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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Rural Entrepreneur and
Microenterprise Assistance Act''.

SEC. 2. RURAL ENTREPRENEUR AND MICROENTERPRISE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

Subtitle D of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act is
amended by inserting after section 364 (7 U.S.C. 2006f) the following:

''SEC. 365. RURAL ENTREPRENEUR AND MICROENTERPRISE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

''(a) Definitions.--In this section:
''(1) Economically disadvantaged microentrepreneur.--The
term 'economically disadvantaged microentrepreneur' means an
owner, majority owner, or developer of a microenterprise that
has the ability to compete in the private sector but has been
impaired because of diminished capital and credit
opportunities, as compared to other microentrepreneurs in the
industry.
''(2) Indian tribe.--The term 'Indian tribe' has the
meaning given the term in section 4 of the Indian Self-
Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b).
''(3) Intermediary.--The term 'intermediary' means a
private, nonprofit entity that provides assistance--
''(A) to a microenterprise development
organization; or
''(B) for a microenterprise development program.
''(4) Low-income individual.--The term low-income
individual means an individual with an income (adjusted for
family size) of not more than the greatest of--
''(A) 80 percent of median income of an area;
''(B) 80 percent of the statewide non-metropolitan
area median income; or
''(C) 80 percent of the national median income.
''(5) Microcredit.--The term 'microcredit' means a business
loan or loan guarantee of not more than $50,000 that is
provided to a rural entrepreneur.
''(6) Microenterprise.--The term 'microenterprise' means--
''(A) a sole proprietorship; or
''(B) a business entity with not more than 10 full-
time-equivalent employees.
''(7) Microenterprise development organization.--
''(A) In general.--The term 'microenterprise
development organization' means a private, nonprofit
entity that--
''(i) provides training and technical
assistance to rural entrepreneurs; and
''(ii) facilitates access to capital or
another service described in subsection (b) for
rural entrepreneurs.
''(B) Inclusions.--The term 'microenterprise
development organization' includes an organization
described in subparagraph (A) with a demonstrated
record of delivering services to economically
disadvantaged microentrepreneurs, or an effective plan
to develop a program to deliver microenterprise
services to rural entrepreneurs effectively, as
determined by the Secretary.
''(8) Microenterprise development program.--The term
'microenterprise development organization' means a program
administered by an organization serving a rural area.
''(9) Microentrepreneur.--The term 'microentrepreneur'
means the owner, operator, or developer of a microenterprise.
''(10) Program.--The term 'program' means the rural
entrepreneur and microenterprise program established under
subsection (b)(1).
''(11) Qualified organization.--The term 'qualified
organization' means--
''(A) a microenterprise development organization or
microenterprise development program that has a
demonstrated record of delivering microenterprise
services to rural entrepreneurs, or an effective plan
to develop a program to deliver microenterprise
services to rural entrepreneurs effectively, as
determined by the Secretary.
''(B) an intermediary that has a demonstrated
record of delivery assistance to microenterprise
development organizations or microenterprise
development programs;
''(C) a microenterprise development organization or
microenterprise development program that serves rural
entrepreneurs;
''(D) an Indian tribe, the tribal government of
which certifies to the Secretary that no
microenterprise development organization or
microenterprise development program exists under the
jurisdiction of the Indian tribe;
''(E) a group of 2 or more organizations or Indian
tribes described in any of subparagraphs (A) through
(D) that agree to act jointly as a qualified
organization under this section; or
''(F) for purposes of subsection (b), a public
college or university.
''(12) Rural area.--The term 'rural area' means any
community that is rural in character and has a population of
not more than 25,000 individuals.
''(13) Rural capacity building service.--The term 'rural
capacity building service' means a service provided to an
organization that--
''(A) is, or is in the process of becoming, a
microenterprise development organization or
microenterprise development program; and
''(B) serves rural areas for the purpose of
enhancing the ability of the organization to provide
training, technical assistance, and other related
services to rural entrepreneurs.
''(14) Rural entrepreneur.--The term 'rural entrepreneur'
means a microentrepreneur, or prospective microentrepreneur--
''(A) the principal place of business of which is
in a rural area; and
''(B) that is unable to obtain sufficient training,
technical assistance, or microcredit elsewhere, as
determined by the Secretary.
''(15) Secretary.--The term 'Secretary' means the Secretary
of Agriculture, acting through the Rural Business-Cooperative
Service.
''(16) Tribal government.--The term 'tribal government'
means the governing body of an Indian tribe.
''(b) Rural Entrepreneurship and Microenterprise Program.--
''(1) Establishment.--The Secretary shall establish a rural
entrepreneurship and microenterprise program.
''(2) Purpose.--The purpose of the program shall be to
provide low-income individuals and moderate-income individuals
with--
''(A) the skills necessary to establish new small
businesses in rural areas; and
''(B) continuing technical and financial assistance
as individuals and business starting or operating small
businesses.
''(3) Grants.--
''(A) In general.--The Secretary may make a grant
under the program to a qualified organization--
''(i) to provide training, operational
support, or a rural capacity building service
to a qualified organization to assist the
qualified organization in developing
microenterprise training, technical assistance,
market development assistance, and other
related services, primarily for business with 5
or fewer full-time-equivalent employees;
''(ii) to assist in researching and
developing the best practices in delivering
training, technical assistance, and microcredit
to rural entrepreneurs; and
''(iii) to carry out such other projects
and activities as the Secretary determines to
be consistent with the purposes of this
section.
''(B) Subgrants.--Subject to such regulations as
the Secretary may promulgate, a qualified organization
that receives a grant under this paragraph may use the
grant to provide assistance to other qualified
organizations, such as small or emerging qualified
organizations.
''(C) Diversity.--In making grants under this
paragraph, the Secretary shall ensure, to the maximum
extent practicable, that grant recipients include
qualified organizations--
''(i) of varying sizes; and
''(ii) that serve racially- and ethnically-
diverse populations.
''(D) Cost sharing.--
''(i) Federal share.--The Federal share of
the cost of a project carried out using funds
from a grant made under this paragraph shall be
75 percent.
''(ii) Form of non-federal share.--The non-
Federal share of the cost of a project
described in clause (i) may be provided--
''(I) in cash (including through
fees, grants (including community
development block grants), and gifts);
or
''(II) in kind.
''(4) Rural microloan program.--
''(A) Establishment.--In carrying out the program,
the Secretary may carry out a rural microloan program.
''(B) Purpose.--The purpose of the rural microloan
program shall be to provide technical and financial
assistance to sole proprietorships and small businesses
located in rural areas with a particular focus on those
businesses with 5 or fewer full-time equivalent
employees.
''(C) Authority of secretary.--In carrying out the
rural microloan program, the Secretary may--
''(i) make direct loans to qualified
organizations for the purpose of making short-
term, fixed interest rate microloans to
startup, newly established, and growing rural
microbusiness concerns; and
''(ii) in conjunction with those loans,
provide grants in accordance with subparagraph
(E) to those qualified organizations for the
purpose of providing intensive marketing,
management, and technical assistance to small
business concerns that are borrowers under this
paragraph.
''(D) Loan duration; interest rates; conditions.--
''(i) Loan duration.--A loan made by the
Secretary under this paragraph shall be for a
term of 20 years.
''(ii) Applicable interest rates.--A loan
made by the Secretary under this paragraph to a
qualified organization shall bear an annual
interest rate of at least 1 percent.
''(iii) Deferral of interest and
principal.--The Secretary may permit the
deferral of payments, for principal and
interest, on a loan made under this paragraph
for a period of not more than 2 years,
beginning on the date on which the loan was
made.
''(E) Grant amounts.--
''(i) In general.--Except as otherwise
provided in this section, each qualified
organization that receives a loan under this
paragraph shall be eligible to receive a grant
to provide marketing, management, and technical
assistance to small business concerns that are
borrowers or potential borrowers under this
subsection.
''(ii) Maximum amount of grant for
microenterprise development organizations.--
Each microenterprise development organization
that receives a loan under this paragraph shall
receive an annual grant in an amount equal to
not more than 25 percent of the total
outstanding balance of loans made to the
microenterprise development organization under
this paragraph, as of the date of provision of
the grant.
''(iii) Matching requirement.--
''(I) In general.--As a condition
of any grant made to a qualified
organization under this subparagraph,
the Secretary shall require the
qualified organization to match not
less than 15 percent of the total
amount of the grant.
''(II) Sources.--In addition to
cash from non-Federal sources, a
matching share provided by the
qualified organization may include
indirect costs or in-kind contributions
funded under non-Federal programs.
''(c) Administrative Expenses.--Not more than 10 percent of
assistance received by a qualified organization for a fiscal year under
this section may be used to pay administrative expenses.
''(d) Funding.--
''(1) In general.--Not later than 30 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, and on October 1, 2008, and each October
1 thereafter through October 1, 2012, out of any funds in the
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the Secretary of the
Treasury shall transfer to the Secretary to carry out this
section $50,000,000, to remain available until expended.
''(2) Allocation of funds.--Of the amount made available by
paragraph (1) for each fiscal year--
''(A) not less than $30,000,000 shall be available
for use in carrying out subsection (b)(3); and
''(B) not less than $20,000,000 shall be available
for use in carrying out subsection (b)(4), of which not
more than $7,000,000 shall be used to support direct
loans.
''(C) Receipt and acceptance.--The Secretary shall
be entitled to receive, shall accept, and shall use to
carry out this section the funds transferred under
paragraph (1), without further appropriation.''.
answer:
Rural Entrepreneur and Microenterprise Assistance Act - Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a rural entrepreneur and microenterprise (sole proprietorship or business entity with not more than 10 full-time employees) program to help low- and moderate- income individuals acquire: (1) necessary skills to establish small rural businesses; and (2) technical and financial assistance.

Authorizes the Secretary to carry out a related rural microloan program to provide technical and financial assistance to sole proprietorships and small rural businesses with a particular focus on businesses with five or fewer full-time employees.

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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Global Anti-Semitism Review Act of
2004''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Acts of anti-Semitism in countries throughout the
world, including some of the world's strongest democracies,
have increased significantly in frequency and scope over the
last several years.
(2) During the first 3 months of 2004, there were numerous
instances of anti-Semitic violence around the world, including
the following incidents:
(A) In Australia on January 5, 2004, poison was
used to ignite, and burn anti-Semitic slogans into, the
lawns of the Parliament House in the state of Tasmania.
(B) In St. Petersburg, Russia, on February 15,
2004, vandals desecrated approximately 50 gravestones
in a Jewish cemetery, painting the stones with
swastikas and anti-Semitic graffiti.
(C) In Toronto, Canada, over the weekend of March
19 through March 21, 2004, vandals attacked a Jewish
school, a Jewish cemetery, and area synagogues,
painting swastikas and anti-Semitic slogans on the
walls of a synagogue and on residential property in a
nearby, predominantly Jewish, neighborhood.
(D) In Toulon, France, on March 23, 2004, a Jewish
synagogue and community center were set on fire.
(3) Anti-Semitism in old and new forms is also increasingly
emanating from the Arab and Muslim world on a sustained basis,
including through books published by government-owned
publishing houses in Egypt and other Arab countries.
(4) In November 2002, state-run television in Egypt
broadcast the anti-Semitic series entitled ''Horseman Without a
Horse,'' which is based upon the fictitious conspiracy theory
know as the Protocols of the Elders of Zion. The Protocols have
been used throughout the last century by despots such as Adolf
Hitler to justify violence against Jews.
(5) In November 2003, Arab television featured an anti-
Semitic series, entitled ''Ash-Shatat'' (or ''The Diaspora''),
which depicts Jewish people hatching a plot for Jewish control
of the world.
(6) The sharp rise in anti-Semitic violence has caused
international organizations such as the Organization for
Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) to elevate, and bring
renewed focus to, the issue, including the convening by the
OSCE in June 2003 of a conference in Vienna dedicated solely to
the issue of anti-Semitism.
(7) The OSCE will again convene a conference dedicated to
addressing the problem of anti-Semitism on April 28-29, 2004,
in Berlin, with the United States delegation to be led by
former Mayor of New York City Ed Koch.
(8) The United States Government has strongly supported
efforts to address anti-Semitism through bilateral
relationships and interaction with international organizations
such as the OSCE, the European Union, and the United Nations.
(9) Congress has consistently supported efforts to address
the rise in anti-Semitic violence. During the 107th Congress,
both the Senate and the House of Representatives passed
resolutions expressing strong concern with the sharp escalation
of anti-Semitic violence in Europe and calling on the
Department of State to thoroughly document the phenomenon.

SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) the United States Government should continue to
strongly support efforts to combat anti-Semitism worldwide
through bilateral relationships and interaction with
international organizations such as the OSCE; and
(2) the Department of State should thoroughly document acts
of anti-Semitism that occur around the world.

SEC. 4. REPORT.

Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act,
and annually thereafter, the Secretary of State shall submit to the
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on
International Relations of the House of Representatives a report on
acts of anti-Semitism around the world, including a description of--
(1) acts of physical violence against, or harassment of,
Jewish people, and acts of violence against, or vandalism of,
Jewish community institutions, such as schools, synagogues, or
cemeteries, that occurred in each country;
(2) the responses of the governments of those countries to
such actions;
(3) the actions taken by such governments to enact and
enforce laws relating to the protection of the right to
religious freedom of Jewish people; and
(4) the efforts by such governments to promote anti-bias
and tolerance education.
answer:
Global Anti-Semitism Review Act of 2004 - Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the United States Government should continue to support efforts to combat anti-Semitism worldwide through bilateral relationships and interaction with international organizations; and (2) the Department of State should document anti-Semitic acts around the world.

Directs the Secretary of State to report on anti-Semitic acts around the world, including governmental responses to such acts.

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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Trade Adjustment Assistance for
Self-Employment Act of 2003''.

SEC. 2. DEMONSTRATION PROJECT FOR SELF-EMPLOYMENT TRAINING AND
ASSISTANCE UNDER THE TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

(a) Establishment of Project.--Subchapter C of chapter 2 of title
II of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2311 et seq.) is amended by
inserting after section 246 the following new section:

''SEC. 246A. DEMONSTRATION PROJECT FOR SELF-EMPLOYMENT TRAINING AND
ASSISTANCE.

''(a) In General.--
''(1) Establishment.--Not later than 1 year after the date
of enactment of the Trade Adjustment Assistance for Self-
Employment Act of 2003, the Secretary shall establish an
alternative trade adjustment assistance program for workers
that provides the benefits described in paragraph (2).
''(2) Benefits.--
''(A) Training.--A State shall use the funds
provided to the State under section 241 to provide, for
a period not to exceed 2 years, to a worker described
in paragraph (3)(B), self-employment training.
''(B) Payment for start-up costs.--A State shall
use the funds provided to the State under section 241
to provide to a worker described in paragraph (3)(B)
who successfully completes the self-employment training
described in subparagraph (A), and for which a self-
employment business plan described in paragraph
(3)(B)(ii) is approved, an amount to pay, in whole or
in part, the start up costs attributable to the
business enterprise of the individual.
''(3) Eligibility.--
''(A) In general.--The Secretary shall provide the
opportunity for 1 or more workers in a group of workers
on whose behalf a petition is filed under section 221
to request that the individual workers be certified for
the alternative trade adjustment assistance program
under this section at the time the petition is filed.
The Secretary shall determine whether the individual
workers in the group are eligible for the alternative
trade adjustment assistance program by the date
specified in section 223(a).
''(B) Individual eligibility.--A worker that the
Secretary has certified as eligible for the alternative
trade adjustment assistance program under subparagraph
(A) may elect to receive benefits under the alternative
trade adjustment assistance program if the worker--
''(i) is covered by a certification under
subchapter A of this chapter;
''(ii) agrees to submit to the appropriate
State agency for approval a self-employment
business plan;
''(iii) is likely to obtain self-employment
in accordance with such plan not later than 26
weeks after the date of separation from the
adversely affected employment;
''(iv) is likely to be engaged in self-
employment on a full-time basis; and
''(v) is likely not to return to the
employment from which the worker was separated.
''(4) Total amount of payments.--
''(A) Training.--The amount of payments described
in paragraph (2)(A) made on behalf of a worker may not
exceed $2,500 per worker during the 2-year eligibility
period.
''(B) Start-up costs.--The amount of payments
described in paragraph (2)(B) made to a worker may not
exceed $10,000 per worker during the 2-year eligibility
period.
''(5) Limitation on other benefits.--Except as provided in
section 238(a)(2)(B), if a worker is receiving payments
pursuant to the program established under paragraph (1), the
worker shall not be eligible to receive any other benefits
under this title.
''(b) Termination.--
''(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), no
payments may be made by a State under the program established
under subsection (a)(1) after the date that is 5 years after
the date on which such program is implemented by the State.
''(2) Exception.--Notwithstanding paragraph (1), a worker
receiving payments under the program established under
subsection (a)(1) on the termination date described in
paragraph (1) shall continue to receive such payments provided
that the worker meets the criteria described in subsection
(a)(3)(B).
''(c) Definition.--In this section, the term 'self-employment
training' means entrepreneurial training, business counseling,
technical assistance, and related activities, including training and
services provided by federally-funded resource partners of the Small
Business Administration, that are engaged in for the purpose of
establishing a business and becoming self-employed, as approved by the
appropriate State agency, or the Secretary, in consultation with the
Administrator of the Small Business Administration.''.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--The table of contents of the Trade Act
of 1974 is amended by striking the second item relating to section 246
and inserting the following:

''Sec. 246. Demonstration project for self-employment training and
assistance.''.

SEC. 3. BENEFIT INFORMATION TO WORKERS.

Section 225(a) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2275(a)) is
amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: ''In providing
full information to workers about benefit allowances, training, and
other employment services available under this chapter in accordance
with this subsection, the Secretary shall include information on the
demonstration project for self-employment training and assistance under
section 246A.''.
answer:
Trade Adjustment Assistance for Self-Employment Act of 2003 - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to direct the Secretary of Labor to establish an alternative trade adjustment assistance program for workers that provides for self-employment training and funds to pay, in whole or in part, the start up costs attributable to the individual's business enterprise.

Requires the Secretary to provide the opportunity for one or more workers in a group of workers on whose behalf a petition is filed for a trade adjustment assistance application eligibility to request that the individual workers be certified for the alternative trade adjustment assistance program.

Requires a worker covered by an group trade adjustment assistance eligibility certification who elects to receive alternative trade adjustment assistance program benefits to: (1) submit a self-employment business plan to the appropriate State agency for approval; (2) be likely to obtain self-employment in accordance with such plan within 26 weeks after separation from the adversely affected employment; (3) be likely to engage in self-employment on a full-time basis; and (4) be likely not to return to the employment from which the worker was separated.

Limits the total amount of payments made on behalf of a worker during the two-year eligibility period to: (1) $2,500 per worker for training costs; and (2) $10,000 per worker for start-up costs. Prohibits any other trade adjustment assistance benefits for a worker accepting alternative benefits under this Act.