110th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 690
To amend the Small Business Act to authorize the Administrator
of the Small Business Administration to waive the prohibition on duplication
of certain disaster relief assistance.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
February 27, 2007
Ms. LANDRIEU introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred
to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship
A BILL
To amend the Small Business Act to authorize the Administrator
of the Small Business Administration to waive the prohibition on duplication
of certain disaster relief assistance.
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 `Catastrophic Disaster Recovery Improvements
Act of 2007'.
SEC. 2. WAIVER OF PROHIBITION ON DUPLICATION OF CERTAIN BENEFITS.
(a) In General- Section 7(b) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(b))
is amended by inserting immediately after paragraph (3) the following:
`(4) WAIVER OF PROHIBITION ON DUPLICATION OF CERTAIN BENEFITS- For any
major disaster (as that term is defined in section 102 of the Robert T.
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122)),
in providing assistance under paragraph (1) or (2), the Administrator
may waive, in whole or in part, the prohibition on the duplication of
benefits, including whether damage or destruction has been compensated
for by, credit is available from, activities are reimbursable through,
or funds have been made available from any other source.'.
(b) Applicability and Retroactivity for Victims of Hurricanes Katrina, Rita,
and Wilma- The amendment made by this section shall apply to any assistance
under section 7(b) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(b)) provided
on or after August 29, 2005.
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