[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 536 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 536

   To amend the Small Business Act to require the establishment of a 
regional or branch office of the Small Business Administration in each 
                                 State.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 3, 1999

  Mr. Castle introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Small Business

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Small Business Act to require the establishment of a 
regional or branch office of the Small Business Administration in each 
                                 State.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Small Business Administration Equal 
Representation Act''.

SEC. 2. SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION DISTRICT OFFICES.

    Section 4 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 633(a)) is amended--
            (1) in the third sentence, by striking ``branch and 
        regional'' and inserting ``regional, district, and branch''; 
        and
            (2) by inserting after the second sentence the following: 
        ``The Administration shall establish not less than 1 district 
        office of the Administration in each of the several States.''.
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