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  SA 237. Mr. CARDIN (for himself, Ms. Landrieu, and Ms. Snowe) 
proposed an amendment to amendment SA 98 proposed by Mr. Inouye (for 
himself and Mr. Baucus) to the bill H.R. 1, making supplemental 
appropriations for job preservation and creation, infrastructure 
investment, energy efficiency and science, assistance to the 
unemployed, and State and local fiscal stabilization, for fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes; as follows:

       On page 105, between lines 3 and 4, insert the following:

     SEC. 505. SURETY BONDS.

       (a) Maximum Bond Amount.--Section 411(a)(1) of the Small 
     Business Investment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 694b(a)(1)) is 
     amended--
       (1) by inserting ``(A)'' after ``(1)'';
       (2) by striking ``$2,000,000'' and inserting 
     ``$5,000,000''; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(B) The Administrator may guarantee a surety under 
     subparagraph (A) for a total work order or contract amount 
     that does not exceed $10,000,000, if a contracting officer of 
     a Federal agency certifies that such a guarantee is 
     necessary.''.
       (b) Size Standards.--Section 410 of the Small Business 
     Investment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 694a) is amended by adding 
     at the end the following:
       ``(9) Notwithstanding any other provision of law or any 
     rule, regulation, or order of the Administration, for 
     purposes of sections 410, 411, and 412 the term `small 
     business concern' means a business concern that meets the 
     size standard for the primary industry in which such business 
     concern, and the affiliates of such business concern, is 
     engaged, as determined by the Administrator in accordance 
     with the North American Industry Classification System.''.
       (c) Sunset.--The amendments made by this section shall 
     remain in effect until September 30, 2010.
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