3.0.0 785 2023-01-11T13:19:25Z 2023-01-11T13:19:25Z Senate S S 2009-04-02 111 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2009-04-02T17:01:19Z 2009-04-02 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. IntroReferral 2009-04-02 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4315-4316) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2009-04-02 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001153 Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] Lisa Murkowski R AK N B001265 Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK] Mark Begich D AK 2009-04-02 True Public Lands and Natural Resources Alaska Forests, forestry, trees Industrial policy and productivity Minority and disadvantaged businesses Roads and highways Small business Public Lands and Natural Resources 00 2009-04-02 Introduced in Senate 2009-05-13T18:30:07Z Southeast Alaska Timber Industry Retooling and Restructuring Act - Establishes a two-year grant program for retooling projects that are designed to facilitate the economic adjustment of specified timber entities by allowing them to: (1) improve or alter their business and practices to become more competitive within the timber industry; or (2) shift to a type of business that is not related to the timber industry.

Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to provide grants under such program to any entity that operated in the timber industry in Alaska on January 1, 2009, that, prior to such date, operated in Alaska for not less than 10 years.

Sets forth provisions concerning eligible uses of grant funding.

Treats a grant recipient as a small business concern owned or controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals (as that term is defined in the Small Business Act) for three years after the grant was approved.

]]> Southeast Alaska Timber Industry Retooling and Restructuring Act Display Title Southeast Alaska Timber Industry Retooling and Restructuring Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish a grant program to encourage retooling of entities in the timber industry in Alaska, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Southeast Alaska Timber Industry Retooling and Restructuring Act Introduced in Senate 2009-04-02T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s785is/xml/BILLS-111s785is.xml 2009-04-02 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. 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.