,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #ejdf  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,december #ag1 
#bjbj ,mr4 ,barrasso 7for ,mrs4         
,fischer7 introduced the following bill2
 which was read twice and referred to   
the ,committee on ,agriculture1         
,nutrition1 and ,forestry  ,a ,,bill    
,to amend the ,consolidated ,farm and   
,rural ,development ,act to authorize   
the contracting of functions under the  
,rural ,business ,investment ,program1  
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,rural ,investment ,act of #bjbj4  #b4  
,contracting of functions ,subtitle ,h  
of the ,consolidated ,farm and ,rural   
,development ,act is amended by         
inserting after section #chd,p 7#g      
,u4,s4,c4 #bjji;cc-#ae7 the following3  
#chd,q4 ,contracting of functions  7a7  
,in general ,notwithstanding any other  
provision of law1 to carry out the      
day-to-day management and operation of  
the program authorized by this subtitle 

on behalf of the ,secretary1 the        
,secretary shall enter into an          
interagency agreement under section     
#aece of title #ca1 ,united ,states     
,code1 with the ,administrator of the   
,small ,business ,administration4  7b7  
,funding ,the costs incurred by the     
,administrator of the ,small ,business  
,administration under an agreement      
entered into under subsection 7a7 shall 
be reimbursed in accordance with section
 #aece of title #ca1 ,united ,states    
,code1 from amounts made available under
 section #chd,s4  4  #c4 ,appropriation 
7a7 ,in general ,there is appropriated1 
from amounts in the ,treasury not       
otherwise appropriated1 #a1jjj1jjj1jjj  
to carry out the ,rural ,business       
,investment ,program established under  
subtitle ,h of the ,consolidated ,farm  
and ,rural ,development ,act 7#g        
,u4,s4,c4 #bjji;cc et seq474  7b7       
,requirement ,not later than #ahj days  
after the date of enactment of this     
,act1 the ,secretary of ,agriculture1 in

 coordination with the ,administrator of
 the ,small ,business ,administration1  
shall issue commitments to purchase1 or 
to guarantee the timely payment of all  
principal and interest as scheduled on1 
debentures issued by rural business     
investment companies under subtitle ,h  
of the ,consolidated ,farm and ,rural   
,development ,act 7#g ,u4,s4,c4 #bjji;cc
 et seq474