[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 413 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 413

To amend the definition of disaster, for purposes of section 7(b)(2) of 
 the Small Business Act, to include below average water levels in the 
                              Great Lakes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 17, 2005

   Mr. Levin introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
    referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the definition of disaster, for purposes of section 7(b)(2) of 
 the Small Business Act, to include below average water levels in the 
                              Great Lakes.

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

SECTION 1. DEFINITION OF DISASTER.

    Section 3(k) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632(k)) is 
amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(1)'' after ``(k)''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(2) For purposes of section 7(b)(2), the term `disaster' includes 
below average water levels in the Great Lakes.''.
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