To allow certain interagency task forces established by the President to designate certain areas as HUBZones for purposes of the Small Business Act.

Amends the Small Business Act to allow the following task forces to designate certain areas a HUBZones for purposes of such Act: (1) the Interagency Task Force on the Economic Development of the Central San Joaquin Valley; (2) the Interagency Task Force on the Economic Development of the Southwest Border; and (3) any interagency task force established by an executive order of the President and identified therein as having the authority to make such designations.

[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4805 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4805

 To allow certain interagency task forces established by the President 
   to designate certain areas as HUBZones for purposes of the Small 
                             Business Act.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 22, 2002

 Mr. Dooley of California (for himself and Mr. Radanovich) introduced 
   the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small 
                                Business

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                                 A BILL


 
 To allow certain interagency task forces established by the President 
   to designate certain areas as HUBZones for purposes of the Small 
                             Business Act.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. DESIGNATION OF HUBZONES BY CERTAIN FEDERAL TASK FORCES.

    Section 3(p)(1) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632(p)(1)) is 
amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (C) by striking ``or'';
            (2) in subparagraph (D) by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting ``; or''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(E) areas that are within the geographic 
                jurisdiction of, and are designated as HUBZones by--
                            ``(i) the Interagency Task Force on the 
                        Economic Development of the Central San Joaquin 
                        Valley (established by Executive Order 13173 
                        (65 Fed. Reg. 64579));
                            ``(ii) the Interagency Task Force on the 
                        Economic Development of the Southwest Border 
                        (established by Executive Order 13122 (42 
                        U.S.C. 3121 note)); or
                            ``(iii) any interagency task force 
                        established by an Executive order of the 
                        President and identified therein as having 
                        authority to designate HUBZones for the 
                        purposes of this Act.''.
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