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H.R. 3310, SMALL BUSINESS PAPERWORK
REDUCTION ACT AMENDMENTS OF 1998

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON NATIONAL ECONOMIC GROWTH,
NATURAL RESOURCES, AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT
REFORM AND OVERSIGHT
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

ONE HUNDRED FIFTH CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

ON

H.R. 3310

STANFORD
LIBRARIES

89-43

TO AMEND CHAPTER 35 OF TITLE 44, UNITED STATES CODE, FOR THE
PURPOSE OF FACILITATING COMPLIANCE BY SMALL BUSINESSES
WITH CERTAIN FEDERAL PAPERWORK REQUIREMENTS, AND TO ES-
TABLISH A TASK FORCE TO EXAMINE THE FEASIBILITY OF STREAM-
LINING PAPERWORK REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO SMALL BUSI-
NESS

MARCH 5 AND 17, 1998

Serial No. 105-144

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WASHINGTON: 1998

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Jonsson Library

KEVIN BINGER, Staff Director

DANIEL R. MOLL, Deputy Staff Director

WILLIAM MOSCHELLA, Deputy Counsel and Parliamentarian
JUDITH MCCOY, Chief Clerk

PHIL SCHILIRO, Minority Staff Director

SUBCOMMITTEE ON NATIONAL ECONOMIC GROWTH, NATURAL RESOURCES, AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS

CONTENTS

Hearing held on:

March 5, 1998

March 17, 1998

Text of H.R. 3310

Statement of:

Glover, Jere W., Chief Counsel for Advocacy, U.S. Small Business Admin-

istration

Roberts, Gary, president, Roberts Pipeline, Sulphur Springs, IN; William
Saas, president, Taskem, Inc., Brooklyn Heights, OH; Teresa Gearhart,
owner, Mhart Express, Inc., Hope, IN; Victoria Nelson, owner, Jarnel
Iron and Forge, Hagerstown, MD; and Robert C. Smith, president,
Spero-Smith Investment Advisors, Inc., Cleveland, OH
Sheketoff, Emily, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Occupational Safety and
Health Administration; Joseph Onek, Principal Deputy Associate Attor-
ney General, Department of Justice; Brian J. Lane, Director of the
Division of Corporate Finance, Securities and Exchange Commission;
and Neil Eisner, Assistant General Counsel for Regulation and Enforce-
ment, Department of Transportation

Letters, statements, etc., submitted for the record by:

Eisner, Neil, Assistant General Counsel for Regulation and Enforcement,
Department of Transportation, prepared statement of

Glover, Jere W., Chief Counsel for Advocacy, U.S. Small Business Admin-

istration, prepared statement of

Lane, Brian J., Director of the Division of Corporate Finance, Securities
and Exchange Commission, prepared statement of

McIntosh, Hon. David M., a Representative in Congress from the State
of Indiana, prepared statement of

Nelson, Victoria, owner, Jarnel Iron and Forge, Hagerstown, MD, pre-

pared statement of

Onek, Joseph, Principal Deputy Associate Attorney General, Department

of Justice, prepared statement of

Saas, William, president, Taskem, Inc., Brooklyn Heights, OH, prepared

statement of

Shadegg, Hon. John, a Representative in Congress from the State of

Arizona, prepared statement of

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Sheketoff, Emily, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Occupational Safety and

Health Administration, prepared statement of

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Tierney, Hon. John F., a Representative in Congress from the State

of Massachusetts, letter dated March 5, 1998

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