Study of Office of Rural Affairs, within the Small Business Administration

Bill: 116-hr-2633
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Cox, TJ [D-CA-21]
Introduced: 2019-05-09
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Congressional oversight

Government studies and investigations

Rural conditions and development

Small Business Administration
Latest action: action_date: 2019-05-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-05-09
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Study of Office of Rural Affairs, within the Small Business Administration</b></p> <p>This bill requires the Small Business Administration to report on the costs and potential benefits of establishing a successor to the Office of Rural Affairs.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2633 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 9, 2019 Mr. Cox of California (for himself, Ms. Finkenauer , and Mrs. Radewagen ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small Business A BILL To require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to submit a report on the Office of Rural Affairs.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Study of Office of Rural Affairs, within the Small Business Administration . 2. Report on the Office of Rural Affairs Not later than 6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Small Business Administration shall submit to Congress a report analyzing the cost and potential benefits of creating a successor office to the Office of Rural Affairs, in accordance with the requirements under section 26 of the Small Business Act ( 15 U.S.C. 653 ). Such report shall include— (1) the dates on which the prior Office of Rural Affairs was created and dismantled; (2) the rationale justifying the decision to dismantle the Office; (3) a list of the year’s funds that were appropriated to the Office; and (4) the cost and potential benefits to establishing an Associate Administrator for a successor office to the Office of Rural Affairs.