[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2608 Engrossed Amendment Senate (EAS)]
In the Senate of the United States,
July 28, 2011.
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R.
2608) entitled ``An Act to provide for an additional temporary
extension of programs under the Small Business Act and the Small
Business Investment Act of 1958, and for other purposes.'', do pass
with the following
AMENDMENT:
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the
following:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Small Business Program Extension and
Reform Act of 2011''.
SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL TEMPORARY EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATION OF PROGRAMS
UNDER THE SMALL BUSINESS ACT AND THE SMALL BUSINESS
INVESTMENT ACT OF 1958.
(a) In General.--Section 1 of the Act entitled ``An Act to extend
temporarily certain authorities of the Small Business Administration'',
approved October 10, 2006 (Public Law 109-316; 120 Stat. 1742), as most
recently amended by section 2 of the Small Business Additional
Temporary Extension Act of 2011 (Public Law 112-17; 125 Stat. 221), is
amended by striking ``July 31, 2011'' each place it appears and
inserting ``July 31, 2012''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall
take effect on July 30, 2011.
SEC. 3. REPEALS AND OTHER TERMINATIONS.
(a) General Provisions.--
(1) Effective date.--A repeal or other termination of a
provision of law made by this section shall take effect on
October 1, 2011.
(2) Rule.--Nothing in this section shall affect any grant
or assistance provided, contract or cooperative agreement
entered into, or loan made or guaranteed before October 1, 2011
under a provision of law repealed or otherwise terminated by
this section and any such grant, assistance, contract,
cooperative agreement, or loan shall be subject to the
applicable repealed or otherwise terminated provision, as in
effect on September 30, 2011.
(3) Applicability of temporary extensions.--A repeal or
other termination of a provision of law made by this section
shall have effect notwithstanding any temporary extension of
programs, authority, or provisions under the Act entitled ``An
Act to extend temporarily certain authorities of the Small
Business Administration'', approved October 10, 2006 (Public
Law 109-316; 120 Stat. 1742).
(4) Deficit reduction.--Any savings resulting from this Act
and the amendments made by this Act shall be returned to the
Treasury for deficit reduction.
(b) Pollution Control Loans.--Paragraph (12) of section 7(a) of the
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)) is amended--
(1) by striking ``(A) The Administration'' and inserting
``The Administration''; and
(2) by striking ``research and development'' and all that
follows and inserting ``research and development.''.
(c) Small Business Institute.--Subparagraph (E) of section 8(b)(1)
of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(b)(1)) is repealed.
(d) Drug-Free Workplace Grants.--Paragraph (3) of section 21(c) of
the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 648(c)) is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (R) by adding ``and'' at the end;
(2) in subparagraph (S) by striking ``; and'' and inserting
a period; and
(3) by striking subparagraph (T).
(e) Central European Small Business Enterprise Development
Commission.--Section 25 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 652) is
repealed.
(f) Paul D. Coverdell Drug-Free Workplace Program.--Section 27 of
the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 654) is repealed.
(g) Pilot Technology Access Program.--Section 28 of the Small
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 655) is repealed.
(h) National Veterans Business Development Corporation.--
(1) In general.--Section 33 of the Small Business Act (15
U.S.C. 657c) is repealed.
(2) Corporation.--Beginning on the date of enactment of
this Act, the National Veterans Business Development
Corporation and any successor thereto may not represent that
the corporation is federally chartered or in any other manner
authorized by the Federal Government.
(i) Lease Guarantees and Pollution Control.--Part A of title IV of
the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 692 et seq.) is
repealed.
(j) Alternative Loss Reserve.--Paragraph (7) of section 508(c) of
the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 697e(c)) is
repealed.
(k) Small Business Telecommuting Pilot Program.--Subsection (d) of
section 1203 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (15
U.S.C. 657h) is repealed.
(l) Technical and Conforming Amendments.--
(1) Small business investment act of 1958.--Section 411(i)
of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C.
694b(i)) is amended to read as follows:
``(i) Without limiting the authority conferred upon the
Administrator and the Administration by section 201 of this Act, the
Administrator and the Administration shall have, in the performance of
and with respect to the functions, powers, and duties conferred by this
part, all the authority and be subject to the same conditions
prescribed in section 5(b) of the Small Business Act with respect to
loans, including the authority to execute subleases, assignments of
lease and new leases with any person, firm, organization, or other
entity, in order to aid in the liquidation of obligations of the
Administration hereunder.''.
(2) Title 10.--Section 1142(b)(13) of title 10, United
States Code, is amended by striking ``and the National Veterans
Business Development Corporation''.
(3) Title 38.--Subsection (h) of section 3452 of title 38,
United States Code, is amended by striking ``any of the'' and
all that follows and inserting ``any small business development
center described in section 21 of the Small Business Act (15
U.S.C. 648), insofar as such center offers, sponsors, or
cosponsors an entrepreneurship course, as that term is defined
in section 3675(c)(2).''.
(4) Veterans entrepreneurship and small business
development act of 1999.--Section 203(c)(5) of the Veterans
Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development Act of 1999 (15
U.S.C. 657b note) is amended by striking ``In cooperation with
the National Veterans Business Development Corporation,
develop'' and inserting ``Develop''.
SEC. 4. TERMINATION OF EMERGING LEADERS PROGRAM.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, effective October 1,
2011, the Administrator of the Small Business Administration may not
carry out or otherwise support the program referred to as ``Emerging
Leaders'' in the document of the Small Business Administration titled
``FY 2012 Congressional Budget Justification and FY 2010 Annual
Performance Report'' (or any predecessor or successor document).
Attest:
Secretary.
112th CONGRESS
1st Session
H.R. 2608
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