3.0.0 2770 2023-01-11T13:17:06Z 2023-01-11T13:17:06Z Senate S S 2009-11-10 111 sssb00 Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2009-11-10T22:56:45Z Veterans Business Center Act of 2009 111 1803 HR 2009-07-29 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Related bill CRS Job Creation Through Entrepreneurship Act of 2009 111 2352 HR 2009-05-21 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Related bill CRS 2009-11-10 sssb00 Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. IntroReferral 2009-11-10 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. N Armed Forces and National Security Business investment and capital Congressional oversight Disability and paralysis Executive agency funding and structure National Guard and reserves Public contracts and procurement Rural conditions and development Small Business Administration Small business Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation Armed Forces and National Security 00 2009-11-10 Introduced in Senate 2010-03-02T17:38:16Z Veterans Business Center Act of 2009 - Amends the Small Business Act to direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to establish within the SBA a Veterans Business Center program (program), headed by a Director, to provide entrepreneurial training and counseling to veterans.

Requires the Director to establish a program of grants to centers that will develop specialized programs to assist veteran-owned small businesses in securing capital and repairing damaged credit, counsel on how to improve financial presentations, facilitate access to financing, and assist unemployed veterans become entrepreneurs.

Requires the Director to establish a program of grants to centers to: (1) assist veteran-owned small businesses to identify contracts that are suitable to such businesses; (2) prepare veteran-owned small businesses to be ready as subcontractors and prime contractors for contracts made available through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, particularly with respect to the construction trades; and (3) provide veteran-owned small businesses technical assistance with respect to the federal procurement process.

Requires the Director to establish a program of grants to centers to develop outreach programs for service-disabled veterans to promote self-employment opportunities and to train and assist such veterans with respect to developing business plans and securing business opportunities.

Authorizes the Director to carry out a veterans entrepreneurial development summit.

Requires an annual report from the Administrator to Congress on appointments made to, and activities of, the interagency task force on veteran-owned small businesses.

Directs the Comptroller General to carry out a study of the effects of this Act on small businesses owned and controlled by veterans.

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