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Small Business Size Standards: A Historical Analysis of Contemporary Issues

Description: This report provides a historical examination of the SBA's size standards and assesses competing views concerning how to define a small business. It also discusses P.L. 112-239, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013, which requires the SBA to make available a justification when establishing or approving a size standard that the size standard is appropriate for each individual industry classification. It addresses the SBA's recent practice of combining size standards within… more
Date: September 28, 2017
Creator: Dilger, Robert Jay
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Summaries of Housing and Urban Development and Related Bills introduced in 93rd Congress through September 5,1973 - Revised as of April 1, 1974 with Supplements Added

Description: This report includes summaries of bills on housing,urban development and related matters introduced from the beginning of the 93rd Congress through September 5, 1973 and revised as of April 1, 1974 with supplements added.
Date: April 1, 1974
Creator: Schlefer, Marion; Parente, Frank; Farb, Warren; Katz, Jane & Schechter, Henry B.
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What Does the Gig Economy Mean for Workers?

Description: This report provides an overview of the gig economy -- i.e., the collection of markets that match providers to consumers on a gig (or job) basis in support of on-demand commerce (e.g., Uber, TaskRabbit) -- and identifies legal and policy questions relevant to its workforce.
Date: February 5, 2016
Creator: Donovan, Sarah A.; Bradley, David H. & Shimabukuro, Jon O.
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“Boutique Fuels” and Reformulated Gasoline: Harmonization of Fuel Standards

Description: This report discusses how gasoline composition is regulated,explains various federal and state gasoline standards,presents some of the key issues with federal RFG program and some of the problems associated with the boutique fuels issue and the potential effects of harmonization.Finally discusses the bills in the 108th Congress related to boutique fuels,RFG and harmonization.
Date: January 9, 2004
Creator: Yacobucci, Brent D.
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Days Reserved for Special Business in the House

Description: This report provides information about the Days Reserved for Special Business in the House.several provisions in the rules of the house provide for certain types of business to be privileged for consideration on special days.
Date: May 19, 2008
Creator: Schneider, Judy
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Tax Provisions of the Economic Stimulus Package

Description: This report describes the economic stimulus package, P.L. 110-185, which contained two major components: individual tax rebates costing an estimated $117 billion in FY2008 and FY2009, and depreciation provisions (bonus depreciation and small business expensing costing an estimated $46.3 billion. This report describes the stimulus package's major components and their likely impacts as an economic stimulus.
Date: March 27, 2008
Creator: Gravelle, Jane G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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