[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2131 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2131

To amend the Small Business Act to reform the HUBZone program, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 3, 2011

   Mr. Larsen of Washington 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 reform the HUBZone 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 ``Protect HUBZones Act of 2011''.

SEC. 2. HUBZONE REFORMS.

    (a) Definitions Added.--Section 3(p) of the Small Business Act (15 
U.S.C. 632(p)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(8) Hubzone program.--The term `HUBZone program' means 
        the program established under section 31.
            ``(9) Hubzone map.--The term `HUBZone map' means the map 
        used by the Administration to identify HUBZones.''.
    (b) Redesignated Areas.--Section 3(p)(4)(C)(i) of the Small 
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632(p)(4)(C)(i)) is amended to read as follows:
                            ``(i) 3 years after the first date on which 
                        the Administrator publishes a HUBZone map that 
                        is based on the results from the 2010 decennial 
                        census; or''.
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