3.0.0 4097 2019-11-15T21:59:01Z 2019-11-15T21:59:01Z Senate S S 2006-12-06 109 sssb00 Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2006-12-07T00:39:51Z 2006-12-06 sssb00 Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11336-113341) IntroReferral 2006-12-06 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11335-11336) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2006-12-06 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000663 Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] Olympia Snowe R ME J. N K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES 2006-12-06 True L000550 Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] MARY LANDRIEU D LA 2006-12-06 True V000127 Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA] David Vitter R LA 2006-12-06 True C001057 Sen. Coleman, Norm [R-MN] Norm Coleman R MN 2006-12-08 False Commerce Administrative procedure Agricultural credit Agriculture and Food Alabama Congress Congressional oversight Congressional reporting requirements Department of Agriculture Disaster loans Disaster relief Displaced persons Economics and Public Finance Emergency Management Energy Energy prices Evacuation of civilians Federal employees Federally-guaranteed loans Finance and Financial Sector Government Operations and Politics Government downsizing Government lending Government paperwork Government publicity Grants-in-aid Heating Hurricane aftermath legislation Hurricanes Labor and Employment Law Layoffs Louisiana Mississippi Nonprofit organizations Petroleum Propane Small Business Administration Small business Social Welfare Surety and fidelity Commerce 00 2006-12-06 Introduced in Senate 2007-01-22T19:26:26Z Small Business Disaster Response and Loan Improvements Act of 2006 - Amends the Small Business Act to authorize the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to: (1) guarantee the payment of principal and interest on private lender loans to small businesses located in a disaster area; and (2) make disaster loans to private nonprofit organizations located or operating in a disaster area. Increases disaster loan caps.

Authorizes the Administrator to: (1) allow small business development centers (SBDCs) to provide assistance to a small business located outside the state of the SBDC if the business is in a disaster area; (2) establish a contracting outreach and technical assistance program for small businesses having a significant presence in a disaster area; (3) declare a disaster area as an area of concentrated unemployment or underemployment, or a labor surplus area, for purposes of a contracting priority for local small businesses; and (4) establish and implement a disaster assistance business loan program.

Provides for increased public notice of disaster declaration and application periods and deadlines. Authorizes the Administrator to enter into agreements with private contractors to process disaster loans. Requires the Administrator to amend the 2006 hurricane season disaster response plan to apply to major disasters and catastrophic national disasters. Provides for increased congressional oversight of the SBA disaster loan program with respect to presidentially declared disasters.

Authorizes the Administrator to make loans to assist small businesses that have or are likely to suffer substantial economic injury as the result of significant increases in the price of heating fuel due to a disaster-related energy emergency.

]]> Small Business Disaster Response and Loan Improvements Act of 2006 Short Titles as Introduced Small Business Disaster Response and Loan Improvements Act of 2006 Display Title Small Business Disaster Response and Loan Improvements Act of 2006 Official Title as Introduced A bill to improve the disaster loan program of the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2006-12-06T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s4097is/xml/BILLS-109s4097is.xml 2006-12-06 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11336-113341) 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.