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U.GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION .
118TH CONGRESS REPORT
1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 118-221
TO AMEND THE SMALL BUSINESS ACT TO ENHANCE THE
OFFICE OF RURAL AFFAIRS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
SEPTEMBER 26, 2023.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. WILLIAMS of Texas, from the Committee on Small Business,
submitted the following
R E P O R T
together with
MINORITY VIEWS
[To accompany H.R. 5425]
The Committee on Small Business, to whom was referred the bill
(H.R. 5425) to amend the Small Business Act to enhance the Office
of Rural Affairs, and for other purposes, having considered the
same, reports favorably thereon without amendment and rec-
ommends that the bill do pass.
CONTENTS
Page
I. Purpose and Bill Summary ........................................................................ 2
II. N eed for Legislation .................................................................................. 2
III. Hearings ....................................................................................................... 2
IV. Com m ittee Consideration ......................................................................... 2
V . Com m ittee V otes ....................................................................................... 2
VI. Section-by-Section of H.R. 5425 ............................................................... 6
VII. Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate ............................................. 6
VIII. New Budget Authority, Entitlement Authority, and Tax Expenditures 6
IX. Oversight Findings & Recommendations .................................................. 7
X. Performance Goals and Objectives .......................................................... 7
XI. Statement of Duplication of Federal Programs ...................................... 7
XII. Congressional Earmarks, Limited Tax Benefits, and Limited Tariff
Benefits ..................................................................................................... 7
XIII. Federal M andates Statem ent ................................................................... 7
XIV. Federal Advisory Committee Statement ................................................... 7
XV. Applicability to Legislative Branch ........................................................... 7
XVI. Statement of Constitutional Authority ...................................................... 8
XVII. Changes in Existing Law, Made by the Bill, as Reported ....................... 8
XVIII. Minority Views ............................................................................................ 11
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