Small Business Act: Text of Small Business Act, Public Law 85-536, as Amended, Together with Certain Related Provisions of Law, Volume 1

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1970 - 36 pages

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Page 1 - It is the declared policy of the Congress that the Government should aid, counsel, assist, and protect, insofar as is possible, the interests of...
Page 12 - Act, as amended, is amended — (1) by striking out the period at the end of "paragraph (5)" and inserting in lieu thereof " ; and" ; and (2) by adding after paragraph (5) a new paragraph as follows: "(6) to make such loans (either directly or in cooperation with banks or other lending institutions through agreements to participate on an immediate or deferred basis) as the Administration may determine to be necessary or appropriate to assist any small business concern...
Page 1 - The essence of the American economic system of private enterprise is free competition. Only through full and free competition can free markets, free entry into business, and opportunities for the expression and growth of personal initiative and individual judgment be assured. The preservation and expansion of such competition is basic not only to the economic well-being but to the security of this Nation. Such security and well-being cannot be realized unless the actual and potential capacity of...
Page 2 - In addition to the foregoing criteria the Administrator, in making a detailed definition, may use these criteria, among others. Number of employees and dollar volume of business. Where the number of employees is used as one of the criteria in making such definition for any of the purposes of this Act, the maximum number of employees which...
Page 5 - In the performance of, and with respect to, the functions, powers, and duties...
Page 2 - No commissioner shall engage in any other business, vocation, or employment...
Page 29 - Corporation or any other body politic or corporate, or any individual, or to deceive any officer, auditor, or examiner...
Page 10 - Upon withdrawal of any request or finding hereunder, or upon withdrawal by the Attorney General of his approval of the...
Page 7 - USC 5) ; any individual so employed may be compensated at a rate not in excess of $75 per diem, and, while such individual is away from his home or regular place of business, he may be allowed transportation and not to exceed $15 per diem in lieu of subsistence and other expenses...
Page 6 - Commerce may sue and be sued in any court of record of a State having general jurisdiction or in any United States district court, and jurisdiction is conferred upon such district court to determine such controversies without regard to the amount in controversy; but no attachment, injunction, garnishment, or other similar process, mesne or final, shall be issued against him or his property.

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