[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 639 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 639

To designate as HUBZones the disaster areas associated with Hurricanes 
                           Katrina and Rita.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 23, 2007

  Mr. Jindal introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Small Business

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                                 A BILL


 
To designate as HUBZones the disaster areas associated with Hurricanes 
                           Katrina and Rita.

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

SECTION 1. DESIGNATION AS HUBZONES.

    (a) Definition of HUBZone.--Section 3(p)(1) of the Small Business 
Act (15 U.S.C. 632(p)(1)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph ( D), by striking ``or'';
            (2) in subparagraph (E), by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting ``; or''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(F) areas in which the President has declared a 
                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)) as a result of 
                Hurricane Katrina of August 2005 or Hurricane Rita of 
                September 2005.''.
    (b) Small Business Competitive Demonstration Program.--Section 
711(d) of the Small Business Competitive Demonstration Program Act of 
1988 (15 U.S.C. 644 note) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
    ``(e) Exception.--Notwithstanding subsection (d), the Program shall 
not apply to any contract related to relief or reconstruction from 
Hurricane Katrina of 2005 or Hurricane Rita of 2005.''.
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