Bills About Commerce Sponsored by Nydia M. Velázquez (D-N.Y.)

Rep. Velázquez sponsored 62 bills about commerce in the 117th Congress (2021-22).

Introduced Number Title Cosponsors Cosponsor Party Latest Action
Nov. 20, 2020 H.RES.1235 Expressing support for the recognition and celebration of the vital role of small businesses, along with the efforts of the Small Business Administration to help Americans start, build, and grow businesses. 20
Bipartisan
Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
Sept. 21, 2020 H.RES.1134 Expressing support for the designation of September 22, 2020, to September 24, 2020, as "National Small Business Week" to honor the entrepreneurial spirit and contributions of small businesses and entrepreneurs in the United States. 35
Bipartisan
Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
July 30, 2020 H.R.7890 To amend chapter 11 of title 35, United States Code, to require the voluntary collection of demographic information for patent inventors, and for other purposes. 2
Bipartisan
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
March 19, 2020 H.R.6312 To provide relief from COVID-19 for small business concerns, and for other purposes. 2
All Democrats
Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
March 12, 2020 H.R.6268 To establish a business stabilization direct loan program and the authority to establish a secondary market guarantee in the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes. 8
All Democrats
Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
Feb. 28, 2020 H.R.6040 To amend the Small Business Act to ensure small businesses affected by the onset of communicable diseases are eligible for disaster relief. 3
All Democrats
Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
Nov. 13, 2019 H.R.5078 To amend the Small Business Act to provide re-entry entrepreneurship counseling and training services for incarcerated individuals, and for other purposes. 3
Bipartisan
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
Nov. 21, 2019 H.RES.730 Expressing support for the recognition and celebration of the vital role of small businesses, along with the efforts of the Small Business Administration to help Americans start, build, and grow businesses. 54
Bipartisan
Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
July 25, 2019 H.R.4075 To amend chapter 11 of title 35, United States Code, to require the voluntary collection of demographic information for patent applications, and for other purposes. 2
Bipartisan
Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
June 27, 2019 H.R.3540 To ensure that certain loan programs of the Small Business Administration are made available to cannabis-related legitimate businesses and service providers, and for other purposes. 0 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Jan. 8, 2019 H.R.277 To adjust collateral requirements under the Small Business Act for disaster loans, and for other purposes. 3
Bipartisan
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
June 21, 2019 H.R.3428 To amend the Small Business Act to give small business contracting credit for certain small businesses located in United States territories, and for other purposes. 4
Bipartisan
Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
June 19, 2019 H.R.3372 To amend the Small Business Act to give small business contracting credit for subcontractors that are Puerto Rico businesses, and for other purposes. 1
All Democrats
Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
May 1, 2019 H.RES.347 Expressing support for the designation of the week of May 5, 2019, through May 11, 2019, as "National Small Business Week" to celebrate the contributions of small businesses and entrepreneurs in every community in the United States. 29
Bipartisan
Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
Jan. 3, 2019 H.R.226 To amend the Small Business Act to include best in class designations in the annual report on small business goals prepared by the Administrator of the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes. 3
Bipartisan
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
Jan. 3, 2019 H.R.227 To amend the Small Business Act to specify what credit is given for certain subcontractors and to provide a dispute process for non-payment to subcontractors, and for other purposes. 2
Bipartisan
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
Jan. 3, 2019 H.R.225 To provide for small business concerns located in Puerto Rico, and for other purposes. 0 Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
Sept. 13, 2018 H.R.6826 To amend the Small Business Act to provide for disaster loans to repair, rehabilitate, or replace property damaged or destroyed by hurricane Harvey, Irma, or Maria, and for other purposes. 0 Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
May 17, 2018 H.R.5862 To amend chapter 11 of title 35, United States Code, to require the voluntary collection of demographic information for patent applications, and for other purposes. 1
All Democrats
Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
March 8, 2018 H.R.5236 To expand opportunities available to employee-owned business concerns through Small Business Administration loan programs, and for other purposes. 0 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
March 6, 2018 H.R.5178 To amend the Small Business Act to provide for small business concerns located in Puerto Rico, and for other purposes. 0 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 481.
Nov. 9, 2017 H.R.4368 To amend the Small Business Act to require that community development block grant funds provided for the same purpose as assistance under certain disaster relief programs of the Small Business Act be used to repay such assistance, and for other purposes. 0 Referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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.
Nov. 9, 2017 H.R.4367 To amend the Small Business Act to provide guaranteed disaster loans to certain small business concerns, and for other purposes. 0 Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
July 27, 2017 H.R.3517 To amend chapter 11 of title 35, United States Code, to require the voluntary collection of demographic information for patent applications, and for other purposes. 0 Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
July 19, 2017 H.R.3294 To amend the Small Business Act to clarify the definitions relating to HUBZones, and for other purposes. 9
Bipartisan
Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
May 22, 2017 H.R.2592 To amend the definitions relating to HUBZones in the Small Business Act, and for other purposes. 0 Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
May 17, 2017 H.R.2489 To amend the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 and the Small Business Act to include small business investment companies in the Small Business Innovation Research Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer Program, and for other purposes. 0 Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
May 17, 2017 H.R.2488 To provide for small business concerns located in Puerto Rico, and for other purposes. 40
Bipartisan
Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
April 5, 2017 H.R.1915 To amend the Small Business Act to provide the Administrator of the Small Business Administration authority to increase amount for general business loans, and for other purposes. 3
All Democrats
Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
March 29, 2017 H.R.1774 To amend the Small Business Act to provide for improvements to small business development centers, the women's business center program, the SCORE program, and for other purposes. 2
Bipartisan
Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
March 20, 2017 H.R.1640 To amend the Small Business Act to ensure uniformity in procurement terminology, and for other purposes. 0 Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
Jan. 8, 2015 H.R.207 To amend the Small Business Act to provide for improvements to small business development centers. 3
All Democrats
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 406.
Jan. 6, 2016 H.R.4325 To amend the Small Business Act to modify the anticipated value of certain contracts reserved exclusively for small business concerns. 0 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
Jan. 8, 2015 H.R.208 To require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to establish a program to make loans to certain businesses, homeowners, and renters affected by Superstorm Sandy. 5
All Democrats
Became Public Law No: 114-88.
Sept. 9, 2015 H.R.3468 To amend the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to establish a scale-up manufacturing investment company program. 12
All Democrats
Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
July 21, 2015 H.R.3132 To increase the amount of funding available for fiscal year 2015 for certain general business loans authorized under the Small Business Act. 43
All Democrats
Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
June 20, 2013 H.R.2452 To amend the Small Business Act with respect to the procurement program for women-owned small business concerns, and for other purposes. 22
All Democrats
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 498.
Feb. 28, 2014 H.R.4121 To amend the Small Business Act to provide for improvements to small business development centers. 1
All Democrats
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 341.
June 20, 2013 H.R.2451 To direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to establish and carry out a direct lending program for small business concerns, and for other purposes. 4
All Democrats
Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
Jan. 3, 2013 H.R.30 To amend the Small Business Investment Act of 1958, to provide for a small business early-stage investment program, and for other purposes. 1
All Democrats
Referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
March 19, 2012 H.R.4203 To amend the Small Business Act with respect to the procurement program for women-owned small business concerns, and for other purposes. 8
Bipartisan
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 535.
Feb. 8, 2012 H.R.3976 To provide exporting assistance to small business concerns, and for other purposes. 0 Referred to the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade.
Sept. 8, 2011 H.R.2872 To amend the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to improve the New Markets Venture Capital Program, and for other purposes. 0 Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
July 26, 2010 H.R.5849 To provide for an additional temporary extension of programs under the Small Business Act and the Small Business Investment Act of 1958, and for other purposes. 0 Became Public Law No: 111-214.
Jan. 26, 2010 H.R.4508 To provide for an additional temporary extension of programs under the Small Business Act and the Small Business Investment Act of 1958, and for other purposes. 0 Became Public Law No: 111-136.
Sept. 22, 2009 H.R.3614 To provide for an additional temporary extension of programs under the Small Business Act and the Small Business Investment Act of 1958, and for other purposes. 0 Became Public Law No: 111-66.
March 17, 2009 H.R.1541 To provide for an additional temporary extension of programs under the Small Business Act and the Small Business Investment Act of 1958, and for other purposes. 3
Bipartisan
Became Public Law No: 111-10.
Sept. 27, 2008 H.R.7175 To amend the Small Business Act to improve the section 7(a) lending program, and for other purposes. 4
Bipartisan
Received in the Senate.
April 16, 2008 H.R.5819 To amend the Small Business Act to improve the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program, and for other purposes. 2
Bipartisan
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
Oct. 17, 2007 H.R.3866 To reauthorize certain programs under the Small Business Act for each of fiscal years 2008 and 2009. 1
All Democrats
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
Oct. 17, 2007 H.R.3867 To update and expand the procurement programs of the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes. 3
Bipartisan
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
July 27, 2007 H.R.3206 To provide for an additional temporary extension of programs under the Small Business Act and the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 through December 15, 2007, and for other purposes. 1
Bipartisan
Became Public Law No: 110-57.
March 6, 2007 H.R.1361 To improve the disaster relief programs of the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes. 12
Bipartisan
Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 334.
June 21, 2007 H.R.2803 To amend the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to establish the Angel Investment Program. 5
All Democrats
Referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
Dec. 15, 2005 H.R.4565 To amend the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to establish the Angel Investment Program. 22
All Democrats
Referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
Nov. 4, 2005 H.R.4234 To provide for the relief, recovery, and expansion of small business concerns affected by Hurricane Katrina through technical assistance, access to capital, and expanded Federal contracting opportunities, and for other purposes. 0
All Democrats
Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
April 27, 2005 H.R.1868 To amend the Small Business Act to provide for increased access to capital for small businesses under the section 7(a) loan program, and for other purposes. 12
All Democrats
Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
Sept. 6, 2001 H.R.2867 To amend the Small Business Act to require the Administrator to submit certain disagreements to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget for resolution, and to establish a minimum period for the solicitation of offers for a bundled contract. 18
Bipartisan
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 254.
April 24, 2002 H.R.4586 To amend the Small Business Act and the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to authorize grants and other assistance to promote the redevelopment of certain remediated sites. 6
All Democrats
Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
Nov. 15, 2001 H.R.3308 To authorize the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to provide relief to small business concerns that suffered substantial economic injury as a result of the terrorist attacks against the United States that occurred on September 11, 2001. 16
All Democrats
Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
Oct. 3, 2001 H.R.3011 To authorize the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to make loans to certain concerns that suffered economic and other injury as result of the terrorist attacks against the United States that occurred on September 11, 2001, and for other purposes. 37
Bipartisan
Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
June 18, 1998 H.R.4078 To increase funding for the Women's Business Center Program. 13
All Democrats
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
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