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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3988 
To provide for priority in Federal contracting for businesses in areas adversely 
affected by Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita and treatment of 
small business concerns adversely affected by Hurricane Katrina and 
Hurricane Rita as HUBZone small business concerns, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 6, 2005 
Mr. JINDAL (for himself, Mr. BAKER, Mr. MCCRERY, Mr. ALEXANDER, and 
Mr. BOUSTANY) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on 
Small Business, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speak-
er, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the ju-
risdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To provide for priority in Federal contracting for businesses 
in areas adversely affected by Hurricane Katrina and 
Hurricane Rita and treatment of small business concerns 
adversely affected by Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane 
Rita as HUBZone small business concerns, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Gulf Coast Small Busi-
ness Recovery Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PRIORITY FOR SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS IN 
PROCUREMENT 
RELATED 
TO 
HURRICANE 
KATRINA AND HURRICANE RITA. 
(a) PRIORITY FOR GULF HURRICANE DISASTER-AF-
FECTED BUSINESSES.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, for any contract for the procurement of goods 
or services related to any damage caused as a result of 
Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita or any reconstruc-
tion related to such damage, the head of a Federal depart-
ment or agency shall give priority to a business concern 
that as of August 28, 2005, had a significant presence 
in a Gulf hurricane disaster-affected area. 
(b) CONTRACT REQUIREMENT.— 
(1) SMALL BUSINESS PARTICIPATION.—For the 
procurement of goods and services related to any 
damage caused as a result of Hurricane Katrina or 
Hurricane Rita or any reconstruction related to such 
damage, the head of a Federal department or agency 
shall award not less than 30 percent of amounts ex-
pended for prime contracts and not less than 40 per-
cent of amounts expended for subcontracts on pro-
curements to small business concerns that as of Au-
gust 28, 2005, had a significant presence in a Gulf 
hurricane disaster-affected area. 
(2) OPPORTUNITIES FOR SMALL BUSINESSES.— 
In carrying out paragraph (1), the head of a Federal 
department or agency shall provide the maximum 
practicable opportunity for small businesses partici-
pation. 
(3) 
COMPLIANCE
WITH
SUBCONTRACTING 
GOALS.—In carrying out paragraph (1), the head of 
a Federal department or agency shall ensure that a 
contract complies with the subcontracting goals for 
small business concerns under the Small Business 
Act (15 U.S.C. 631 et seq.) and Federal Acquisition 
Regulations. 
(4) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator 
of the Small Business Administration shall submit 
to Congress a report describing the opportunities 
provided for small business concerns under this sub-
section. 
(5) TERMINATION.—This subsection shall ter-
minate on the date that is one day after the date on 
which all Federal Disaster Declaration notices for 
Gulf hurricane disaster-affected areas are lifted.
SEC. 3. TREATMENT OF GULF HURRICANE DISASTER-AF-
FECTED SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS FOR 
PURPOSES OF HUBZONE PROGRAM. 
(a) TREATMENT OF GULF HURRICANE DISASTER- 
AFFECTED
SMALL
BUSINESS
CONCERNS.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of law, a Gulf hurricane dis-
aster-affected small business concern shall be treated as 
if it were located in a HUBZone for purposes of the pro-
gram under section 31 of the Small Business Act (15 
U.S.C. 657a). 
(b) APPLICABILITY.—Subsection (a) shall apply with 
respect to a Gulf hurricane disaster-affected small busi-
ness concern during the period for which a Federal Dis-
aster Declaration applies for the county in which such 
small business concern was located as of August 28, 2005. 
SEC. 4. PROHIBITION ON PERMANENT RELOCATION OF 
FEDERAL FACILITIES FROM GULF HURRI-
CANE DISASTER-AFFECTED AREAS. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, no facility of the Federal Government shall 
be permanently relocated from a location in a Gulf hurri-
cane disaster-affected area to a location outside that area. 
(b) TERMINATION.—Subsection (a) shall terminate 
upon the expiration of the two-year period that begins on 
the date of the enactment of this Act.
(c) REPORTS REQUIRED.—In the case of a facility 
of a department of agency of the Federal Government that 
is temporarily relocated for a period of longer than 6 
months, the head of that department or agency shall sub-
mit to the House Committee on Government Reform and 
the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Govern-
ment Affairs, the following reports: 
(1) A report to be submitted not later than 6 
months after the date on which this section takes ef-
fect on the status of the temporary relocation of the 
facility from a location in a Gulf hurricane disaster- 
affected area to a location outside that area. 
(2) Additional reports on such status to be sub-
mitted every 6 months thereafter for the duration of 
the period during which such facility is temporarily 
relocated. 
SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS. 
(a) GULF HURRICANE DISASTER-AFFECTED SMALL 
BUSINESS CONCERN.—For purposes of this Act, the term 
‘‘Gulf hurricane disaster-affected small business concern’’ 
means a small business concern that as of August 28, 
2005, was located in a Gulf hurricane-affected area. 
(b) GULF HURRICANE DISASTER.—For purposes of 
this Act, the term ‘‘Gulf hurricane disaster’’ means an 
event caused by Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita that
is declared to be a major disaster by the President in ac-
cordance with section 401 of the Robert T. Stafford Dis-
aster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
5170). 
(c) 
GULF
HURRICANE
DISASTER-AFFECTED 
AREA.—For purposes of this Act, the term ‘‘Gulf hurri-
cane disaster-affected area’’ means a county or parish in 
the State of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, or Texas 
that has been designated by the Federal Emergency Man-
agement Agency for disaster assistance for individuals and 
households by reason of Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane 
Rita. 
(d) SMALL BUSINESS CONCERN.—For purposes of 
this Act, the term ‘‘small business concern’’ has the mean-
ing given that term under section 3 of the Small Business 
Act (15 U.S.C. 632). 
SEC. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
This Act shall take effect on the date that is 10 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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