3.0.0 537 2023-01-11T19:58:37Z 2023-01-11T19:58:37Z Senate S S 2007-02-08 110 sssb00 Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-02-08T22:27:22Z Gulf Coast Back to Business Act of 2007 110 1243 HR 2007-03-01 Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management. Identical bill CRS Text similarities House 2007-02-08 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 S1792-1793) IntroReferral 2007-02-08 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1790-1792) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-02-08 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000550 Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] MARY LANDRIEU D LA N L000447 Sen. Lott, Trent [R-MS] CHESTER LOTT R MS TRENT 2007-02-08 True K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES 2007-02-08 True L000304 Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT] JOSEPH LIEBERMAN ID CT I. 2007-02-08 True Commerce Alabama Depressed areas Disaster loans Disaster relief Economic development Economics and Public Finance Emergency Management Finance and Financial Sector Government Operations and Politics Government lending Government procurement Grants-in-aid Hurricanes Louisiana Mississippi Small business Commerce 00 2007-02-08 Introduced in Senate 2007-02-23T20:39:36Z Gulf Coast Back to Business Act of 2007 - Authorizes appropriations for the Economic Development Administration of the Department of Commerce for grants to appropriate state government agencies in Louisiana and Mississippi for small businesses located in disaster areas caused by Hurricanes Katrina or Rita.

Amends the Small Business Act to authorize the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to defer for a conditional period the payment of principal and interest on disaster loans made to small businesses affected by such hurricanes in the case of loans made before December 31, 2006. Prohibits an increased collateral requirement with respect to the deferred loans.

Includes as a HUBZone (historically underutilized business zone) any area in which the President has declared a major disaster as a result of such hurricanes.

Amends the Small Business Competitive Demonstration Program Act of 1988 to make the small business competitive demonstration program (to test innovative small business procurement methods and procedures) inapplicable, for a conditional period, to any contract related to relief or reconstruction from such hurricanes.

]]> Gulf Coast Back to Business Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced A bill to address ongoing small business and homeowner needs in the Gulf Coast States impacted by Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title Gulf Coast Back to Business Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced Gulf Coast Back to Business Act of 2007 Introduced in Senate 2007-02-08T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s537is/xml/BILLS-110s537is.xml 2007-02-08 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1792-1793) 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.