[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3546 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3546

To amend the Small Business Act to make permanent the Community Express 
                    Program, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 9, 2009

 Mr. Sestak (for himself, Ms. Bordallo, and Mr. Kagen) 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 make permanent the Community Express 
                    Program, and for other purposes.

    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 Lending Promotion Act 
of 2009''.

SEC. 2. COMMUNITY EXPRESS PROGRAM.

    Section 7(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)) is 
amended--
            (1) by redesignating the second paragraph (32), as added by 
        section 208 of the Military Reservist and Veteran Small 
        Business Reauthorization and Opportunity Act of 2008 (Public 
        Law 110-186; 122 Stat. 631), as paragraph (33); and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(34) Community express program.--
                    ``(A) Permanent establishment.--The Administrator 
                shall carry out a Community Express Program in 
                accordance with this paragraph.
                    ``(B) Administration of program.--Except as 
                otherwise provided under this paragraph, the 
                Administrator shall carry out the Community Express 
                Program in the same manner as the Community Express 
                Pilot Program of the Administration, as in effect on 
                September 8, 2009.
                    ``(C) Nonapplicability of pilot program 
                limitations.--No limitation under paragraph (25)(A) 
                applies to the Community Express Program under this 
                paragraph.''.
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