[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3009 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3009

To support entrepreneurs serving in the National Guard and Reserve, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 26, 2016

Mrs. Shaheen (for herself and Mr. Leahy) 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 support entrepreneurs serving in the National Guard and Reserve, 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 ``National Guard and Reserve 
Entrepreneurship Support Act of 2016''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF LOAN ASSISTANCE AND DEFERRAL ELIGIBILITY TO 
              RESERVISTS BEYOND PERIODS OF MILITARY CONFLICT.

    (a) Small Business Act Amendments.--Section 7 of the Small Business 
Act (15 U.S.C. 636) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)(3)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A)--
                            (i) in clause (i), by striking ``concern;'' 
                        and inserting ``concern; and'';
                            (ii) by striking clause (ii); and
                            (iii) by redesignating clause (iii) as 
                        clause (ii); and
                    (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``during a 
                period of military conflict''; and
            (2) in subsection (n)(1)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``during a 
                period of military conflict'';
                    (B) by striking subparagraph (C); and
                    (C) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as 
                subparagraph (C).
    (b) Applicability to Disaster Loans.--Section 402(e)(2) of the 
Veterans Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development Act of 1999 
(Public Law 106-50; 15 U.S.C. 636 note) is amended by striking ``as the 
result of a period of military conflict occurring or ending''.

SEC. 3. NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVE DEPLOYMENT SUPPORT AND BUSINESS 
              TRAINING PROGRAM.

    (a) Expansion of Small Business Administration Outreach Programs.--
Section 8(b)(17) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(b)(17)) is 
amended by striking ``and members of a reserve component of the Armed 
Forces'' and inserting ``members of a reserve component of the Armed 
Forces, and the spouses of veterans and members of a reserve component 
of the Armed Forces''.
    (b) Establishment of Program.--Section 32 of the Small Business Act 
(15 U.S.C. 657b) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection:
    ``(g) National Guard and Reserve Deployment Support and Business 
Training.--In making grants carried out under section 8(b)(17), the 
Associate Administrator shall establish a program, to be known as the 
`National Guard and Reserve Deployment Support and Business Training 
Program', to provide training, counseling and other assistance to 
support members of a reserve component of the Armed Forces and their 
spouses. In carrying out this section, the Associate Administrator 
may--
            ``(1) modify existing programs and resources made available 
        through section 8(b)(17) to provide pre-deployment and other 
        information specific to members of a reserve component of the 
        Armed Forces and their spouses;
            ``(2) collaborate with the Chief of the National Guard 
        Bureau or the Chief's designee, State Adjunct Generals or their 
        designees, and other public and private partners; and
            ``(3) provide training, information and other resources to 
        the Chief of the National Guard Bureau or the Chief's designee 
        and State Adjunct Generals or their designees for the purpose 
        of supporting members of a reserve component of the Armed 
        Forces and the spouses of veterans and members of a reserve 
        component of the Armed Forces.''.
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