July 25, 2012 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S5401 

(3) PERIOD OF APPOINTMENT.—Members of 

the Executive Committee shall be appointed 

for a term of 1 year. 

(4) VACANCIES.—A vacancy in the Executive Committee shall be filled in the same 

manner as the original appointment, not 

later than 30 days after the date on which 

the vacancy occurs. 

(c) MEETINGS.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—The Executive Committee 

shall meet at the call of the chairperson of 

the Executive Committee. 

(2) QUORUM.—A majority of the members of 

the Executive Committee shall constitute a 

quorum. 

(3) FIRST MEETING.—The first meeting of 

the Executive Committee shall take place 

not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this subtitle. 

(4) PUBLIC MEETING.—The Executive Committee shall hold at least 1 public meeting 

before the date described in subsection (d)(1) 

to receive comments from small business 

concerns and other interested parties. 

(d) DUTIES.— 

(1) RECOMMENDATIONS.—Not later than 270 

days after the date of enactment of this Act, 

upon a vote of the majority of members of 

the Executive Committee then serving, the 

Executive Committee shall submit to the 

Administrator recommendations relating to 

the feasibility of establishing a small business common application and web portal in 

order to meet the goals described in section 

612. 

(2) TRANSMISSION TO EXECUTIVE AGENCIES.— 

The Executive Committee shall transmit to 

each Executive agency a complete copy of 

the recommendations submitted under paragraph (1). 

(3) TRANSMISSION TO CONGRESS.—The Executive Committee shall transmit to each relevant committee of Congress a complete 

copy of the recommendations submitted 

under paragraph (1). 

(4) RECOMMENDATIONS BY EXECUTIVE AGENCIES.—Not later than 30 days after the date 

on which the Executive Committee transmits recommendations to the Executive 

agency under paragraph (2), each Executive 

agency that provides Federal assistance to 

small business concerns shall submit to Congress recommendations, if any, for legislative changes necessary for the Executive 

agency to carry out the recommendations 

under paragraph (1). 

(e) PERSONNEL MATTERS.— 

(1) COMPENSATION OF MEMBERS.—The members of the Executive Committee shall serve 

without compensation in addition to that received for their services as officers or employees of the United States. 

(2) DETAIL OF EMPLOYEES.—The Administrator may detail to the Executive Committee any employee of the Economic Development Administration, and such detail 

shall be without interruption or loss of civil 

service status or privilege. 

(f) FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ACT.— 

Section 14 of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply 

with respect to the Executive Committee. 

SEC. 614. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

There are authorized to be appropriated to 

the Administrator such sums as may be necessary to carry out this subtitle. 

Subtitle B—Government Accountability 

Office Review 

SEC. 621. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE REVIEW. 

Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General 

of the United States shall submit a report to 

the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the Senate and the Committee on Small Business of the House of 

Representatives that evaluates the status of 

the programs authorized under this Act and 

the amendments made by this Act, including 

the extent to which such programs have been 

funded and implemented and have contributed to promoting job creation among small 

business concerns. 

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SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS 

SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 54—STATING THAT IT IS 

THE POLICY OF THE UNITED 

STATES TO OPPOSE THE SALE, 

SHIPMENT, PERFORMANCE OF 

MAINTENANCE, REFURBISHMENT, MODIFICATION, REPAIR, 

AND UPGRADE OF ANY MILITARY EQUIPMENT FROM OR BY 

THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION TO 

OR FOR THE SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC 

Mr. HATCH (for himself and Mr. CORNYN) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to 

the Committee on Foreign Relations: 

S. CON. RES. 54 

Whereas the General Director of 

Rosoboronexport, the largest Russian arms 

exporter, recently announced that his company was transferring anti-aircraft and antiship missile systems to Syria; 

Whereas the Government of the Russian 

Federation has announced the deployment of 

11 warships, including amphibious ships designed to carry naval infantry, to the eastern Mediterranean, and it is expected that 

some of those ships will dock at the Syrian 

port of Tartus; 

Whereas Secretary of State Hillary Clinton 

recently stated, ‘‘What can every nation and 

group represented here do? . . . I ask you to 

reach out to Russia and China, and to not 

only urge but demand that they get off the 

sidelines and begin to support the legitimate 

aspirations of the Syrian people.’’; 

Whereas Secretary of State Clinton further 

stated on July 17, 2012, ‘‘[O]ur commitment 

is to try to get Russia to cooperate. So we 

want the rest of the world to put pressure on 

Russia . . . as long as he [Bashar al-Assad] 

has Russia uncertain about whether or not 

to side against him in any more dramatic 

way that it already has, he [Assad] feels like 

he can keep going.’’; 

Whereas the Government of the Russian 

Federation recently refurbished at least 

three Syrian Mi–25 helicopters; and 

Whereas the Government of the Russian 

Federation has taken a tentative positive 

step of expounding a new policy that it will 

not enter into new arms agreements with the 

Government of the Syrian Arab Republic: 

Now, therefore, be it 

Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), That it is the policy 

of the United States— 

(1) to oppose the sale, shipment, performance of maintenance, refurbishment, modification, repair, or upgrade of any military 

equipment, including parts that can be used 

in military equipment, from or by the Government of the Russian Federation to or for 

the Government of the Syrian Arab Republic; and 

(2) to oppose any effort by the Government 

of the Russian Federation to increase, maintain, or sustain the military readiness and or 

military capabilities of the Government of 

the Syrian Arab Republic. 

AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED AND 

PROPOSED 

SA 2573. Mr. HATCH (for himself, Mr. 

MCCONNELL, Mr. JOHANNS, Mr. ROBERTS, Mr. 

BURR, Mr. THUNE, Mr. CORNYN, Mr. KYL, Mr. 

BOOZMAN, Mr. BLUNT, Mr. RUBIO, Mr. 

MCCAIN, Mr. GRASSLEY, Mr. BARRASSO, Mr. 

KIRK, Mrs. HUTCHISON, Mr. HOEVEN, Mr. 

SHELBY, and Mr. ISAKSON) proposed an 

amendment to the bill S. 3412, to amend the 

Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax 

relief to middle-class families. 

SA 2574. Mrs. HUTCHISON submitted an 

amendment intended to be proposed by her 

to the bill S. 3414, to enhance the security 

and resiliency of the cyber and communications infrastructure of the United States; 

which was ordered to lie on the table. 

SA 2575. Mr. LAUTENBERG (for himself, 

Mrs. BOXER, Mr. REED, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mrs. 

GILLIBRAND, Mr. SCHUMER, and Mrs. FEINSTEIN) submitted an amendment intended to 

be proposed by him to the bill S. 3414, supra; 

which was ordered to lie on the table. 

SA 2576. Mr. LEAHY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the 

bill S. 3414, supra; which was ordered to lie 

on the table. 

SA 2577. Mr. LEAHY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the 

bill S. 3414, supra; which was ordered to lie 

on the table. 

SA 2578. Mr. LEAHY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the 

bill S. 3414, supra; which was ordered to lie 

on the table. 

SA 2579. Mr. LEAHY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the 

bill S. 3414, supra; which was ordered to lie 

on the table. 

SA 2580. Mr. LEAHY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the 

bill S. 3414, supra; which was ordered to lie 

on the table. 

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TEXT OF AMENDMENTS 

SA 2573. Mr. HATCH (for himself, Mr. 

MCCONNELL, Mr. JOHANNS, Mr. ROBERTS, Mr. BURR, Mr. THUNE, Mr. CORNYN, Mr. KYL, Mr. BOOZMAN, Mr. 

BLUNT, Mr. RUBIO, Mr. McCAIN, Mr. 

GRASSLEY, Mr. BARRASSO, Mr. KIRK, 

Mrs. HUTCHISON, Mr. HOEVEN, Mr. 

SHELBY, and Mr. ISAKSON) proposed an 

amendment to the bill S. 3412, to 

amend the Internal Revenue Code of 

1986 to provide tax relief to middleclass families; as follows: 

Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following: 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Tax Hike 

Prevention Act of 2012’’. 

SEC. 2. TEMPORARY EXTENSION OF 2001 TAX RELIEF. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 901 of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation 

Act of 2001 is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2012’’ both places it appears and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2013’’. 

(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment 

made by this section shall take effect as if 

included in the enactment of the Economic 

Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 

2001. 

SEC. 3. TEMPORARY EXTENSION OF 2003 TAX RELIEF. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 303 of the Jobs 

and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 

2003 is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 

2012’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2013’’. 

(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment 

made by this section shall take effect as if 


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