[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 127 (Thursday, July 27, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4576-S4578]
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SA 662. Mrs. SHAHEEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by her to the bill H.R. 2810, to authorize appropriations for fiscal
year 2018 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for
military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of
Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year,
and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as
follows:
At the appropriate, insert the following:
SEC. __. NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVE ENTREPRENEURSHIP
SUPPORTS.
(a) Extension of Loan Assistance and Deferral Eligibility
to Reservists Beyond Periods of Military Conflict.--
(1) Small business act amendments.--Section 7 of the
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636) is amended--
(A) in subsection (b)(3)--
(i) in subparagraph (A)--
(I) by striking clause (ii);
(II) by redesignating clause (i) as clause (ii);
(III) by inserting before clause (ii), as so
redesignated, the following:
``(i) the term `active service' has the meaning given
that term in section 101(d)(3) of title 10, United States
Code;''; and
(IV) in clause (ii), as so redesignated, by adding
``and'' at the end;
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(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``being ordered to
active military duty during a period of military conflict''
and inserting ``being ordered to perform active service for a
period of more than 30 consecutive days'';
(iii) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``active duty''
each place it appears and inserting ``active service''; and
(iv) in subparagraph (G)(ii)(II), by striking ``active
duty'' and inserting ``active service''; and
(B) in subsection (n)--
(i) in the subsection heading, by striking ``Active
Duty'' and inserting ``Active Service'';
(ii) in paragraph (1)--
(I) by striking subparagraph (C);
(II) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as
subparagraphs (B) and (C), respectively;
(III) by inserting before subparagraph (B), as so
redesignated, the following:
``(A) Active service.--The term `active service' has the
meaning given that term in section 101(d)(3) of title 10,
United States Code.'';
(IV) in subparagraph (B), as so redesignated, by striking
``ordered to active duty during a period of military
conflict'' and inserting ``ordered to perform active service
for a period of more than 30 consecutive days''; and
(V) in subparagraph (D), by striking ``active duty'' each
place it appears and inserting ``active service''; and
(iii) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ``active duty''
each place it appears and inserting ``active service''.
(2) Applicability.--The amendments made by paragraph
(1)(A) shall apply to an economic injury suffered or likely
to be suffered as the result of an essential employee being
ordered to perform active service (as defined in section
101(d)(3) of title 10, United States Code) for a period of
more than 30 consecutive days who is discharged or released
from such active service on or after the date of enactment of
this Act.
(3) Semiannual report.--Not later than 180 days after the
date of 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.
(4) Technical and conforming amendment.--Section 8(l) of
the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(l)) is amended--
(A) by striking ``The Administration'' and inserting the
following:
``(1) In general.--The Administration'';
(B) by striking ``(as defined in section 7(n)(1))''; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
``(2) Definition of period of military conflict.--In this
subsection, the term `period of military conflict' means--
``(A) a period of war declared by the Congress;
``(B) a period of national emergency declared by the
Congress or by the President; or
``(C) a period of a contingency operation, as defined in
section 101(a) of title 10, United States Code.''.
(b) National Guard and Reserve Deployment Support and
Business Training Program.--
(1) 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''.
(2) Establishment of program.--Section 32 of the Small
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 657) is amended by adding at the end
the following:
``(g) National Guard and Reserve Deployment Support and
Business Training.--
``(1) In general.--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.
``(2) Authorities.--In carrying out this subsection, the
Associate Administrator may--
``(A) modify 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;
``(B) 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
``(C) 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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