3.0.0 4234 2023-01-13T04:49:43Z 2023-01-13T04:49:43Z House H HR 2005-11-04 109 hssm00 Small Business Committee House Standing Referred to 2005-11-04T14:01:15Z 2005-11-04 Referred to the House Committee on Small Business. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hssm00 Small Business Committee 2005-11-04 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2005-11-04 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress V000081 Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-12] NYDIA VELAZQUEZ D NY M. 12 N Commerce Administrative fees Alabama Bank loans Bonds Building construction Business education Chambers of commerce Colleges Congress Congressional reporting requirements Construction costs Construction industries Counseling Data banks Depressed areas Disaster loans Disaster relief Dislocated workers Economics and Public Finance Education Emergency Management Entrepreneurs Federally-guaranteed loans Fees Finance and Financial Sector Fines (Penalties) Floods Government Operations and Politics Government contractors Government lending Government paperwork Government publicity Government travel Government trust funds Grants-in-aid Higher education Hurricane aftermath legislation Hurricanes Interest Interest rates Intergovernmental fiscal relations Job creation Labor and Employment Law Louisiana Manufacturing industries Marketing Mentoring Minorities Minority business enterprises Mississippi Office buildings Office equipment and supplies Recruiting of employees Regional economic development Science, Technology, Communications Small business Social Welfare Subcontractors Tax-exempt organizations Taxation Transportation and Public Works Travel costs Women Women in business Commerce 00 2005-11-04 Introduced in House 2005-11-18T20:47:48Z Small Business Gulf Coast Revitalization Act of 2005 - Authorizes the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to: (1) make grants of up to $100,000 to Hurricane Katrina-affected small businesses (such businesses); (2) refinance existing SBA debts and suspend payments on SBA disaster loans with respect to such businesses; (3) enter into agreements with SBA preferred lenders to participate on a deferred basis in loans made to such businesses; and (4) guarantee non-SBA bank loans made to such businesses.

Directs the Administrator to: (1) select a Gulf Region New Markets Venture Capital Company; and (2) make grants to such businesses under the microenterprise technical assistance and capacity building grant program.

Requires not less than 30 percent of all prime contracts awarded by federal agencies for recovery or reconstruction activities related to Hurricane Katrina to be awarded to small businesses located in Alabama, Mississippi, or Louisiana. Authorizes restricted competition in federal prime contracts and other preferences for such businesses. Provides increased small business access to federal subcontracts for hurricane relief and recovery.

Authorizes small business development centers to send counselors to centers located in Katrina-affected areas.

Authorizes the Administrator to make five-year grants to eligible organizations to establish and operate small business incubator programs in Katrina-affected areas.

]]> Small Business Gulf Coast Revitalization Act of 2005 Display Title Small Business Gulf Coast Revitalization Act of 2005 Official Title as Introduced To provide for the relief, recovery, and expansion of small business concerns affected by Hurricane Katrina through technical assistance, access to capital, and expanded Federal contracting opportunities, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Small Business Gulf Coast Revitalization Act of 2005 Introduced in House 2005-11-04T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109hr4234ih/xml/BILLS-109hr4234ih.xml 2005-11-04 Referred to the House Committee on Small Business. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.