S.Amdt. 4457

SA 4457. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 4402 proposed by Mr. Reid (for Mr. Baucus (for himself, Ms. Landrieu, and Mr. Reid)) to the bill H.R. 5297, to create the Small Business Lending Fund Program to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to make capital investments in eligible institutions in order to increase the availability of credit for small businesses, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax incentives for small business job creation, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

On page 41, between lines 3 and 4, insert the following:

SEC. 1137. 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, 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.”.