HUBZone Expansion Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-206
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2013-01-31
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Census and government statistics

Economic development

Military facilities and property

Public contracts and procurement

Small business
Latest action: action_date: 2013-01-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-01-31
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>HUBZone Expansion Act of 2013 - Amends the Small Business Act to include as a base closure area for purposes of the HUBZONE (historically underutilized business zone) program of the Small Business Administration (SBA) a military installation's municipality, county, census tract, or contiguous census tract having a total population of no more than 50,000, as determined by the most recent census.</p>

tv_txt: II 113th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 206 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 31, 2013 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. Short title This Act may be cited as the HUBZone Expansion Act of 2013 . 2. Expanding HUBZone program for communities affected by base realignment and closure Section 3(p)(4)(D) of the Small Business Act ( 15 U.S.C. 632(p)(4)(D) ) is amended— (1) in clause (iv), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; (2) by redesignating clauses (i), (ii), (iii), and (iv) as subclauses (I), (II), (III), and (IV), respectively, and moving the margins 2 ems to the right; (3) in the matter preceding subclause (I), as so redesignated, by striking means lands within and inserting the following: “means— (i) lands within ; and (4) by adding at the end the following: (ii) a geographic area that— (I) is— (aa) the municipality in which the military installation is located; (bb) the county in which the military installation is located; or (cc) (AA) the census tract in which the military installation is located; or (BB) the census tract in which the military installation is located and a census tract contiguous to that census tract; and (II) has a total population of not more than 50,000, as determined with reference to the most recent decennial census. .