To support businesses in Puerto Rico, improve health funding for Puerto Rico, and promote security in Puerto Rico, and for other purposes.
USA115th CongressHR-2429| House
| Updated: 5/22/2017
Thomas MacArthur
Republican Representative
New Jersey
Cosponsors (7)
Committees (10)
• Small Business Committee• Ways and Means Committee• Health Subcommittee• Financial Services Committee• Health Subcommittee• Appropriations Committee• Judiciary Committee• Energy and Commerce Committee• Education and Workforce Committee• Oversight and Government Reform Committee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Puerto Rico Task Force Economic Empowerment Act of 2017 Puerto Rico Opportunity, Small Business Prosperity, and Economic Revitalization Act of 2017 This bill amends the Small Business Act to modify requirements for the microloan program for Puerto Rico small businesses and increase access to capital for such program. The Small Business Administration shall establish: (1) a Veteran Business Outreach Center in Puerto Rico, and (2) a temporary Federal and State Technology (FAST) grant program to provide assistance to Puerto Rico businesses. The bill amends the Investment Company Act of 1940 to apply the oversight requirements of that Act to investment companies in U.S. territories. The bill includes Puerto Rico in the Department of Labor reemployment demonstration projects grant program. For FY2018, Labor may transfer funding to the Bureau of Labor Statistics for feasibility studies of the Puerto Rico economy. The bill amends Social Security Act provisions affecting hospitals in Puerto Rico and health care and prescription drug coverage in U.S. territories. The Office of National Drug Control Policy shall develop a publicly available Caribbean Border Counternarcotics Strategy, with emphasis on the borders of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
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Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, the Judiciary, Oversight and Government Reform, Education and the Workforce, and Appropriations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Government Operations and Politics
AppropriationsBanking and financial institutions regulationBorder security and unlawful immigrationBusiness educationCaribbean areaCensus and government statisticsCongressional oversightCriminal justice information and recordsDepartment of LaborDisaster relief and insuranceDrug trafficking and controlled substancesEmployee hiringEmployment and training programsExecutive agency funding and structureFinancial services and investmentsForeign laborGovernment information and archivesGovernment lending and loan guaranteesGovernment studies and investigationsHealth care qualityHealth programs administration and fundingHealth promotion and preventive careHospital careImmigration status and proceduresInfectious and parasitic diseasesInflation and pricesInterest, dividends, interest ratesLaw enforcement administration and fundingMedicaidMedicarePerformance measurementPrescription drugsPublic contracts and procurementPuerto RicoSecuritiesSmall businessSmall Business AdministrationState and local financeTravel and tourismUnemploymentUser charges and feesU.S. territories and protectoratesVeterans' education, employment, rehabilitationVirgin Islands
To support businesses in Puerto Rico, improve health funding for Puerto Rico, and promote security in Puerto Rico, and for other purposes.
USA115th CongressHR-2429| House
| Updated: 5/22/2017
Puerto Rico Task Force Economic Empowerment Act of 2017 Puerto Rico Opportunity, Small Business Prosperity, and Economic Revitalization Act of 2017 This bill amends the Small Business Act to modify requirements for the microloan program for Puerto Rico small businesses and increase access to capital for such program. The Small Business Administration shall establish: (1) a Veteran Business Outreach Center in Puerto Rico, and (2) a temporary Federal and State Technology (FAST) grant program to provide assistance to Puerto Rico businesses. The bill amends the Investment Company Act of 1940 to apply the oversight requirements of that Act to investment companies in U.S. territories. The bill includes Puerto Rico in the Department of Labor reemployment demonstration projects grant program. For FY2018, Labor may transfer funding to the Bureau of Labor Statistics for feasibility studies of the Puerto Rico economy. The bill amends Social Security Act provisions affecting hospitals in Puerto Rico and health care and prescription drug coverage in U.S. territories. The Office of National Drug Control Policy shall develop a publicly available Caribbean Border Counternarcotics Strategy, with emphasis on the borders of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
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Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, the Judiciary, Oversight and Government Reform, Education and the Workforce, and Appropriations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Thomas MacArthur
Republican Representative
New Jersey
Cosponsors (7)
Committees (10)
• Small Business Committee• Ways and Means Committee• Health Subcommittee• Financial Services Committee• Health Subcommittee• Appropriations Committee• Judiciary Committee• Energy and Commerce Committee• Education and Workforce Committee• Oversight and Government Reform Committee
Government Operations and Politics
Related Bills
- HR 115-2488: To provide for small business concerns located in Puerto Rico, and for other purposes.
- HR 115-5178: Puerto Rico Small Business Contracting Assistance Act of 2018
- S 115-154: Small Business Relief From Disease Induced Economic Hardship Act of 2017
- S 115-526: Microloan Modernization Act of 2018
- HR 115-1091: To amend certain provisions of the Social Security Act relating to demonstration projects designed to promote the reemployment of unemployed workers.
- HR 115-4319: To amend the FAST Act to improve contracting opportunities for veteran-owned small business concerns, and for other purposes.
- S 115-484: U.S. Territories Investor Protection Act of 2017
- HR 115-1366: U.S. Territories Investor Protection Act of 2017
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
AppropriationsBanking and financial institutions regulationBorder security and unlawful immigrationBusiness educationCaribbean areaCensus and government statisticsCongressional oversightCriminal justice information and recordsDepartment of LaborDisaster relief and insuranceDrug trafficking and controlled substancesEmployee hiringEmployment and training programsExecutive agency funding and structureFinancial services and investmentsForeign laborGovernment information and archivesGovernment lending and loan guaranteesGovernment studies and investigationsHealth care qualityHealth programs administration and fundingHealth promotion and preventive careHospital careImmigration status and proceduresInfectious and parasitic diseasesInflation and pricesInterest, dividends, interest ratesLaw enforcement administration and fundingMedicaidMedicarePerformance measurementPrescription drugsPublic contracts and procurementPuerto RicoSecuritiesSmall businessSmall Business AdministrationState and local financeTravel and tourismUnemploymentUser charges and feesU.S. territories and protectoratesVeterans' education, employment, rehabilitationVirgin Islands