[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 193 (Thursday, December 6, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7333-S7334]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVE ENTREPRENEURSHIP SUPPORT ACT

  Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 635, S. 3561.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 3561) to support entrepreneurs serving in the 
     National Guard and Reserve, and for other purposes.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill, 
which had been reported from the Committee on Small Business and 
Entrepreneurship, with amendments, as follows:

                                S. 3561

       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''.

     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) 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;
       (B) 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'';
       (C) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``active duty'' each 
     place it appears and inserting ``active service''; and
       (D) in subparagraph (G)(ii)(II), by striking ``active 
     duty'' and inserting ``active service''; and
       (2) in subsection (n)--
       (A) in the subsection heading, by striking ``Active Duty'' 
     and inserting ``Active Service'';
       (B) 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
       (C) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ``active duty'' each 
     place it appears and inserting ``active service''.
       (b) Applicability.--The amendments made by subsection 
     (a)(1) 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.
       (c) 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.
       (d) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--Section 8(l) of 
     the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(l)) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``The Administration'' and inserting the 
     following:
       ``(1) In general.--The Administration'';
       (2) by striking ``(as defined in section 7(n)(1))''; and
       (3) 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.''.

     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:
       ``(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 Adjutant 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 Adjutant 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.''.
  Mr. CORNYN. I ask unanimous consent that the committee-reported 
amendments be agreed to and that the bill, as amended, be considered 
read a third time.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
  Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The committee-reported amendments were agreed to.
  The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading and was read 
the third time.
  Mr. CORNYN. I know of no further debate on the bill, as amended.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there further debate?
  If not, the question is on the passage of the bill.
  The bill (S. 3561), as amended, was passed as follows:

                                S. 3561

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled,

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     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``National Guard and Reserve 
     Entrepreneurship Support Act''.

     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) 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;
       (B) 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'';
       (C) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``active duty'' each 
     place it appears and inserting ``active service''; and
       (D) in subparagraph (G)(ii)(II), by striking ``active 
     duty'' and inserting ``active service''; and
       (2) in subsection (n)--
       (A) in the subsection heading, by striking ``Active Duty'' 
     and inserting ``Active Service'';
       (B) 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
       (C) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ``active duty'' each 
     place it appears and inserting ``active service''.
       (b) Applicability.--The amendments made by subsection 
     (a)(1) 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.
       (c) 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.
       (d) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--Section 8(l) of 
     the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(l)) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``The Administration'' and inserting the 
     following:
       ``(1) In general.--The Administration'';
       (2) by striking ``(as defined in section 7(n)(1))''; and
       (3) 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.''.

     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:
       ``(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 Adjutant 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 Adjutant 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.''.

  Mr. CORNYN. I ask unanimous consent that the motions to reconsider be 
considered made and laid upon the table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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