{"id":6524,"date":"2011-03-30T11:30:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-30T15:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/merkley-amendment-would-reduce-wait-time-for-hubzone-designation\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T11:10:58","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:10:58","slug":"merkley-amendment-would-reduce-wait-time-for-hubzone-designation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/merkley-amendment-would-reduce-wait-time-for-hubzone-designation\/","title":{"rendered":"La enmienda de Merkley reducir\u00eda el tiempo de espera para la designaci\u00f3n de HUBZone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>WASHINGTON DC<\/strong> \u2013 El senador de Oreg\u00f3n, Jeff Merkley, present\u00f3 una enmienda el mi\u00e9rcoles para reducir el tiempo de espera para que las peque\u00f1as empresas se beneficien de un programa federal que ayuda a las peque\u00f1as empresas en las \u00e1reas m\u00e1s afectadas. Actualmente hay un lapso de dos a\u00f1os despu\u00e9s de que se completa el censo antes de que las \u00e1reas metropolitanas puedan designarse HUBZones. Las ciudades y pueblos del centro de Oreg\u00f3n han estado esperando esta designaci\u00f3n desde que comenz\u00f3 la recesi\u00f3n y no deber\u00edan tener que esperar dos a\u00f1os m\u00e1s antes de recibir asistencia.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cLos efectos de la recesi\u00f3n est\u00e1n repercutiendo en el centro de Oreg\u00f3n y las peque\u00f1as empresas necesitan todas las ventajas posibles\u201d, dijo Merkley. \u201cAl reducir la burocracia y acelerar las designaciones de HUBZone, podemos brindar asistencia cr\u00edtica a las peque\u00f1as empresas\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>El programa HUBZone permite que las empresas dentro de un \u00e1rea HUBZone designada soliciten una consideraci\u00f3n preferencial para contratos federales. La enmienda del Senador Merkley reduce la burocracia y acelera el proceso de designaci\u00f3n de HUBZone para los condados metropolitanos. La enmienda logra esto al:<\/p>\n<p>Requerir que el Departamento de Vivienda y Desarrollo Urbano designe Zonas Censales Calificadas (QCT) tan pronto como reciban los datos de la Oficina del Censo, en lugar de retener esos datos durante 10 meses.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Requiere que la Administraci\u00f3n de Peque\u00f1as Empresas establezca la fecha de entrada en vigencia de QCT HUBZones tan pronto como sea posible despu\u00e9s de que se designen los QCT.<\/li>\n<li>Permite que las empresas en HUBZones reci\u00e9n calificadas soliciten la certificaci\u00f3n inmediatamente despu\u00e9s de que se designen los QCT, en lugar de esperar meses adicionales para la fecha de vigencia.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Las peque\u00f1as empresas en \u00e1reas en dificultades no deber\u00edan tener que esperar casi un a\u00f1o entero mientras los bur\u00f3cratas barajan el papel. Si una empresa es elegible para el programa HUBZone, debe comenzar el proceso de solicitud lo antes posible. La enmienda de la Senadora Merkley reducir\u00eda casi un a\u00f1o completo de ese proceso de solicitud y brindar\u00eda nuevas oportunidades comerciales a las comunidades necesitadas.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">&nbsp;###<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, D.C. &ndash; Oregon&rsquo;s Senator Jeff Merkley put forward an amendment Wednesday to reduce the wait time for small businesses to benefit from a federal program that aids small businesses in hard-hit areas.&nbsp; There is currently a two-year lag time after the census is completed before metro areas can be designated HUBZones.&nbsp; Cities and towns [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[44],"class_list":["post-6524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-releases","tag-jobs-and-the-economy"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Merkley Amendment Would Reduce Wait Time for HUBZone Designation - Merkley<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/merkley-amendment-would-reduce-wait-time-for-hubzone-designation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_MX\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Merkley Amendment Would Reduce Wait Time for HUBZone Designation - Merkley\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"WASHINGTON, D.C. &ndash; 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