[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1511 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1511

 To extend the participation term for small business concerns affected 
  by Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita in certain programs, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 6, 2011

 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 extend the participation term for small business concerns affected 
  by Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita in certain programs, 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 ``Gulf Coast Disadvantaged Business 
Relief Act of 2011''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act--
            (1) the term ``Administrator'' means the Administrator of 
        the Small Business Administration;
            (2) the term ``covered parish or county'' means a parish in 
        the State of Louisiana, or a county in the State of Mississippi 
        or the State of Alabama, that has been designated by the 
        Administrator as a disaster area by reason of Hurricane Katrina 
        of 2005 or Hurricane Rita of 2005 under disaster declaration 
        10176, 10177, 10178, 10179, 10180, 10181, 10205, or 10206; and
            (3) the term ``small business concern'' has the meaning 
        given that term under section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 
        U.S.C. 632).

SEC. 3. EXTENSION OF PARTICIPATION TERM FOR VICTIMS OF HURRICANE 
              KATRINA OR HURRICANE RITA.

    (a) Retroactivity.--If a small business concern, while 
participating in any program or activity under the authority of section 
7(j)(10) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(j)(10)), was located 
in a covered parish or county and was affected by Hurricane Katrina of 
2005 or Hurricane Rita of 2005, the period during which the small 
business concern is permitted continuing participation and eligibility 
in the program or activity shall be extended for 24 months after the 
date such participation and eligibility would otherwise terminate.
    (b) Review and Compliance.--The Administrator shall ensure that the 
case of every small business concern participating before the date of 
enactment of this Act in a program or activity described in subsection 
(a) is reviewed and brought into compliance with this Act.
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