,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dcfh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,november #i1        
#bjag,ms4 ,velzquez introduced the      
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,small ,business1 and 
in addition to the ,committee on        
,financial ,services1 for a period to be
 subsequently determined by the         
,speaker1 in each case for consideration
 of such provisions as fall within the  
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend the ,small         
,business ,act to require that community
 development block grant funds provided 
for the same purpose as assistance under
 certain disaster relief programs of the
 ,small ,business ,act be used to repay 
such assistance1 and for other purposes4
  #a4 ,use of certain disaster          
appropriations for repayment of certain 
disaster assistance provided by the     
,small ,business ,administration        
,section #g7;f7 of the ,small ,business 
,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #fcf7;f77 is        

amended-- 7#a7 in the heading1 by       
striking #g7;b7 and inserting certain2  
and  7#b7 by adding at the end the      
following new paragraph3  7#b7          
,community development block grant      
disaster relief funds  7,a7 ,loans      
included ,a covered entity affected by a
 major disaster declared by the         
,president under section #dja of the    
,robert ,t4 ,stafford ,disaster ,relief 
and ,emergency ,assistance ,act that    
received a loan pursuant to subsection  
7b7 or subsection 7a77#ca77;,h7 may     
receive covered ,,cdbg-,,dr funds1 which
 funds may be used to repay the         
principal and any interest accrued on   
the loan or the amount of other         
assistance received4  7,b7 ,use of other
 disaster assistance ,as determined by  
the ,administrator1 a covered entity    
that receives covered ,,cdbg-,,dr funds 
on or after the date of the enactment of
 this paragraph may use such covered    
,,cdbg-,,dr funds to repay the principal
 and any interest accrued on a loan or  

the amount of other assistance received 
under subsection 7b74  7,c7 ,definitions
 ,in this paragraph3 7i7 ,covered       
,,cdbg-,,dr funds ,the term covered     
,,cdbg-,,dr funds means amounts made    
available for grants made under title ,i
 of the ,housing and ,community         
,development ,act of #aigd under an     
appropriations bill enacted with respect
 to a major disaster declared by the    
,president under section #dja of the    
,robert ,t4 ,stafford ,disaster ,relief 
and ,emergency ,assistance ,act for a   
particular fiscal year4  7ii7 ,covered  
entity ,the term covered entity means-- 
7,i7 with respect to a loan made under  
subsection 7a77#ca77;,h71 a small       
business concern2  7,,ii7 with respect  
to a loan made under subsection 7b77#a71
 a person2  7,,iii7 with respect to a   
loan made under subsection 7b77#b71 a   
small business concern1 private         
nonprofit organization1 or small        
agricultural cooperative2 and  7,,iv7   
with respect to a loan made under       

subsection 7b77#i71 an eligible small   
business concern4  4