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SEC. 4302. RESERVIST LOANS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 7(b)(3)(E) of the Small
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(b)(3)(E)) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘$1,500,000’’ each place such term appears and insert-
ing ‘‘$2,000,000’’.
(b) LOAN INFORMATION.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator and the
Secretary of Defense shall develop a joint website and
printed materials providing information regarding
any program for small business concerns that is
available to veterans or Reservists.
(2) 
MARKETING.—The 
Administrator 
is
authorized—
(A) to advertise and promote the program
under section 7(b)(3) of the Small Business Act
jointly with the Secretary of Defense and vet-
erans’ service organizations; and
(B) to advertise and promote participation
by lenders in such program jointly with trade
associations for banks or other lending institu-
tions.
SEC. 4303. NONCOLLATERALIZED LOANS.
Section 7(b)(3) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.
636(b)(3)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(G)(i) Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, the Administrator may make a loan
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under this paragraph of not more than $50,000
without collateral.
‘‘(ii) The Administrator may defer payment
of principal and interest on a loan described in
clause (i) during the longer of—
‘‘(I) the 1-year period beginning on the
date of the initial disbursement of the loan;
and
‘‘(II) the period during which the rel-
evant essential employee is on active duty.’’.
SEC. 4304. LOAN PRIORITY.
Section 7(b)(3) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.
636(b)(3)), as amended by this Act, is amended by adding
at the end the following:
‘‘(H) The Administrator shall give priority
to any application for a loan under this para-
graph and shall process and make a determina-
tion regarding such applications prior to proc-
essing or making a determination on other loan
applications under this subsection, on a rolling
basis.’’.
SEC. 4305. RELIEF FROM TIME LIMITATIONS FOR VETERAN-
OWNED SMALL BUSINESSES.
Section 3(q) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.
632(q)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
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‘‘(5) RELIEF FROM TIME LIMITATIONS.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Any time limitation on
any qualification, certification, or period of par-
ticipation imposed under this Act on any pro-
gram available to small business concerns shall
be extended for a small business concern that—
‘‘(i) is owned and controlled by—
‘‘(I) a veteran who was called or
ordered to active duty under a provi-
sion 
of 
law 
specified 
in 
section
101(a)(13)(B) of title 10, United
States Code, on or after September 11,
2001; or
‘‘(II) a service-disabled veteran
who became such a veteran due to an
injury or illness incurred or aggra-
vated in the active military, naval, or
air service during a period of active
duty pursuant to a call or order to ac-
tive duty under a provision of law re-
ferred to in subclause (I) on or after
September 11, 2001; and
‘‘(ii) was subject to the time limitation
during such period of active duty.
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‘‘(B) 
DURATION.—Upon 
submission 
of
proper documentation to the Administrator, the
extension of a time limitation under subpara-
graph (A) shall be equal to the period of time
that such veteran who owned or controlled such
a concern was on active duty as described in
that subparagraph.’’.
SEC. 4306. SERVICE-DISABLED VETERANS.
Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment
of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States
shall submit to the Committee on Small Business and En-
trepreneurship of the Senate and the Committee on Small
Business of the House of Representatives a report
describing—
(1) the types of assistance needed by service-dis-
abled veterans who wish to become entrepreneurs; and
(2) any resources that would assist such service-
disabled veterans.
SEC. 4307. STUDY ON OPTIONS FOR PROMOTING POSITIVE
WORKING RELATIONS BETWEEN EMPLOYERS
AND THEIR RESERVE COMPONENT EMPLOY-
EES.
(a) STUDY REQUIRED.—The Comptroller General of
the United States shall conduct a study on options for pro-
moting positive working relations between employers and