In Limbo Entrepreneurs have yet to feel any small-business regulatory relief.

Nearly two years after the passage of the Small BusinessRegulatory Enforcement Fairness Act (SBREFA), small-business groupsare restless. The law was supposed to open a new era of federalfriendliness toward entrepreneurs. And while it's premature tocall the law a bust, SBREFA's shortcomings are becoming readilyapparent.

At various hearings last year, small-business groups revealedtheir complaints. "I see the same amount of effort made on[small-business regulatory enforcement] following the law'spassage that we saw before: very little effort indeed," saysTodd McCracken, president of National Small Business United (NSBU),a bipartisan small-business advocacy organization. McCracken spokebefore the House Small Business Committee in July.