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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION .
117TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 117-256
SMALL BUSINESS ADVOCACY IMPROVEMENTS ACT OF
2022
MARCH 7, 2022.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of
the Union and ordered to be printed
Ms. VELAZQUEZ, from the Committee on Small Business,
submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany H.R. 6454]
The Committee on Small Business, to whom was referred the bill
(H.R. 6454) to clarify the primary functions and duties of the Office
of Advocacy of the Small Business Administration, and for other
purposes, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon
without amendment and recommends that the bill do pass.
CONTENTS
Page
I. Purpose and Bill Sum m ary ........................................................................ 1
II. Background and Need for Legislation ...................................................... . 2
III. Hearings ....................................................................................................... 2
IV . Com m ittee Consideration ......................................................................... 2
V . C om m ittee V otes ....................................................................................... 3
VI. Section-by-Section for H .R. 6454 .............................................................. 3
VII. Congressional Budget Cost Estim ate ....................................................... 3
VIII. New Budget Authority, Entitlement Authority, and Tax Expenditures 3
IX. Committee Oversight Findings and Recommendations ........................... 3
X. Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives ....................... 4
XI. Duplication of Federal Program s ............................................................. 4
XII. Congressional Earmarks, Limited Tax Benefits, and Limited Tariff
Benefits ..................................................................................................... 4
XIII. Federal M andates Statem ent ................................................................... 4
XIV. Federal Advisory Committee Statement ................................................... 4
XV. Applicability to Legislative Branch ........................................................... 4
XVI. Constitutional Authority Statement .......................................................... 4
XVII. Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported ...................... 4
I. PURPOSE AND BILL SUMMARY
The purpose of H.R. 6454, the Small Business Advocacy Im-
provements Act of 2022, is to make clear that the U.S. Small Busi-
ness Administration's (SBA) Office of Advocacy has the authority
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