[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 981 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 981

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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 23, 2007

 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 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 
Enhancement Act of 2007''.

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

    (a) Definitions.--In this section--
            (1) the term ``applicable period'' means the period 
        beginning on August 29, 2005, and ending on October 24, 2005; 
        and
            (2) the term ``major disaster'' has the meaning given that 
        term in section 102 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 
        and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122).
    (b) Waiver of Prohibition on Duplication of Certain Benefits.--In 
providing assistance under paragraph (1) or (2) of section 7(b) of the 
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(b)), for any major disaster declared 
during the applicable period, the Administrator of the Small Business 
Administration shall waive 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.
    (c) Applicability and Retroactivity for Victims of Hurricanes 
Katrina, Rita, and Wilma.--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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