Economic Development | Issue Briefs

NSBA supports reasonable reforms and policies that will further promote and facilitate small-business participation in the federal marketplace.

Congress needs to protect and support the SBA’s critical loan programs and increase the authorization level for SBA loans in order to prevent unnecessary stalls in lending.

The very tools that make small businesses competitive have also put them in the crosshairs of cyber attackers.

It's been nearly 30 years since the last WHCSB.

Congress should permanently authorize and increase the funding levels for the SBIR and STTR programs.

The U.S. must reassert its position as an international leader in innovation with smart fixes.

EXIM should continue to strive to exceed its mandates of supporting small business exporting efforts and reestablishing its reliability as a resource to address inabilities to access traditional credit or financing.

Lawmakers should clarify and ease costly and complex registration requirements on small businesses.

A free and open Internet helps prevent unfair pricing practices by ISPs.

Legislation must consider the burden on small business.

Policymakers must ensure that programs and pandemic-related program changes are not closed if the need for lending still exists.

This bill is sorely needed to protect small businesses from an unfair, duopolistic market, and ensure they can compete.