execution program management normalize formatting database usage participating federal agencies determine feasibility developing common system participating federal agencies related paperwork requirements sec federal agency implemented specified sbir sttr requirements continue pay sba specified funds support administers programs use additional amounts certain time complies fully requirements sec department_of_health_and_human_services hhs department_of_agriculture national_science_foundation shall final decisions proposal submitted sbir sttr programs specified deadlines sec national_defense_authorization_act fiscal year amended extend gao submits fy2019 report gao duty conduct fiscal management audits sbir sttr programs gao shall assess change base funding dod sec bill improves transparency determining dod complying sbir sttr allocation requirements reduces burden calculating allocations improves dod compliance allocation requirements title participation women minorities sec sba shall coordinate participating agencies efforts increase outreach awards sbir sttr programs small business concerns owned controlled women socially economically disadvantaged small business concerns sec federal agency required establish sbir program shall implement sbir outreach program concerns sec sba shall modify sttr policy directive emphasize enhanced outreach efforts increase participation concerns technological innovation sttr programs sec sbir sttr reauthorization act amended require interagency sbir sttr policy committee meet twice year meets discuss outreach technical assistance activities increase participation small business concerns underrepresented sbir sttr programs shall invite representative minority_business_development_agency relevant stakeholders working advance interests small business concerns owned controlled women socially economically disadvantaged small business concerns sec sba shall establish year diversity encourage business community create workforce development opportunities science technology engineering math stem interns federal agency participating sbir sttr program grant year eligible entities costs internships covered stem interns title vii technical changes sec hhs generally currently national_institutes_of_health grant small business concern phase sbir award project regard concern received phase award project certain requirements met award competitively funds allocated sbir program small business concerns owned majority multiple venture capital operating companies hedge funds private equity firms sec eligibility phase sbir award based based invitation pre screening pre selection process


Summary:
(Sec. 1) This bill amends the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to require the Small Business Administration (SBA) to give priority to small business investment company (SBIC) applications for licenses to operate in a declared major disaster area.

In calculating the outstanding leverage (debt) of one or more licensed SBICs in view of the maximum leverage allowed for debenture or loan guarantee purposes, the SBA shall not include the cost basis of any investment made by an SBIC in a small business concern in a major disaster area during the one-year period beginning on the date of the disaster declaration.

sec bill amends small_business_investment_act require small_business_administration sba priority small business investment company sbic applications licenses operate declared major disaster area calculating outstanding leverage debt licensed sbics view maximum leverage allowed debenture loan guarantee purposes sba shall include cost basis investment sbic small business concern major disaster area year period beginning date disaster declaration


Summary:
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

Small Business Innovation Protection Act of 2016

(Sec. 4) This bill directs the Small Business Administration to develop partnership agreements that arrange for:

 development of high-quality training for small businesses related to domestic and international protection of intellectual property, leveraging of training materials already developed for the education of inventors and small businesses, and participation of a nongovernmental organization. These agreements must also arrange for training:

 through electronic resources, including Internet-based webinars, and at physical locations, including a small business development center; and the headquarters or a regional office of the United States Patent and Trade Office. (Sec. 5) The bill amends the Small Business Act to require services at a small business development center to include training in person or through a website relating to:

 domestic and international intellectual property protections, and how those protections should be considered in the business plans and growth strategies of small businesses.

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Summary:
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

Prove It Act of 2016

(Sec. 2) This bill authorizes the Chief Counsel of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to request the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to review any federal agency certification that a proposed rule, if promulgated, will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities and so need not submit a regulatory flexibility analysis of the rule.

The request for a review must:

 be published in the Federal Register and on the website of the SBA Office of Advocacy, include any documentation or comments the Chief Counsel furnished or made during the notice and comment period for the proposed rule, and explain why the Chief Counsel disagreed with the certification and statement providing the factual basis for it. Within 10 days after the request for review is published in the Federal Register, the federal agency in question shall submit to the SBA a response to the request and publish it in the Federal Register and on the agency website.

If it is determined, after a specified procedure, that the proposed rule will, if promulgated, have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities, the federal agency shall then perform both an initial and a final regulatory flexibility analysis for the rule.

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Summary:
Microloan Program Modernization Act of 2016

(Sec. 3) This bill amends the Small Business Act, with respect to the Small Business Administration (SBA) Microloan Program (assisting low-income individuals to start and operate a small business), to increase from $5 million to $6 million the total amount of loans outstanding and committed to any particular intermediary (excluding outstanding grants) from the SBA business loan and investment fund for the remaining years of the intermediary's participation in the program.

(Sec. 4) The Microloan Program "25/75" rule is repealed, which permits SBA-designated microloan intermediary lenders to expend up to 25% of the intensive marketing, management, and technical assistance grant funds they receive from the SBA to provide information and technical assistance to small business concerns that are their prospective borrowers.

(Sec. 5) The SBA shall:

 compare the operations of a representative sample of eligible intermediaries that participate in the microloan program and of eligible intermediaries that do not, study the reasons why the latter do not participate, recommend how to encourage increased participation by intermediaries in the microloan program, and recommend how to decrease the associated costs for intermediary participation. (Sec. 6) The Government Accountability Office shall evaluate:

 SBA oversight of the microloan program, including oversight of participating intermediaries; and the specific processes the SBA uses to ensure program compliance by participating intermediaries and overall microloan program performance.

sec bill amends small_business_act respect small_business_administration sba assisting low income individuals start operate small business increase million million total loans outstanding committed particular intermediary excluding outstanding grants sba business loan investment fund remaining years intermediary participation program sec microloan program rule repealed permits sba designated microloan intermediary lenders expend intensive marketing management technical assistance grant funds receive sba provide information technical assistance small business concerns prospective borrowers sec sba shall compare operations representative sample eligible intermediaries participate microloan program eligible intermediaries study reasons participate recommend encourage increased participation intermediaries microloan program recommend decrease associated costs intermediary participation sec government_accountability_office shall evaluate sba oversight microloan program including oversight participating intermediaries specific processes sba uses ensure program compliance participating intermediaries overall microloan program performance


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SEC Small Business Advocate Act of 2015

This bill amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to establish within the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) an Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation.

The Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation shall:

 assist small businesses and small business investors in resolving significant problems they may have with the SEC or with self-regulatory organizations; identify areas in which such businesses and investors would benefit from changes in SEC regulations or the rules of such organizations; identify problems that small businesses have with securing access to capital, including any unique challenges faced by minority-owned and women-owned small businesses; analyze the potential impact on such businesses and investors of proposed SEC regulations and proposed rules that are likely to have a significant economic impact on small businesses and small business capital formation; conduct outreach to such businesses and investors to solicit views on relevant capital formation issues; propose to the SEC changes in its regulations or orders, and propose to Congress legislative, administrative, or personnel changes, to mitigate problems identified and to promote the interests of such businesses and investors; consult with the Investor Advocate on such proposals and advise the Investor Advocate on small business-related issues; and be responsible for planning, organizing, and executing the annual Government-Business Forum on Small Business Capital Formation. The bill also establishes the Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee, which shall provide the SEC with advice on SEC rules, regulations, and policies regarding its mission of protecting investors, maintaining fair, orderly, and efficient markets, and facilitating capital formation, as they relate to:

 capital raising by emerging, privately held small businesses and publicly traded companies with less than $250 million in public market capitalization through securities offerings; trading in the securities of such businesses and companies; and public reporting and corporate governance requirements of such businesses and companies. The SEC shall assess the Committee's recommendations and disclose any action it intends to take with respect to such recommendations.

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Small Business Lending Oversight Act of 2016

(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Small Business Act to establish within the Small Business Administration (SBA) an Office of Credit Risk Management (OCRM) to impose specified administrative penalties, including monetary penalties, on any loan-financing lender that knowingly and repeatedly:

 fails properly to determine and document that a small business loan is eligible for financing, including failure to document that a loan is eligible because the applicant is unable to obtain credit elsewhere (from non-federal, non-state, or non-local government sources); sells the guaranteed portion of a loan when the loan proceeds have not been fully disbursed in accordance with program requirements; imposes on a loan applicant a fee that the SBA has not specifically authorized; or re-amortizes a loan solely to make the loan appear current. The SBA shall conduct annual risk analyses of its loan portfolio.

(Sec. 3) The term "credit elsewhere" shall expand beyond non-federal sources to encompass credit to an individual loan applicant on reasonable terms and conditions from non-state and non-local government sources, including but not limited to:

 the business industry in which the loan applicant operates; whether the applicant is an enterprise that has been in operation for less than two years; the adequacy of the collateral available to secure the requested loan; and the loan term necessary to reasonably assure the applicant's ability to repay the debt from the actual or projected cash flow of the business. (Sec. 4) The SBA shall assess a separate fee of up to 0.03% per year of the outstanding balance of the deferred participation share of each approved loan, whose proceeds shall be used solely to support OCRM operations.

The SBA shall collect a fee (currently discretionary) for any loan guarantee sold into the secondary market in an amount equal to 50% of the portion of the sale price that exceeds 108% (currently 110%) of the outstanding principal amount of the portion of the loan guaranteed by the SBA.

(Sec. 5) The SBA shall also, at the end of each year, calculate the percentage of loans in a lender's portfolio made without a contribution of borrower equity when the loan's purpose was to establish a new small business concern, to effectuate a change of small business ownership, or to purchase real estate. This requirement applies only to a lender that makes loans under authority delegated to the lender as a participant in the Preferred Lenders Program. No new loan application without a contribution of borrower equity, except in certain circumstances, may be approved if more than 15% of the lender's loan portfolio is without such a contribution.

The SBA shall make end-of-year calculations, too, of industry concentrations for each such lender, using the applicable six-digit classification code under the North American Industry Classification System. No new loan application to a lender from a small business concern operating in a single industry, except in certain circumstances, may be approved if over 20% of the lender's loans are concentrated in that industry.

The SBA may not approve any loan if its financing is more than 100% of project costs.

(Sec. 6) A lender may use an outside agent or lender service provider to assist in identifying potential applicants and with processing, disbursing, servicing, and liquidating a loan.

 With respect to an SBA loan for plant acquisition, construction, conversion, or expansion, including the acquisition of land, material, supplies, equipment, and working capital, as well as a loan to any qualified small business concern, no lender may, without SBA approval, sell an amount higher than 85% of the loan, or the percentage guaranteed by the SBA, whichever is greater.

small business lending oversight act sec bill amends small_business_act establish small_business_administration sba impose specified administrative penalties including monetary penalties loan financing lender knowingly repeatedly fails properly determine document small business loan eligible financing including failure document loan eligible applicant unable obtain credit non federal non state non local government sources sells guaranteed portion loan loan proceeds fully disbursed accordance program requirements imposes loan applicant fee sba specifically authorized loan solely loan appear current sba shall conduct annual risk analyses loan portfolio sec term credit shall expand non federal sources encompass credit individual loan applicant reasonable terms conditions non state non local government sources including limited business industry loan applicant operates applicant enterprise operation years adequacy collateral available secure requested loan loan term necessary reasonably assure applicant ability repay debt actual projected cash flow business sec sba shall assess separate fee year outstanding balance deferred participation share approved loan proceeds shall solely support operations sba shall collect fee currently discretionary loan guarantee sold secondary market equal portion sale price exceeds currently outstanding principal portion loan guaranteed sba sec sba shall end year calculate percentage loans lender portfolio contribution borrower equity loan purpose establish new small business concern effectuate change small business ownership purchase real estate requirement applies lender makes loans authority delegated lender participant new loan application contribution borrower equity certain circumstances approved lender loan portfolio contribution sba shall end year calculations industry concentrations lender applicable digit classification code new loan application lender small business concern operating single industry certain circumstances approved lender loans concentrated industry sba approve loan financing project costs sec lender use outside agent lender service provider assist identifying potential applicants processing disbursing servicing liquidating loan respect sba loan plant acquisition construction conversion expansion including acquisition land material supplies equipment working capital loan qualified small business concern lender sba approval sell higher loan percentage guaranteed sba whichever greater


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Small Business Relief from Disease Induced Economic Hardship Act of 2016

This bill amends the Small Business Act with respect to Small Business Administration disaster assistance to expand the definition of "disaster" to include the onset of transmissible diseases for which the federal government issues a public health advisory or declaration.

small business relief disease induced economic hardship act bill amends small_business_act respect small_business_administration disaster assistance expand definition disaster include onset diseases federal government issues public health advisory declaration


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Small Business Innovation Act of 2016

This bill amends the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to authorize the Small Business Administration (SBA) to guarantee the payment of up to $4 billion per fiscal year for debentures or participating securities issued by small business investment companies (SBICs) to encourage the formation and growth of small businesses.

The SBA must establish and carry out an early-stage investment program to provide, through participating investment companies, equity financing to support early-stage businesses that have not generated positive cash flow at any time prior to an initial investment by a participating investment company. The bill outlines participating investment company application requirements and selection and approval procedures. It allows the SBA to make one or more equity financings to a participating investment company, with a limit of $100 million to any one company. A participating investment company shall make all of its investments in small businesses, of which at least 50% shall be early-stage small businesses in specified targeted industries. A separate account is established for equity financings under the program.

small business innovation act bill amends small_business_investment_act authorize small_business_administration sba guarantee payment billion fiscal year debentures participating securities issued small business investment companies sbics encourage formation growth small businesses sba establish carry early stage investment program provide participating investment companies equity financing support early stage businesses generated positive cash flow time prior initial investment participating investment company bill outlines participating investment company application requirements selection approval procedures allows sba equity financings participating investment company limit million company participating investment company shall investments small businesses shall early stage small businesses specified targeted industries separate account established equity financings program


Summary:
This bill requires the Small Business Administration (SBA), in consultation with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), to develop partnership agreements to:

 provide for development of basic training relating to federal income tax credits benefitting small businesses and startups, especially credits for research and experimentation, and informational materials relating to such credits, including IRS guidance documents; provide these basic training and informational materials through electronic resources and at physical locations; and make the materials available to SBA business development programs and business development entities that partner with SBA programs, including universities, nonprofits, business incubators, and business accelerators. The bill amends the Small Business Act to require SBA development centers to provide, in conjunction with the IRS, informational materials, education, and basic training to small businesses relating to federal income tax credits, including credits available to: (1) businesses generally; and (2) small businesses and startups specifically, especially credits for research and experimentation.

Such materials, education, and basic training may be delivered in person or through an Internet website.

bill requires small_business_administration sba consultation internal_revenue_service irs develop partnership agreements provide development basic training relating federal income tax credits benefitting small businesses startups especially credits research experimentation informational materials relating credits including irs guidance documents provide basic training informational materials electronic resources physical locations materials available sba business development programs business development entities partner sba programs including universities nonprofits business incubators business accelerators bill amends small_business_act require sba development centers provide conjunction irs informational materials education basic training small businesses relating federal income tax credits including credits available businesses generally small businesses startups specifically especially credits research experimentation materials education basic training delivered person internet website


Summary:
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

This bill amends provisions of the Internal Revenue Code relating to the taxation of small business entities.

TITLE I--SMALL BUSINESS TAX REFORM

(Sec. 101) Under current law a corporation or partnership may use the cash method of accounting and is exempt from the requirement to use inventories if such entity has gross receipts not exceeding $5 million. This bill increases that limitation to $25 million. This increased amount is adjusted annually for inflation in taxable years beginning in a calendar year after 2015.

(Sec. 102) The Department of the Treasury must modify Treasury Regulations relating to the expensing of depreciable property to increase the safe harbor limit for expensing from $500 to $2,500  for taxpayers without applicable financial statements.

(Sec. 103) This section eliminates restrictions on the depreciation of computers or peripheral equipment.

(Sec. 104) This section allows, after 2015, a permanent deduction of the health insurance costs of self-employed individuals in computing self-employment taxes.

(Sec. 105) This section eliminates: (1) the termination of partnerships after a sale or exchange of certain partnership interests, and (2) the termination of S corporation status due to excessive passive investment income.

TITLE II--PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE

(Sec. 201) This section requires an adjustment for inflation in taxable years beginning in a calendar year after 2015 to amounts of specified tax exclusions and deductions.

(Sec. 202) The Internal Revenue Service must submit to the House Committee on Ways and Means and the Senate Committees on Finance and Small Business and Entrepreneurship by June 30, 2016, a report on specific ways to improve customer service to small businesses, including objectively measurable goals for how to reduce response times.

(Sec. 203) This section changes tax return due dates for partnerships (from April 15 to March 15, with extensions until September 15), S corporations (from March 15 to March 31, with extensions until September 30), and C corporations (from March 15 to April 15, with extensions until October 15).

Treasury must modify regulations for returns for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2011, relating to the the due dates for extensions of tax returns for partnerships, estates, employee benefit plans, and tax-exempt organizations. The due date for the annual information return of a foreign trust with a U.S. owner and for the report of foreign bank and financial accounts is April 15 (with extensions until October 15).

The automatic extension for corporation income tax returns is  increased from three months to six months.

TITLE III--PROVISIONS RELATED TO START-UP BUSINESSES

(Sec. 301) The required holding period for qualified small business stock is reduced from 5 years to 3 years for purposes of determining capital gains tax treatment of such stock. The period for rolling over gain from the sale of such stock without tax consequences is extended from 60 days to 1 year.

TITLE IV--PROMOTION AND EXPANSION OF PRIVATE EMPLOYEE OWNERSHIP

Promotion and Expansion of Private Employee Ownership Act of 2015

(Sec. 403) This section extends to all domestic corporations, including S corporations, provisions allowing deferral of tax on the gain from the sale of employer securities to an S corporation-sponsored employer stock ownership plan (ESOP).

(Sec. 404) This section directs Treasury to establish the S Corporation Employee Ownership Assistance Office to foster increased employee ownership of S corporations. The Office shall provide: (1) education and outreach to inform companies and individuals about the possibilities and benefits of employee ownership of S corporations, and (2) technical assistance to assist S corporations in sponsoring employee stock ownership plans

(Sec. 405) This section amends the Small Business Act to define "ESOP business concern" and allow such a concern to continue to qualify for loans, preferences, and other programs under such Act.

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Summary: High-Performance Green Buildings Act of 2007 - Directs the Administrator of General Services to establish an Office of High-Performance Green Buildings. Requires the Office Director to: (1) establish a Green Building Advisory Committee; (2) carry out public outreach; (3) develop and recommend a high-performance green building research plan; (4) analyze current budget and contracting practices that affect achievement of high-performance green buildings; and (5) develop and implement a comprehensive indoor air quality program for federal facilities. Requires the Director to identify incentives to encourage the use of green buildings and related technology in federal government operations. Requires the Director of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy to: (1) revise applicable acquisition regulations; and (2) issue guidance to federal procurement executives on renegotiating proposed facilities design, existing facilities renovations, and leased facilities improvements. Requires the Director to consult with the Committee to assist in the implementation of the Environmental Stewardship Scorecard announced at the White House Summit on federal sustainable buildings in 2006. Requires the Office to carry out specified demonstration projects at federal buildings and universities to contribute to its research goals.

high performance green buildings act directs administrator general_services establish office high performance green buildings requires office director establish carry public outreach develop recommend high performance green building research plan analyze current budget contracting practices affect achievement high performance green buildings develop implement comprehensive indoor air quality program federal facilities requires director identify incentives encourage use green buildings related technology federal government operations requires director revise applicable acquisition regulations issue guidance federal procurement executives proposed facilities design existing facilities renovations leased facilities improvements requires director consult committee assist implementation announced white house summit federal sustainable buildings requires office carry specified demonstration projects federal buildings universities contribute research goals


Summary: Designates the federal building and U.S. courthouse and customhouse located at 515 West First Street in Duluth, Minnesota, as the "Gerald W. Heaney Federal Building and United States Courthouse and Customhouse."

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Summary: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 152 North 5th Street in Laramie, Wyoming, as the "Gale W. McGee Post Office."

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Summary: Designates the U.S. courthouse located at 225 Cadman Plaza East, Brooklyn, New York, as the "Hugh L. Carey United States Courthouse."

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Summary: Designates the United States bankruptcy courthouse located at 271 Cadman Plaza East, Brooklyn, New York, as the "Conrad B. Duberstein United States Bankruptcy Courthouse."

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Summary: Designates the federal building and U.S. courthouse located at 101 Barr Street in Lexington, Kentucky, as the "Scott Reed Federal Building and United States Courthouse."

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Summary: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 16150 Aviation Loop Drive in Brooksville, Florida, as the "Sergeant Lea Robert Mills Brooksville Aviation Branch Post Office."

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Summary: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3903 South Congress Avenue in Austin, Texas, as the "Sergeant Henry Ybarra III Post Office Building."

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Summary: Designates the federal building located at 400 Maryland Avenue Southwest in the District of Columbia as the "Lyndon Baines Johnson Department of Education Building."

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Summary: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2777 Logan Avenue in San Diego, California, as the "Cesar E. Chavez Post Office."

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Summary: Designates the federal building located at 210 Walnut Street in Des Moines, Iowa, as the "Neal Smith Federal Building."

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Summary: Profiting from Access to Computer Technology (PACT) Act or the Child PACT Act - Directs each federal agency to: (1) safeguard and identify potential educationally useful federal equipment that it no longer needs or that has been declared surplus; and (2) transfer such equipment, either directly or through the General Services Administration (GSA), to educational recipients, military recipients, or nonprofit refurbishers.

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Summary: Designates the Logistics Automation Training Facility of the Army Quartermaster Center and School at Fort Lee, Virginia, as the "General Richard H. Thompson Logistics Automation Training Facility."

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Summary: National Churchill Museum Act of 2007 - Authorizes the Winston Churchill Memorial and Library located in Fulton, Missouri, and owned and managed by Westminster College to refer to itself as the "National Churchill Museum."

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Summary: 9/11 Heroes Health Improvement Act of 2007 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to award grants to eligible entities to provide medical and mental health monitoring, tracking, and treatment to individuals whose health has been directly impacted as a result of the attacks on New York City and at the Pentagon on September 11, 2001. Includes as eligible individuals firefighters, police officers, paramedics, workers, volunteers, residents, students, and any other individual who worked at Ground Zero, Fresh Kills (recovery site on Staten Island), or the Pentagon or lived or worked in the vicinity of such areas, whose health has deteriorated as a result of the attacks, and who has been evaluated by a physician or mental health professional for 9/11-related health conditions and needs treatment for such conditions. Sets the order of priority for individuals covered under this Act.

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Summary: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4551 East 52nd Street in Odessa, Texas, as the "Staff Sergeant Marvin 'Rex' Young Post Office Building."

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Summary: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 896 Pittsburgh Street in Springdale, Pennsylvania, as the "Rachel Carson Post Office Building."

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Summary: Designates the U.S. courthouse located at 131 East 4th Street in Davenport, Iowa, as the "James A. Leach United States Courthouse."

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Summary: Designates the U.S. Embassy headquarters building in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, as the "Mickey Leland United States Embassy Building."

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Summary: Authorizes the Archivist of the National Archives and Records Administration to make grants to contribute funds toward the establishment in Staunton, Virginia, of a library to preserve and make available materials related to the life of President Woodrow Wilson and to provide interpretive and educational services that communicate the meaning of his life. Permits a grant to be made under this Act only from funds appropriated to the Archivist specifically for that purpose. Requires non-federal matching funds of at least double the amount of the grant. Specifies this Act's effect in relation to other Woodrow Wilson sites and museums. Prohibits the use of grant amounts for the maintenance or operation of such library. Bars the Archivist from: (1) having any involvement in the actual operation of the library, except at the request of the non-federal entity responsible for its operation; and (2) making such grants after September 30, 2011.

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Summary: Designates the United States courthouse located at 101 East Pecan Street in Sherman, Texas, as the "Paul Brown United States Courthouse."

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Summary: Designates the federal building and U.S. courthouse located at 100 East 8th Avenue in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, as the "George Howard, Jr. Federal Building and United States Courthouse."

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Summary: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 11033 South State Street in Chicago, Illinois, as the "Willye B. White Post Office Building."

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Summary: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 20805 State Route 125 in Blue Creek, Ohio, as the "George B. Lewis Post Office Building."

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Summary: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 701 Loyola Avenue in New Orleans, Louisiana, as the "Louisiana Armed Services Veterans Post Office."

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Summary: Provides for the disposition of the federal property located in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, a portion of which is currently used by the District of Columbia as the Oak Hill juvenile detention facility. Requires the transfer of specified portions of the property to: (1) the National Park Service; (2) the Secretary of the Army (acting through the Chief of Engineers) for use by the Director of the National Security Agency (NSA); and (3) the Administrator of General Services, who shall in turn convey that portion to Anne Arundel County, Maryland, for parkland and recreational use. Requires the NSA Director, as a condition of the transfer, to enter into an agreement with the Mayor of the District of Columbia under which: (1) Oak Hill juvenile detention facility shall be closed; and (2) NSA shall pay (with reimbursement by Anne Arundel County) for the construction of a replacement facility at a site to be determined, with priority given to a location within the District of Columbia.

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Summary: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 408 West 6th Street in Chelsea, Oklahoma, as the "Clem Rogers McSpadden Post Office Building."

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Summary: West Los Angeles Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center Preservation Act of 2007 - Prohibits the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from declaring as excess to the needs of the Department of Veterans Affairs, or otherwise disposing or reducing the acreage of, the West Los Angeles Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, California (Center). Directs the Secretary to: (1) submit to the congressional veterans' and appropriations committees a master plan for the use of the land comprising the Center; and (2) appoint a committee to advise the Secretary in developing the master plan.

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Summary: Designates the Department of Veterans Affairs outpatient clinic in Wenatchee, Washington, as the "Elwood 'Bud' Link Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic."

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Summary: Designates the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center located at 1100 Tunnel Road, Asheville, North Carolina, as the "Charles George Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center."

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Summary: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 555 South 3rd Street Lobby in Memphis, Tennessee, as the "Kenneth T. Whalum, Sr. Post Office Building."

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Summary: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3 Quaker Ridge Road in New Rochelle, New York, as the "Robert Merrill Postal Station."

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Summary: Walter Carl Jordan, Jr. Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic Act of 2007 - Designates the Department of Veterans Affairs outpatient clinic in Albany, Georgia, as the "Walter Carl Jordan, Jr. Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic."

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Summary: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 127 South Elm Street in Gardner, Kansas, as the "Private First Class Shane R. Austin Post Office."

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Summary: Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to conduct a five-year Federal Real Property Disposal Pilot Program for the expedited disposal of real property that is not meeting federal government needs.Requires agencies to recommend candidate disposition properties to the Director. Prohibits real property from being sold under the program: (1) for less than fair market value; (2) if it will not generate monetary proceeds to the federal government exceeding disposal costs; or (3) in a non-cash transaction.

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Summary: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 20 Sussex Street in Port Jervis, New York, as the "E. Arthur Gray Post Office Building."

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Summary: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at Highway 49 South in Piney Woods, Mississippi, as the "Laurence C. and Grace M. Jones Post Office Building."

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Summary: Redesignates: (1) the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Hugh L. Dryden Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, as the "NASA Neil A. Armstrong Flight Research Center;" and (2) the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Western Aeronautical Test Range in California as the "NASA Hugh L. Dryden Aeronautical Test Range."

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Summary: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 950 West Trenton Avenue in Morrisville, Pennsylvania, as the "Nate DeTample Post Office Building."

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Summary: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 744 West Oglethorpe Highway in Hinesville, Georgia, as the "John Sidney 'Sid' Flowers Post Office Building."

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Summary: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1430 South Highway 29 in Cantonment, Florida, as the "Charles H. Hendrix Post Office Building."

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Summary: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1400 Highway 41 North in Inverness, Florida, as the "Chief Warrant Officer Aaron Weaver Post Office Building."

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Summary: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4320 Blue Parkway in Kansas City, Missouri, as the "Wallace S. Hartsfield Post Office Building."

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Summary: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 424 Clay Avenue in Waco, Texas, as the "Army PFC Juan Alonso Covarrubias Post Office Building."

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Summary: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 411 Mount Holly Road in Fairdale, Kentucky, as the "Lance Corporal Robert A. Lynch Post Office Building."

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Summary: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3100 Cashwell Drive in Goldsboro, North Carolina, as the "John Henry Wooten, Sr. Post Office Building."

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Summary: Loyalty to Our Legacy Act of 2007 - Requires the Architect of the Capitol (AOC) to ensure that the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag and the national motto "In God We Trust" are each displayed prominently in the Capitol Visitor Center (CVC) on a permanent basis. Prohibits the AOC, in preparing and producing any exhibit or other material relating to the CVC, from removing or refusing to include any language, symbol, writing, document, or record on the grounds that they include a religious reference or Judeo-Christian content.

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Summary: Amends the International Center Act to authorize the lease or sublease of property identified by the District of Columbia as tax lots 803, 804, 805, and 806 to an entity other than a foreign government or international organization, so long as the Secretary of State maintains the right to approve the occupant and the intended use of the property.

amends international center act authorize lease property identified district_of_columbia tax lots entity foreign government international organization long secretary state maintains right approve occupant intended use property


Summary: Designates the portion of California State Route 91 located in Los Angeles County, California, from post mile 10.4 to post mile 11.1 as the "Juanita Millender-McDonald Highway."

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Summary: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 401 Washington Avenue in Weldon, North Carolina, as the "Dock M. Brown Post Office Building."

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Summary: William H. Rehnquist Law Center Establishment Act of 2007 - Authorizes the Attorney General to provide a grant to the University of Arizona James E. Rogers School of Law to establish the William H. Rehnquist Center on the Constitutional Structures of Government. Requires the Law School to provide specified nonfederal contributions toward the establishment of the Law Center.

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Summary: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 10799 West Alameda Avenue in Lakewood, Colorado, as the "Felix Sparks Post Office Building."

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Summary: Designates the James A. Haley Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center's spinal cord injury center in Tampa, Florida, as the "Michael Bilirakis Department of Veterans Affairs Spinal Cord Injury Center."

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Summary: Designates the outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Ponce, Puerto Rico, as the "Euripides Rubio Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic."

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Summary: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3050 Hunsinger Lane in Louisville, Kentucky, as the "Iraq and Afghanistan Fallen Military Heroes of Louisville Memorial Post Office Building."

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Summary: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 10250 John Saunders Road in San Antonio, Texas, as the "Cyndi Taylor Krier Post Office Building."

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Summary: Prohibits until January 1, 2009, the expenditure of funds for the construction or lease of buildings or space in the District of Columbia for any federal branch or entity within it, unless: (1) a contract for the construction or lease was entered into before the enactment of this Act; or (2) the interests of national security require the expenditure of funds for such purposes.

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Summary: Old Post Office Building Redevelopment Act of 2008 - Directs the Administrator of General Services to proceed with redevelopment of the Old Post Office Building (including the Pavillion Annex), located at 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C., consistent with the redevelopment plan approved by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Senate Committees on Appropriations and Environment and Public Works. Authorizes the Administrator to provide replacement space for federal agency tenants housed in the Building as necessary. Requires the Administrator to report to Congress on any proposed redevelopment agreement, including a summary of a cost-beneft analysis and a description of material provisions. Delays the effective date of any such agreement until 30 days of continuous session of Congress after transmittal of the Administrator's report to Congress.

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Summary: Directs the Secretary of Defense to designate as the "National Military Medical Center," upon their completion, the medical facilities being constructed at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, MD, to replace Walter Reed Army Medical Center in the District of Columbia.

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Summary: Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to sell or exchange to the city of Norfolk, Virginia, certain real property under the administrative jurisdiction of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), including land and improvements, located in Norfolk, if the Secretary: (1) determines that such conveyance is in the best interests of NOAA and the federal government; and (2) has provided prior notification to the appropriate congressional committees.Requires the proceeds of any conveyance under this Act to be made available for: (1) activities related to the operations of, or capital improvements to, NOAA property; or (2) relocation and other costs associated with the sale or exchange. Authorizes the Secretary, through the Under Secretary and the Administrator of NOAA, to enter into a land lease with Mobile County, Alabama, for a period of not less than 40 years, on such terms and conditions as NOAA deems appropriate, for the construction of a Gulf of Mexico Disaster Response Center facility, provided that the lease is at no cost to the Government. Allows NOAA to enter into agreements with state, local, or county governments for the joint use, operations, and occupancy of such facility.

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Summary: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 11001 Dunklin Drive in St. Louis, Missouri, as the "William 'Bill' Clay Post Office Building."

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Summary: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 10449 White Granite Drive in Oakton, Virginia, as the "Private First Class David H. Sharrett II Post Office Building."

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Summary: Designates the federal building located at 4600 Silver Hill Road in Suitland, Maryland, as the "Thomas Jefferson Census Bureau Headquarters Building."

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Summary: Federal Real Property Disposal Enhancement Act of 2008 - Requires the Administrator of the General Services Administration (GSA) to issue guidance for federal agency real property plans, including recommendations on how to identify and dispose of excess properties, evaluate disposal costs and benefits, and prioritize disposal decisions based on agency missions and anticipated future need for holdings.Requires the Administrator to: (1) report to specified congressional committees annually for five years on agency efforts to reduce their real property assets; and (2) assist agencies in the identification and disposal of excess real property.Requires agencies to: (1) maintain adequate inventory controls and accountability systems for property under their control; (2) continuously survey such property to identify excess property; (3) promptly report excess property to the Administrator; (4) perform the care and handling of excess property; and (5) transfer or dispose of excess property as promptly as possible.Requires each agency to: (1) develop and implement a real property plan to identify and declare excess property; (2) identify and categorize all real property owned, leased, or managed by the agency; (3) establish goals and incentives to reduce excess real property in its inventory; and (4) use authorities to identify and prepare real property to be reported as excess.Requires each agency to: (1) reassign to another activity within the agency property that is no longer required for the purposes for which it was purchased; (2) transfer excess property to other federal agencies and to specified organizations; and (3) obtain excess properties from other agencies to meet mission needs before acquiring nonfederal property.(Sec. 4) Includes among the amounts the Administrator is authorized to obligate from proceeds from the disposition of surplus real and related personal property: (1) amounts to pay the costs related to identifying and preparing properties to be reported excess by another agency; and (2) amounts to pay the costs associated with the reversion, custody, and disposal of reverted real property.Requires the Administrator to: (1) take control of certain property for which reversion is recommended or determined to be necessary and to sell it at fair market value; and (2) make such property available to state and local governments and certain nonprofit entities prior to sale.(Sec. 6) Requires: (1) excess or surplus property proceeds to be deposited into the appropriate agency's real property account (currently, into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts); and (2) the funds from such deposits to be expended only as authorized in annual appropriations Acts for activities related to federal real property asset management and disposal.

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Summary: Coordinated American Response To Extreme Radicals Act - Prohibits funds from being made available for assistance to the Carter Center in Atlanta, Georgia. Rescinds all amounts appropriated by the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2008 for assistance to the Carter Center, and makes rescinded amounts available for assistance to U.S. victims of terrorism.

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Summary: Redesignates the federal building and courthouse located at 200 East Wall Street in Midland, Texas, known as the George Mahon Federal Building, as the "George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush United States Courthouse and George Mahon Federal Building."

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Summary: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 219 East Main Street in West Frankfort, Illinois, as the "Kenneth James Gray Post Office Building."

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Summary: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 101 Tallapoosa Street in Bremen, Georgia, as the "Sergeant Paul Saylor Post Office Building."

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Summary: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1700 Cleveland Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri, as the "Reverend Earl Abel Post Office Building."

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Summary: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 245 North Main Street in New City, New York, as the "Kenneth Peter Zebrowski Post Office Building."

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Summary: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2523 7th Avenue East in North Saint Paul, Minnesota, as the "Mayor William 'Bill' Sandberg Post Office Building."

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Summary: Designates the federal building and U.S. courthouse located at 300 Quarropas Street in White Plains, New York, as the "Charles L. Brieant, Jr. Federal Building and United States Courthouse."

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Summary: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 440 2nd Avenue in Gallipolis, Ohio, as the "Bob Evans Post Office Building."

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Summary: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 200 North Texas Avenue in Odessa, Texas, as the "Corporal Alfred Mac Wilson Post Office."

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Summary: Authorizes the Administrator of the General Services Administration (GSA) to release certain restrictions in the deed for a parcel of land conveyed to the city of Eastlake, Ohio, (i.e., use of land only for recreational purposes) in exchange for $30,000.Directs the Administrator to convey, through a quit claim deed, to Koochiching County, Minnesota, certain land located in International Falls, Minnesota, (formerly the site of the Koochiching Army Reserve Training Center) in exchange for $30,000.

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Summary: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3624 Commercial Street Southeast in Salem, Oregon, as the "Sue Miller Post Office Building."

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Summary: Authorizes the city of Aurora, Colorado, to convey by donation to the United States nonfederal lands consisting of parcel I of the former United States Army Garrison Fitzsimons, Colorado, as more specifically described in the deed, and the parcel of land described in the deed, for construction of a veterans' medical facility.

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Summary: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 300 Vine Street in New Lenox, Illinois, as the "Jacob M. Lowell Post Office Building."

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Summary: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1717 Orange Avenue in Fort Pierce, Florida, as the "CeeCee Ross Lyles Post Office Building."

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Summary: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 140 Merriman Road in Garden City, Michigan, as the "John J. Shivnen Post Office Building."

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Summary: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 156 Taunton Avenue in Seekonk, Massachusetts, as the "Lance Corporal Eric Paul Valdepenas Post Office Building."

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Summary: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1706 NW 24th Avenue in Portland, Oregon, as the "Vera Katz Post Office."

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Summary: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 12877 Broad Street in Sparta, Georgia, as the "Yvonne Ingram-Ephraim Post Office Building."

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Summary: Federal Real Property Disposal Enhancement Act of 2008 - Expands requirements for the identification and disposal of excess federal real property to require the Administrator of the General Services Administration (GSA) to: (1) issue guidance for the development and implementation of real property plans, including recommendations on how to identify excess properties, evaluate disposal costs and benefits, and prioritize disposal decisions based on agency missions and anticipated future needs for holdings; (2) establish and maintain a single, comprehensive, and descriptive database of all federal real property assets under the custody and control of all executive agencies, other than assets excluded for national security reasons; (3) report to the House Committees on Oversight and and Government Reform and Transportation and Infrastructure and the Senate Committees on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and Environment and Public Works annually for five years on agency efforts to reduce real property assets; and (4) assist agencies in the identification and disposal of excess real property. Includes among the amounts the Administrator is authorized to obligate from proceeds from the disposition of excess real property: (1) amounts to pay the costs related to identifying and preparing properties to be reported excess by another agency; and (2) amounts to pay the costs associated with the reversion, custody, and disposal of reverted real property.Expands requirements for the use of net proceeds from the transfer or sale of excess real property assets.Exempts in FY2009 and FY2010 certain eligible properties from requirements under the McKinney Vento Homeless Assistance Act for the use of public buildings to assist the homeless. Defines as "eligible property" a property (other than Department of Veteran Affairs property): (1) that is selected for demolition, located on land not determined to be excess for which there is an ongoing federal need, and not to be used in any lease, exchange, leaseback arrangement, or service agreement; and (2) that is located in an area to which the general public is denied access for national security reasons or that is uninhabitable, not a housing unit, and selected for demolition by an agency. Requires notification to Congress of properties demolished and scheduled for demolition and the publication of a list of such properties on the GSA website.

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Summary: Designates the Liberty Memorial at the National World War I Museum in Kansas City, Missouri, as the National World War I Memorial.

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Summary: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 46-02 21st Street in Long Island City, New York, as the "Geraldine Ferraro Post Office Building."

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