[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 115 (Thursday, July 28, 2011)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4974-S4975]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAM EXTENSION AND REFORM ACT OF 2011
Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate
proceed to the consideration of H.R. 2608.
The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will report the bill by
title.
The legislative clerk read as follows:
A bill (H.R. 2608) 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.
There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that a Landrieu
substitute amendment which is at the desk be agreed to, the bill, as
amended, be read a third time and passed, and the motion to reconsider
be laid upon the table, with no intervening action or debate, and any
statements be printed in the Record.
The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so
ordered.
The amendment (No. 588) was agreed to, as follows:
(Purpose: In the nature of a substitute)
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2011 under a provision of law repealed or otherwise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
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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).
The amendment was ordered to be engrossed and the bill to be read a
third time.
The bill (H.R. 2608), as amended, was read the third time and passed.
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