PlainBillCongress, translated.Legislation. Context. Public interest.Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
Congressional Research Service
Version 00 · Introduced in House · Nov 4, 2005
Small Business Gulf Coast Revitalization Act of 2005 - Authorizes the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to: (1) make grants of up to $100,000 to Hurricane Katrina-affected small businesses (such businesses); (2) refinance existing SBA debts and suspend payments on SBA disaster loans with respect to such businesses; (3) enter into agreements with SBA preferred lenders to participate on a deferred basis in loans made to such businesses; and (4) guarantee non-SBA bank loans made to such businesses.
Directs the Administrator to: (1) select a Gulf Region New Markets Venture Capital Company; and (2) make grants to such businesses under the microenterprise technical assistance and capacity building grant program.
Requires not less than 30 percent of all prime contracts awarded by federal agencies for recovery or reconstruction activities related to Hurricane Katrina to be awarded to small businesses located in Alabama, Mississippi, or Louisiana. Authorizes restricted competition in federal prime contracts and other preferences for such businesses. Provides increased small business access to federal subcontracts for hurricane relief and recovery.
Showing the opening paragraphs of the official summary.
Authorizes small business development centers to send counselors to centers located in Katrina-affected areas.
Authorizes the Administrator to make five-year grants to eligible organizations to establish and operate small business incubator programs in Katrina-affected areas.
People & committees
Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-12] · D–NY
Legislative record
A procedural vote is different from passage. Passage in one chamber does not establish enactment. Explore the glossary.
Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Primary sources
Text links open the official source. We currently store references to these documents.
No related bills are listed in this snapshot. This does not establish whether the proposal has appeared in earlier Congresses.
Source last updated: Aug 15, 2025. Consult Congress.gov for the current record.
AI Conversation Starters
Choose a perspective, copy a prompt, and paste it into your preferred AI. Each prompt includes the bill version and available official source links, and asks for counterarguments as well as supporting evidence.
Analyze H.R.4234 as objectively as possible. Explain its main provisions, who would be affected, possible benefits and harms, implementation, exceptions, and uncertainties. Present the strongest arguments for and against it, and identify evidence needed to assess its public impact.
Examine H.R.4234 through a progressive lens, focusing on fairness, access, economic inequality, and effects on vulnerable communities. Explain potential benefits, costs, and unintended consequences. Consider the strongest counterarguments and distinguish stated goals from demonstrated outcomes.
Examine H.R.4234 through a conservative lens, focusing on fiscal responsibility, institutional stability, federalism, and the scope of government. Explain potential benefits, costs, and unintended consequences. Consider the strongest counterarguments and any provisions that challenge this perspective.
Examine H.R.4234 through a civil-liberties and limited-government lens. Consider individual rights, privacy, voluntary choice, accountability, and government power. Explain tradeoffs, possible safeguards, and the strongest counterarguments without assuming the proposal is beneficial or harmful.