Puerto Rico Task Force Economic Empowerment Act of 2017

Summary

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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Timeline

1. 16 May 2017

   Introduced

   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.

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2. 16 May 2017

   Introduced

   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.

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 16 May 2017

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 16 May 2017

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

5. 19 May 2017

   Referred

   Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

   Source: Committee

6. 22 May 2017

   Referred

   Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

   Source: Committee

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Sponsors

• Rep. MacArthur, Thomas [R-NJ-3] · R · Sponsor
• Rescom. González-Colón, Jenniffer [R-PR-At Large] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Duffy, Sean P. [R-WI-7] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Velázquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Smucker, Lloyd [R-PA-11] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Evans, Dwight [D-PA-3] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Espaillat, Adriano [D-NY-13] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Soto, Darren [D-FL-9] · D · Cosponsor
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Related records

• related to → Microloan Modernization Act of 2018
• related to → Flexibility to Promote Reemployment Act
• related to → U.S. Territories Investor Protection Act of 2017
• related to → Small Business Relief From Disease Induced Economic Hardship Act of 2017
• related to → U.S. Territories Investor Protection Act of 2017
• related to → Puerto Rico Small Business Assistance Act of 2017
• related to ← Fairness to Veterans for Infrastructure Investment Act of 2017
• related to ← Puerto Rico Small Business Contracting Assistance Act of 2018