25 Small Business Administration

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All recommendations in this chapter

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1. 749 End the SBA's bid to become a 'designated voter agency' Not started
2. 750 Confine the SBA to congressionally authorized programs Not started
3. 750 Hold an accountable SBA leadership that answers to Congress and the IG Not started
4. 750 Account for and end fraud in all COVID-19 relief programs Not started
5. 750 End SBA direct lending Not started
6. 751 Make SBA programs nonduplicative and first-come, first-served Not started
7. 751 Strengthen the Office of Advocacy with a renewed mandate and resources Not started
8. 751 Require SBA performance metrics and program-integrity procedures Not started
9. 751 Require SBA to close out OIG and GAO recommendations within 90 days Not started
10. 752 Amend the RFA to require 60-day pre-proposal review by Advocacy Needs Congress Not started
11. 752 Expand RFA economic analysis to cover indirect costs Needs Congress Not started
12. 752 Require federal agencies to seek Office of Advocacy input Not started
13. 752 Presumptively exempt small businesses from new agency rules Needs Congress Not started
14. 752 Increase the Office of Advocacy budget by at least 50 percent Needs Congress Not started
15. 752 Direct federal agencies to comply with the Regulatory Flexibility Act Not started
16. 752 Restart Advocacy regional roundtables and small-business visits Not started
17. 753 Bring in private-sector expertise to close out COVID-19 loan programs Not started
18. 753 Require ineligible PPP recipients to repay their loans Not started
19. 753 Reverse PPP forgiveness decisions for ineligible recipients Not started
20. 753 Refer PPP applicants who misrepresented eligibility to DOJ Not started
21. 754 Move the disaster loan program out of the SBA Needs Congress Not started
22. 754 Bar any new SBA direct lending programs Not started
23. 755 Notify Congress the SBA will not enforce religious-exclusion rules Not started
24. 755 Take down SBA Form 1971 Not started
25. 755 Finalize the rule removing SBA religious exclusions Not started
26. 755 Continue the SBIR and STTR programs Not started
27. 755 Expand the agency R&D set-aside for SBIR Needs Congress Not started
28. 755 Require SBIR funds be spent on U.S. capital investments Needs Congress Not started
29. 756 Create larger Section 7(a) loans for manufacturing investment Needs Congress Not started
30. 756 Refocus the SBIC program away from technology startups Not started
31. 757 Reform SBIC financing to favor small manufacturers Needs Congress Not started
32. 757 Create a 'medium-sized business' classification Needs Congress Not started
33. 757 Enact the IMPROVE the SBA Act Needs Congress Not started
34. 758 Enact the Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act Needs Congress Not started
35. 758 Extend SBREFA panel requirements to all federal agencies Needs Congress Not started
36. 758 Enact the Fair and Open Competition Act to bar PLA mandates Needs Congress Not started
37. 758 Enact the JOBS Act 4.0 Needs Congress Not started
38. 758 Appoint an SBA Administrator with finance or administrative law experience Not started
39. 758 Report to Congress ranking SBA programs by cost-effectiveness in six months Not started
40. 758 Freeze the SBA budget pending the effectiveness review Needs Congress Not started
41. 758 Terminate ineffective SBA programs and consolidate duplicative functions Needs Congress Not started
42. 759 Rein in SBLC expansion and outsource where private expertise fits Not started

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