S. 653: Southeast Hurricanes Small Business Disaster Relief Act of 2011
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S. 653: Southeast Hurricanes Small Business Disaster Relief Act of 2011
112th Congress · introduced 2011-03-28 · Commerce · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1897-1898)
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- Where it came from: introduced 2011-03-28 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1897-1898) Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Southeast Hurricanes Small Business Disaster Relief Act of 2011
Plain summary
Southeast Hurricanes Small Business Disaster Relief Act of 2011 - Amends the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to establish a Southeast Hurricanes Small Business Disaster Relief Program (Program) under which the Administrator may waive, for up to three years and $15,000 total, the interest payments of small businesses that resume operations in a declared disaster area during the period beginning on: (1) September 1, 2005, and ending on October 1, 2006, for loans relating to Hurricanes Katrina or Rita of 2005; or (2) September 1, 2008, and ending on January 1, 2009, for loans relating to Hurricanes Gustav or Ike of 2008. Includes under the Program any small business that demonstrates substantial economic injury as a result of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill of April 20, 2010.
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Southeast Hurricanes Small Business Disaster Relief Act of 2011
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Sponsor: Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] · 2 cosponsors
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Roger F. Wicker (R-MS)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-112s653.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/112/s>
Record fed-us-cong112-s653 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112