[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 5]
[Senate]
[Page 6154]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




             TEMPORARY EXTENSION OF SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAMS

  Mr. DORGAN. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the immediate consideration of S. 3253, introduced earlier 
today.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 3253) to provide for 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. DORGAN. I ask unanimous consent 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 be printed in the 
Record as if read.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The bill (S. 3253) was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, 
was read the third time, and passed, as follows:

                                S. 3253

       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 111-136 (124 Stat. 6), is amended by striking 
     ``April 30, 2010'' each place it appears and inserting ``July 
     31, 2010''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) 
     shall take effect on April 29, 2010.

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