[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3285 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3285

   To ensure that, for each small business participating in the 8(a) 
business development program that was affected by Hurricane Katrina of 
2005 or Hurricane Rita of 2005, the period in which it can participate 
                       is extended by 24 months.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 17, 2008

 Ms. Landrieu 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 ensure that, for each small business participating in the 8(a) 
business development program that was affected by Hurricane Katrina of 
2005 or Hurricane Rita of 2005, the period in which it can participate 
                       is extended by 24 months.

    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 ``Disadvantaged Business Disaster 
Eligibility Act of 2008''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF PARTICIPATION TERM FOR VICTIMS OF HURRICANE 
              KATRINA OR HURRICANE RITA.

    (a) Retroactivity.--If a small business concern (within the meaning 
given that term in section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
632)), while participating in any program or activity under the 
authority of paragraph (10) of section 7(j) of the Small Business Act 
(15 U.S.C. 636(j)), was located in a parish or county described in 
subsection (b) of this section and was affected by Hurricane Katrina of 
2005 or Hurricane Rita of 2005, the period during which that small 
business concern is permitted continuing participation and eligibility 
in that program or activity shall be extended for 24 months after the 
date such participation and eligibility would otherwise terminate.
    (b) Parishes and Counties Covered.--Subsection (a) applies to any 
parish in the State of Louisiana, or any county in the State of 
Mississippi or in the State of Alabama, that has been designated by the 
Administrator of the Small Business Administration as a disaster area 
by reason of Hurricane Katrina of 2005 or Hurricane Rita of 2005 under 
disaster declaration 10176, 10177, 10178, 10179, 10180, 10181, 10205, 
or 10206.
    (c) Review and Compliance.--The Administrator of the Small Business 
Administration shall ensure that the case of every small business 
concern participating before the date of enactment of this Act in a 
program or activity covered by subsection (a) is reviewed and brought 
into compliance with this section.
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