,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #acji  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,april #d1     
#bjbe,ms4 ,baldwin 7for herself1 ,ms4   
,collins1 ,mr4 ,peters1 ,ms4 ,smith1 and
 ,ms4 ,klobuchar7 introduced the        
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,small   
,business and ,entrepreneurship  ,a     
,,bill  ,to modify the definition of    
disaster in the ,small ,business ,act to
 include low or no snowfall amounts1 and
 for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title  
,this ,act may be cited as the ,winter  
,recreation ,small ,business ,recovery  
,act of #bjbe4  #b4 ,findings ,congress 
finds the following3 7#a7 ,according to 
the ,american ,meteorology ,society     
,glossary of ,meteorology1 snow drought 
occurs when there is a period of        
abnormally low snowpack for the time of 
year4  7#b7 ,snow drought is described  
as either dry or warm1 depending on     
whether the drought is a result of      
below-normal cold-season precipitation  

or a lack of snow accumulation despite  
near-normal precipitation1 usually as a 
result of warm temperatures that cause  
precipitation to fall as rain rather    
than snow or an unusually early         
snowmelt4  #c4 ,definition of disaster  
7a7 ,in general ,section #c7k77#b7 of   
the ,small ,business ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4
 #fcb7k77#b77 is amended-- 7#a7 in      
subparagraph 7,b71 by striking and at   
the end2  7#b7 in subparagraph 7,c71 by 
striking the period at the end and      
inserting 2 and2 and  7#c7 by adding at 
the end the following3  7,d7 snow       
drought4  4  7b7 ,regulations ,not later
 than #ij days after the date of        
enactment of this ,act1 the             
,administrator of the ,small ,business  
,administration1 in consultation with   
the ,director of the ,national ,weather 
,service1 shall promulgate rules to     
implement the amendment made by         
subsection 7a74  7c7 ,review of existing
 resources and ways ,to adapt  7#a7     
,definition ,in this subsection1 the    

term small business concern has the     
meaning given the term in section #c of 
the ,small ,business ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4
 #fcb74  7#b7 ,interagency review ,the  
,comptroller ,general of the ,united    
,states shall submit to ,congress a     
report-- 7,a7 providing a review of     
resources available to ,federal agencies
 to assist small business concerns that 
have suffered economic injury or been   
economically impacted by lack of snow or
 low snow precipitation2  7,b7          
identifying ways small business concerns
 can become more resilient and adapt the
 business model of the concerns related 
to snow droughts2 and  7,c7 providing   
recommendations for legislative and     
administrative action to provide        
assistance to small business concerns   
impacted by lack of snow or low snow    
precipitation1 including an evaluation  
of the capabilities of the ,small       
,business ,administration to support    
expanded disaster recovery efforts      
related to a lack of snow or low snow   

precipitation and other similar tasks   
through the ,economic ,injury ,disaster 
,loan program4