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Morning Briefing: Senate Queues Up CR
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
7:45 AM

The Senate will set aside the fiscal year (FY) 2010 Defense appropriations bill (H.R. 3326) this morning to take up the House-passed continuing resolution (CR) that will keep all cabinet-level departments operating until Oct. 31, 2009. The CR is attached to the Legislative Branch conference report (H.R. 2918), so the Senate cannot amend it. President Obama must sign the bill into law before midnight to avoid disrupting government programs.

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The House yesterday passed a monthlong extension of programs under the Small Business Act and the Small Business Investment Act of 1958, clearing the bill (H.R. 3614) for President Obama's desk. The Senate modified the legislation last week by striking language originally proposed by the House that would have:

Extended coverage to small businesses under the Business Stabilization Program (BSP) to include businesses that received Small Business Administration (SBA) loan guarantees made before the enactment of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The BSP provides loans on a deferred basis to viable small businesses that have a qualifying small business loan and are experiencing immediate financial hardship.
Prohibited a New Markets Venture Capital (NMVC) company from receiving an operational assistance grant under certain circumstances.

The House approved the Senate modifications on a voice vote.

The House yesterday also sent the United States Civil Rights Trail System Act (H.R. 685) to the Senate for consideration. The bill directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study to evaluate ways of protecting and interpreting sites related to the civil rights movement in the United States.

House floor votes are scheduled on the following bills today:

Bay Area Regional Water Recycling Program Expansion Act (H.R. 2442) - Authorizes the Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) to participate in six new water recycling projects and to increase the federal share of the costs for two existing projects in the San Francisco Bay area.
Chesapeake Bay Science, Education, and Ecosystem Enhancement Act (H.R. 1771) - Reauthorizes the Chesapeake Bay Office that resides within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and allows the office to accept donations to implement its programs.
Chesapeake Bay Accountability and Recovery Act (H.R. 1053) - Requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to develop a management plan for the Chesapeake Bay Program and restoration activities.