,,ii ,calendar ,no4 #afe #aahth         
,,congress  #ast ,session  ,s4 #idc     
,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the ,,united 
,,states  ,march #bb1 #bjbc,mr4 ,kennedy
 introduced the following bill2 which   
was read twice and referred to the      
,committee on ,small ,business and      
,entrepreneurship  ,july #be1           
#bjbc,reported by ,mr4 ,cardin1 with an 
amendment,strike out all after the      
enacting clause and insert the part     
printed in italic  ,a ,,bill  ,to       
increase the minimum disaster loan      
amount for which the ,small ,business   
,administration may require collateral1 
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,small ,business ,disaster ,damage      
,fairness ,act of #bjbc4  #b4           
,collateral requirements for disaster   
loans ,section #g7;d77#f7 of the ,small 
,business ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4           
#fcf7;d77#f77 is amended in the third   
proviso-- 7#a7 by striking #ad1jjj and  
inserting #be1jjj2 and  7#b7 by striking

 major disaster and inserting disaster4 
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,small ,business ,disaster      
,damage ,fairness ,act of #bjbc4  #b4   
,collateral requirements for disaster   
loans ,section #g7;d77#f7 of the ,small 
,business ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4           
#fcf7;d77#f77 is amended1 in the third  
proviso-- 7#a7 by striking #ad1jjj and  
inserting #be1jjj2 and  7#b7 by striking
 major disaster and inserting disaster4 
#c4 ,,gao report on default rates ,not  
later than #c years after the date of   
enactment of this ,act1 the ,comptroller
 ,general of the ,united ,states shall  
submit to the ,committee on ,small      
,business and ,entrepreneurship of the  
,senate and the ,committee on ,small    
,business of the ,house of              
,representatives a report on the        
performance1 including the default rate1
 of loans made under section #g7;b77#a7 
of the ,small ,business ,act 7#ae       
,u4,s4,c4 #fcf7;b77#a771 and the impact 
of the amendments to collateral amounts 

made under section #b of this ,act on   
the performance of those loans1 during  
the period-- 7#a7 beginning on          
,september #cj1 #bjbj2 and  7#b7 ending 
on the date on that is #b years after   
the date of enactment of this ,act4     
,july #be1 #bjbc,reported with an       
amendment