Kwiveki ephelileyo, iKomiti yeNdlu yamaShishini amaNcinci ipasise ipakethe ekudala ilindelwe yohlengahlengiso kwiindlela zokuboleka amashishini amancinci axhaswa ngumanyano. Umthetho, i-HR 3854, uMthetho weMali yoShishino oluNcinci kunye noTyalo-mali, ubandakanya iintlobo ngeentlobo zezibonelelo zokwenza kube lula kwii-arhente zokuhamba kunye nabanye abanini bamashishini amancinci ukuba baphile kwimeko yokudodobala koqoqosho. Kwileta yayo yokuqinisekisa, i-ASTA yancoma usihlalo weKomiti yamaShishini amaNcinci uNydia Velázquez (D-NY) ngokubandakanya kwibhili yenkqubo entsha ye-Capital Backstop, eya kugunyazisa uLawulo lwamaShishini amaNcinci (i-SBA) ukuba ibhale phantsi, ivale, kwaye ixhase ngemali mboleko kwiimeko ezithile. - ilungiselelo elifunwa yi-ASTA ukususela ngoNovemba 2008.
I-ASTA isebenze kunye neKomiti yoShishino oluNcinci, uLawulo lwamaShishini amaNcinci, kunye nezinye iikomiti zeCongressional ukukhuthaza umthetho oza kususa imiqobo ekufumaneni iimali-mboleko ze-federal. NgoDisemba ka-2008, i-ASTA yabhalela iqela lenguqu lika-Obama elingenayo kunye neCongress icela ukuba i-SBA inikwe igunya elongeziweyo lokuboleka ngokuthe ngqo kumashishini amancinci amancinci. I-ASTA iye yakhuthaza imilinganiselo eya kunciphisa umthwalo wamaphepha kubafaki-zicelo mboleko, ukunciphisa imirhumo yokucubungula izicelo, kunye nokunciphisa inkqubo yokuvunywa kwemboleko-mali.
Ukongeza kwinkxaso yayo yokuguqulwa kwe-SBA yokubolekwa kwemali, i-ASTA ivume umthetho wokunyusa ukukhutshwa kwerhafu ephezulu kwiindleko zokuqalisa amashishini amancinci kunye ne-bill yokudala "i-check-box" yokutsalwa kwiindleko zeofisi yasekhaya.
Nangona ungabhengezwanga umhla wokuvota, iHR 3854 kulindeleke ukuba ivotelwe yiNdlu yaBameli ngokupheleleyo phambi kokuphela konyaka.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- In its endorsement letter, ASTA praised Small Business Committee chairwoman Nydia Velázquez (D-NY) for including in the bill a new Capital Backstop program, which would authorize the Small Business Administration (SBA) to underwrite, close, and fund loans in certain circumstances –.
- In addition to its support for SBA lending reform, ASTA has endorsed legislation to increase the maximum tax deduction for small business startup expenses and a bill to create a “check-the-box”.
- The legislation, HR 3854, the Small Business Financing and Investment Act, includes a variety of provisions to make it easier for travel agents and other small-business owners to survive the recession.
