S.Amdt. 4360

SA 4360. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 4301 proposed by Mr. Baucus to the bill H.R. 4213 to
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain expiring
provisions, and for other purposes, which was ordered to lie on the
table; as follows:

On page 296, after line 23, add the following:
(d) Coordination With Department of Agriculture.--Section 7
of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636) is amended by
adding at the end the following:
``(o) Coordination With Department of Agriculture.--
``(1) In general.--In coordination with the Administrator
of the Farm Service Agency,

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the Under Secretary for Rural Development, and the head of
any other appropriate Federal agency, the Administrator shall
conduct outreach and provide technical assistance to farmers
and other rural businesses with regard to programs of the
Administration for which the farmers and rural businesses may
be eligible.
``(2) Agreement.--The coordination under this subsection
shall include evaluating whether the Administrator should
enter an agreement under which--
``(A) offices of the Department of Agriculture may assist
in completing and accept applications for programs of the
Administration; or
``(B) employees of the Administration periodically have
office hours at offices of the Department of Agriculture.''.
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