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Input: SECTION 1. SMALL BUSINESS AND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCER ENERGY EMERGENCY
DISASTER LOAN PROGRAM.

(a) Small Business Producer Energy Emergency Disaster Loan
Program.--Section 7(b) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(b)) is
amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
''(4) Energy emergency disaster loans.--
''(A) Authority.--The Administrator may make or
guarantee a loan to a small business concern that the
Administrator determines has suffered or is likely to
suffer substantial economic injury as a result of a
significant increase in the price of heating oil,
natural gas, gasoline, transportation fuel, propane, or
kerosene.
''(B) Interest rates.--Any loan or guarantee
extended pursuant to this paragraph shall be made at
the same interest rate as an economic injury loan made
or guaranteed under paragraph (2).
''(C) Limitation.--
''(i) In general.--No loan may be made or
guaranteed under this paragraph if the total
amount outstanding and committed to the
borrower under this subsection would exceed
$1,500,000.
''(ii) Exception.--The Administrator may
waive the limitation under clause (i) for a
borrower if the Administrator determines that
the borrower constitutes a major source of
employment in its surrounding area.
''(D) Declarations of disaster.--No assistance
shall be available under this paragraph unless--
''(i) the President or the Administrator
has made a declaration of a disaster area by
reason of a significant increase in the price
of heating oil, natural gas, gasoline,
transportation fuel, propane, or kerosene; or
''(ii) the Governor of a State in which a
significant increase in the price of heating
oil, natural gas, gasoline, transportation
fuel, propane, or kerosene has occurred
certifies to the Administrator that small
business concerns have suffered economic injury
as a result of such increase and are in need of
financial assistance that is not otherwise
available on reasonable terms in that State.
''(E) Conversion to renewable or alternative energy
sources.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a
small business concern receiving a loan under this
paragraph may use the loan to convert from the use of
heating oil, natural gas, gasoline, propane, or
kerosene to a renewable or alternative energy source,
including agricultural and municipal solid waste,
geothermal energy, cogeneration, solar energy, wind
energy, or fuel cells.
''(F) Definitions.--In this paragraph, the
following definitions apply:
''(i) The term 'base price index' means the
moving average of the closing unit price on the
New York Mercantile Exchange for heating oil,
natural gas, gasoline, transportation fuel, or
propane for the 10 days, in each of the most
recent 2 preceding years, which correspond to
the trading days described in clause (ii).
''(ii) The term 'current price index' means
the moving average of the closing unit price on
the New York Mercantile Exchange, for the 10
most recent trading days, for contracts to
purchase heating oil, natural gas, gasoline,
transportation fuel, or propane during the
subsequent calendar month, commonly known as
the 'front month'.
''(iii) The term 'significant increase'
means--
''(I) with respect to the price of
heating oil, natural gas, gasoline,
transportation fuel, or propane, an
increase of the current price index
over the base price index by not less
than 40 percent; and
''(II) with respect to the price of
kerosene, any increase which the
Administrator, in consultation with the
Secretary of Energy, determines to be
significant.''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this Act shall apply
with respect to economic injury suffered on or after the date of the
enactment of this Act.
Output:
Amends the Small Business Act to authorize the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to make or guarantee a loan to a small business that has suffered, or is likely to suffer, substantial economic injury as a result of a significant increase in the price of heating oil, natural gas, gasoline, transportation fuel, propane, or kerosene. Prohibits such a loan or guarantee if the total amount outstanding and committed to the borrower would exceed $1.5 million (with an exception).

Prohibits any such assistance unless there has been a declaration of a disaster in the area or the governor of the state involved has certified that small businesses have suffered economic injury as a result of the price increases.

Allows a small business to use assistance funds to convert to a renewable or alternative energy source.