PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005
119 STAT. 1933
for Emergency Preparedness and Response, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, as having a significant role in relation to the purposes of the Interagency Committee. (K) A State emergency medical services director appointed by the Secretary. (3) PURPOSES.—The purposes of the Interagency Committee are as follows: (A) To ensure coordination among the Federal agencies involved with State, local, tribal, or regional emergency medical services and 9–1–1 systems. (B) To identify State, local, tribal, or regional emergency medical services and 9–1–1 needs. (C) To recommend new or expanded programs, including grant programs, for improving State, local, tribal, or regional emergency medical services and implementing improved emergency medical services communications technologies, including wireless 9–1–1. (D) To identify ways to streamline the process through which Federal agencies support State, local, tribal or regional emergency medical services. (E) To assist State, local, tribal or regional emergency medical services in setting priorities based on identified needs. (F) To advise, consult, and make recommendations on matters relating to the implementation of the coordinated State emergency medical services programs. (4) ADMINISTRATION.—The Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, in cooperation with the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration of the Department of Health and Human Services and the Director of the Preparedness Division, Directorate of Emergency Preparedness and Response of the Department of Homeland Security, shall provide administrative support to the Interagency Committee, including scheduling meetings, setting agendas, keeping minutes and records, and producing reports. (5) LEADERSHIP.—The members of the Interagency Committee shall select a chairperson of the Committee each year. (6) MEETINGS.—The Interagency Committee shall meet as frequently as is determined necessary by the chairperson of the Committee. (7) ANNUAL REPORTS.—The Interagency Committee shall prepare an annual report to Congress regarding the Committee’s activities, actions, and recommendations. SEC. 10203. HUBZONE PROGRAM.
Section 3(p)(4)(B)(ii) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632(p)(4)(B)(ii)) is amended— (1) in subclause (I) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end; (2) in subclause (II) by striking the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and (3) by adding after subclause (II) the following: ‘‘(III) there is located a difficult development area, as designated by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in accordance with section 42(d)(5)(C)(iii) of the Internal Revenue Code of
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