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H.R. 1807 · 100th Congress · enacted

Business Opportunity Development Reform Act of 1988

Became Public Law No: 100-656.

Latest official action 1988-11-15 · Enacted

The bill, briefly

Amends the Small Business Act to limit participation in the Small Business Administration's (SBA) small business and capital ownership development program. (Participation shall be conditioned upon the business concern meeting specified criteria of competitiveness.) Provides additional assistance (including special contracts and training grants) for business concerns deemed to be in the "developmental stage" of program participation. Allows the SBA to purchase developmental investments in business concerns deemed to be in the "transitional stage" of program participation. (Business concerns in the "transitional stage" may also receive the assistance provided business concerns in the "developmental stage.") Establishes within the Treasury a revolving fund to be used by the SBA to purchase such developmental investments. Authorizes appropriations for the fund. Allows the Administrator of the SBA to approve joint venture agreements between program participants and other businesses if such a venture will enhance the participant's progress toward competitive viability and strengthen the free enterprise system. Allows the SBA to award Government procurement contracts under the small business set-aside program based upon a competition between eligible program participants. Provides mainstreaming assistance for business concerns which have graduated from the program. Establishes time l…

Congressional Research Service · 1987-03-25

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Politicians behind the bill

Sponsors and cosponsors from the official source, limited to members currently in office. Campaign amounts are cycle-wide and are not payments for this bill.

36 of 36 source cosponsor records retrieved; only current officials and unwithdrawn sponsorships appear.

PAC donors to the listed sponsors

These are all-cycle contributions to the listed sponsors’ and cosponsors’ campaigns. FEC does not attribute them to this bill. A donation plus sponsorship does not establish why a politician acted.

AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$10,000

Kweisi Mfume · Cosponsor · $10,000

Official PAC record
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES P E O P L E$10,000

Kweisi Mfume · Cosponsor · $10,000

Official PAC record
MACHINISTS NON PARTISAN POLITICAL LEAGUE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS & AEROSPACE WORKERS$10,000

Kweisi Mfume · Cosponsor · $10,000

Official PAC record
NATIONAL ACTIVE AND RETIRED FEDERAL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COM (NARFE-PAC)$10,000

Kweisi Mfume · Cosponsor · $10,000

Official PAC record
NATIONAL BEER WHOLESALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$10,000

Kweisi Mfume · Cosponsor · $10,000

Official PAC record
NATIONAL RURAL LETTER CARRIERS' ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$10,000

Kweisi Mfume · Cosponsor · $10,000

Official PAC record
UA UNION PLUMBERS & PIPEFITTERS VOTE! PAC (UNITED ASSOCIATION OF JOURNEYMEN AND APPRENTICES OF THE PLUMBING & PIPEFITTING INDUSTRY OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA)$10,000

Kweisi Mfume · Cosponsor · $10,000

Official PAC record
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$9,994

Kweisi Mfume · Cosponsor · $9,994

Official PAC record
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AAJ PAC)$8,500

Kweisi Mfume · Cosponsor · $8,500

Official PAC record
PITNEY BOWES INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$6,000

Kweisi Mfume · Cosponsor · $6,000

Official PAC record
TRANSDIGM GROUP INC. EMPLOYEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$6,000

Kweisi Mfume · Cosponsor · $6,000

Official PAC record
ERNST & YOUNG POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$5,000

Kweisi Mfume · Cosponsor · $5,000

Official PAC record
INTERNATIONAL LONGSHOREMEN'S ASSOCIATION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION$5,000

Kweisi Mfume · Cosponsor · $5,000

Official PAC record
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF POSTAL SUPERVISORS PAC$5,000

Kweisi Mfume · Cosponsor · $5,000

Official PAC record
THE HOME DEPOT INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$5,000

Kweisi Mfume · Cosponsor · $5,000

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VICTORY NOW PAC$5,000

Kweisi Mfume · Cosponsor · $5,000

Official PAC record
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$4,000

Kweisi Mfume · Cosponsor · $4,000

Official PAC record
AMERICA'S CREDIT UNIONS PAC$3,000

Kweisi Mfume · Cosponsor · $3,000

Official PAC record
AMERICAN SUGAR CANE LEAGUE OF USA, INC PAC$3,000

Kweisi Mfume · Cosponsor · $3,000

Official PAC record
CITIZENS ORGANIZED POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$3,000

Kweisi Mfume · Cosponsor · $3,000

Official PAC record
CITYPAC$3,000

Kweisi Mfume · Cosponsor · $3,000

Official PAC record
SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (SWAPAC)$3,000

Kweisi Mfume · Cosponsor · $3,000

Official PAC record
SUN POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$3,000

Kweisi Mfume · Cosponsor · $3,000

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TO PROTECT OUR HERITAGE PAC$3,000

Kweisi Mfume · Cosponsor · $3,000

Official PAC record
WAKEFERN FOOD CORP. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$3,000

Kweisi Mfume · Cosponsor · $3,000

Official PAC record
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, AFL-CIO COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION$2,500

Kweisi Mfume · Cosponsor · $2,500

Official PAC record
ENGINEERS POLITICAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE (EPEC)/INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS$2,500

Kweisi Mfume · Cosponsor · $2,500

Official PAC record
INTERNATIONAL UNION OF PAINTERS AND ALLIED TRADES POLITICAL ACTION TOGETHER POLITICAL COMMITTEE$2,500

Kweisi Mfume · Cosponsor · $2,500

Official PAC record
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$2,500

Kweisi Mfume · Cosponsor · $2,500

Official PAC record
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE I$2,500

Kweisi Mfume · Cosponsor · $2,500

Official PAC record
SEAFARERS POLITICAL ACTIVITY DONATION - SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NA-AGLIW$2,500

Kweisi Mfume · Cosponsor · $2,500

Official PAC record
UNITED POSTMASTERS AND MANAGERS OF AMERICA POLITICAL FUND$2,500

Kweisi Mfume · Cosponsor · $2,500

Official PAC record
AT&T INC. EMPLOYEE FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AT&T EMPLOYEE FEDERAL PAC)$2,000

Kweisi Mfume · Cosponsor · $2,000

Official PAC record
DEMOCRATS WIN FUND$2,000

Kweisi Mfume · Cosponsor · $2,000

Official PAC record
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION EMPLOYEES' POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$2,000

Kweisi Mfume · Cosponsor · $2,000

Official PAC record
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NABPAC)$2,000

Kweisi Mfume · Cosponsor · $2,000

Official PAC record
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ASA PAC)$1,500

Kweisi Mfume · Cosponsor · $1,500

Official PAC record
NATIONAL POSTAL MAIL HANDLERS UNION - DIVISION OF LABORERS' INT'L UNION OF NORTH AMERICA$1,500

Kweisi Mfume · Cosponsor · $1,500

Official PAC record
PROFESSIONAL AVIATION SAFETY SPECIALISTS PAC$1,500

Kweisi Mfume · Cosponsor · $1,500

Official PAC record
TENABLE, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (TENABLE PAC)$1,500

Kweisi Mfume · Cosponsor · $1,500

Official PAC record

The largest 40 donor totals appear here. Open each politician for their complete, paginated PAC donor list.

What happened after enactment?

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Measured outcome: not established
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