S.Amdt. 1783

SA 1783. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill H.R. 2882, to reauthorize the Morris K. Udall and
Stewart L. Udall Trust Fund, and for other purposes; which was ordered
to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:
Sec. __.  Notwithstanding any other provision of any
division of this Act, no funds made available under any
division of this Act may be used to carry out any program of
the Small Business Administration that--
(1) asks the owner of a business entity applying for
assistance under the program to provide the race or ethnicity
of that owner; and
(2) as part of determining eligibility for assistance under
the program, considers whether an applicant for that
assistance (including the owner of a business entity applying
for that assistance) is socially disadvantaged.
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