[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6641 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6641

     To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
    Assistance Act to provide assistance to small business concerns.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 29, 2008

 Mr. King of Iowa (for himself, Mr. Latham, Mr. Loebsack, Mr. Boswell, 
   and Mr. Braley of Iowa) introduced the following bill; which was 
     referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
     To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
    Assistance Act to provide assistance to small business concerns.

    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 Owner Disaster Relief 
Act of 2008''.

SEC. 2. DISASTER RELIEF FOR SMALL BUSINESSES.

    (a) In General.--Paragraph (1) of section 406(a) of the Robert T. 
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
5172(a)) is amended by striking ``and'' at the end of subparagraph (A), 
by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (B) and inserting ``; 
and'', and by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(C) subject to paragraph (4), to a person that 
                owns or operates a private business damaged or 
                destroyed by a major disaster for the repair, 
                restoration, reconstruction, or replacement of the 
                facility and for the associated expenses incurred by 
                the person.''.
    (b) Conditions.--Subsection (a) of section 406 of such Act is 
amended by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (5) and by 
inserting after paragraph (3) the following new paragraph:
            ``(4) Conditions for assistance to private businesses.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The President may make 
                contributions under paragraph (1)(C) to any private 
                business only if the business has employed an average 
                of 25 or fewer employees during the 12-month period 
                preceding the disaster.
                    ``(B) Other conditions.--Contributions under 
                paragraph (1)(C) shall be subject to the conditions 
                under subsections (f), (g), (h), and (i) of section 
                408.''.
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