H.R. 3267: Protect Small Business Jobs Act of 2011
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H.R. 3267: Protect Small Business Jobs Act of 2011
112th Congress · introduced 2011-10-26 · Commerce · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2011-10-26 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Protect Small Business Jobs Act of 2011
Plain summary
Protect Small Business Jobs Act of 2011 - Requires a federal agency, before imposing any sanction on a small business for any violation of a rule or pursuant to an adjudication, to: (1) notify the small business that it may be subject to a sanction at the end of a six-month grace period following such notification; (2) defer any further action for the six-month period (allowing an additional three-month period upon application by the small business demonstrating reasonable good-faith efforts to remedy the violation or other conduct giving rise to the violation); (3) make a further determination at the end of the applicable grace period as to whether the small business would still be subject to the sanction; and (4) upon a negative determination, waive the sanction.
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Official text
Protect Small Business Jobs Act of 2011
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Sponsor: Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14] · 1 cosponsors
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-112hr3267.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/112/hr>
Record fed-us-cong112-hr3267 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112