subsection (A) into the Contract Assistance 
Technical Fund, established under paragraph 
(3). 
(3) 
CONTRACT
ASSISTANCE
TECHNICAL 
FUND.— 
(A) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Administrator 
shall establish in the Small Business Adminis-
tration an account to be known as the ‘‘Con-
tract Assistance Technical Fund’’. 
(B) USE OF FUNDS.—Amounts deposited 
in the account established under subparagraph 
(A) shall be available to the Administrator to 
provide technical assistance and contracting as-
sistance to Hurricane Katrina-affected small 
business concerns. 
(b) REVIEW OF CERTAIN CONTRACT AWARDS.— 
(1) REVIEW
REQUIRED.—Not later than 60 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
head of each Federal agency that enters into a con-
tract for recovery or reconstruction activities to be 
carried out in a Hurricane Katrina-affected area 
with a business concern other than a small business 
concern using procedures other than competitive 
procedures shall conduct an review of any such con-
tracts entered into by the agency.
(2) MATTERS FOR REVIEW.—In carrying out 
the review under paragraph (1), the head of the 
agency shall identify— 
(A) the total dollar value of all sub-
contracts of any such contracts awarded to 
small business concerns, small business con-
cerns owned and controlled by women, and so-
cially and economically disadvantaged small 
business concerns; and 
(B) any contract awarded to a business 
concern other than a small business concern 
that could have been awarded to a small busi-
ness concern. 
(3) REPORTS.—Not later than 90 days after 
completion of each review under paragraph (1), the 
head of the Federal agency involved shall submit a 
report of the review to the Committee on Small 
Business of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship 
of the Senate. 
(c) PROCEDURES FOR PAYMENT OF SMALL BUSI-
NESS SUBCONTRACTORS.— 
(1) IMPLEMENTATION OF PROCEDURES.—As a 
condition of entering into a Federal contract for re-
covery or reconstruction activities to be carried out
in a Hurricane Katrina-affected area, a prime con-
tractor that is not a small business concern shall im-
plement a procedure for paying a subcontractor that 
is a Hurricane Katrina-affected small business con-
cern during the 7-day period beginning on the date 
on which the prime contractor receives an invoice 
from the subcontractor. 
(2) APPLICABILITY.—With respect to a Federal 
contract for recovery or reconstruction activities to 
be carried out in a Hurricane Katrina-affected area 
entered into before the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the condition under paragraph (1) shall apply 
beginning on the date that is 30 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 204. EXTENSION OF CERTAIN PROGRAM PARTICIPA-
TIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS. 
(a) 8(a) AND
HUBZONE
PROGRAM
PARTICIPA-
TION.—In the case of a Hurricane Katrina-affected small 
business concern that, as of August 28, 2005, was partici-
pating in the program under section 8(a) of the Small 
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(a)) or the HUBZone pro-
gram under section 31 of such Act (15 U.S.C. 657a), the 
Administrator shall provide for the participation of such 
concern in such program until the date that is one year
after the date on which such participation would otherwise 
terminate. 
(b) SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DISADVANTAGE CERTIFI-
CATION.—In the case of a Hurricane Katrina-affected 
small business concern that, as of August 28, 2005, was 
certified by the Administrator as a socially and economi-
cally disadvantaged small business concern, the Adminis-
trator shall provide for the certification of such concern 
as a socially and economically disadvantaged small busi-
ness concern until the date that is one year after the date 
on which such certification would otherwise terminate. 
SEC. 205. SUSPENSION OF CERTAIN LIMITATIONS ON CON-
TRACT SIZE. 
In the case of a Hurricane Katrina-affected small 
business concern that, as of August 28, 2005, was partici-
pating in the program under section 8(a) of the Small 
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(a)), the Administrator shall 
waive the limitation under section 8(a)(1)(D)(i)(II) with 
respect to any Federal contract for recovery or reconstruc-
tion activities to be carried out in a Hurricane Katrina- 
affected area.
SEC. 206. FEDERAL CONTRACTS IN HURRICANE KATRINA- 
AFFECTED AREAS BEGUN PRIOR TO AUGUST 
28, 2005. 
(a) ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS
FOR CERTAIN SMALL 
BUSINESS CONCERNS.—In the case of a small business 
concern that incurred any destruction or damage by rea-
son of Hurricane Katrina that is directly related to the 
fulfillment of a Federal contract that was awarded before 
August 28, 2005, to provide goods or services in a Gulf- 
hurricane affected area the head of the Federal agency 
that entered into such contract shall pay such small busi-
ness concern, in addition to the amount specified in the 
contract, such amounts as are required to pay for the 
damage or destruction. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated $50,000,000 to carry out 
subsection (a).
TITLE 
III—ENTREPRENEURIAL 
ASSISTANCE 
FOR 
SMALL 
BUSINESSES 
AFFECTED 
BY 
KATRINA 
SEC. 301. WAIVER OF MATCHING FUNDS REQUIREMENT 
FOR SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CEN-
TERS AND WOMEN’S BUSINESS CENTERS LO-
CATED IN HURRICANE KATRINA-AFFECTED 
AREAS. 
Small business development centers under section 21 
of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 648) and Women’s 
Business Centers under section 29 of that Act (15 U.S.C. 
656) that are located in a Hurricane Katrina-affected 
area, shall not be required to obtain matching non-Federal 
funds in accordance with in section 21(a)(4) of that Act 
(15 U.S.C. 648(a)(4)) or section 29(l)(4) of that Act (15 
U.S.C. 656(l)(4)), respectively. 
SEC. 302. AUTHORIZATION OF ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR 
ASSISTANCE FOR HURRICANE KATRINA-AF-
FECTED BUSINESSES. 
(a) COUNSELORS.—Small business development cen-
ters, under section 21 of the Small Business Act (15 
U.S.C. 648), throughout the United States are authorized 
to send counselors to centers located in a Hurricane 
Katrina-affected area. Salaries, travel expenses and lodg-
ing for such counselors shall be paid out of amounts au-
thorized under this section. The Administrator of the 
Small Business Administration shall not prohibit centers 
that have willing counselors from sending those counselors 
to a Hurricane Katrina-affected area to provide services 
to centers in a Hurricane Katrina-affected area. 
(b) CERTAIN REIMBURSEMENTS.—Small business 
development centers that send counselors to a Hurricane 
Katrina-affected area may apply for reimbursement of 
costs related to temporary replacement of such counselors 
under the amounts authorized under this section. 
(c) PROGRAM
GRANTS
FOR
RECOVERY
ASSIST-
ANCE.—Grants of not more than $500,000 shall be avail-
able for small business development centers, the Service 
Corps for Retired Executives, and Women’s Business Cen-
ters in Hurricane Katrina-affected areas to establish sup-
plementary programs that will do at least one of the fol-
lowing: 
(1) Provide assistance to Hurricane Katrina-af-
fected small business concerns in completing disaster 
loan paperwork and dealing with private financing 
issues for their businesses. The Administrator of the 
Small Business Administration shall work with 
grantees to ensure that loans are processed in a 
timely manner.
(2) Assist Hurricane Katrina-affected small 
business concerns in Hurricane Katrina-affected 
areas to obtain Federal contracting opportunities, as 
outlined in section 303, and assist local small busi-
nesses to identify and hire employees. 
(3) Assist Hurricane Katrina-affected small 
business concerns in identifying and hiring potential 
employees. The grantee shall work to help and iden-
tify displaced workers to find employment with small 
business concerns. 
(d) ENTREPRENEURIAL SERVICE CENTERS.—Small 
Business Administration Entrepreneurial Assistance Cen-
ters that are located in Hurricane Katrina-affected areas, 
including grantees in Women’s Business Center and small 
business development center programs, as well as SCORE 
Centers authorized by section 8(b)(1) of the Small Busi-
ness Act (15 U.S.C. 637 (b)(1)), shall be eligible to apply 
for grants up to $250,000 for purpose of dealing with in-
creased demand for services. 
(e) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 to carry 
out this section.
SEC. 303. SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER CO-
ORDINATION. 
(a) CONTRACT AWARD NOTIFICATION.—The head of 
each Federal agency that awards a contract for recovery 
or reconstruction activities to be carried out in a Hurri-
cane Katrina-affected area shall provide, not later than 
30 days before the award of such contract, information 
about such contract to the director of each small business 
development center located in the area for which the goods 
or services are to be provided under the contract. 
(b) COORDINATION OF OPPORTUNITIES.—Upon re-
ceipt of the information about a contract provided under 
paragraph (1), the director of a small business develop-
ment center shall— 
(1) make a reasonable effort to identify a small 
business concern located in the area served by the 
small business development center to perform the 
contract; and 
(2) upon such identification, notify the head of 
the Federal agency awarding the contract of such 
identification. 
(c) PROVISION OF DATABASE ASSISTANCE.—The di-
rector of a small business development center located in 
a Hurricane Katrina-affected area shall provide assistance 
for small business concerns located in the area served by 
that small business development center in registering in
any database maintained by a Federal agency or by a 
prime contractor for the purpose of entering into contracts 
for recovery or reconstruction activities to be carried out 
in Hurricane Katrina-affected areas. 
SEC. 304. GULF COAST INCUBATOR REVITALIZATION PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of the Gulf Coast 
Incubator Revitalization Program— 
(1) to promote economic development in Hurri-
cane Katrina-affected areas, particularly focussing 
on the creation of wealth and job opportunity in low- 
income demographic areas; 
(2) to develop a business incubation program 
with the mission of providing focused assistance to 
aid in the development of small businesses for those 
areas that were devastated by the effects of Hurri-
cane Katrina; 
(3) to make grants to economic development or-
ganizations and other entities in Hurricane Katrina- 
affected areas, for the purpose of providing business 
incubation services to small businesses; and 
(4) to revitalize and reuse industrial sites for 
economic growth. 
(b) GRANT PROGRAM.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—In accordance with this sub-
section, the Administrator may make a 5-year grant 
to each of 10 eligible organizations to establish and 
operate a small business incubator program in Hur-
ricane Katrina-affected areas. 
(2) APPLICATIONS.—To be eligible to receive a 
grant under this subsection, an eligible organization 
shall submit an application to the Administrator at 
such time and in such form and manner as the Ad-
ministrator may require. Each such application shall 
include the grantee’s plan for establishing and oper-
ating a small business incubator program. 
(3) SELECTION
OF
GRANTEES.—In selecting 
the 10 grantees under this subsection, the Adminis-
trator shall evaluate and rank applicants in accord-
ance with predetermined selection criteria that will 
be stated in terms of relevant importance of such 
criteria. The relative importance of the criteria shall 
be made publicly available and stated in each solici-
tation for applicants made by the Administrator. 
The criteria shall include the following: 
(A) The experience of the applicant in con-
ducting business development. 
(B) The experience of the applicant in 
technology and manufacturing.
(C) The extent to which the incubator will 
assist in the development of low-income, women, 
or minority business, or the revitalization of a 
Hurricane Katrina-affected area. 
(D) The extent to which the proposed site 
is in an area of high unemployment and will re-
sult in the reuse of a previously used industrial 
site. 
(E) The extent to which the applicant has 
a management team in place with experience in 
running a business incubator or relevant busi-
ness development experience. 
(F) The extent to which the applicant’s 
plan will result in the economic development of 
low-income communities or high-unemployment 
areas and economic revitalization of devastated 
areas. 
(G) The ability of the applicant to success-
fully establish and operate a small business in-
cubator program. 
(H) The ability of the applicant to enter 
into cooperative agreements with lending insti-
tutions to provide a streamlined process for 
business concerns utilizing the small business
incubator program to obtain financial assist-
ance, including loans under subsection (c). 
(I) The extent to which the applicant’s 
plan for establishing and operating a small 
business incubator program will do the fol-
lowing: 
(i) Enhance small business develop-
ment. 
(ii) Meet the needs and goals of the 
community in which the incubator is to be 
located. 
(iii) Serve as a catalyst for further de-
velopment. 
(iv) Involve the rehabilitation of a 
warehouse, factory, or building which has 
fallen into disrepair. 
(v) Assist in redeveloping a disadvan-
taged area. 
(vi) Target minority and women en-
trepreneurs. 
(vii) Focus on the development of 
manufacturing and technology. 
(viii) Retain or create jobs. 
(ix) Include assistance regarding mar-
keting, financial management, human re-