[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3279 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3279

 To reauthorize the national small business tree planting program, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 29, 2010

 Mr. Wyden (for himself, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Specter, Mrs. 
 Hagan, and Mr. Harkin) 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 reauthorize the national small business tree planting 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 Environmental 
Stewardship Assistance Act of 2010''.

SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF THE NATIONAL SMALL BUSINESS TREE PLANTING 
              PROGRAM.

    (a) Authorization and Administrative Expenses.--Section 24(e) of 
the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 651(e)) is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(1)'' after ``(e)'';
            (2) by striking ``year 1991 and'' and inserting ``year 
        1991,'';
            (3) by inserting after ``through 1997,'' the following: 
        ``and $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2011 through 
        2015,''; and
            (4) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(2)(A) Subject to subparagraph (B)--
            ``(i) the Administrator may use amounts made available for 
        the program under this section for administrative costs 
        relating to the program; and
            ``(ii) a State receiving amounts under a grant or contract 
        under this section may use a percentage, as determined by the 
        Administrator, of the amounts for administrative costs relating 
        to the grant or contract.
    ``(B) The total of all amounts used for administrative costs under 
subparagraph (A) during a fiscal year may not exceed the amount equal 
to 20 percent of the amount made available for the program under this 
section for the fiscal year.''.
    (b) Rules and Regulations.--Section 24(f) of the Small Business Act 
(15 U.S.C. 651(f)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``date of enactment of this section'' each 
        place it appears and inserting ``date of enactment of the Small 
        Business Environmental Stewardship Assistance Act of 2010''; 
        and
            (2) by striking ``the administration'' and inserting ``the 
        Administrator''.
    (c) Annual Report to President and Congress.--Section 24(h) of the 
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 651(h)) is amended by striking ``The 
Administrator shall submit annually'' and inserting ``Not later than 1 
year after the date of enactment of the Small Business Environmental 
Stewardship Assistance Act of 2010, and annually thereafter, the 
Administrator shall submit''.
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