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[S. 3009 Reported in Senate (RS)]

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                                                       Calendar No. 510
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, Mr. Leahy, Ms. Ayotte, and Mr. Coons) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
            Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship

                              June 9, 2016

               Reported by Mr. Vitter, with an amendment
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

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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,

<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    This Act may be cited as the ``National Guard and Reserve 
Entrepreneurship Support Act of 2016''.</DELETED>

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

<DELETED>    (a) Small Business Act Amendments.--Section 7 of the Small 
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636) is amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) in subsection (b)(3)--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) in subparagraph (A)--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) in clause (i), by striking 
                        ``concern;'' and inserting ``concern; 
                        and'';</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) by striking clause (ii); 
                        and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (iii) by redesignating clause 
                        (iii) as clause (ii); and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
                ``during a period of military conflict''; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) in subsection (n)(1)--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
                ``during a period of military conflict'';</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) by striking subparagraph (C); 
                and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as 
                subparagraph (C).</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (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''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 3. NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVE DEPLOYMENT SUPPORT AND 
              BUSINESS TRAINING PROGRAM.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (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''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (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:</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(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--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(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;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(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</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(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.''.</DELETED>

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 ``being 
                ordered to active military duty during a period of 
                military conflict'' and inserting ``being ordered to 
                deploy as part of active military duty''; and
            (2) in subsection (n)(1)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``ordered to 
                active duty during a period of military conflict'' and 
                inserting ``ordered to deploy as part of active 
                military duty'';
                    (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 ``a 
period of military conflict occurring or ending'' and inserting ``being 
ordered to deploy as part of active military duty''.
    (c) Semiannual Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, and semiannually thereafter, the President 
shall submit to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship 
and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on 
Small Business and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives a report on the number of loans made under the Military 
Reservist Economic Injury Disaster Loan program and the dollar volume 
of those loans. The report shall contain the subsidy rate of the 
disaster loan program as authorized under section 7(b) of the Small 
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(b)) with the loans made under the Military 
Reservist Economic Injury Disaster Loan program and without those loans 
included.

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 32b of the Small Business 
Act (15 U.S.C. 657) 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.''.
                                                       Calendar No. 510

114th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                S. 3009

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

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

_______________________________________________________________________

                              June 9, 2016

                       Reported with an amendment