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Code · BILL · 115th Congress · H.R. 2429 (Introduced in House) — To support businesses in Puerto Rico, improve health funding for Puerto Rico, and promote security in Puerto Rico, an... · Sec. 1

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents

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This Act may be cited as the . Puerto Rico Task Force Economic Empowerment Act of 2017 The table of contents of this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Title I—Employment Subtitle A—Flexibility for Puerto Rico in Small Business Administration programs Sec. 1101. Short title. Sec. 1102. Definitions. Part I—Lending Sec. 1111. Microloan program for Puerto Rico small business concerns. Sec. 1112. Fee reductions. Sec. 1113. Economic stimulus lending program for small businesses.
Sec. 1114. Contribution percentages for 504 projects. Sec. 1115. Independent subsidy calculation. Part II—Procurement Sec. 1121. Contracting preference for Puerto Rico businesses. Sec. 1122. Priority for surplus property transfers. Sec. 1123. Subcontracting incentives for protege firms that are Puerto Rico businesses. Sec. 1124. Additional mentor-protege relationships for protege firms that are Puerto Rico businesses. Part III—Entrepreneurial Development Sec. 1131. Veteran Business Outreach Center in Puerto Rico.
Sec. 1132. FAST grant program for Puerto Rico. Part IV—Small Business Administration Oversight Sec. 1141. Requirement for the District Director of Puerto Rico. Part V—Disaster Loan Program Expansion Sec. 1151. Amendment to definition of disaster for 7(b) loans. Part VI—Amendment to the Investment Company Act of 1940 Sec. 1161. Termination of exemption for companies in territories of the United States. Subtitle B—Unemployment pilot programs Sec. 1201. Reemployment through demonstration projects.
Sec. 1202. Evaluation of demonstration projects. Subtitle C—Federal Statistics Sec. 1301. Authority to transfer Department of Labor appropriations, to include Puerto Rico in reports of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Sec. 1302. Annual report by principal Federal statistical agencies on Puerto Rico. Title II—Health Subtitle A—Improved Prescription Drug Funding Sec. 2101. Increasing levels of pharmacy assistance. Sec. 2102. Treatment of prescription drug assistance to all part D eligibles as medical assistance; no territory match required.
Subtitle B—Additional provisions Sec. 2201. Calculation of Medicare DSH payments for IPPS hospitals in Puerto Rico. Sec. 2202. Administrative flexibility with respect to the territories. Sec. 2203. Sense of Congress regarding Federal health programs in territories of the United States. Title III—Security Sec. 3101. Caribbean border counternarcotics strategy.
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