,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bicf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #bb1 #bjai,mr4  
,thompson of ,california 7for himself   
and ,mr4 ,king of ,new ,york7 introduced
 the following bill2 which was referred 
to the ,committee on ,small ,business1  
and in addition to the ,committee on    
,agriculture1 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 provide disaster relief  
to small businesses1 and for other      
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,small ,business    
,disaster ,relief ,act of #bjai4  #b4   
,sense of ,congress regarding disaster  
loan processing ,it is the sense of     
,congress that the ,administrator of the
 ,small ,business ,administration should
 use district offices of the            
,administration whenever possible to    
expedite the processing of disaster     

loans under section #g7;b7 of the ,small
 ,business ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4          
#fcf7;b774  #c4 ,small business         
development center portability grants   
,section #ba7;a77#d77;,c77viii7 of the  
,small ,business ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4    
#fdh7;a77#d77;,c77viii77 is amended--   
7#a7 in the first sentence1 by striking 
as a result of a business or government 
facility down sizing or closing1 which  
has resulted in the loss of jobs or     
small business instability and inserting
 due to events that have resulted or    
will result in a business or government 
facility downsizing or closing2 and     
7#b7 by adding at the end the following3
 ,at the discretion of the              
,administrator1 the ,administrator may  
make an award greater than #ajj1jjj to a
 recipient to accommodate extraordinary 
occurrences having a catastrophic impact
 on the small business concerns in a    
community44  #d4 ,disaster assistance to
 critical enterprises ,section #bcg of  
the ,disaster ,relief ,act of #aigj 7#ae

 ,u4,s4,c4 #fcf;d7 is amended-- 7#a7 by 
redesignating subsection 7b7 as         
subsection 7c72 and  7#b7 in subsection 
7a7-- 7,a7 by striking ,farmers ,home   
,administration and inserting ,farm     
,service ,agency2  7,b7 by striking     
major disaster and inserting major      
disaster or is vital to recovery efforts
 in the disaster area 7including        
providing debris removal services1      
manufactured housing1 gasoline1         
telecommunications1 or building         
materials712 and  7,c7 by striking      
,loans authorized and all that follows  
through pursuant thereto4 and inserting 
the following3  7b7 ,terms and          
conditions ,notwithstanding any other   
provision of law1 loans authorized by   
this section--  7#a7 shall be made      
without regard to limitations on the    
size of loans which may otherwise be    
imposed by any other provision of law or
 regulations promulgated pursuant       
thereto2 and  7#b7 may waive any        
required evaluation of creditworthiness 

in exchange for a fee1 as set by the    
,small ,business ,administration or the 
,farm ,service ,agency1 as applicable4  
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