Small Business

microbusiness

manufacturing of domestic and imported seafood products; food costs; global production and distribution of seafood;tax reform; health benefits of aseafood diet; trade discussions; promotion of exported goods; Generalized Systems of Preferences; Lacey Act violations; seafood traceabilityregulations; international regulatory issues; international seafood treaties;anti-dumping and countervailing duties policy; trade issues; tariff disputes with regards to domestic and imported seafood products; tariff exclusion process for tariffs on goods; FY23 andFY24 Appropriations implementation; FY25 and FY26 Appropriations; port congestionrelief; Ocean Shipping Reform Act implementation; American Rescue Plan implementation; 2022 NDAA implementation; 2024 NDAA; Farm Bill;SIMP expansion regulation; FDA food traceability rule; port closure concerns; One Big Beautiful Bill Act; NOAA comparability findings for MMPA; opportunities for growth of seafood processing

General small business issues FAR Reform DBE Reform

SBIR/STTR Reauthorization and FAST Reauthorization

Support of TCJA provisions that benefit small businesses and reauthorization of SBIR and Invest Act

Administration: Maintaining communication with SBA staff in the Office of Capital Access and the Office of Credit Risk Management regarding the SBA Community Advantage program, and issues impacting the work of Community Advantage (CA) lender, now CA Small Business Lending Companies (CA SBLCs), including updates on the status of proposed program changes. Congress: Worked with members of the Mission Lenders Working Group to educate Members of the 119th Congress and their staff, particularly Members of Congress serving on either the House or Senate Small Business Committees, about the SBA's Community Advantage (CA) loan program and the work of CA Small Business Lending Companies.

Women's Business Centers reauthorization Matters pertaining to women entrepreneurship and WBC utilization WBC utilization for childcare programs Increased access to capital for women-owned businesses Increased opportunities for women-owned businesses in manufacturing and in rural communities.

Women and minority-owned small business issues

Tax credit legislation Procurement opportunities for small business Capital access for small business Corporate Transparency Act

Multi-cloud procurement

Access to capital for small businesses Veteran Business Outreach Centers within the Small Business Administration Women's Business Centers at the Small Business Administration Community Development Financial Institutions Fund at Department of Treasury

Access to procurement opportunities for Black firms at SBA Access to lending capital programs at SBA Exporting opportunities for Black businesses

Small business opportunities

SBIR program reforms to improve grant access and funding

Medicare reform; Bone health care issues; Home medical equipment issues; Home health prospective payment issues; Tariffs on medical devices.

Technological commercialization through the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs. Support for Rural Economic Development Organization (EDOs).

SBIR reauthorization

SBIR reauthorization

Small business impacts from EPA regulations such as RMP and TSCA.

Digital assets, mobile payments, fraud, data security, data storage, open banking, regulatory reform, tax reporting, payments systems, cyber-security, financial services, merchant cash advances, privacy.

Environmental Issues

Midwifery Reimbursement Midwives for Service Members Birth Center Reimbursement BABIES Act

Cyber Security Programs for Small Businesses SBIR, STTR Reauthorization

small business & technology

Supporting small businesses with global expansion

SBA Funding and Programs

Great American Outdoors Act

Palm empowers SMB owners to know what information is being reported on their business, easily correct inaccurate information, and share theirverified business profile as needed. Furthermore, Palm equips government agencies and the private sector with verified, permissioned informationprovided by the SMB to service the following; Automatically completing & submitting compliance forms, Remitting Government taxes & fees,Managing key business documents, and Monitoring for fraud.

Promote small business development and growth Support small business regulatory modernization Expanding access to capital

Matters related to small business formation and the provision of employee identification numbers.