[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 2]
[Senate]
[Page 2996]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

  SA 229. Mr. REID (for Mr. Kerry (for himself and Ms. Snowe)) proposed 
an amendment to the bill H.R. 434, to provide for an additional 
temporary extension of programs under the Small Business Act and the 
Small Business Investment Act of 1958 through July 31, 2007, and for 
other purposes; as follows:

       Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 
     following:

     SECTION 1. 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), is amended by striking ``February 2, 
     2007'' each place it appears and inserting ``July 31, 2007''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) 
     shall take effect on February 2, 2007.
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  SA 230. Mr. REID (for Mr. Kerry) proposed an amendment to the bill 
H.R. 434, to provide for an additional temporary extension of programs 
under the Small Business Act and the Small Business Investment Act of 
1958 through July 31, 2007, and for other purposes; as follows:

       Amend the title to read as follows: ``An Act to provide for 
     an additional temporary extension of programs under the Small 
     Business Act and the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 
     through July 31, 2007, and for other purposes''.

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