S.Amdt. 311

SA 311. Ms. SNOWE (for herself and Ms. Landrieu) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 98 proposed by Mr.
Inouye (for himself and Mr. Baucus) to the bill H.R. 1, making
supplemental appropriations for job preservation and creation,
infrastructure investment, energy efficiency and science, assistance to
the unemployed, and State and local fiscal stabilization, for fiscal
year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes; which was
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

On page 96, on lines 10 and 11, strike ``funds provided
under the heading `Small Business Administration' in this
Act.'' and insert the following: ``the $84,000,000 amount
appropriated under this heading, and for an additional
amount, to remain available until expended, $19,500,000, of
which $12,000,000 is for the Administrator of the Small
Business Administration to make grants under the Small
Business Development Center program established by section 21
of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 648), $3,000,000 is for
the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to
make grants under the Women's Business Center program
established by section 29 of the Small Business Act (15
U.S.C. 656), $2,000,000 is for the Administrator of the Small
Business Administration to make grants under the Service
Corps of Retired Executives program established by section
8(b)(1)(B) of the Small Business Act, $1,000,000 is for
PRIME, the program for investment in microentreprenuers,
$1,000,000 is for technical and management assistance under
section 7(j) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636), and
$500,000 is for Veteran Business Outreach Centers under
section 32 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 657b):
Provided, That the $19,500,000 amount appropriated under this
heading is designated as an emergency requirement and
necessary to meet emergency needs pursuant to section 204(a)
of S. Con. Res. 21 (110th Congress) and section 301(b)(2) of
S. Con. Res. 70 (110th Congress), the concurrent resolutions
on the budget for fiscal years 2008 and 2009: Provided
further, That, notwithstanding section 21(a)(4) or section
29(c) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 648(a)(4) and
656(c)), no non-Federal contribution shall be required as a
condition of participation in the Small Business Development
Center program or the Women's Business Center program using
funds provided under this heading: Provided further, That the
$19,500,000 amount appropriated under this heading shall be
used only for programs of the Small Business Administration
in existence on the date of enactment of this Act: Provided
further, That, to the extent practicable, not later than 30
days after the Administrator receives the $19,500,000 amount
appropriated under this heading, the Administrator shall
expend all such funds, and if such funds are not expended
within 30 days, the Administrator shall submit to the
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the
Senate and the Committee on Small Business of the House of
Representatives a report on the proposed use of such
funds.''.
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