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MARKUP OF SEMIANNUAL REPORT ON THE ACTIVITY OF THE COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS 

HEARING 

BEFORE THE

COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS 

UNITED STATES 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

ONE HUNDRED TWELFTH CONGRESS 

SECOND SESSION 

HEARING HELD 

JUNE 27, 2012 

Small Business Committee Document Number 112–088 

Available via the GPO Website: www.fdsys.gov 

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HOUSE COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS 

SAM GRAVES, Missouri, Chairman 

ROSCOE BARTLETT, Maryland 

STEVE CHABOT, Ohio 

STEVE KING, Iowa 

MIKE COFFMAN, Colorado 

MICK MULVANEY, South Carolina 

SCOTT TIPTON, Colorado 

CHUCK FLEISCHMANN, Tennessee 

JEFF LANDRY, Louisiana 

JAIME HERRERA BEUTLER, Washington 

ALLEN WEST, Florida 

RENEE ELLMERS, North Carolina 

JOE WALSH, Illinois 

LOU BARLETTA, Pennsylvania 

RICHARD HANNA, New York 

NYDIA VELA ́ ZQUEZ, New York, Ranking Member 

KURT SCHRADER, Oregon 

MARK CRITZ, Pennsylvania 

JASON ALTMIRE, Pennsylvania 

YVETTE CLARKE, New York 

JUDY CHU, California 

DAVID CICILLINE, Rhode Island 

CEDRIC RICHMOND, Louisiana 

GARY PETERS, Michigan 

BILL OWENS, New York 

BILL KEATING, Massachusetts 

LORI SALLEY, Staff Director 

PAUL SASS, Deputy Staff Director 

BARRY PINELES, General Counsel 

MICHAEL DAY, Minority Staff Director 

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C O N T E N T S 

OPENING STATEMENT 

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Hon. Sam Graves ..................................................................................................... 1 

WITNESSES 

None. 

APPENDIX 

Prepared Statements: 

None. 

Questions for the Record: 

None. 

Answers for the Record: 

None. 

Additional Materials for the Record: 

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MARKUP OF SEMIANNUAL REPORT ON THE 

ACTIVITY OF THE COMMITTEE ON SMALL 

BUSINESS 

Wednesday, June 27, 2012 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 

COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS, 

Washington, DC. 

The Committee met, pursuant to call, at 1:05 p.m., in Room 

2360, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon. Sam Graves [Chairman 

of the Committee] presiding. 

Present: Representatives Graves, Chabot, Mulvaney, Tipton, 

West, Ellmers, Hanna, Schilling, Hahn, and Owens. 

Chairman GRAVES. The first order of business before the Committee, before we commence with our regular hearing, is consideration of the Semiannual Report on the Activity of the Committee 

on Small Business which is required by the House rules. The Committee now moves to the consideration of the Semiannual Activity 

Report, and the clerk will please read the document. 

The CLERK. Semiannual Report on the Activity of the Committee 

on Small Business, second session of the 112th Congress. 

Chairman GRAVES. Without objection, the activity report is going 

to be considered as read and open for amendment in its entirety 

except for those provisions of this document that have already been 

approved on and voted on by the Committee. 

[The Activity Report follows.] 

Chairman GRAVES. Seeing no objections to that, so ordered. And 

does any member seek recognition for the purpose of offering an 

amendment? 

Seeing none, the question is on adopting the Semiannual Report. 

All those in favor, say aye. 

All those opposed, no. 

It is the opinion of the chair that the ayes have it. The Semiannual Report is adopted. 

So without objection, the staff of the Committee is authorized to 

correct section numbers, punctuation, cross references, and to make 

other technical and conforming corrections necessary to accurately 

reflect the action of the Committee in this measure. And without 

any objection there, it is so ordered. And with that, the markup is 

adjourned and we will move on to the regular hearing. 

[Whereupon, at 1:07 p.m., the committee proceeded to other business.] 

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