,,ii  #aadth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #abff  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #aa1      
#bjae,ms4 ,collins 7for herself and ,mr4
 ,king7 introduced the following bill2  
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,small ,business and     
,entrepreneurship  ,a ,,bill  ,to expand
 the ,h,u,b,zone program for communities
 affected by base realignment and       
closure1 and for other purposes4  #a4   
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,h,u,b,zone ,expansion ,act of      
#bjae4  #b4 ,expanding ,h,u,b,zone      
program for communities affected by base
 realignment and closure  7a7 ,in       
general ,section #c7p77#e77;,a77i77,i7  
of the ,small ,business ,act 7#ae       
,u4,s4,c4 #fcb7p77#e77;,a77i77,i77 is   
amended--  7#a7 in item 7aa71 by        
striking or at the end2  7#b7 by        
redesignating item 7bb7 as item 7cc72   
and  7#c7 by inserting after item 7aa7  
the following3  7bb7 pursuant to        
subparagraph 7,a71 7,b71 7,c71 7,d71 or 

7,e7 of paragraph 7#c71 that its        
principal office is located in a        
,h,u,b,zone described in paragraph      
7#a77;,e7 7relating to base closure     
areas7 7in this item referred to as the 
base closure ,h,u,b,zone71 and that not 
fewer than #ce percent of its employees 
reside in-- 7,,aa7 a ,h,u,b,zone2 7,,bb7
 the census tract in which the base     
closure ,h,u,b,zone is wholly contained2
 7,,cc7 a census tract the boundaries of
 which intersect the boundaries of the  
base closure ,h,u,b,zone2 or 7,,dd7 a   
census tract the boundaries of which are
 contiguous to a census tract described 
in subitem 7,,bb7 or 7,,cc72 or  4  7b7 
,period for base closure areas  7#a7    
,amendments  7,a7 ,in general ,section  
#aeb7;a77#b7 of title ,i of division ,k 
of the ,consolidated ,appropriations    
,act1 #bjje 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #fcb note7 is
 amended by striking #e years and       
inserting #h years4  7,b7 ,conforming   
amendment ,section #afih7;b77#b7 of     
,national ,defense ,authorization ,act  

for ,fiscal ,year #bjac 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4  
#fcb note7 is amended by striking #e    
years and inserting #h years4  7#b7     
,effective date2 applicability ,the     
amendments made by paragraph 7#a7       
shall-- 7,a7 take effect on the date of 
enactment of this ,act2 and  7,b7 apply 
to-- 7i7 a base closure area 7as defined
 in section #c7p77#d77;,d7 of the ,small
 ,business ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4          
#fcb7p77#d77;,d777 that1 on the day     
before the date of enactment of this    
,act1 is treated as a ,h,u,b,zone       
described in section #c7p77#a77;,e7 of  
the ,small ,business ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4
 #fcb7p77#a77;,e77 under--  7,i7 section
 #aeb7;a77#b7 of title ,i of division ,k
 of the ,consolidated ,appropriations   
,act1 #bjje 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #fcb note72  
or  7,,ii7 section #afih7;b77#b7 of     
,national ,defense ,authorization ,act  
for ,fiscal ,year #bjac 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4  
#fcb note72 and  7ii7 a base closure    
area relating to the closure of a       
military instillation under the         

authority described in clauses 7i7      
through 7iv7 of section #c7p77#d77;,d7  
of the ,small ,business ,act 7#ae       
,u4,s4,c4 #fcb7p77#d77;,d77 that occurs 
on or after the date of enactment of    
this ,act4