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Q: 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.''.

A: 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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Q: SECTION 1. PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ACT; LIABILITY PROTECTIONS FOR HEALTH-
CENTER PRACTITIONERS PROVIDING SERVICES IN EMERGENCY
AREAS.

(a) In General.--Section 224(g) of the Public Health Service Act
(42 U.S.C. 233(g)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1)(B)(ii), by striking ''subparagraph
(C)'' and inserting ''subparagraph (C) and paragraph (6)''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following paragraph:
''(6)(A) Subject to subparagraph (C), paragraph (1)(B)(ii) applies
to health services provided to individuals who are not patients of the
entity involved if, as determined under criteria issued by the
Secretary, the following conditions are met:
''(i) The services are provided by a contractor or employee
of the entity who is a physician or other licensed or certified
health care practitioner and who is otherwise deemed to be an
employee for purposes of paragraph (1)(A) when providing
services with respect to the entity.
''(ii) The services are provided in an emergency area (as
defined in subparagraph (D)).
''(iii) The services of the contractor or employee
(referred to in this paragraph as the 'out-of-area
practitioner') are provided under an arrangement with--
''(I) an entity that is deemed to be an employee
for purposes of paragraph (1)(A) and that serves the
emergency area involved (referred to in this paragraph
as an 'emergency-area entity)'; or
''(II) a Federal agency that has responsibilities
regarding the provision of health services in such area
during the emergency.
''(iv) The purposes of the arrangement are--
''(I) to coordinate, to the extent practicable, the
provision of health services in the emergency area by
the out-of-area practitioner with the provision of
services by the emergency-area entity, or by the
Federal agency, as the case may be;
''(II) to identify a location in the emergency area
to which such practitioner should report for purposes
of providing health services, and to identify an
individual or individuals in the area to whom the
practitioner should report for such purposes; and
''(III) to verify the identity of the practitioner
and that the practitioner is licensed or certified by
one or more of the States.
''(v) With respect to the licensure or certification of
health care practitioners, the provision of services by the
out-of-area practitioner in the emergency area is not a
violation of the law of the State in which the area is located.
''(B) In issuing criteria under subparagraph (A), the Secretary
shall take into account the need to rapidly enter into arrangements
under such subparagraph in order to provide health services in
emergency areas promptly after the emergency begins.
''(C) Subparagraph (A) applies with respect to an act or omission
of an out-of-area practitioner only to the extent that the practitioner
is not immune from liability for such act or omission under the
Volunteer Protection Act of 1997.
''(D) For purposes of this paragraph, the term 'emergency area'
means a geographic area for which--
''(i) the Secretary has made a determination under section
319 that a public health emergency exists; or
''(ii) a presidential declaration of major disaster has
been issued under section 401 of the Robert T. Stafford
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act.''.
(b) Effective Date.--With respect to paragraph (6) of section
224(g) of the Public Health Service Act, as added by subsection (a) of
this section:
(1) Except as provided in this subsection, an arrangement
under subparagraph (A)(iii) of such paragraph (6) is deemed to
be in effect for any health professional who, within the
meaning of such paragraph--
(A) is an employee or contractor of a health center
under section 330 of such Act; and
(B) served or is serving as an out-of-area
practitioner in any emergency area declared as a result
of Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita.
(2) Such paragraph (6) is deemed to have taken effect on
August 27, 2005, for purposes of paragraph (1) of this
subsection. Such paragraph (6) otherwise takes effect on the
date of the enactment of this Act.
(3) Paragraph (1) of this subsection applies until the
expiration of the 48-hour period beginning on the date on which
the Secretary of Health and Human Services publishes in the
Federal Register a notice that the applicability of such
paragraph is being terminated.

A: Amends the Public Health Service Act to deem certain physicians or other licensed or certified health care practitioners to be employees of the Public Health Service for purposes of any civil action that may arise due to services provided in an emergency area by a contractor or an employee of a qualified health center. Provides that such services must be provided under an arrangement with a qualified health center or with a federal agency with responsibility for providing health services in the emergency area.
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Q: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ''Oil Spill Response
and Assistance Act''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act is as
follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
TITLE I--COMPENSATION

Sec. 101. Emergency preparedness.
Sec. 102. Oil pollution liability and compensation.
Sec. 103. Effective date.
TITLE II--REPORTS

Sec. 201. Reports regarding Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

TITLE I--COMPENSATION

SEC. 101. EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS.

(a) In General.--Title IV of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (Public
Law 101-380; 104 Stat. 509) is amended by adding at the end the
following:

''Subtitle D--Emergency Preparedness for Discharges

''SEC. 4401. EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS.

''(a) In General.--Not later than 2 years after the date of
enactment of this subtitle, the Secretary shall by regulation require
the development and deployment of certain technology for use in the
event of a breach or explosion at, or a significant discharge of oil
from, a deepwater port, offshore facility, or tank vessel (referred to
in this section as a 'covered event').
''(b) Requirements.--The regulations shall require--
''(1)(A) the development, for use in capping underwater oil
wells affected by a covered event, technology that is--
''(i) capable of funneling discharges of oil from
an underwater oil well to a containment vessel at the
ocean surface; and
''(ii) effective at water depths at least 2,000
feet deeper than the limits of oil and gas production
on the outer Continental Shelf as of the date of
enactment of this subtitle; and
''(B) the purchase and deployment by the Secretary of those
engineered capping technologies in such number of locations
throughout the United States (including the navigable waters),
to be determined by the Secretary, as would permit deployment
and use of the domes to respond to a covered event not later
than 24 hours after the time at which the covered event
occurred;
''(2)(A) the development of flame-proof booms capable of
functioning in the open ocean with waves of not more than 6
feet in height; and
''(B) the purchase and deployment by the Secretary of those
booms at such locations and in such lengths or quantities as
would permit, as determined by the Secretary--
''(i) the use of the booms in response to a covered
event not later than 24 hours after the time at which
the covered event occurred; and
''(ii) the complete surrounding of 100 square miles
of open ocean within that period of time; and
''(3) the development, and purchase and deployment by the
Secretary, of remote operated vehicles for use in the open
ocean that are--
''(A) equipped with acoustic technology;
''(B) capable of welding and cutting or torching
below 15,000 feet of water; and
''(C) stationed at such locations, as determined by
the Secretary, as would enable the remote operated
vehicles to be available for use in an area affected by
a covered event not later than 24 hours after the time
at which the covered event occurred.''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for the Oil Pollution
Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. prec. 2701) is amended by inserting at the end
of the items relating to title IV the following:

''Subtitle D--Emergency Preparedness for Discharges of Oil

''Sec. 4401. Emergency preparedness.''.

SEC. 102. OIL POLLUTION LIABILITY AND COMPENSATION.

Section 1004 of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2704) is
amended by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following:
''(a) Limits.--
''(1) In general.--Except as otherwise provided in this
section, subject to paragraph (2), the total of the liability
of a responsible party under section 1002 and any removal costs
incurred by, or on behalf of, the responsible party, with
respect to each incident shall not exceed, as indexed for
United States dollar inflation from the date of enactment of
the Oil Spill Response and Assistance Act (as measured by the
Consumer Price Index)--
''(A) for a tank vessel, the greater of--
''(i) with respect to a single-hull vessel,
including a single-hull vessel fitted with
double sides only or a double bottom only,
$6,000 per gross ton;
''(ii) with respect to a vessel other than
a vessel referred to in clause (i), $3,800 per
gross ton; or
''(iii)(I) with respect to a vessel greater
than 3,000 gross tons that is--
''(aa) a vessel described in clause
(i), $44,000,000; or
''(bb) a vessel described in clause
(ii), $32,000,000; or
''(II) with respect to a vessel of 3,000
gross tons or less that is--
''(aa) a vessel described in clause
(i), $12,000,000; or
''(bb) a vessel described in clause
(ii), $8,000,000;
''(B) for any other vessel, $1,900 per gross ton or
$1,600,000, whichever is greater;
''(C) for an offshore facility except a deepwater
port, the total of all removal costs plus $150,000,000;
and
''(D) for any onshore facility and a deepwater
port, $700,000,000.
''(2) Alternative limitation.--If the aggregate amount of
net after-tax profits of a responsible party generated during
the 4 full financial reporting quarters preceding the date of
an incident involving a vessel or facility described in
paragraph (1) exceeds the limitation on liability for the
category of incident described in that paragraph, the total of
the liability of the responsible party under section 1002 and
any removal costs incurred by, or on behalf of, the
responsible, with respect to each such incident shall not
exceed, as indexed for United States dollar inflation from the
date of enactment of the Oil Spill Response and Assistance Act
(as measured by the Consumer Price Index), an amount equal to
that aggregate amount of those profits.''.

SEC. 103. EFFECTIVE DATE.

This title and the amendments made by this title take effect on
April 15, 2010.

TITLE II--REPORTS

SEC. 201. REPORTS REGARDING GULF OF MEXICO OIL SPILL.

(a) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Head of an appropriate federal agency.--The term ''head
of an appropriate Federal agency'' means the head of a Federal
agency that has carried out an activity with respect to the oil
spill.
(2) Oil spill.--The term ''oil spill'' means the oil spill
that occurred in the Gulf of Mexico in April 2010.
(b) Study.--As soon as practicable after the date of enactment of
this Act, each head of an appropriate Federal agency shall carry out a
study--
(1) to examine the effectiveness of the coordination of
actions carried out by the Federal Government relating to the
oil spill; and
(2) to determine the success of each action carried out by
the Federal Government in response to the oil spill.
(c) Report.--Not later than September 1, 2010, each head of an
appropriate Federal Agency shall submit to the appropriate committees
of Congress a report that contains a description of--
(1) the results of the study carried out under subsection
(b); and
(2) the effectiveness and success of each activity carried
out by the Federal Government in response to the oil spill.

A:
Oil Spill Response and Assistance Act - Amends the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to direct the Secretary of Energy, within two years, to require the development and deployment of certain technology for use in the event of a breach or explosion at, or a significant discharge of oil from, a deepwater port, offshore facility, or tank vessel (covered event), including: (1) technology for use in capping underwater oil wells that is effective at water depths at least 2,000 feet deeper than the limits of oil and gas production on the outer continental shelf as of the date of enactment of this Act; (2) flameproof booms capable of functioning in the open ocean with six-foot waves; and (3) remote operated vehicles for use in the open ocean that are capable of welding and cutting or torching below 15,000 feet of water. Requires the purchase and deployment of such technologies in such locations throughout the United States as would permit their use within 24 hours of a covered event.

Doubles the limits on the total of the liability of, and the removal costs incurred by or on behalf of, the party responsible for a vessel or a facility from which oil is discharged into or upon navigable waters, adjoining shorelines, or the exclusive economic zone. Increases such a limit to the amount of a party's aggregate net after-tax profits generated during the four full financial reporting quarters preceding the date of an incident if that amount exceeds the limit otherwise applicable.

Makes this Act effective on April 15, 2010.

Requires the head of a federal agency that has carried out an activity with respect to the oil spill that occurred in the Gulf of Mexico in April 2010 to study and report to Congress on the effectiveness of the coordination of, and the success of, federal government actions relating to the spill.
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