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I 109th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6171 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 25, 2006 Mrs. Davis of California (for herself, Mr. Evans, and Ms. Herseth) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small Business A BILL To authorize appropriations for the National Veterans Business Development Corporation, and for other purposes.

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Veterans Corporation Reauthorization and Enhancement Act of 2006.

2.

National Veterans Business Development Corporation

(a)

Authorization of appropriations

Paragraph (1) of subsection (k) of section 33 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 657c(k)(1)) is amended to read as follows: (1)

In general

There are authorized to be appropriated to the Corporation to carry out this section— (A)$4,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; (B)$3,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2009 and 2010; and (C)$2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2011 and 2012. . (b)

Private funding

Such subsection is amended by striking paragraphs (2) and (3) and inserting the following new paragraph (2): (2)

Private and public funding partnership

The Corporation shall seek to raise private funds in order to leverage funds appropriated by law. . (c)

Members of National Guard and Reserve Component

Subsection (b)(2) of such section is amended by inserting members of the reserve components, after service-disabled veterans,. (d)

Expansion of Board of Directors

Subsection (c) of such section is amended— (1)in paragraph (1) by striking three nonvoting ex officio members and inserting seven nonvoting ex officio members; (2)in paragraph (3), by inserting the Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of Education, the chief executive officer of the Corporation, after Secretary of Defense,; and (3)by striking paragraph (4) and redesignating paragraphs (5) through (11) as paragraphs (4) through (10), respectively. (e)

Advisory committee; use of mails

Such section is further amended by striking subsections (h) and (i) and redesignating subsections (j) and (k) as subsections (h) and (j), respectively. (f)

Veteran notification

Such section, as amended by subsections (c) and (e), is further amended by inserting after subsection (h), as redesignated by subsection (e), the following new subsection: (i)

Veteran notification

The Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Secretary of Labor shall make available to veterans information describing the services provided by the Corporation. . (g)

GAO report

(1)

Audit and report required

Not later than two years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall conduct an audit, in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards, of the National Veterans Development Corporation and evaluate the effectiveness of the Corporation in carrying out the purposes under section 33(b) of the Small Business Act, and submit to Congress a report on the results of the audit and evaluation. (2)

Access to records

In conducting the audit pursuant to paragraph (1), appropriate representatives of the Comptroller General shall have access to all books, accounts, financial records, reports, files and other papers, items, or property in use by the National Veterans Development Corporation, as necessary to facilitate such audit, and such representatives shall be afforded full facilities for verifying transactions with the balances.