Stronger Voice for Small Business Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1429
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Bost, Mike [R-IL-12]
Introduced: 2015-03-18
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative remedies

Small Business Administration

Small business
Latest action: action_date: 2015-03-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-03-18
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Stronger Voice for Small Business Act of 2015</b></p> <p>This bill amends the Small Business Act to authorize a person to file with the Office of Hearings and Appeals a petition or reconsideration of a size standard revised, modified, or established by the Administrator of the Small Business Administration.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1429 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 18, 2015 Mr. Bost (for himself and Mr. Connolly ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small Business A BILL To amend the Small Business Act to allow for petitions for reconsideration of size standards for small business concerns, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Stronger Voice for Small Business Act of 2015 . 2. Petitions for reconsideration of size standards for small business concerns Section 3(a) of the Small Business Act ( 15 U.S.C. 632(a) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (9) Petitions for reconsideration of size standards (A) In general A person may file a petition for reconsideration with the Office of Hearings and Appeals (as designated in part 134 of title 13, Code of Federal Regulations, that was in effect on January 1, 2016, or any successor to such Office) of a size standard revised, modified, or established by the Administrator pursuant to this subsection. (B) Time limit A person filing a petition for reconsideration described in subparagraph (A) shall file such petition not later than 30 days after the publication in the Federal Register of the notice of final rule to revise, modify, or establish size standards described in paragraph (6). (C) Process for agency review The Office of Hearings and Appeals shall use the same process it uses to decide challenges to the size of a small business concern to decide a petition for review pursuant to this paragraph. (D) Judicial review The publication of a final rule in the Federal Register described in subparagraph (B) shall be considered final agency action for purposes of seeking judicial review. Filing a petition for reconsideration under subparagraph (A) shall not be a condition precedent to judicial review of any such size standard. .