[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1394 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1394

 To amend the Small Business Act to clarify that the Administrator of 
the Small Business Administration is authorized to make economic injury 
       disaster loans in response to disasters caused by drought.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 17, 2005

  Ms. Hooley 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 clarify that the Administrator of 
the Small Business Administration is authorized to make economic injury 
       disaster loans in response to disasters caused by drought.

    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 Administration 
Drought Assistance Act''.

SEC. 2. ECONOMIC INJURY LOANS FOR DISASTERS CAUSED BY DROUGHT.

    Section 7(b)(2) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(b)(2)) is 
amended by inserting ``(including a drought)'' after ``in an area 
affected by a disaster''.
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