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[S. 3009 Reported in Senate (RS)]
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Calendar No. 510
114th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 3009
To support entrepreneurs serving in the National Guard and Reserve, and
for other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
May 26, 2016
Mrs. Shaheen (for herself, Mr. Leahy, Ms. Ayotte, and Mr. Coons)
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship
June 9, 2016
Reported by Mr. Vitter, with an amendment
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed
in italic]
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To support entrepreneurs serving in the National Guard and Reserve, and
for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>
<DELETED> This Act may be cited as the ``National Guard and Reserve
Entrepreneurship Support Act of 2016''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF LOAN ASSISTANCE AND DEFERRAL ELIGIBILITY
TO RESERVISTS BEYOND PERIODS OF MILITARY
CONFLICT.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (a) Small Business Act Amendments.--Section 7 of the Small
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636) is amended--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) in subsection (b)(3)--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) in subparagraph (A)--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (i) in clause (i), by striking
``concern;'' and inserting ``concern;
and'';</DELETED>
<DELETED> (ii) by striking clause (ii);
and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (iii) by redesignating clause
(iii) as clause (ii); and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking
``during a period of military conflict''; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) in subsection (n)(1)--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking
``during a period of military conflict'';</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) by striking subparagraph (C);
and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (C) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as
subparagraph (C).</DELETED>
<DELETED> (b) Applicability to Disaster Loans.--Section 402(e)(2) of
the Veterans Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development Act of
1999 (Public Law 106-50; 15 U.S.C. 636 note) is amended by striking
``as the result of a period of military conflict occurring or
ending''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 3. NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVE DEPLOYMENT SUPPORT AND
BUSINESS TRAINING PROGRAM.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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''.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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 new subsection:</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(g) National Guard and Reserve Deployment Support and
Business Training.--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. In carrying out this section, the Associate
Administrator may--</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(1) modify existing 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;</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(2) 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</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(3) 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.''.</DELETED>
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``National Guard and Reserve
Entrepreneurship Support Act of 2016''.
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) in clause (i), by striking ``concern;''
and inserting ``concern; and'';
(ii) by striking clause (ii); and
(iii) by redesignating clause (iii) as
clause (ii); and
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``being
ordered to active military duty during a period of
military conflict'' and inserting ``being ordered to
deploy as part of active military duty''; and
(2) in subsection (n)(1)--
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``ordered to
active duty during a period of military conflict'' and
inserting ``ordered to deploy as part of active
military duty'';
(B) by striking subparagraph (C); and
(C) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as
subparagraph (C).
(b) Applicability to Disaster Loans.--Section 402(e)(2) of the
Veterans Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development Act of 1999
(Public Law 106-50; 15 U.S.C. 636 note) is amended by striking ``a
period of military conflict occurring or ending'' and inserting ``being
ordered to deploy as part of active military duty''.
(c) Semiannual Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the 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.
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 32b of the Small Business
Act (15 U.S.C. 657) is amended by adding at the end the following new
subsection:
``(g) National Guard and Reserve Deployment Support and Business
Training.--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. In carrying out this section, the Associate Administrator
may--
``(1) modify existing 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;
``(2) 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
``(3) 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.''.
Calendar No. 510
114th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 3009
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To support entrepreneurs serving in the National Guard and Reserve, and
for other purposes.
_______________________________________________________________________
June 9, 2016
Reported with an amendment