[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 287 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 287

   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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 21, 1999

  Mr. Roth (for himself and Mr. Biden) introduced the following bill; 
  which was read twice and 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(a) 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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