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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1266 

To expand the HUBZone program for communities affected by base 

realignment and closure, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 11, 2015 

Ms. COLLINS (for herself and Mr. KING) introduced the following bill; which 

was read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship 

A BILL 

To expand the HUBZone program for communities affected 

by base realignment and closure, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘HUBZone Expansion 

5 Act of 2015’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. EXPANDING HUBZONE PROGRAM FOR COMMU2 NITIES AFFECTED BY BASE REALIGNMENT 

3 AND CLOSURE. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3(p)(5)(A)(i)(I) of the 

5 Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632(p)(5)(A)(i)(I)) is 

6 amended— 

7 (1) in item (aa), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end; 

8 (2) by redesignating item (bb) as item (cc); and 

9 (3) by inserting after item (aa) the following: 

10 ‘‘(bb) pursuant to subpara11 graph (A), (B), (C), (D), or (E) 

12 of paragraph (3), that its prin13 cipal office is located in a 

14 HUBZone described in para15 graph (1)(E) (relating to base 

16 closure areas) (in this item re17 ferred to as the ‘base closure 

18 HUBZone’), and that not fewer 

19 than 35 percent of its employees 

20 reside in— 

21 ‘‘(AA) a HUBZone; 

22 ‘‘(BB) the census tract 

23 in which the base closure 

24 HUBZone is wholly con25 tained; 


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1 ‘‘(CC) a census tract 

2 the boundaries of which 

3 intersect the boundaries of 

4 the base closure HUBZone; 

5 or 

6 ‘‘(DD) a census tract 

7 the boundaries of which are 

8 contiguous to a census tract 

9 described in subitem (BB) 

10 or (CC); or’’. 

11 (b) PERIOD FOR BASE CLOSURE AREAS.— 

12 (1) AMENDMENTS.— 

13 (A) IN GENERAL.—Section 152(a)(2) of 

14 title I of division K of the Consolidated Appro15 priations Act, 2005 (15 U.S.C. 632 note) is 

16 amended by striking ‘‘5 years’’ and inserting ‘‘8 

17 years’’. 

18 (B) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 

19 1698(b)(2) of National Defense Authorization 

20 Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (15 U.S.C. 632 note) 

21 is amended by striking ‘‘5 years’’ and inserting 

22 ‘‘8 years’’. 

23 (2) EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICABILITY.—The 

24 amendments made by paragraph (1) shall— 


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1 (A) take effect on the date of enactment of 

2 this Act; and 

3 (B) apply to— 

4 (i) a base closure area (as defined in 

5 section 3(p)(4)(D) of the Small Business 

6 Act (15 U.S.C. 632(p)(4)(D))) that, on the 

7 day before the date of enactment of this 

8 Act, is treated as a HUBZone described in 

9 section 3(p)(1)(E) of the Small Business 

10 Act (15 U.S.C. 632(p)(1)(E)) under— 

11 (I) section 152(a)(2) of title I of 

12 division K of the Consolidated Appro13 priations Act, 2005 (15 U.S.C. 632 

14 note); or 

15 (II) section 1698(b)(2) of Na16 tional Defense Authorization Act for 

17 Fiscal Year 2013 (15 U.S.C. 632 

18 note); and 

19 (ii) a base closure area relating to the 

20 closure of a military instillation under the 

21 authority described in clauses (i) through 

22 (iv) of section 3(p)(4)(D) of the Small 

23 Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632(p)(4)(D)) 


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1 that occurs on or after the date of enact2 ment of this Act. 

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