Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2965) to amend the Small Business Act with respect to the Small…

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Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2965) to amend the Small Business Act with respect to the Small Business Innovation Research Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer Program, and for other purposes.

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House Introduced Jul 7, 2009
House Passed Jul 8, 2009 236–187

Sets forth the rule for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2965) to amend the Small Business Act with respect to the Small Business Innovation Research Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer Program.

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Jul 7, 2009

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

Votes to become law

House · Passed Jul 8, 2009 · 236 Yea – 187 Nay Adoption Speaker: Nancy Pelosi

About this bill and sources

Official title: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2965) to amend the Small Business Act with respect to the Small Business Innovation Research Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer Program, and for other purposes.

Member	Party at vote	Seat	Position
Don Young	R	AK-AL	Nay
Jo Bonner	R	AL-1	Nay
Bobby Bright	D	AL-2	Yea
Mike Rogers	R	AL-3	Nay
Robert Aderholt	R	AL-4	Nay
Parker Griffith	D	AL-5	Not Voting
Spencer Bachus	R	AL-6	Nay
Artur Davis	D	AL-7	Yea
Marion Berry	D	AR-1	Yea
Vic Snyder	D	AR-2	Yea
John Boozman	R	AR-3	Nay
Mike Ross	D	AR-4	Yea
Ann Kirkpatrick	D	AZ-1	Nay
Trent Franks	R	AZ-2	Nay
John Shadegg	R	AZ-3	Nay
Ed Pastor	D	AZ-4	Yea
Harry Mitchell	D	AZ-5	Yea
Jeff Flake	R	AZ-6	Nay
Raúl Grijalva	D	AZ-7	Yea
Gabrielle Giffords	D	AZ-8	Yea
Mike Thompson	D	CA-1	Yea
Jerry McNerney	D	CA-11	Yea
Jackie Speier	D	CA-12	Yea
Pete Stark	D	CA-13	Yea
Anna Eshoo	D	CA-14	Yea
Mike Honda	D	CA-15	Yea
Zoe Lofgren	D	CA-16	Yea
Sam Farr	D	CA-17	Yea
Dennis Cardoza	D	CA-18	Not Voting
George Radanovich	R	CA-19	Nay
Wally Herger	R	CA-2	Nay
Jim Costa	D	CA-20	Yea
Devin Nunes	R	CA-21	Nay
Kevin McCarthy	R	CA-22	Nay
Lois Capps	D	CA-23	Yea
Elton Gallegly	R	CA-24	Nay
Buck McKeon	R	CA-25	Nay
David Dreier	R	CA-26	Nay
Brad Sherman	D	CA-27	Yea
Howard Berman	D	CA-28	Yea
Adam Schiff	D	CA-29	Yea
Daniel Lungren	R	CA-3	Nay
Henry Waxman	D	CA-30	Yea
Xavier Becerra	D	CA-31	Yea
Diane Watson	D	CA-33	Yea
Lucille Roybal-Allard	D	CA-34	Yea
Maxine Waters	D	CA-35	Yea
Jane Harman	D	CA-36	Yea
Laura Richardson	D	CA-37	Yea
Grace Napolitano	D	CA-38	Yea
Linda Sánchez	D	CA-39	Yea
Tom McClintock	R	CA-4	Nay
Ed Royce	R	CA-40	Nay
Jerry Lewis	R	CA-41	Nay
Gary Miller	R	CA-42	Nay
Joe Baca	D	CA-43	Yea
Ken Calvert	R	CA-44	Nay
Mary Bono Mack	R	CA-45	Nay
Dana Rohrabacher	R	CA-46	Nay
Loretta Sanchez	D	CA-47	Yea
John Campbell	R	CA-48	Nay
Darrell Issa	R	CA-49	Nay
Doris Matsui	D	CA-5	Yea
Brian Bilbray	R	CA-50	Nay
Bob Filner	D	CA-51	Yea
Duncan Hunter	R	CA-52	Nay
Susan Davis	D	CA-53	Yea
Lynn Woolsey	D	CA-6	Yea
George Miller	D	CA-7	Yea
Barbara Lee	D	CA-9	Yea
Diana DeGette	D	CO-1	Yea
Jared Polis	D	CO-2	Yea
John Salazar	D	CO-3	Yea
Betsy Markey	D	CO-4	Yea
Doug Lamborn	R	CO-5	Nay
Mike Coffman	R	CO-6	Nay
Ed Perlmutter	D	CO-7	Yea
John Larson	D	CT-1	Yea
Joe Courtney	D	CT-2	Nay
Rosa DeLauro	D	CT-3	Yea
Jim Himes	D	CT-4	Yea
Christopher Murphy	D	CT-5	Yea
Michael Castle	R	DE-AL	Nay
Jeff Miller	R	FL-1	Nay
C. Young	R	FL-10	Nay
Kathy Castor	D	FL-11	Yea
Adam Putnam	R	FL-12	Nay
Vern Buchanan	R	FL-13	Nay
Connie Mack	R	FL-14	Nay
Bill Posey	R	FL-15	Nay
Thomas Rooney	R	FL-16	Nay
Kendrick Meek	D	FL-17	Yea
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen	R	FL-18	Nay
Robert Wexler	D	FL-19	Yea
Allen Boyd	D	FL-2	Yea
Debbie Wasserman Schultz	D	FL-20	Yea
Lincoln Diaz-Balart	R	FL-21	Nay
Ron Klein	D	FL-22	Nay
Alcee Hastings	D	FL-23	Yea
Suzanne Kosmas	D	FL-24	Yea
Mario Diaz-Balart	R	FL-25	Nay
Corrine Brown	D	FL-3	Yea
Ander Crenshaw	R	FL-4	Nay
Ginny Brown-Waite	R	FL-5	Nay
Cliff Stearns	R	FL-6	Nay
John Mica	R	FL-7	Nay
Alan Grayson	D	FL-8	Yea
Gus Bilirakis	R	FL-9	Nay
Jack Kingston	R	GA-1	Nay
Paul Broun	R	GA-10	Not Voting
Phil Gingrey	R	GA-11	Nay
John Barrow	D	GA-12	Yea
David Scott	D	GA-13	Yea
Sanford Bishop	D	GA-2	Yea
Lynn Westmoreland	R	GA-3	Nay
Hank Johnson	D	GA-4	Yea
John Lewis	D	GA-5	Yea
Tom Price	R	GA-6	Nay
John Linder	R	GA-7	Nay
Jim Marshall	D	GA-8	Yea
Nathan Deal	R	GA-9	Nay
Neil Abercrombie	D	HI-1	Yea
Mazie Hirono	D	HI-2	Yea
Bruce Braley	D	IA-1	Yea
David Loebsack	D	IA-2	Yea
Leonard Boswell	D	IA-3	Yea
Tom Latham	R	IA-4	Nay
Steve King	R	IA-5	Nay
Walter Minnick	D	ID-1	Yea
Mike Simpson	R	ID-2	Nay
Bobby Rush	D	IL-1	Yea
Mark Kirk	R	IL-10	Nay
Deborah Halvorson	D	IL-11	Yea
Jerry Costello	D	IL-12	Yea
Judy Biggert	R	IL-13	Nay
Bill Foster	D	IL-14	Nay
Timothy Johnson	R	IL-15	Nay
Donald Manzullo	R	IL-16	Nay
Phil Hare	D	IL-17	Yea
Aaron Schock	R	IL-18	Nay
John Shimkus	R	IL-19	Nay
Jesse Jackson	D	IL-2	Yea
Daniel Lipinski	D	IL-3	Yea
Luis Gutiérrez	D	IL-4	Yea
Mike Quigley	D	IL-5	Yea
Peter Roskam	R	IL-6	Nay
Danny Davis	D	IL-7	Yea
Melissa Bean	D	IL-8	Yea
Jan Schakowsky	D	IL-9	Yea
Peter Visclosky	D	IN-1	Yea
Joe Donnelly	D	IN-2	Yea
Mark Souder	R	IN-3	Nay
Steve Buyer	R	IN-4	Nay
Dan Burton	R	IN-5	Nay
Mike Pence	R	IN-6	Nay
André Carson	D	IN-7	Yea
Brad Ellsworth	D	IN-8	Not Voting
Baron Hill	D	IN-9	Nay
Jerry Moran	R	KS-1	Nay
Lynn Jenkins	R	KS-2	Nay
Dennis Moore	D	KS-3	Nay
Todd Tiahrt	R	KS-4	Nay
Ed Whitfield	R	KY-1	Nay
Brett Guthrie	R	KY-2	Nay
John Yarmuth	D	KY-3	Yea
Geoff Davis	R	KY-4	Nay
Hal Rogers	R	KY-5	Nay
Ben Chandler	D	KY-6	Yea
Steve Scalise	R	LA-1	Nay
Joseph Cao	R	LA-2	Nay
Charles Melancon	D	LA-3	Yea
John Fleming	R	LA-4	Nay
Rodney Alexander	R	LA-5	Nay
Bill Cassidy	R	LA-6	Nay
Charles Boustany	R	LA-7	Nay
John Olver	D	MA-1	Yea
Bill Delahunt	D	MA-10	Yea
Richard Neal	D	MA-2	Yea
Jim McGovern	D	MA-3	Yea
Barney Frank	D	MA-4	Yea
Niki Tsongas	D	MA-5	Nay
John Tierney	D	MA-6	Yea
Ed Markey	D	MA-7	Nay
Michael Capuano	D	MA-8	Yea
Stephen Lynch	D	MA-9	Yea
Frank Kratovil	D	MD-1	Yea
C. Ruppersberger	D	MD-2	Yea
John Sarbanes	D	MD-3	Yea
Donna Edwards	D	MD-4	Yea
Steny Hoyer	D	MD-5	Yea
Roscoe Bartlett	R	MD-6	Nay
Elijah Cummings	D	MD-7	Yea
Chris Van Hollen	D	MD-8	Yea
Chellie Pingree	D	ME-1	Yea
Michael Michaud	D	ME-2	Yea
Bart Stupak	D	MI-1	Yea
Candice Miller	R	MI-10	Nay
Thad McCotter	R	MI-11	Nay
Sander Levin	D	MI-12	Yea
Carolyn Kilpatrick	D	MI-13	Yea
John Conyers	D	MI-14	Yea
John Dingell	D	MI-15	Yea
Pete Hoekstra	R	MI-2	Nay
Vernon Ehlers	R	MI-3	Nay
Dave Camp	R	MI-4	Nay
Dale Kildee	D	MI-5	Yea
Fred Upton	R	MI-6	Nay
Mark Schauer	D	MI-7	Yea
Mike Rogers	R	MI-8	Nay
Gary Peters	D	MI-9	Yea
Timothy Walz	D	MN-1	Yea
John Kline	R	MN-2	Nay
Erik Paulsen	R	MN-3	Nay
Betty McCollum	D	MN-4	Yea
Keith Ellison	D	MN-5	Yea
Michele Bachmann	R	MN-6	Nay
Collin Peterson	D	MN-7	Yea
James Oberstar	D	MN-8	Yea
Wm. Clay	D	MO-1	Yea
W. Akin	R	MO-2	Nay
Russ Carnahan	D	MO-3	Yea
Ike Skelton	D	MO-4	Yea
Emanuel Cleaver	D	MO-5	Yea
Sam Graves	R	MO-6	Nay
Roy Blunt	R	MO-7	Nay
Jo Ann Emerson	R	MO-8	Nay
Blaine Luetkemeyer	R	MO-9	Nay
Travis Childers	D	MS-1	Yea
Bennie Thompson	D	MS-2	Yea
Gregg Harper	R	MS-3	Nay
Gene Taylor	D	MS-4	Yea
Denny Rehberg	R	MT-AL	Nay
G.K. Butterfield	D	NC-1	Yea
Patrick McHenry	R	NC-10	Nay
Heath Shuler	D	NC-11	Nay
Mel Watt	D	NC-12	Yea
Brad Miller	D	NC-13	Not Voting
Bob Etheridge	D	NC-2	Yea
Walter Jones	R	NC-3	Nay
David Price	D	NC-4	Yea
Virginia Foxx	R	NC-5	Nay
Howard Coble	R	NC-6	Nay
Mike McIntyre	D	NC-7	Yea
Larry Kissell	D	NC-8	Yea
Sue Myrick	R	NC-9	Nay
Earl Pomeroy	D	ND-AL	Yea
Jeff Fortenberry	R	NE-1	Nay
Lee Terry	R	NE-2	Nay
Adrian Smith	R	NE-3	Nay
Carol Shea-Porter	D	NH-1	Yea
Paul Hodes	D	NH-2	Nay
Rob Andrews	D	NJ-1	Not Voting
Donald Payne	D	NJ-10	Yea
Rodney Frelinghuysen	R	NJ-11	Nay
Rush Holt	D	NJ-12	Yea
Albio Sires	D	NJ-13	Yea
Frank LoBiondo	R	NJ-2	Nay
John Adler	D	NJ-3	Yea
Chris Smith	R	NJ-4	Nay
Scott Garrett	R	NJ-5	Nay
Frank Pallone	D	NJ-6	Yea
Leonard Lance	R	NJ-7	Nay
Bill Pascrell	D	NJ-8	Yea
Steven Rothman	D	NJ-9	Yea
Martin Heinrich	D	NM-1	Nay
Harry Teague	D	NM-2	Yea
Ben Luján	D	NM-3	Yea
Shelley Berkley	D	NV-1	Yea
Dean Heller	R	NV-2	Nay
Dina Titus	D	NV-3	Yea
Timothy Bishop	D	NY-1	Yea
Ed Towns	D	NY-10	Yea
Yvette Clarke	D	NY-11	Yea
Nydia Velázquez	D	NY-12	Yea
Michael McMahon	D	NY-13	Yea
Carolyn Maloney	D	NY-14	Yea
Charlie Rangel	D	NY-15	Yea
José Serrano	D	NY-16	Yea
Eliot Engel	D	NY-17	Yea
Nita Lowey	D	NY-18	Yea
John Hall	D	NY-19	Yea
Steve Israel	D	NY-2	Yea
Scott Murphy	D	NY-20	Yea
Paul Tonko	D	NY-21	Yea
Maurice Hinchey	D	NY-22	Yea
John McHugh	R	NY-23	Nay
Michael Arcuri	D	NY-24	Yea
Daniel Maffei	D	NY-25	Yea
Christopher Lee	R	NY-26	Nay
Brian Higgins	D	NY-27	Yea
Louise Slaughter	D	NY-28	Yea
Eric Massa	D	NY-29	Yea
Pete King	R	NY-3	Nay
Carolyn McCarthy	D	NY-4	Yea
Gary Ackerman	D	NY-5	Yea
Gregory Meeks	D	NY-6	Yea
Joe Crowley	D	NY-7	Yea
Jerrold Nadler	D	NY-8	Yea
Anthony Weiner	D	NY-9	Yea
Steve Driehaus	D	OH-1	Yea
Dennis Kucinich	D	OH-10	Yea
Marcia Fudge	D	OH-11	Yea
Pat Tiberi	R	OH-12	Nay
Betty Sutton	D	OH-13	Yea
Steven LaTourette	R	OH-14	Nay
Mary Jo Kilroy	D	OH-15	Yea
John Boccieri	D	OH-16	Yea
Tim Ryan	D	OH-17	Yea
Zack Space	D	OH-18	Yea
Jean Schmidt	R	OH-2	Nay
Michael Turner	R	OH-3	Nay
Jim Jordan	R	OH-4	Nay
Robert Latta	R	OH-5	Nay
Charles Wilson	D	OH-6	Yea
Steve Austria	R	OH-7	Nay
John Boehner	R	OH-8	Nay
Marcy Kaptur	D	OH-9	Yea
John Sullivan	R	OK-1	Nay
Dan Boren	D	OK-2	Yea
Frank Lucas	R	OK-3	Nay
Tom Cole	R	OK-4	Nay
Mary Fallin	R	OK-5	Nay
David Wu	D	OR-1	Yea
Greg Walden	R	OR-2	Nay
Earl Blumenauer	D	OR-3	Yea
Peter DeFazio	D	OR-4	Yea
Kurt Schrader	D	OR-5	Yea
Robert Brady	D	PA-1	Yea
Christopher Carney	D	PA-10	Yea
Paul Kanjorski	D	PA-11	Yea
John Murtha	D	PA-12	Yea
Allyson Schwartz	D	PA-13	Yea
Michael Doyle	D	PA-14	Yea
Charles Dent	R	PA-15	Nay
Joseph Pitts	R	PA-16	Nay
Tim Holden	D	PA-17	Yea
Tim Murphy	R	PA-18	Nay
Todd Platts	R	PA-19	Nay
Chaka Fattah	D	PA-2	Yea
Kathleen Dahlkemper	D	PA-3	Yea
Jason Altmire	D	PA-4	Yea
Glenn Thompson	R	PA-5	Nay
Jim Gerlach	R	PA-6	Nay
Joe Sestak	D	PA-7	Not Voting
Patrick Murphy	D	PA-8	Yea
Bill Shuster	R	PA-9	Nay
Patrick Kennedy	D	RI-1	Yea
Jim Langevin	D	RI-2	Yea
Henry Brown	R	SC-1	Nay
Joe Wilson	R	SC-2	Nay
J. Gresham Barrett	R	SC-3	Not Voting
Bob Inglis	R	SC-4	Nay
John Spratt	D	SC-5	Yea
Jim Clyburn	D	SC-6	Yea
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin	D	SD-AL	Yea
Phil Roe	R	TN-1	Nay
Jimmy Duncan	R	TN-2	Nay
Zach Wamp	R	TN-3	Nay
Lincoln Davis	D	TN-4	Yea
Jim Cooper	D	TN-5	Yea
Bart Gordon	D	TN-6	Yea
Marsha Blackburn	R	TN-7	Nay
John Tanner	D	TN-8	Yea
Steve Cohen	D	TN-9	Yea
Louie Gohmert	R	TX-1	Nay
Michael McCaul	R	TX-10	Nay
K. Conaway	R	TX-11	Nay
Kay Granger	R	TX-12	Nay
Mac Thornberry	R	TX-13	Nay
Ron Paul	R	TX-14	Nay
Rubén Hinojosa	D	TX-15	Yea
Silvestre Reyes	D	TX-16	Yea
Chet Edwards	D	TX-17	Yea
Sheila Jackson Lee	D	TX-18	Yea
Randy Neugebauer	R	TX-19	Nay
Ted Poe	R	TX-2	Nay
Charlie Gonzalez	D	TX-20	Yea
Lamar Smith	R	TX-21	Nay
Pete Olson	R	TX-22	Nay
Ciro Rodriguez	D	TX-23	Yea
Kenny Marchant	R	TX-24	Nay
Lloyd Doggett	D	TX-25	Yea
Michael Burgess	R	TX-26	Nay
Solomon Ortiz	D	TX-27	Yea
Henry Cuellar	D	TX-28	Yea
Gene Green	D	TX-29	Yea
Sam Johnson	R	TX-3	Nay
Eddie Johnson	D	TX-30	Yea
John Carter	R	TX-31	Nay
Pete Sessions	R	TX-32	Nay
Ralph Hall	R	TX-4	Nay
Jeb Hensarling	R	TX-5	Not Voting
Joe Barton	R	TX-6	Nay
John Culberson	R	TX-7	Nay
Kevin Brady	R	TX-8	Nay
Al Green	D	TX-9	Yea
Rob Bishop	R	UT-1	Nay
Jim Matheson	D	UT-2	Yea
Jason Chaffetz	R	UT-3	Nay
Robert Wittman	R	VA-1	Nay
Frank Wolf	R	VA-10	Nay
Gerald Connolly	D	VA-11	Yea
Glenn Nye	D	VA-2	Yea
Bobby Scott	D	VA-3	Yea
J. Forbes	R	VA-4	Nay
Thomas Perriello	D	VA-5	Nay
Bob Goodlatte	R	VA-6	Nay
Eric Cantor	R	VA-7	Nay
Jim Moran	D	VA-8	Yea
Rick Boucher	D	VA-9	Yea
Peter Welch	D	VT-AL	Yea
Jay Inslee	D	WA-1	Yea
Rick Larsen	D	WA-2	Yea
Brian Baird	D	WA-3	Yea
Doc Hastings	R	WA-4	Nay
Cathy McMorris Rodgers	R	WA-5	Nay
Norm Dicks	D	WA-6	Yea
Jim McDermott	D	WA-7	Yea
David Reichert	R	WA-8	Nay
Adam Smith	D	WA-9	Yea
Paul Ryan	R	WI-1	Nay
Tammy Baldwin	D	WI-2	Yea
Ron Kind	D	WI-3	Yea
Gwen Moore	D	WI-4	Yea
F. Sensenbrenner	R	WI-5	Nay
Tom Petri	R	WI-6	Nay
Dave Obey	D	WI-7	Yea
Steve Kagen	D	WI-8	Yea
Alan Mollohan	D	WV-1	Yea
Shelley Capito	R	WV-2	Nay
Nick Rahall	D	WV-3	Yea
Cynthia Lummis	R	WY-AL	Nay

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2965) to amend the Small Business Act with respect to the Small…

Votes to become law

Final vote · House · Jul 8, 2009