[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 19]
[Senate]
[Page 25659]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




       ADDITIONAL TEMPORARY EXTENSION OF SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAMS

  Mr. SPECTER. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the immediate consideration of S. 1929, introduced earlier 
today.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The bill clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 1929) 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. SPECTER. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the bill 
be read three times and passed, the motion to reconsider be laid upon 
the table, with no intervening action or debate, and any statements 
related to the bill be printed in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The bill (S. 1929) was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, 
was read the third time, and passed, as follows:

                                S. 1929

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

     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), as most recently amended by section 1 
     of Public Law 111-66, is amended by striking ``October 31, 
     2009'' each place it appears and inserting ``April 30, 
     2010''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) 
     shall take effect on October 30, 2009.

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