[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1212 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1212

 To amend the Small Business Act to authorize the Administrator of the 
 Small Business Administration to waive the prohibition on duplication 
                 of certain disaster relief assistance.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 27, 2007

 Mr. Melancon 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 authorize the Administrator of the 
 Small Business Administration to waive the prohibition on duplication 
                 of certain disaster relief assistance.

    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 ``Catastrophic Disaster Recovery 
Improvements Act of 2007''.

SEC. 2. WAIVER OF PROHIBITION ON DUPLICATION OF CERTAIN BENEFITS.

    (a) In General.--Section 7(b) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
636(b)) is amended by inserting immediately after paragraph (3) the 
following:
            ``(4) Waiver of prohibition on duplication of certain 
        benefits.--For any major disaster (as that term is defined in 
        section 102 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
        Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122)), in providing 
        assistance under paragraph (1) or (2), the Administrator may 
        waive, in whole or in part, the prohibition on the duplication 
        of benefits, including whether damage or destruction has been 
        compensated for by, credit is available from, activities are 
        reimbursable through, or funds have been made available from 
        any other source.''.
    (b) Applicability and Retroactivity for Victims of Hurricanes 
Katrina, Rita, and Wilma.--The amendment made by this section shall 
apply to any assistance under section 7(b) of the Small Business Act 
(15 U.S.C. 636(b)) provided on or after August 29, 2005.
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