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  SA 3627. Mr. VITTER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 4939, making emergency supplemental appropriations 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes; 
as follows:

       On page 253, between lines 19 and 20, insert the following:


    SMALL BUSINESS RELIEF FROM HURRICANE KATRINA AND HURRICANE RITA

       Sec. 7032. (a) Section 3(p)(1) of the Small Business Act 
     (15 U.S.C. 632(p)(1)) is amended--
       (1) in subparagraph (D), by striking ``or'';
       (2) in subparagraph (E), by striking the period at the end 
     and inserting ``; or''; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(F) an area in which the President has declared a major 
     disaster (as that term is defined in section 102 of the 
     Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 5122)) as a result of Hurricane

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     Katrina of August 2005 or Hurricane Rita of September 
     2005.''.
       (b) Section 711(d) of the Small Business Competitive 
     Demonstration Program Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 644 note) is 
     amended--
       (1) by striking ``The Program'' and inserting the 
     following:
       ``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
     Program''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(2) Exception.--The Program shall not apply to any 
     contract related to relief or reconstruction from Hurricane 
     Katrina of 2005 or Hurricane Rita of 2005.''.
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