S.Amdt. 1873

SA 1873. Mr. CARDIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 4049, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2021 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle E of title VIII, add the following:

SEC. __. DIRECT APPROPRIATIONS FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR
SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS.

Out of amounts in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
there is appropriated to the Small Business Administration
$3,400,000, to remain available until expended, for
additional financial assistance authorized under section 7(j)
of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(j)) for projects
providing technical or management assistance, with special
attention to small business concerns (as defined in section 3
of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632)) located in areas
of high concentration of unemployed or low-income
individuals.
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