[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 279 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 279

To amend the Small Business Act to include drought in the definition of 
disaster for purposes of the disaster loan program administered by the 
                     Small Business Administration.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 8, 2003

   Mr. Hastings of Florida introduced the following bill; which was 
              referred to the Committee on Small Business

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Small Business Act to include drought in the definition of 
disaster for purposes of the disaster loan program administered by the 
                     Small Business Administration.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

     This Act may be cited as the ``Small Business Drought Relief 
Act''.

SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF DROUGHT IN DEFINITION OF DISASTER.

     Section 3(k) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632(k)) is 
amended by inserting ``drought,'' after ``windstorms,''.
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