,,ii  #aadth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #bhca  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,april #ba1    
#bjaf ,mr4 ,vitter introduced the       
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,small   
,business and ,entrepreneurship  ,a     
,,bill  ,to amend the ,small ,business  
,investment ,act of #aieh to provide    
priority for applicants for a license to
 operate as a small business investment 
company that are located in a disaster  
area4  #a4 ,,sbic program fast-track    
applications  ,section #cja7;c77#b7 of  
the ,small ,business ,investment ,act of
 #aieh 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #fha7;c77#b77 is  
amended by adding at the end the        
following3  7,c7 ,priority for          
applicants located in disaster areas    
7i7 ,definition ,in this subparagraph1  
the term disaster area means the area   
for which the ,president has declared a 
major disaster 7as defined in section   
#ajb of the ,robert ,t4 ,stafford       
,disaster ,relief and ,emergency        

,assistance ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #eabb771
 during the period of the declaration4  
7ii7 ,priority ,the ,administrator shall
 give priority to an application for a  
license to operate as a small business  
investment company that is from an      
applicant located in a disaster area4  4