SEC. 2. SOUTHEAST HURRICANES SMALL BUSINESS DIS-
ASTER RELIEF PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Food, Conservation, and En-
ergy Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–234; 122 Stat. 1422) 
is amended by inserting after section 12086 the following: 
‘‘SEC. 12087. SOUTHEAST HURRICANES SMALL BUSINESS 
DISASTER RELIEF PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
‘‘(1) the term ‘covered area’ means an area in 
the State of Louisiana, the State of Mississippi, the 
State of Alabama, or the State of Texas for which 
the President declared a major disaster relating to 
Hurricane Katrina of 2005, Hurricane Rita of 2005, 
Hurricane Gustav of 2008, or Hurricane Ike of 
2008; 
‘‘(2) the term ‘covered disaster loan’ means a 
loan— 
‘‘(A) made under section 7(b) of the Small 
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(b)); 
‘‘(B) for damage or injury caused by Hur-
ricane Katrina of 2005, Hurricane Rita of 
2005, Hurricane Gustav of 2008, or Hurricane 
Ike of 2008; and 
‘‘(C) made to a business located in a cov-
ered area; 
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‘‘(3) the term ‘Deepwater Horizon oil spill’ 
means the blowout and explosion of the mobile off-
shore drilling unit Deepwater Horizon that occurred 
on April 20, 2010, and resulting hydrocarbon re-
leases into the environment; and 
‘‘(4) the term ‘program’ means the Southeast 
Hurricanes Small Business Disaster Relief Program 
established under subsection (b). 
‘‘(b) PROGRAM ESTABLISHED.—Subject to the avail-
ability of appropriations, the Administrator shall establish 
a Southeast Hurricanes Small Business Disaster Relief 
Program, under which the Administrator may waive pay-
ment of interest by a business on a covered disaster loan— 
‘‘(1) for not more than 3 years; and 
‘‘(2) in a total amount of not more than 
$15,000. 
‘‘(c) PRIORITY
OF APPLICATIONS.—The Adminis-
trator shall, to the extent practicable, give priority to an 
application for a waiver of payment of interest under the 
program by a small business concern— 
‘‘(1) with not more than 50 employees; 
‘‘(2) that demonstrates substantial economic in-
jury as a result of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill; 
or 
‘‘(3) that resumed business operations— 
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‘‘(A) during the period beginning on Sep-
tember 1, 2005 and ending on October 1, 2006 
in a covered area relating to Hurricane Katrina 
of 2005 or Hurricane Rita of 2005; or 
‘‘(B) during the period beginning on Sep-
tember 1, 2008 and ending on January 1, 2009 
in a covered area relating to Hurricane Gustav 
of 2008 or Hurricane Ike of 2008. 
‘‘(d) REIMBURSEMENT BY RESPONSIBLE PARTY.— 
The Administrator may present a claim to the responsible 
party (as defined in section 1001 of the Oil Pollution Act 
of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2701)) for costs and expenses de-
scribed in section 1012(a)(5) of the Oil Pollution Act of 
1990 (33 U.S.C. 2712(a)(5)) relating to a waiver of inter-
est under this section for a business suffering a substan-
tial economic injury as a result of the Deepwater Horizon 
oil spill in accordance with section 1013 of the Oil Pollu-
tion Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2713). 
‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Administrator 
such sums as may be necessary to carry out the program. 
‘‘(f) TERMINATION
OF PROGRAM.—The Adminis-
trator may not approve an application under the program 
after March 31, 2012.’’. 
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(b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— 
The table of contents in section 1(b) of the Food, Con-
servation, and Energy Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–234; 
122 Stat. 933) is amended by inserting after the item re-
lating to section 12086 the following: 
‘‘Sec. 12087. Southeast Hurricanes Small Business Disaster Relief Program.’’. 
Æ 
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