S.Amdt. 539

SA 539. Ms. SNOWE 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 investement, 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 105, between lines 3 and 4, insert the following:

SEC. 505. ENCOURAGING ROBUST PARTICIPATION BY SMALL BUSINESS
CONCERNS IN FEDERAL LOAN PROGRAMS.

The Administrator shall work with the Secretary of
Agriculture, the Secretary of Energy, the Administrator of
the Environmental Protection Agency, the Secretary of
Homeland Security, and the Secretary of Labor to ensure
robust participation by small business concerns in loan and
loan guarantee programs that receive funding under this Act.
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