Small Business Common Application Act of 2012 - Directs the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to establish and maintain a small business common application and web portal (application and portal) to allow small businesses to submit a single common application for federal assistance provided by any executive agency, including loans and loan guarantees, grants, technical assistance, and counseling services.
Establishes in the Economic Development Administration an Executive Committee on a Small Business Common Application, which shall: (1) make recommendations regarding the establishment of the application and portal, (2) monitor their implementation, and (3) make periodic recommendations to the Administrator for their improvement.
[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3194 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
112th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 3194
To require the establishment of a small business common application and
web portal for purposes of Federal small business assistance programs,
and for other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
May 16, 2012
Mrs. Hagan introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship
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A BILL
To require the establishment of a small business common application and
web portal for purposes of Federal small business assistance programs,
and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Small Business Common Application
Act of 2012''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act--
(1) the term ``Administrator'' means the Administrator of
the Small Business Administration;
(2) the term ``Assistant Secretary'' means the Assistant
Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development;
(3) the term ``Executive agency'' has the same meaning as
in section 105 of title 5, United States Code;
(4) the term ``Executive Committee'' means the Executive
Committee on a Small Business Common Application established
under section 4; and
(5) the term ``small business concern'' has the meaning
given that term in section 3 of the Small Business Act (15
U.S.C. 632).
SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF A SMALL BUSINESS COMMON APPLICATION AND WEB
PORTAL.
(a) Common Application and Web Portal.--Subject to the availability
of appropriations, the Administrator, in consultation with the
Executive Committee, shall establish a small business common
application and web portal.
(b) Common Application and Web Portal.--
(1) In general.--The web portal established under
subsection (a) shall allow a small business concern to submit a
single common application to apply for Federal assistance
provided by any Executive agency, including--
(A) a loan;
(B) a loan guarantee;
(C) a grant;
(D) technical assistance;
(E) counseling services; and
(F) other forms of assistance provided by an
Executive agency.
(2) Goals.--The small business common application and web
portal established under subsection (a) shall--
(A) maximize the ability of small business concerns
to use the common application and web portal to
interact with Executive agencies;
(B) maintain high standards for data privacy and
security;
(C) increase the degree and ease of information
sharing and coordination among programs serving small
business concerns that are carried out by Executive
agencies, including State and local offices of
Executive agencies; and
(D) minimize redundancy in the administration of
programs that use the common application and web
portal.
(c) Use of Common Application and Web Portal.--Each Executive
agency that provides Federal assistance to small business concerns
shall amend the rules of the Executive agency to provide for use of the
common application and web portal to apply for such Federal assistance.
(d) Rules.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Administrator, in consultation with the Executive
Committee, shall issue final rules establishing the small business
common application and web portal under this section.
(e) Maintenance and Amendment.--The Administrator shall maintain
the small business common application and web portal established under
subsection (a).
SEC. 4. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ON A SMALL BUSINESS COMMON APPLICATION.
(a) Establishment.--There is established in the Economic
Development Administration an Executive Committee on a Small Business
Common Application, which shall--
(1) make recommendations regarding the establishment of the
small business common application and web portal under section
3;
(2) monitor the implementation of the small business common
application and web portal; and
(3) make periodic recommendations to the Administrator for
the improvement of the small business common application and
web portal.
(b) Membership.--
(1) In general.--The members of the Executive Committee
shall consist of--
(A) the Assistant Secretary; and
(B) 1 senior officer or employee having policy and
technical expertise appointed by each of--
(i) the Administrator of the General
Services Administration;
(ii) the Administrator of the Small
Business Administration;
(iii) the Director of the National
Institutes of Health;
(iv) the Director of the National Science
Foundation;
(v) the President of the Export-Import
Bank;
(vi) the Secretary of Agriculture;
(vii) the Secretary of Defense;
(viii) the Secretary of Health and Human
Services;
(ix) the Secretary of Labor;
(x) the Secretary of State;
(xi) the Secretary of the Treasury; and
(xii) the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
(2) Chairperson.--The Assistant Secretary shall serve as
chairperson of the Executive Committee.
(3) Period of appointment.--Members of the Executive
Committee shall be appointed for a term of 3 years.
(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 Act.
(4) Public meeting.--The Executive Committee shall hold at
least one 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 180 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 establishment of the small business common
application and web portal described in section 3.
(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) 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 this Act.
(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. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Administrator such
sums as may be necessary to carry out this Act.
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Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
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