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H. Rept. 117-256 1 (2022-03-07)

handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxaefw0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUTHENTICATED U.S. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION . 117TH CONGRESS REPORT 2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 117-256 SMALL BUSINESS ADVOCACY IMPROVEMENTS ACT OF 2022 MARCH 7, 2022.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed Ms. VELAZQUEZ, from the Committee on Small Business, submitted the following R E P O R T [To accompany H.R. 6454] The Committee on Small Business, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 6454) to clarify the primary functions and duties of the Office of Advocacy of the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon without amendment and recommends that the bill do pass. CONTENTS Page I. Purpose and Bill Sum m ary ........................................................................ 1 II. Background and Need for Legislation ...................................................... . 2 III. Hearings ....................................................................................................... 2 IV . Com m ittee Consideration ......................................................................... 2 V . C om m ittee V otes ....................................................................................... 3 VI. Section-by-Section for H .R. 6454 .............................................................. 3 VII. Congressional Budget Cost Estim ate ....................................................... 3 VIII. New Budget Authority, Entitlement Authority, and Tax Expenditures 3 IX. Committee Oversight Findings and Recommendations ........................... 3 X. Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives ....................... 4 XI. Duplication of Federal Program s ............................................................. 4 XII. Congressional Earmarks, Limited Tax Benefits, and Limited Tariff Benefits ..................................................................................................... 4 XIII. Federal M andates Statem ent ................................................................... 4 XIV. Federal Advisory Committee Statement ................................................... 4 XV. Applicability to Legislative Branch ........................................................... 4 XVI. Constitutional Authority Statement .......................................................... 4 XVII. Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported ...................... 4 I. PURPOSE AND BILL SUMMARY The purpose of H.R. 6454, the Small Business Advocacy Im- provements Act of 2022, is to make clear that the U.S. Small Busi- ness Administration's (SBA) Office of Advocacy has the authority 29-006