[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5008 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.5008

                       One Hundred Eighth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
           the twentieth day of January, two thousand and four


                                 An Act


 
To provide an additional temporary extension of programs under the Small 
   Business Act and the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 through 
               September 30, 2004, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. ADDITIONAL TEMPORARY EXTENSION OF PROGRAMS UNDER SMALL 
              BUSINESS ACT AND SMALL BUSINESS INVESTMENT ACT OF 1958.

    The authorization for any program, authority, or provision, 
including any pilot program, that was extended through June 4, 2004, by 
section 1 of Public Law 108-217 is further extended through September 
30, 2004, under the same terms and conditions.

SEC. 2. TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.

    Section 2 of Public Law 108-205 is amended by striking ``October 1, 
2003'' and inserting ``March 15, 2004''. The amendment made by the 
preceding sentence shall take effect as if included in the enactment of 
the section to which it relates.

SEC. 3. COMPENSATION OF AGENTS.

    Section 5 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 634) is amended--
        (1) in subsection (g)(4), by adding at the end the following:
            ``(C) The Administration may contract with an agent to 
        carry out, on behalf of the Administration, the assessment and 
        collection of the annual fee established under section 
        7(a)(23). The agent may receive, as compensation for services, 
        any interest earned on the fee while in the control of the 
        agent before the time at which the agent is contractually 
        required to remit the fee to the Administration.''; and
        (2) in subsection (h)--
            (A) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3); and
            (B) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:
        ``(2) The agent described in paragraph (1)(B) may be 
    compensated through any of the fees assessed under this section and 
    any interest earned on any funds collected by the agent while such 
    funds are in the control of the agent and before the time at which 
    the agent is contractually required to transfer such funds to the 
    Administration or to the holders of the trust certificates, as 
    appropriate.''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.