3.0.0 3394 2023-01-11T13:19:59Z 2023-01-11T13:19:59Z Senate S S 2010-05-20 111 sssb00 Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2010-05-20T21:04:55Z Entrepreneurial Development Act of 2009 111 1229 S 2009-07-02 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 93. Related bill CRS 2010-05-20 sssb00 Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4087-4090) IntroReferral 2010-05-20 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4087) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2010-05-20 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000550 Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] MARY LANDRIEU D LA N S000663 Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] Olympia Snowe R ME J. 2010-05-20 True Commerce Business investment and capital Congressional oversight Credit and credit markets Disability and paralysis Government information and archives National Guard and reserves Public contracts and procurement Small business Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations Tax-exempt organizations Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation Commerce 00 2010-05-20 Introduced in Senate 2010-06-04T20:11:38Z Strengthening Entrepreneurship for America's Veterans Act of 2010 - Amends the Small Business Act to direct the Associate Administrator for Veterans Business Development of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to establish an online mechanism to assist, and coordinate and leverage the work of, veterans' assistance providers.

Requires the SBA Administrator to establish a veterans' business center program to provide financial assistance to private nonprofit organizations to conduct five-year projects for the benefit of small businesses owned and controlled by veterans. Directs each organization receiving such assistance to establish a veterans' business center to provide specific assistance to veterans, service-disabled veterans, and reservists, as well as their spouses. Sets assistance limits at not less than $150,000 or more than $200,000 per organization per fiscal year. Provides matching funds requirements.

Requires the Associate Administrator to conduct an annual examination of the programs and finances of each center, and authorizes the Associate Administrator to discontinue a center's funding under appropriate circumstances.

Requires the Administrator to designate at least one individual in each SBA district as a veterans business ownership representative.

Directs the Comptroller General to report to: (1) the congressional veterans and small business committees regarding the ability of small businesses owned and controlled by veterans to access credit; and (2) Congress an evaluation of the effectiveness of the veterans' business center program.

Requires the Administrator to report to Congress at least semiannually on appointments made to, and activities of, an interagency task force established for small businesses owned and controlled by veterans and service-disabled veterans.

Repeals current grant provisions providing for the establishment and implementation of outreach programs for veterans, disabled veterans, and reservists and permits any organization previously awarded such a grant to apply for a grant renewal under the provisions of this Act.

]]> Strengthening Entrepreneurship for America's Veterans Act of 2010 Display Title Strengthening Entrepreneurship for America's Veterans Act of 2010 Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish the veterans' business center program, to improve the programs for veterans of the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Strengthening Entrepreneurship for America's Veterans Act of 2010 Introduced in Senate 2010-05-20T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s3394is/xml/BILLS-111s3394is.xml 2010-05-20 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4087-4090) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.