1.This Act may be cited as the
Entrepreneurial Development Act of
2007
.
2.The table of contents of this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short
title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
Sec. 3. Definitions.
TITLE
I—Reauthorization
Sec. 101. Reauthorization.
TITLE II—Women’s small
business ownership programs
Sec. 201. Office of Women’s Business
Ownership.
Sec. 202. Women’s Business Center
Program.
Sec. 203. National Women’s Business
Council.
Sec. 204. Interagency Committee on
Women’s Business Enterprise.
Sec. 205. Preserving the independence of
the National Women’s Business Council.
TITLE III—International
trade
Sec. 301. Small Business Administration
Associate Administrator for International Trade.
Sec. 302. Office of International
Trade.
TITLE IV—Native American
Small Business Development Program
Sec. 401. Short title.
Sec. 402. Native American Small Business
Development Program.
Sec. 403. Pilot programs.
TITLE V—National Small
Business Regulatory Assistance
Sec. 501. Short title.
Sec. 502. Purpose.
Sec. 503. Small Business Regulatory
Assistance Pilot Program.
Sec. 504. Rulemaking.
TITLE VI—Other
provisions
Sec. 601. Minority Entrepreneurship and
Innovation Pilot Program.
Sec. 602. Institutions of higher
education.
Sec. 603. Health insurance options
information for small business concerns.
Sec. 604. National Small Business
Development Center Advisory Board.
Sec. 605. Office of Native American
Affairs pilot program.
Sec. 606. Privacy requirements for SCORE
chapters.
Sec. 607. National Small Business
Summit.
3.In this Act—
(1)the terms
Administration and Administrator mean the Small
Business Administration and the Administrator thereof, respectively; and
(2)the term
small business concern has the meaning given that term in section
3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632).
<enum>I</enum><header>Reauthorization</header>
<section id="id530BCC8011484821A7D7577135719485"><enum>101.</enum><header>Reauthorization</header>
<subsection id="idF66DB06ACAF3446289948F674571C78F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 20 of the
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631 note) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id6F3187F0908740AF896099E262109904"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subsections (d), (e), and (j);
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idCEAD4B514C0D4489B1BEA69A4FDB3798"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="deleted" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6D8E5F3235A34AF781FDEF3F1A98720F" reported-display-style="strikethrough" style="OLC">
<subsection id="id0FDE3485523548269D63D2B45E141BC6"><enum>(d)</enum><header>SCORE
program</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the
Administrator to carry out the Service Corps of Retired Executives program
authorized by section 8(b)(1) such sums as are necessary for the Administrator
to make grants or enter into cooperative agreements for a total of—</text>
<paragraph id="idEEFD74A100CD4CC581EBC673E7F5FB74"><enum>(1)</enum><text>$7,000,000 in
fiscal year 2008;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id7819D93046EC4B66B7868F5ED51EA234"><enum>(2)</enum><text>$8,000,000 in
fiscal year 2009; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id5FDD0233B82949E2B7540767C85B2BA8"><enum>(3)</enum><text>$9,000,000 in
fiscal year
2010</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id7ADD2FC3894F4716A9BEA5B7B29C3E72"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Small business
development centers</header><text>Section 21 of the Small Business Act (15
U.S.C. 648) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="ID486b6714023d459cb4408d9cba7c3992"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)(4)(C), by amending clause (vii) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block changed="deleted" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id858BCAFF60BD4832A149BAFF2175E2C5" reported-display-style="strikethrough" style="OLC">
<clause id="ID57a7bd1c00ff4baf805d5a7c8f4e0ee6"><enum>(vii)</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to
carry out this subparagraph—</text>
<subclause id="ID1e9cf8ce6cec44e8867d12e12b094598"><enum>(I)</enum><text>$135,000,000 for
fiscal year 2008;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDec2143830c85482685c2476acac36d6c"><enum>(II)</enum><text>$140,000,000 for
fiscal year 2009; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDceb9cba651144153bbc981b912b536bd"><enum>(III)</enum><text>$145,000,000 for
fiscal year 2010.</text>
</subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID23bfe6d1e42144a1afd47ba730b1f0c0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(c)(3)(T), by striking <quote>October 1, 2006</quote> and inserting
<quote>October 1, 2010</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idABDBD6E6CA5E43C0B663888294C7F0C9"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Paul D.
Coverdell drug-free workplace program</header>
<subparagraph id="id47DDBD1E0CDD4CBBB08B3815643E32F9"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 27(g) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.
654(g)) is amended—</text>
<clause id="IDc2ce0d7a8a404fda8d942aa078bc5840"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
by striking <quote>fiscal years 2005 and 2006</quote> and inserting
<quote>fiscal years 2008 through 2010</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="IDee057c17e1ae4e23a5a4264548708d44"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in paragraph (2),
by striking <quote>fiscal years 2005 and 2006</quote> and inserting
<quote>fiscal years 2008 through 2010</quote>.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idCE0C35EDA001414097A10E49C5B8A075"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment</header><text>Section 21(c)(3)(T) of the Small Business Act (15
U.S.C. 648(c)(3)(T)) is amended by striking <quote>October 1, 2006</quote> and
inserting <quote>October 1, 2010</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header>Women’s small
business ownership programs</header>
<section id="ID227E1C386D4D4A408B0650293AD46087"><enum>201.</enum><header>Office of
Women’s Business Ownership</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 29(g) of the
<act-name parsable-cite="SBA">Small Business Act</act-name> (15 U.S.C. 656(g))
is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="ID1B36C8B252E84D5B84F6610F5389360E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph
(2)—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID846D174A80CB457395735F5290750C97"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(B)(i), by striking “in the areas” and all that follows through the end of
subclause (I), and inserting the following: “to address issues concerning
management, operations, manufacturing, technology, finance, retail and product
sales, international trade, and other disciplines required for—</text>
<quoted-block changed="deleted" committee-id="SSSB00" id="ID5BCBD7886F394A0A888F48DBEC5F4106" reported-display-style="strikethrough" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="IDA03AB9E8F374491C9EBD9E6527C0D74F" indent="down2"><enum>(I)</enum><text>starting,
operating, and growing a small business
concern;</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDB2421682A6334A05B2E1683593EE1557"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(C), by inserting before the period at the end the following: <quote>, the
National Women’s Business Council, and any association of women’s business
centers</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDA673DE6C02C141268882E064FF2366AF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="ID560DABBC2C5C42579432F61C163C04EF"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Programs and
services for women-owned small businesses</header><text>The Assistant
Administrator, in consultation with the National Women’s Business Council, the
Interagency Committee on Women’s Business Enterprise, and 1 or more
associations of women’s business centers, shall develop programs and services
for women-owned businesses (as defined in section 408 of the Women’s Business
Ownership Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 631 note)) in business areas, which may
include—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID31E52FC594E243DF8F362288434562C5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>manufacturing;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID736EBCE8ABDB4622A3B294A802683419"><enum>(B)</enum><text>technology;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDDEA4A18570684B4EBA58384BCC71E1B1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>professional
services;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID3FCF67C0DE4C43FBBA0CCE6E77B3BAB1"><enum>(D)</enum><text>retail and product
sales;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDB200AC8ABB0B43FFB64F0F45F5D09971"><enum>(E)</enum><text>travel and
tourism;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDB66AB683D0EA42C287C8E0D9EDFD4F6F"><enum>(F)</enum><text>international
trade; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDD7999D90BFBC4B4A8ECA5281DFAB92DC"><enum>(G)</enum><text>Federal Government
contract business development.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID4EEE2E25CE754643BF0158ED1A85314A"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Training</header><text>The
Administrator shall provide annual programmatic and financial oversight
training for women’s business ownership representatives and district office
technical representatives of the Administration to enable representatives to
carry out their responsibilities under this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDA7191F7C4B484E1D90188FE05AB36A2B"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Grant program
and transparency improvements</header><text>The Administrator shall improve the
transparency of the women’s business center grant proposal process and the
programmatic and financial oversight process by—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDC8C53D8ADA3A466D8FDF98B1B63D76C2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>providing notice
to the public of each women’s business center grant announcement for an initial
and renewal grant, not later than 6 months before awarding such grant;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID9E88C7E51E934179B266DE369032EE1C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>providing notice
to grant applicants and recipients of program evaluation and award criteria,
not later than 12 months before any such evaluation;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID1D7903FFBB28495DBE35297876BD9E4E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>reducing paperwork
and reporting requirements for grant applicants and recipients;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID976F791C43C54CED98639078EC524A13"><enum>(D)</enum><text>standardizing the
oversight and review process of the Administration; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID38FDEDFFF19D409DBAC1ED1554A0D68C"><enum>(E)</enum><text>providing to each
women’s business center, not later than 30 days after the completion of a site
visit at that center, a copy of site visit reports and evaluation reports
prepared by district office technical representatives or Administration
officials.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="ID6156C83DADD7451EAD9C15D5CA23A6C3"><enum>202.</enum><header>Women’s
Business Center Program</header>
<subsection id="ID722EDEB54C13419D8F3AC7892AABC71E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Women’s Business
Center Grants Program</header><text>Section 29 of the
<act-name parsable-cite="SBA">Small Business Act</act-name> (15 U.S.C. 656) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="IDC6B2DEADDE554588B689B55668C446A5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDDE99EFC8D7E84FC89ED2630F44C9AEA5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraphs (2), (3), and (4), as paragraphs (3), (4), and (5), respectively;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID036315ED84E042129D4E9C372BF6683B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting after
paragraph (1) the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="IDF030239486F44E8F8D78994DD16595D5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the term
<term>association of women’s business centers</term> means an organization that
represents not fewer than 30 percent of the women’s business centers that are
participating in a program under this section, and whose primary purpose is to
represent women’s business centers;</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idF0A45A6AFFC14F899D1769327E2767C0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="idB3532CEBD279401297B5FBA533DED4D5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) as subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C), and adjusting
the margins accordingly;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id11D6D40801E2441ABA8D7416B946CA1C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>The Administration</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="deleted" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id088E181369E043FBA50BC751BFF8EF17" reported-display-style="strikethrough" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="id7D24996F8B8F4F8EBC4A7C9B89A23F2D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The
Administration</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idC93ED703D8D443CA830174E9A8007669"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>The projects shall</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="deleted" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB5637522CC864B9D9443B0792B8CA923" reported-display-style="strikethrough" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="id2CD4406C52304284945380F10580F4D9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Use of
funds</header><text>The projects shall</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF81DD8EEF2DE4D148FACF27A072033C7"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="idCAC927DD726A4C33AE83C4B52E65464E"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Amount of
grants</header>
<subparagraph id="id0F698796145246B79D061300FA98D591"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Administrator may award a grant under this subsection
of not more than $150,000 per year.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idB66D99E9823B43E8AB3FC3CD729FA19C"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Equal
allocations</header><text>In the event that the Administration has insufficient
funds to provide grants of $150,000 for each grant recipient under this
subsection in any fiscal year, available funds shall be allocated equally to
grant recipients, unless any recipient requests a lower amount than the
allocable amount.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDD16561B85A8D45E5862FC8C5BE9DEF18"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Associations of
Women’s Business Centers</header>
<subparagraph id="IDC28761F73268410E9FF1D02832C068FF"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Recognition</header><text>The
Administrator shall recognize the existence and activities of any association
of women’s business centers established to address matters of common
concern.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDFE366C78FD0F492994A036B0F516E9B4"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>The
Administrator shall consult with each association of women’s business centers
to develop—</text>
<clause id="ID7678A1D5A7A54401BAA40207EBE334B1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a training program
for the staff of the women’s business centers and the Administration;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="IDFD0B22418CF24F36B5D5154E705F4631"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>recommendations
to improve the policies and procedures for governing the general operations and
administration of the Women’s Business Center Program, including grant program
improvements under subsection
(g)(5).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDF22CF61A5E9B4DEA8858F2E753A29521"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Technical and
conforming Amendments</header>
<paragraph id="idBE16C7B90F4241649F12BF5B3B462D2B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 29 of the <act-name parsable-cite="SBA">Small
Business Act</act-name> (15 U.S.C. 656) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID6148E914B2624113AB4EDC433F21CCCF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection
(h)(2), by striking <quote>to award a contract (as a sustainability grant)
under subsection (l) or</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID94C8CD2E24A542A1B8F91636070C24DD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection
(j)(1), by striking <quote>The Administration</quote> and inserting <quote>Not
later than November 1st of each year, the Administrator</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDFA1C9A88D3D34DB5A9FA0EAEBAD35E51"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subsection
(k)—</text>
<clause id="IDCE663A4DBB584022AD367849C4F16A1F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking
paragraphs (1) and (2) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="deleted" committee-id="SSSB00" id="ID624414D38C5440B89E622C1FB15C39BA" reported-display-style="strikethrough" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="ID3DAFF170756F42B6BF66445F2EAE51E6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the
Administration to carry out this section, to remain available until
expended—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID6AA8B51D914946E6BFF2668A6161ACF2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$15,000,000 for
fiscal year 2008;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID9D02DD5E7CA54EC4BFDE56E79552FA46"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$16,000,000 for
fiscal year 2009; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID2C65FE772B75403C9A83A98DC10524C3"><enum>(C)</enum><text>$17,500,000 for
fiscal year 2010.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id7AE2C3C1996343068BE695E699E7D642"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Allocation</header><text>Of
amounts made available pursuant to paragraph (1), the Administrator shall use
not less than 60 percent for grants under subsection (m).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC55F4E5819974E7182F68729FF8FD923"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Use of
amounts</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amounts made
available under this subsection may only be used for grant awards and may not
be used for costs incurred by the Administration in connection with the
management and administration of the program under this
section.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause><clause id="IDE3F449343D2C48BCBC41DEA0CC1B707D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (4).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idFE9254FB2C8E4A7DAADB278267552D49"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Renewal
grants</header>
<subparagraph id="idFD37CE22546B471797678A6C19EBAD1D"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 29 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 656) is
amended by redesignating subsections (m) and (n) as subsections (l) and (m),
respectively.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idDAC65D91D3234739831E9697E23A1542"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Reference</header><text>Subsection
(l)(4)(D) of section 29 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 656), as
redesignated by subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, is amended by striking
<quote>or subsection (l)</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idA4BE4BAB424E408186C9E5223DB45BBA"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Allocation</header><text>Section
29(k)(2) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 656(k)(2)), as amended by this
Act, is amended by striking <quote>subsection (m)</quote> and inserting
<quote>subsection (l)</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9ED404E9290B468DAD1FA9AD7DE138A5"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by this paragraph shall take effect on
the day after the effective date of the amendments made by section 8305(b) of
the Small Business and Work Opportunity Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–28)
(striking subsection (l)).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ID75E8DF2FC3D6464AB4F1CDFC74F1411D"><enum>203.</enum><header>National
Women’s Business Council</header>
<subsection id="ID42EDDEE6F1A54B309F4DD33379D00574"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Cosponsorship
Authority</header><text>Section 406 of the Women’s Business Ownership Act of
1988 (15 U.S.C. 7106) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="deleted" committee-id="SSSB00" id="IDEBB7199190C84821B9F7BCAC6AEDC06C" reported-display-style="strikethrough" style="OLC">
<subsection id="ID7A2D4025872B4EDEAD0376F066ACE874"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Cosponsorship
Authority</header><text>The Council is authorized to enter into agreements as a
cosponsor with public and private entities, in the same manner as is provided
in section 8(b)(1)(A) of the <act-name parsable-cite="SBA">Small Business
Act</act-name> (15 U.S.C. 637(b)(1)(A)), to carry out its duties under this
section.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="ID88CD706FA228402E9F3856574FCB9676"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Membership</header><text>Section
407(f) of the Women’s Business Ownership Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 7107(f)) is
amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="deleted" committee-id="SSSB00" id="IDBCF25F2A2AF14E368DE0AA4240EC7822" reported-display-style="strikethrough" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="ID71401774FF7A48E68B050F2252C80F86"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Representation
of member organizations</header><text>In consultation with the chairperson of
the Council and the Administrator, a national women's business organization or
small business concern that is represented on the Council may replace its
representative member on the Council during the service term to which that
member was
appointed.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="ID9F2FD3F4FC8744B5B38820628C684AA1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Establishment of
working groups</header><text>Title IV of the Women’s Business Ownership Act of
1988 (15 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 410, the
following new section:</text>
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<section id="IDD446CE3C61204901B59D38851E407EE6"><enum>411.</enum><header>Working
groups</header>
<subsection id="ID1c615cba8cad4a7c9e728e88e7245d1c"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>There
are established within the Council, working groups, as directed by the
chairperson.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID1716575A71E745E081562E5AC0FA353B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>The
working groups established under subsection (a) shall perform such duties as
the chairperson shall
direct.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="IDCFA994D72E4348C3AF4F00522E2D3504"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Clearinghouse
for Historical Documents</header><text>Section 409 of the Women’s Business
Ownership Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 7109) is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="deleted" committee-id="SSSB00" id="IDBF24E1B4117243C0AF1B82DC78006081" reported-display-style="strikethrough" style="OLC">
<subsection id="IDF1A8678E633A40C1AC0B141D0CE2BAED"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Clearinghouse
for Historical Documents</header><text>The Council shall serve as a
clearinghouse for information on small businesses owned and controlled by
women, including research conducted by other organizations and individuals
relating to ownership by women of small business concerns in the United
States.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="ID6A51CF50AEF2479890C0EB5A68C0DE48"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Authorization of
Appropriations</header><text>Section 410(a) of the Women’s Business Ownership
Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 7110(a)) is amended by striking <quote>2001 through
2003, of which $550,000</quote> and inserting <quote>2008 through 2010, of
which not less than 30 percent</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="ID1AC88FAECF0B42BBADEC815B1F1354D8"><enum>204.</enum><header>Interagency
Committee on Women’s Business Enterprise</header>
<subsection id="ID614937C9389E43E98A7BADA9487D8F31"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Chairperson</header><text>Section
403(b) of the Women’s Business Ownership Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 7103(b)) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="ID28FB62EA6E3346AB85BFF3D3EABC1989"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>Not later</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="deleted" committee-id="SSSB00" id="IDA041608916794F719770BA18D15326E4" reported-display-style="strikethrough" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="ID1CAA4AF69D6F4005B70E0B3C52CA0242"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID73F1AF47DB9A4B12A61E16AE07639A60"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="deleted" committee-id="SSSB00" id="ID6087880C16CB4F3BBEBDA6AA31F02B7D" reported-display-style="strikethrough" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="IDB1B1EDA7E2DC4103AC8AB1230D0F5E44"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Vacancy</header><text>In
the event that a chairperson is not appointed under paragraph (1), the Deputy
Administrator of the Small Business Administration shall serve as acting
chairperson of the Interagency Committee until a chairperson is appointed under
paragraph
(1).</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDD403343833B1497AAC6D4C41D2E5C27D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Policy Advisory
Group</header><text>Section 401 of the Women’s Business Ownership Act of 1988
(15 U.S.C. 7101) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="ID1C959F9E7AD642CC890E8B36D4C28BD2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>There</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="deleted" committee-id="SSSB00" id="IDDAD05F475D974557B00EE4064CF567E8" reported-display-style="strikethrough" style="OLC">
<subsection id="IDE11606C44B0F4D5AA05FE021732607A2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
General</header><text>There</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDA9545DAD1F2C4C9684711365CC01A816"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="deleted" committee-id="SSSB00" id="ID128339EAB399492EB3533323EE80A1AF" reported-display-style="strikethrough" style="OLC">
<subsection id="IDD8C7ED4D1DAB468BBE310B63C0D312DC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Policy Advisory
Group</header>
<paragraph id="ID9FE66D4B4C2140D183E041376EE9A883"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>There
is established a Policy Advisory Group to assist the chairperson in developing
policies and programs under this Act.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDF2F4597C5B9C47C5A90F10DACA02EF1D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Membership</header><text>The
Policy Advisory Group shall be composed of 7 policy making officials, of
whom—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID9C55020E50944C98AF4C2BCA5D86DECD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>1 shall be a
representative of the Small Business Administration;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID4239AADD07D34060BD6AB62046024A4B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>1 shall be a
representative of the Department of Commerce;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID9993F8E52AB04BEB90A5A017F264215E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>1 shall be a
representative of the Department of Labor;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDF0E4FAFC8CC74C12BADDF7D29BA3F419"><enum>(D)</enum><text>1 shall be a
representative of the Department of Defense;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID363E00B9A1AB4B82B314E4DAB729CE71"><enum>(E)</enum><text>1 shall be a
representative of the Department of the Treasury; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID173FB8F39ECB4D72B193BE6B308D41CE"><enum>(F)</enum><text>2 shall be
representatives of the
Council.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ID403E8EDF3FBB4344AEF6781F7AD6CC61"><enum>205.</enum><header>Preserving the
independence of the National Women’s Business Council</header>
<subsection id="ID3B025B1878104804952A9BF2766EE0F5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>Congress
finds the following:</text>
<paragraph id="ID03F5AB73562A434E9980CC33F7039656"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The National
Women’s Business Council provides an independent source of advice and policy
recommendations regarding women’s business development and the needs of women
entrepreneurs in the United States to—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID9CCF8D7CDB0A426AA9D0C6E161022563"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the
President;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID4E7382991CFA41BCB55B065B4A2A29D4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Congress;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID4503341311734014B1DA51A83C0B696C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the Interagency
Committee on Women’s Business Enterprise; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID809F581108DA47B28BE4E721F3077C82"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the
Administrator.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID4906E77A96A04C308D591D4DA5668A9F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The members of the
National Women’s Business Council are small business owners, representatives of
business organizations, and representatives of women’s business centers.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDF414CBF196BB426DA14A067F097A2F8D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The chair and
ranking member of the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the
Senate and the Committee on Small Business of the House of Representatives make
recommendations to the Administrator to fill 8 of the positions on the National
Women’s Business Council. Four of the positions are reserved for small business
owners who are affiliated with the political party of the President and 4 of
the positions are reserved for small business owners who are not affiliated
with the political party of the President. This method of appointment ensures
that the National Women’s Business Council will provide Congress with
nonpartisan, balanced, and independent advice.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDD14267918DC2460DB83479E8D6432366"><enum>(4)</enum><text>In order to
maintain the independence of the National Women’s Business Council and to
ensure that the Council continues to provide Congress with advice on a
nonpartisan basis, it is essential that the Council maintain the bipartisan
balance established under section 407 of the Women’s Business Ownership Act of
1988 (15 U.S.C. 7107).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDA4CF2725F0124961A2305A5F46764BDE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Maintenance of
Partisan Balance</header><text>Section 407(f) of the Women’s Business Ownership
Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 7107(f)), as amended by this Act, is amended by adding
at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="ID45E0E6BEB5BD4FDF8C95933515DACE31"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Partisan
balance</header><text>When filling a vacancy under paragraph (1) of this
subsection of a member appointed under paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (b),
the Administrator shall, to the extent practicable, ensure that there are an
equal number of members on the Council from each of the 2 major political
parties.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID90CA310DB1424E7FAFD39AB7EB6AE7D5"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Accountability</header><text>If
a vacancy is not filled within the 30-day period required under paragraph (1),
or if there exists an imbalance of party-affiliated members on the Council for
a period exceeding 30 days, the Administrator shall submit a report, not later
than 10 days after the expiration of either such 30-day deadline, to the
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the Senate and the
Committee on Small Business of the House of Representatives, that explains why
the respective deadline was not met and provides an estimated date on which any
vacancies will be filled, as
applicable.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><enum>III</enum><header>International
trade</header>
<section id="IDf425bfb234764304ac0d6296c9f1a6c3"><enum>301.</enum><header>Small Business
Administration Associate Administrator for International Trade</header>
<subsection id="ID75ab5272b2864772975568ddd3b73eb7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>Section
22(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 649(a)) is amended by adding at the
end the following: <quote>The head of the Office shall be the Associate
Administrator for International Trade, who shall be responsible to the
Administrator.</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDcb2c2a78164842f49466916e7cfa2106"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authority for
Additional Associate Administrator</header><text>Section 4(b)(1) of the Small
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 633(b)(1)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="ID81c276fe27314517ae25818c7148dffb"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the fifth
sentence, by striking <quote>five Associate Administrators</quote> and
inserting <quote>Associate Administrators</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID1382c03cf7654383a2a980f63e38186e"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following: <quote>One of the Associate Administrators shall be the
Associate Administrator for International Trade, who shall be the head of the
Office of International Trade established under section 22.</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDfc7e7893e2624bb0908180457f22c3b0"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Discharge of
Administration International Trade Responsibilities</header><text>Section 22 of
the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 649) is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="deleted" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD879524745A7490BA664B97901C0AAFC" reported-display-style="strikethrough" style="OLC">
<subsection id="IDcac3138e6c4849dc849f4eb93932fc75"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Discharge of
Administration International Trade Responsibilities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator shall ensure that—</text>
<paragraph id="ID1057c4f9b8674cf1898a64d992af95bc"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the
responsibilities of the Administration regarding international trade are
carried out through the Associate Administrator for International Trade;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDcc9b114e37764f0c9c9976db71f48a48"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Associate
Administrator for International Trade has sufficient resources to carry out
such responsibilities; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID0619e2bb7316469e8856f03cac4c1f31"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the Associate
Administrator for International Trade has direct supervision and control over
the staff of the Office of International Trade, and over any employee of the
Administration whose principal duty station is a United States Export
Assistance Center or any successor
entity.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="IDab5ce1ead7074fedb62cc2bd7ce2b1ca"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Role of
Associate Administrator in carrying out international trade
policy</header><text>Section 2(b)(1) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.
631(b)(1)) is amended in the matter preceding subparagraph (A)—</text>
<paragraph id="ID03f2c910f0d9428498b6b25ebd90c4cc"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>the Administrator of</quote> before <quote>the Small Business
Administration</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID21abd79cd62b4194b203b972fa44ede1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>through the Associate Administrator for International Trade, and</quote>
before <quote>in cooperation with</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDae0a0ee644d34ad49df261005f08b609"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Technical
amendment</header><text>Section 22(c)(5) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.
649(c)(5)) is amended by striking the period at the end and inserting a
semicolon.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID922cb62006fd49208a0abb2bf4e2bf1e"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this
Act, the Administrator shall appoint an Associate Administrator for
International Trade under section 22 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 649),
as amended by this section.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="IDc56c99be3ea04563ba814f5cac112802"><enum>302.</enum><header>Office of
International Trade</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 22
of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 649) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="ID22af7c4e644d454b80df28035c5ae662"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="traditional">Sec.
22.</header-in-text> (a) There</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="deleted" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB7496D1543A04D349E7C2D1B6C3E82FB" reported-display-style="strikethrough" style="OLC">
<section id="IDda057987d26641529918e81a0b36f5ea"><enum>22.</enum><header>Office of
International Trade</header>
<subsection id="id7A0D319C4DA240548502759D13FD1023"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>There</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDc6dc4a5b50c44b68ab633a89741a7ecb"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (a),
by inserting <quote>(referred to in this section as the
<quote>Office</quote>),</quote> after <quote>Trade</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID32e016cfcdc2471980828936aff0c5a0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID2cd8ff5a9b354b208fcf57b3e2dabcb2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>The Office</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="deleted" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id32240058E4DA4E6994A7E92D4D0BCB31" reported-display-style="strikethrough" style="OLC">
<subsection id="ID7915ac308f084772b797b86c19d723f3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Trade
distribution network</header><text>The Office, including United States Export
Assistance Centers (referred to as <quote>one-stop shops</quote> in section
2301(b)(8) of the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C.
4721(b)(8)) and as <quote>export centers</quote> in this
section)</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID4c5d84983a454e8aba5a9100261bc452"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by amending
paragraph (1) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block changed="deleted" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id19A84D82CFA5411CB4765BE468062ACB" reported-display-style="strikethrough" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="ID2bfbc8f3384e46349862c840e57d9830"><enum>(1)</enum><text>assist in
maintaining a distribution network using regional and local offices of the
Administration, the small business development center network, the women's
business center network, and export centers for—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID3a942e73d52f4d7ea5770bacc1414060"><enum>(A)</enum><text>trade
promotion;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID2011228ac39143c0bf454cb2da1e29d7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>trade
finance;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID0faf353822ed40cbbe1734dee18b5de2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>trade
adjustment;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID83e1de5ee64a4ef4926613b9e2e2bf98"><enum>(D)</enum><text>trade remedy
assistance; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID3681f106a5404a3c972e934117a819fd"><enum>(E)</enum><text>trade data
collection.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID54d372ba63d4448a939a1f619e7fe4b1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection
(c)—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID9b1cf04e5b5a45af8ba3ae01174f9565"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraphs (1) through (8) as paragraphs (2) through (9), respectively;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID1321e32ec9ab45be84d20383647df98c"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting
before paragraph (2), as so redesignated, the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="deleted" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9219DD5D86B349DB972334E342519258" reported-display-style="strikethrough" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="ID7902fbf8c8d4410ebc07ed7340270abe"><enum>(1)</enum><text>establish annual
goals for the Office relating to—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID8a2cc358674b4a91840be72e7db1a170"><enum>(A)</enum><text>enhancing the
exporting capability of small business concerns and small manufacturers;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID6fb1cdebb96740e1834b5c93ecb91767"><enum>(B)</enum><text>facilitating
technology transfers;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID801b4baddf4644f5b34bd0aef902da9f"><enum>(C)</enum><text>enhancing programs
and services to assist small business concerns and small manufacturers to
compete effectively and efficiently against foreign entities;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID7bb14f64b5ed4dc4b8062ff787e6a0b7"><enum>(D)</enum><text>increasing the
access to capital by small business concerns;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID014b770751c7451eb1a71bcf17788ea1"><enum>(E)</enum><text>disseminating
information concerning Federal, State, and private programs and initiatives;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID8e3c209d8f464c058d80e73fa959ea51"><enum>(F)</enum><text>ensuring that the
interests of small business concerns are adequately represented in trade
negotiations;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID0613389f2e834f918cf07875c4877bd7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (2),
as so redesignated, by striking <quote>mechanism for</quote> and all that
follows through <quote>(D)</quote> and inserting the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="deleted" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id6C5BC2B7E9F849E39A936CC1E947E64C" reported-display-style="strikethrough" style="OLC">
<text>mechanism
for—</text><subparagraph id="ID4d572bf91609423491d3d6a0682f8cf0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>identifying
subsectors of the small business community with strong export potential;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID518e17e9254c4d4789e291a8ac50090f"><enum>(B)</enum><text>identifying areas
of demand in foreign markets;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID6653280a846943118e156fa4dfbd1052"><enum>(C)</enum><text>prescreening
foreign buyers for commercial and credit purposes; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID2a93ecd958ec4e9db989f97bbd364520"><enum>(D)</enum>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDa78aa80954504cecb654cf5687f8660c"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph (9),
as so redesignated—</text>
<clause id="id03D77C449E644BE49643B7DBC3DE8936"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the matter
preceding subparagraph (A)—</text>
<subclause id="ID07827cd5bc09485a98ab46e267f9cbac"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>full-time export development specialists to each Administration regional
office and assigning</quote>; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID332c03b0a32044259dabf8e74b770cf3"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>office. Such specialists</quote> and inserting <quote>office and
providing each Administration regional office with a full-time export
development specialist, who</quote>;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="IDbb412155b65342cca2382bbd387ad637"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(D), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDda5c1e5bfe1346e0804cdfaf9f858c40"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(E), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID106da6cf85f04acfbddfa64a495bbf71"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="deleted" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB616F30261E745ACA58B9C85C47F058E" reported-display-style="strikethrough" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="ID7a4c5bbd188343939860ea607b4a3621"><enum>(F)</enum><text>participate
jointly with employees of the Office in an annual training program that focuses
on current small business needs for exporting; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID93f466d0219e4a18b76d0fa8a83a0c12"><enum>(G)</enum><text>jointly develop
and conduct training programs for exporters and lenders in cooperation with the
United States Export Assistance Centers, the Department of Commerce, small
business development centers, and other relevant Federal
agencies.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID8015ca327c244461ac9873e86b47fea5"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection
(d)—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDa20cb07c6a014c03ac19556592766c3a"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Export financing
programs</header-in-text>.—</quote> after <quote>(d)</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDa0bbd8e7f62645ce83fb6e46b83870ee"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraphs (1) through (5) as clauses (i) through (v), respectively, and
adjusting the margins accordingly;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5FCE1830C7504B2A8DD0C00882ADFA91"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>The Office shall work in cooperation</quote> and inserting the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="deleted" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9E264862D807493893450C7F89DCF000" reported-display-style="strikethrough" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="id2D927B14617E4419AD7643AE46F3AD47"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Office shall work in
cooperation</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID54b3444178a3484fb56b42a5d14bcf41"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>To accomplish this goal, the Office shall work</quote> and inserting the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="deleted" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5C81D58FFCE04FF287A6E3220DC77C61" reported-display-style="strikethrough" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="id45ECFE8807754C35980407C34A4A2A11"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Trade financial
specialist</header><text>To accomplish the goal established under paragraph
(1), the Office shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDe197db93531a4e35963be8a676234033"><enum>(A)</enum><text>designate at least
1 individual within the Administration as a trade financial specialist to
oversee international loan programs and assist Administration employees with
trade finance issues; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDf6d122a41185446c87d3228730989126"><enum>(B)</enum><text>work</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDdb6b9e256ef7410db9b2ff3add2721ec"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in subsection (e),
by inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Trade
remedies</header-in-text>.—</quote> after <quote>(e)</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDb6568742f0154baf8758ea3e1de74d9a"><enum>(7)</enum><text>by amending
subsection (f) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block changed="deleted" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBCA150A041BB4F60B50B0C1B8500D709" reported-display-style="strikethrough" style="OLC">
<subsection id="ID7c23a8d914cb4da8970cf41467e3b377"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Reporting
requirement</header><text>The Office shall submit an annual report to the
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the Senate and the
Committee on Small Business of the House of Representatives that
contains—</text>
<paragraph id="IDd4be41934f1f4901b808015d0718d96d"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a description of
the progress of the Office in implementing the requirements of this
section;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDc947da1f98f44618b4f50c7299978d76"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the destinations
of travel by Office staff and benefits to the Administration and to small
business concerns therefrom; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID6cdcdcf21b7a44a0a730f797a89651b5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a description of
the participation by the Office in trade
negotiations.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDbf05a110e6424c7fadda14b82eba1952"><enum>(8)</enum><text>in subsection (g),
by inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Studies</header-in-text>.—</quote> after <quote>(g)</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID52bf5ab84d7e4015854011a83e25a8eb"><enum>(9)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="deleted" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6437ED87F63B475CA92191A040C91FE6" reported-display-style="strikethrough" style="OLC">
<subsection id="ID87e29070bec94558b6a77c6bc0262ed2"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Export
assistance centers</header>
<paragraph id="idB79F37C22C2C45488CE59292B6E31B47"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>During the period beginning on October 1, 2007, and
ending on September 30, 2010, the Administrator shall ensure that the number of
full-time equivalent employees of the Office assigned to the one-stop shops
referred to in section 2301(b) of the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of
1988 (15 U.S.C. 4721 (b)) is not less than the number of such employees so
assigned on January 1, 2003.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID32db7392e64743db8cd58bbf83a81f09"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Priority of
placement</header><text>Priority shall be given, to the maximum extent
practicable, to placing employees of the Administration at any Export
Assistance Center that—</text>
<subparagraph id="idB10F2B1B5CEB4304BD9D9D5AC7BC3BAF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>had an
Administration employee assigned to such center before January 2003; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id86D5E2D5B80A4895963301B872B32167"><enum>(B)</enum><text>has not had an
Administration employee assigned to such center during the period beginning
January 2003, and ending on the date of enactment of this subsection, either
through retirement or reassignment.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDe76a588c832c4fed89790c37b9919cb4"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Needs of
exporters</header><text>The Administrator shall, to the maximum extent
practicable, strategically assign Administration employees to Export Assistance
Centers, based on the needs of exporters.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id50C5182D3D9F40B9A3C6496A4B2F1EB5"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Goals</header><text>The
Office shall work with the Department of Commerce and the Export-Import Bank to
establish shared annual goals for the Export Centers.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1164c58fb16a483fb23a9c37fde9d244"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Oversight</header><text>The
Office shall designate an individual within the Administration to oversee all
activities conducted by Administration employees assigned to Export
Centers.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><enum>IV</enum><header>Native American
Small Business Development Program</header>
<section id="IDF29076329DA54C998BF600D318BB2F4F"><enum>401.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited
as the <quote>Native American Small Business Development Act of
2007</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="ID7EB95A03D19D4709A27060F4CFAD6C9D"><enum>402.</enum><header>Native American
Small Business Development Program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The <act-name parsable-cite="SBA">Small
Business Act</act-name> (15 U.S.C. 631 et seq.) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id6BFB1AE477B54FC9B7C8D7E0B59FAEC1"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating section 37 as section 38;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id13C779706B1045AF9D1F7E673ACD156F"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after section 36 the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="deleted" committee-id="SSSB00" id="ID8B27D2C956094ED08B6F68F586751E85" reported-display-style="strikethrough" style="OLC">
<section id="ID0BCEDC1737504F60BC10001C0D10A70E"><enum>37.</enum><header>Native American
Small Business Development Program</header>
<subsection id="IDDCF0155BD1A64A918507D1CE090DE5D7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this section—</text>
<paragraph id="IDC60C7F337BD747BD82677ADF22AE17D3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the term
<term>Alaska Native</term> has the same meaning as the term <term>Native</term>
in section 3(b) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C.
1602(b));</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDA1AD02D354F048039DD4BFA672704B43"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the term
<term>Alaska Native corporation</term> has the same meaning as the term
<term>Native Corporation</term> in section 3(m) of the Alaska Native Claims
Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1602(m));</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDDBA856EB0FFD4A478C26704E45580DD3"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the term
<term>Assistant Administrator</term> means the Assistant Administrator of the
Office of Native American Affairs established under subsection (b);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID688FE6B58D1644E9905D613695106F4C"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the terms
<term>center</term> and <term>Native American business center</term> mean a
center established under subsection (c);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID2B68D5B1F19C4CD0918BB752C37FA4DF"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the term
<term>Native American business development center</term> means an entity
providing business development assistance to federally recognized tribes and
Native Americans under a grant from the Minority Business Development Agency of
the Department of Commerce;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID8B63E5DED7EE4AFDA41864C91EB29E00"><enum>(6)</enum><text>the term
<term>Native American small business concern</term> means a small business
concern that is owned and controlled by—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDD7CBC41A28BB41A8A396BD763AD7CF96"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a member of an
Indian tribe or tribal government;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDBB8D9B41DC914873BD374C4906DD91BF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an Alaska Native
or Alaska Native corporation; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDE25BDEF68B664E608528FB7FA4BF3AFA"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a Native Hawaiian
or Native Hawaiian Organization;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID9C7C706A7DC44B5CB31EA6CF2B5A0819"><enum>(7)</enum><text>the term
<term>Native Hawaiian</term> has the same meaning as in section 625 of the
<act-name parsable-cite="OAA65">Older Americans Act of 1965</act-name> (42
U.S.C. 3057k);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID8015BD594BAA45999F2784BD9238BBA8"><enum>(8)</enum><text>the term
<term>Native Hawaiian Organization</term> has the same meaning as in section
8(a)(15);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDD28EB63DE26B4185B9288C650881D151"><enum>(9)</enum><text>the term
<term>tribal college</term> has the same meaning as the term <term>tribally
controlled college or university</term> has in section 2(a)(4) of the Tribally
Controlled Community College Assistance Act of 1978 (25 U.S.C.
1801(a)(4));</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDBF87FCE7F5A24640BC6A9666C7C3DD7A"><enum>(10)</enum><text>the term
<term>tribal government</term> has the same meaning as the term <term>Indian
tribe</term> has in section 7501(a)(9) of title 31, United States Code;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDCD6D04CF14C84DC7A56E366D7DFFCCEF"><enum>(11)</enum><text>the term
<term>tribal lands</term> means all lands within the exterior boundaries of any
Indian reservation.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID7468725198814283A7D8996235316D62"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Office of Native
American Affairs</header>
<paragraph id="ID899E27962C29400CB83F3BF999B4D6B2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>There
is established within the Administration the Office of Native American Affairs,
which, under the direction of the Assistant Administrator, shall implement the
Administration’s programs for the development of business enterprises by Native
Americans.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID92948503AF8D4824B7C18265834F00AE"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>The
purpose of the Office of Native American Affairs is to assist Native American
entrepreneurs to—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDE5B8702E9B4C40BFB2C083BD7E07E258"><enum>(A)</enum><text>start, operate,
and grow small business concerns;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID4F2E25D637A34B4DB2905C274FE2246C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>develop management
and technical skills;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID4693274D215F40E294F5888504DDE55B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>seek Federal
procurement opportunities;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID5417B681B1344C50A92FA82F782A59F1"><enum>(D)</enum><text>increase
employment opportunities for Native Americans through the start and expansion
of small business concerns; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID2B18398E4A014CC398B270FAC36A5459"><enum>(E)</enum><text>increase the
access of Native Americans to capital markets.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID8221D71E2BB949BC937A55212B219FCC"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Assistant
administrator</header>
<subparagraph id="ID95BA736C460A45278A08B7AEFADB9B90"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Appointment</header><text>The
Administrator shall appoint a qualified individual to serve as Assistant
Administrator of the Office of Native American Affairs in accordance with this
paragraph.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID85BD9ECDCBCE4CCB98DBB46EDDEF6899"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Qualifications</header><text>The
Assistant Administrator appointed under subparagraph (A) shall have—</text>
<clause id="ID0C8A050460E24D9C8CBCAD8A6304A5DA"><enum>(i)</enum><text>knowledge of the
Native American culture; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID06DCAA03A46F42BCA685736D7E17635B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>experience
providing culturally tailored small business development assistance to Native
Americans.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDC2A4DDA2969E4F94A168855E854B17AC"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Employment
status</header><text>The Assistant Administrator shall be a Senior Executive
Service position under section 3132(a)(2) of title 5, United States Code, and
shall serve as a noncareer appointee, as defined in section 3132(a)(7) of title
5, United States Code.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID8489E9D3224243B0A1F9186B33244495"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Responsibilities
and duties</header><text>The Assistant Administrator shall—</text>
<clause id="ID2C7B85D6917F44B1A1E4DB93EEF701C0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>administer and
manage the Native American Small Business Development program established under
this section;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID923C9C5F45D9481A8D400CD145D9E74C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>recommend the
annual administrative and program budgets for the Office of Native American
Affairs;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID2C80CDADF7E04FF6B90C95C35B660B6F"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>consult with
Native American business centers in carrying out the program established under
this section;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID2CE57E05CEA44851A4CF4F2532394AD0"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>recommend
appropriate funding levels;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID98167C3F9DC84818AB6E1EF47C91F98D"><enum>(v)</enum><text>review the annual
budgets submitted by each applicant for the Native American Small Business
Development program;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID9AA54D37EF164950BE4508D70EAB8C4F"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>select applicants
to participate in the program under this section;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID5944B6D245FA4B8E83D771BF1B430CA3"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>implement this
section; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID30724B44DF8E46F095373B6511FDF102"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>maintain a
clearinghouse to provide for the dissemination and exchange of information
between Native American business centers.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID011E56E03D0C41F29B4B940FBF37CC3E"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Consultation
requirements</header><text>In carrying out the responsibilities and duties
described in this paragraph, the Assistant Administrator shall confer with and
seek the advice of—</text>
<clause id="ID0D02E2C5B696461784B9EFE6D032AEF6"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Administration
officials working in areas served by Native American business centers and
Native American business development centers;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID7E12105DF3214A15844C5193CBAE8B9A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>representatives
of tribal governments;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID81A76A80C23945F9B2D90DB8781D7817"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>tribal
colleges;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID22C8C5E067CD465B932039B0FC9FE577"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>Alaska Native
corporations; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID5751BF9302B94B3C972A7652CDF55A60"><enum>(v)</enum><text>Native Hawaiian
Organizations.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDB00DD78BD7114F73A71E4B15505CC117"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Native American
Small Business Development Program</header>
<paragraph id="ID88F18B3D661340E199172F9B210EE393"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Authorization</header>
<subparagraph id="IDA78BD2489C704E9B9F7F3DA237BAE962"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Administration, through the Office of Native American
Affairs, shall provide financial assistance to tribal governments, tribal
colleges, Native Hawaiian Organizations, and Alaska Native corporations to
create Native American business centers in accordance with this section.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID2EE091A6FF9B428291585374B9EC86E9"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Use of
funds</header><text>The financial and resource assistance provided under this
subsection shall be used to overcome obstacles impeding the creation,
development, and expansion of small business concerns, in accordance with this
section, by—</text>
<clause id="ID1FAFB101A56F4B04BE572901C0241DF5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>reservation-based
American Indians;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID94B5AF07FDEE49CEB7D434AD31C3ED73"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Alaska Natives;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID1FF988CA4A5945758A73673D98244EC4"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>Native
Hawaiians.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID6AD1C7C6B8E24134AB32E5AF89AA1706"><enum>(2)</enum><header>5-year
projects</header>
<subparagraph id="ID02585EDC55DF4EC8868F9935CABC02A7"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Each Native American business center that receives
assistance under paragraph (1)(A) shall conduct a 5-year project that offers
culturally tailored business development assistance in the form of—</text>
<clause id="ID13AA2659850D48AB8E4BDCE22FA74558"><enum>(i)</enum><text>financial
education, including training and counseling in—</text>
<subclause id="ID29C25F50230345868F34E884FAF59159"><enum>(I)</enum><text>applying for and
securing business credit and investment capital;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID8C753DD7B1304B1EA8C97DA1ECE13900"><enum>(II)</enum><text>preparing and
presenting financial statements; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDA0CACE24A47946EA8E9B116094121ADC"><enum>(III)</enum><text>managing cash
flow and other financial operations of a business concern;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="ID5B526BDF32184249B2BBAE6E4ADAB234"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>management
education, including training and counseling in planning, organizing, staffing,
directing, and controlling each major activity and function of a small business
concern; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID8EDEE9E0DE874C39A0F4316F3C6AEB13"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>marketing
education, including training and counseling in—</text>
<subclause id="ID0D805758686E4D6AB07B0B4EB9C1CFDF"><enum>(I)</enum><text>identifying and
segmenting domestic and international market opportunities;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID7E9518AAD3D748A2BF5EC45434D2744B"><enum>(II)</enum><text>preparing and
executing marketing plans;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDE5D4F07ABCA4409EBA80B0B3433C6D95"><enum>(III)</enum><text>developing
pricing strategies;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID342175E7630B4553BDCDA83A81F4D57B"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>locating contract
opportunities;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID7BFB3E8404F14AF3B1948E70361CDAED"><enum>(V)</enum><text>negotiating
contracts; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID00373056E16E4D1989B22BF6B71913BB"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>utilizing varying
public relations and advertising techniques.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID9B94237B61904D9FAA080BD03FB52A7D"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Business
development assistance recipients</header><text>The business development
assistance under subparagraph (A) shall be offered to prospective and current
owners of small business concerns that are owned by—</text>
<clause id="ID20D443324E864830A6A7614E406E1835"><enum>(i)</enum><text>American Indians
or tribal governments, and located on or near tribal lands;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID8D82A7409FAC427ABF420FB38B1A49A1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Alaska Natives or
Alaska Native corporations; or</text>
</clause><clause id="ID61624B9040894C1B8509E5DB0832C047"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>Native Hawaiians
or Native Hawaiian Organizations.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDAE34EE64A86C426EB6034E5DCE732312"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Form of federal
financial assistance</header>
<subparagraph id="ID3257FA3A90BA4A23B2DAF878C97EB9C2"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Documentation</header>
<clause id="ID3655753C47F64E24A0616E27191A7C04"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The financial assistance to Native American business
centers authorized under this subsection may be made by grant, contract, or
cooperative agreement.</text>
</clause><clause id="IDF19DBB75035F4E7B881318B30AD0BFE6"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>Financial
assistance under this subsection to Alaska Native corporations or Native
Hawaiian Organizations may only be made by grant.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID9621514F80394D1EB5D293E0387B4EAB"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Payments</header>
<clause id="ID087672EDE3C14E99A63EC4E40417103C"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Timing</header><text>Payments
made under this subsection may be disbursed in an annual lump sum or in
periodic installments, at the request of the recipient.</text>
</clause><clause id="IDEAD9FB7AC6EE47C4A259EAA685BD6B37"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Advance</header><text>The
Administration may disburse not more than 25 percent of the annual amount of
Federal financial assistance awarded to a Native American small business center
after notice of the award has been issued.</text>
</clause><clause id="ID92B0D1F0DFEB41D3B81E2D4146D3DCB4"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>No matching
requirement</header><text>The Administration shall not require a grant
recipient to match grant funding received under this subsection with
non-Federal resources as a condition of receiving the grant.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDADDEA6ABD4AD4F97B1AF546715FC1E2E"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Contract and
cooperative agreement authority</header><text>A Native American business center
may enter into a contract or cooperative agreement with a Federal department or
agency to provide specific assistance to Native American and other underserved
small business concerns located on or near tribal lands, to the extent that
such contract or cooperative agreement is consistent with the terms of any
assistance received by the Native American business center from the
Administration.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDECDD3E69001F48448BC3A4752337E9E7"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Application
process</header>
<subparagraph id="ID98D7310F3AF34D74910836C9ED1FAD68"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Submission of a
5-year plan</header><text>Each applicant for assistance under paragraph (1)
shall submit a 5-year plan to the Administration on proposed assistance and
training activities.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID59552A710DE3482B8780D4367837438D"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Criteria</header>
<clause id="IDDDD061F4FAB84BB2B4407AE6B0B146F5"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Administration shall evaluate and rank applicants in
accordance with predetermined selection criteria that shall be stated in terms
of relative importance.</text>
</clause><clause id="ID03A54D055F58442F94F3FEDB4832ACAA"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Public
notice</header><text>The criteria required by this paragraph and their relative
importance shall be made publicly available, within a reasonable time, and
stated in each solicitation for applications made by the Administration.</text>
</clause><clause id="ID4CCBB9A147254DE3A91A59A713F0AD58"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Considerations</header><text>The
criteria required by this paragraph shall include—</text>
<subclause id="IDBC5CE2908316402C890A2948B0337F71"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the experience of
the applicant in conducting programs or ongoing efforts designed to impart or
upgrade the business skills of current or potential owners of Native American
small business concerns;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID6365C821A9014973AA115E32E01772D3"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the ability of
the applicant to commence a project within a minimum amount of time;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID705139F420514B24800AAEEAA3C60352"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the ability of
the applicant to provide quality training and services to a significant number
of Native Americans;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID0D14ACDD02A54A59A28EA796D22F3A86"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>previous
assistance from the Administration to provide services in Native American
communities; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID790F7ABEE6F04CD091027CC70C268493"><enum>(V)</enum><text>the proposed
location for the Native American business center site, with priority given
based on the proximity of the center to the population being served and to
achieve a broad geographic dispersion of the centers.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDCDD6399503EC4BB9B52ED3ABE447BE6E"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Program
examination</header>
<subparagraph id="IDA331AD370385431E8C26EDDEEAC26A13"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Each Native American business center established pursuant
to this subsection shall annually provide the Administration with an itemized
cost breakdown of actual expenditures incurred during the preceding
year.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID9F4068F57D604D6A8C2E25AB863BA76D"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Administration
action</header><text>Based on information received under subparagraph (A), the
Administration shall—</text>
<clause id="ID4993BFED3EB1406EB7C54C1BE00B341A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>develop and
implement an annual programmatic and financial examination of each Native
American business center assisted pursuant to this subsection; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID48EEF96993784DB98DBF71D31E253180"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>analyze the
results of each examination conducted under clause (i) to determine the
programmatic and financial viability of each Native American business
center.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDFD16E0B9EBA146BEBC34211B6C9DB2DF"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Conditions for
continued funding</header><text>In determining whether to renew a grant,
contract, or cooperative agreement with a Native American business center, the
Administration—</text>
<clause id="IDA95A0D4B840C4EC48FCB713FDAC3B2E0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>shall consider the
results of the most recent examination of the center under subparagraph (B),
and, to a lesser extent, previous examinations; and</text>
</clause><clause id="IDC48AAB29233B4D47A422A28B892822ED"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>may withhold such
renewal, if the Administration determines that—</text>
<subclause id="ID0B42A3F9A8DE447E9357F1F1161611CA"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the center has
failed to provide adequate information required to be provided under
subparagraph (A), or the information provided by the center is inadequate;
or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDBD3363F686D74BF985C96F75D385B2D3"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the center has
failed to provide adequate information required to be provided by the center
for purposes of the report of the Administration under subparagraph (E).</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDE892CB62BE1E445CB5C2E4D587BED083"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Continuing
contract and cooperative agreement authority</header>
<clause id="ID892D5B505432449889CB3B827B6E0E1C"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The authority of the Administrator to enter into
contracts or cooperative agreements in accordance with this subsection shall be
in effect for each fiscal year only to the extent and in the amounts as are
provided in advance in appropriations Acts.</text>
</clause><clause id="IDDB5BB7EB013C44AF9126D0E61AFB2023"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Renewal</header><text>After
the Administrator has entered into a contract or cooperative agreement with any
Native American business center under this subsection, it shall not suspend,
terminate, or fail to renew or extend any such contract or cooperative
agreement unless the Administrator provides the center with written
notification setting forth the reasons therefore and affords the center an
opportunity for a hearing, appeal, or other administrative proceeding under
chapter 5 of title 5, United States Code.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID8AA44084BC6E48B6AD0CF70612100433"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Management
report</header>
<clause id="ID494E6613FFDF4B0791789C2E3323E282"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Administration shall prepare and submit to the
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the Senate and the
Committee on Small Business of the House of Representatives an annual report on
the effectiveness of all projects conducted by Native American business centers
under this subsection and any pilot programs administered by the Office of
Native American Affairs.</text>
</clause><clause id="ID6BF0270C24B24A0FAB41064B3EBAFCBF"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>Each
report submitted under clause (i) shall include, with respect to each Native
American business center receiving financial assistance under this
subsection—</text>
<subclause id="ID9907C39539714908B79FDDCFE87FD1F4"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the number of
individuals receiving assistance from the Native American business
center;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID10EF0967D5C342DBB5614AF8EA07E722"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the number of
startup business concerns created;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID0874C0F5F2654B3BAD35F55CEF382FAA"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the number of
existing businesses seeking to expand employment;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID4335BC89D6714F5EA678DD4C78AE1C35"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>jobs created or
maintained, on an annual basis, by Native American small business concerns
assisted by the center since receiving funding under this Act;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDD51B26B602D54339AA9A338D45E4E3E1"><enum>(V)</enum><text>to the maximum
extent practicable, the capital investment and loan financing utilized by
emerging and expanding businesses that were assisted by a Native American
business center; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID5E614D781FCB43CF913F6FC03C26C7C9"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>the most recent
examination, as required under subparagraph (B), and the subsequent
determination made by the Administration under that subparagraph.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID22E6A53A613448458F5E90705998B9DB"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Annual
report</header><text>Each entity receiving financial assistance under this
subsection shall annually report to the Administration on the services provided
with such financial assistance, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID79C5874BAF6641EA907CE7A0CBA9AE97"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the number of
individuals assisted, categorized by ethnicity;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID9F9FE508D359401F831DDF4850BF3C56"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the number of
hours spent providing counseling and training for those individuals;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID66CED56658AE4EE38F40B0A05060B6FE"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the number of
startup small business concerns created or maintained;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDE041775E583C4E238D46EB7C3F24873A"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the gross receipts
of assisted small business concerns;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID95C1E0570A2B4A21873A4B7E290D217F"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the number of jobs
created or maintained at assisted small business concerns; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID0807C54D53CA48D586675E09A3D39711"><enum>(F)</enum><text>the number of
Native American jobs created or maintained at assisted small business
concerns.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID43C72A7BE9404DE598EB8ADC3D1D0CA9"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Record
retention</header>
<subparagraph id="ID216C76E220A84A6395754E54B13D3AF6"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Applications</header><text>The
Administration shall maintain a copy of each application submitted under this
subsection for not less than 7 years.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDE289FF1F21B5491AA8C8FC729C82BDAD"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Annual
reports</header><text>The Administration shall maintain copies of the
information collected under paragraph (6)(A) indefinitely.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID94EC8896641949B493FA33D9324CDF81"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authorization of
Appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000
for each of the fiscal years 2008 through 2010, to carry out the Native
American Small Business Development Program, authorized under subsection
(c).</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="IDF19C4ED1D2934C5F8BE1DE3E7681497D"><enum>403.</enum><header>Pilot
programs</header>
<subsection id="ID9CC0FDB5715C46AE96269B99D751B0B0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this section:</text>
<paragraph id="IDB43D60D998C6485084AB83C14BE1DA35"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Incorporation by
reference</header><text>The terms defined in section 37(a) of the
<act-name parsable-cite="SBA">Small Business Act</act-name> (as added by this
title) have the same meanings as in that section 37(a) when used in this
section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID0550615440934C58A8D30F650B491E99"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Joint
project</header><text>The term <term>joint project</term> means the combined
resources and expertise of 2 or more distinct entities at a physical location
dedicated to assisting the Native American community.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID2DB1087E1DB44B24B7836DD7689AB09E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Native American
Development Grant Pilot Program</header>
<paragraph id="IDCBF6C7D56A7043A190201D6C8A0EDAD6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Authorization</header>
<subparagraph id="ID0B10ADD369C84AD6868FA16184904ECE"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>There is established a 4-year pilot program under which
the Administration is authorized to award Native American development grants to
provide culturally tailored business development training and related services
to Native Americans and Native American small business concerns.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID9E0840DA4F6142FFAD176A000E4CCA33"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Eligible
organizations</header><text>The grants authorized under subparagraph (A) may be
awarded to—</text>
<clause id="IDD1AA2A3D3D3843B09757C5850BB9882F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>any small business
development center; or</text>
</clause><clause id="ID5088B79652854339BA3615B762A63E85"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>any private,
nonprofit organization that—</text>
<subclause id="IDBB3CDA0D733E4172902829B7448805BF"><enum>(I)</enum><text>has members of an
Indian tribe comprising a majority of its board of directors;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID749BEC2D8C7642E68FEF64558972A7E4"><enum>(II)</enum><text>is a Native
Hawaiian Organization; or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID32ED3ACAB0DC4E03A0CA154C2174314E"><enum>(III)</enum><text>is an Alaska
Native corporation.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID41C194A0302D4ECF9CAF17F65293DAD1"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Amounts</header><text>The
Administration shall not award a grant under this subsection in an amount which
exceeds $100,000 for each year of the project.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDF305AB2745FF48CFA925CE9F3720719F"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Grant
duration</header><text>Each grant under this subsection shall be awarded for
not less than a 2-year period and not more than a 4-year period.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDD88DDF0298804B2F9D5C664F1E8D3268"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conditions for
participation</header><text>Each entity desiring a grant under this subsection
shall submit an application to the Administration that contains—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID52FCCAFD9F474B2B8E1FECB5009BC535"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a certification
that the applicant—</text>
<clause id="IDF3CF9E7707F94A76B5764D947EE459C6"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is a small
business development center or a private, nonprofit organization under
paragraph (1)(B);</text>
</clause><clause id="ID9D531C277DBD4A10AE091BFDDEC13C36"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>employs an
executive director or program manager to manage the facility; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID1F51C3EB65A944E48E2FE71A53AFF1C6"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>agrees—</text>
<subclause id="IDDB95951D37DA43B6882C7A347814101A"><enum>(I)</enum><text>to a site visit as
part of the final selection process;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDD7EEA78F12284438B1F24BA205463EDF"><enum>(II)</enum><text>to an annual
programmatic and financial examination; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID1ED6D34322D74B98801D8C0EB6CED4EC"><enum>(III)</enum><text>to the maximum
extent practicable, to remedy any problems identified pursuant to that site
visit or examination;</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID70FA025EAE5A416D8D0C5C6EAF9D0EDA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>information
demonstrating that the applicant has the ability and resources to meet the
needs, including cultural needs, of the Native Americans to be served by the
grant;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID8AF204AED2F9492890414C6CFE2A8655"><enum>(C)</enum><text>information
relating to proposed assistance that the grant will provide, including—</text>
<clause id="IDD0DEA3F52B8A4C3F96DD27F2458E52CE"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the number of
individuals to be assisted; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID44E883129F934B19AEF5FB5F966205CB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the number of
hours of counseling, training, and workshops to be provided;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID3ECDFF4CAFAE485893A34FCB02002BF9"><enum>(D)</enum><text>information
demonstrating the effective experience of the applicant in—</text>
<clause id="ID3AFE12B8CA3D47C58E3435BA60398EA1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>conducting
financial, management, and marketing assistance programs designed to impart or
upgrade the business skills of current or prospective Native American business
owners;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID2FC4B9D985BF4ED88268E01336D27B38"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>providing
training and services to a representative number of Native Americans;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDF91F73BBA9164BB5AB7222FB4CA36A43"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>using resource
partners of the Administration and other entities, including universities,
tribal governments, or tribal colleges; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID6613D09A280642518FBAA875FA5CB377"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the prudent
management of finances and staffing;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID6C708A07A6C74A66846D2E495DB652FF"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the location where
the applicant will provide training and services to Native Americans;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID69048FFB102042A8B180FF1B02E2FB3B"><enum>(F)</enum><text>a multiyear plan,
corresponding to the length of the grant, that describes—</text>
<clause id="ID1802D5B4323B48448800BEDFD894FEAA"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the number of
Native Americans and Native American small business concerns to be served by
the grant;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDC507C19E34214E1D934212BD509BAFA5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in the
continental United States, the number of Native Americans to be served by the
grant; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID6C7A1827C7A647A88B7A39A984FFDB9F"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the training and
services to be provided to a representative number of Native Americans.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDF66F0DC1303347348B37F149C0CDF1B0"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Review of
applications</header><text>The Administration shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID46BBFD7D8FC14DC58971A212CDBAAC95"><enum>(A)</enum><text>evaluate and rank
applicants under paragraph (2) in accordance with predetermined selection
criteria that is stated in terms of relative importance;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID889BC188C7AB4BDBBC4D115F8E9C3A5D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>include such
criteria in each solicitation under this subsection and make such information
available to the public; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID0D57D0DECEC04962B56C0572A615D2D5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>approve or
disapprove each completed application submitted under this subsection not later
than 60 days after the date of submission.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID0749482D490B41AB9F792BEBC6797EFC"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Annual
report</header><text>Each recipient of a Native American development grant
under this subsection shall annually report to the Administration on the impact
of the grant funding, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDF56C8FAA7CED437C8471035D304CEF37"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the number of
individuals assisted, categorized by ethnicity;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID73938F620CDC4BF78730A6978E1D80BC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the number of
hours spent providing counseling and training for those individuals;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDD9AEA80276944B24B4F8EFA2ED849EB4"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the number of
startup small business concerns created or maintained with assistance from a
Native American business center;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID7D83693F80284F699158A02CD7A59806"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the gross receipts
of assisted small business concerns;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDC6303EF065BB4883A7FA3FC993E69A40"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the number of jobs
created or maintained at assisted small business concerns; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID40C1FE21C2DE42D6820B610E94E32A3A"><enum>(F)</enum><text>the number of
Native American jobs created or maintained at assisted small business
concerns.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID54B5951FA8C1489EA1779CA000A210CC"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Record
retention</header>
<subparagraph id="ID6266CFE2D03B4EC7B2C8C83A68CF4587"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Applications</header><text>The
Administration shall maintain a copy of each application submitted under this
subsection for not less than 7 years.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDE0384B1CC7AD46CFB169CF7BA8E5990B"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Annual
reports</header><text>The Administration shall maintain copies of the
information collected under paragraph (4) indefinitely.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID40068021DB644509B6E1860DB1AF99D4"><enum>(c)</enum><header>American Indian
Tribal Assistance Center Grant Pilot Program</header>
<paragraph id="ID4A778C2C75F342FBBBB0F9B47C3304A3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Authorization</header>
<subparagraph id="IDEE605DFA87FF4A5F8D70DA2B0785D535"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>There is established a 4-year pilot program, under which
the Administration shall award not less than 3 American Indian Tribal
Assistance Center grants to establish joint projects to provide culturally
tailored business development assistance to prospective and current owners of
small business concerns located on or near tribal lands.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID1BCAB18E5FAD40CF8F79796AADD7AE50"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Eligible
organizations</header>
<clause id="IDEB5EFCE1E62248D6922EA98FFCD4482B"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Class
1</header><text>Not fewer than 1 grant shall be awarded to a joint project
performed by a Native American business center, a Native American business
development center, and a small business development center.</text>
</clause><clause id="IDF593CCA3060C43AF8437357D83EC9476"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Class
2</header><text>Not fewer than 2 grants shall be awarded to joint projects
performed by a Native American business center and a Native American business
development center.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDAE1D29F582EE4206ABAC53324488F5A8"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Amounts</header><text>The
Administration shall not award a grant under this subsection in an amount which
exceeds $200,000 for each year of the project.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID2A7841B2B19B4E04807070A9862324B7"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Grant
duration</header><text>Each grant under this subsection shall be awarded for a
3-year period.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID9A8B2257A2EC48ED99FE1F7AAEB00976"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conditions for
participation</header><text>Each entity desiring a grant under this subsection
shall submit to the Administration a joint application that contains—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDADFDA7A06B9446B092A4A2858E268C46"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a certification
that each participant of the joint application—</text>
<clause id="ID2FB5BA73174D4B709462E93AC2A39DF5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is either a Native
American business center, a Native American business development center, or a
small business development center;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID7EC401578C3B4713819EE6F5E078F15D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>employs an
executive director or program manager to manage the center; and</text>
</clause><clause id="IDB80E168B09D942549037A373D00AF8D3"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>as a condition
of receiving an American Indian Tribal Assistance Center grant, agrees—</text>
<subclause id="IDEFFB781EBAF24701A1B3F7943B30B84B"><enum>(I)</enum><text>to an annual
programmatic and financial examination; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDFB48934E607B4DE4B5F93E03AC1B1FB9"><enum>(II)</enum><text>to the maximum
extent practicable, to remedy any problems identified pursuant to that
examination;</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID98859837FEA04770A4A3F25EC0FD97B0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>information
demonstrating an historic commitment to providing assistance to Native
Americans—</text>
<clause id="IDB4A2808F517C4CAFAE5D7B6813D20834"><enum>(i)</enum><text>residing on or
near tribal lands; or</text>
</clause><clause id="IDD6EF75CFE47F49F0855788B2FBF563C3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>operating a small
business concern on or near tribal lands;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDB855481B480A409E91C34A255247C169"><enum>(C)</enum><text>information
demonstrating that each participant of the joint application has the ability
and resources to meet the needs, including the cultural needs, of the Native
Americans to be served by the grant;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID03D8E12E6867416798EEA8F81FEC36D9"><enum>(D)</enum><text>information
relating to proposed assistance that the grant will provide, including—</text>
<clause id="ID9A86D9C7039443B38CE890767A748A8A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the number of
individuals to be assisted; and</text>
</clause><clause id="IDA658A085398B4EB486CDBA6357787496"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the number of
hours of counseling, training, and workshops to be provided;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDB1DE32E3F9114E15997B4023AC44929F"><enum>(E)</enum><text>information
demonstrating the effective experience of each participant of the joint
application in—</text>
<clause id="ID7A1968FE49E0421EB4E06F1FE3BEAE6A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>conducting
financial, management, and marketing assistance programs, designed to impart or
upgrade the business skills of current or prospective Native American business
owners; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID5368B9F7F8DF4EA58512706297D4DCF1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the prudent
management of finances and staffing; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDB8598510A00C476397A8CAA2DB778B9A"><enum>(F)</enum><text>a plan for the
length of the grant, that describes—</text>
<clause id="IDAA00F47D0EF449C5ACA4DC9B547F7CD3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the number of
Native Americans and Native American small business concerns to be served by
the grant; and</text>
</clause><clause id="IDE424F9BD02014501BE153B979A69FF89"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the training and
services to be provided.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID30BA0A0C305F4215B3FD94516CED0A08"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Review of
applications</header><text>The Administration shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID473D6320942F4E51BDD031A0054DC906"><enum>(A)</enum><text>evaluate and rank
applicants under paragraph (2) in accordance with predetermined selection
criteria that is stated in terms of relative importance;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID1E30B80CB3154D0B9FAA0DDC9111A981"><enum>(B)</enum><text>include such
criteria in each solicitation under this subsection and make such information
available to the public; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID53E001795F0B4BAAB80B0E10CBBB98E1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>approve or
disapprove each application submitted under this subsection not later than 60
days after the date of submission.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID5A8C9E4EEEED48DFB5D0E1331C553C8F"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Annual
report</header><text>Each recipient of an American Indian tribal assistance
center grant under this subsection shall annually report to the Administration
on the impact of the grant funding received during the reporting year, and the
cumulative impact of the grant funding received since the initiation of the
grant, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID8CDAE7E96730466E86DAE5DD6C824237"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the number of
individuals assisted, categorized by ethnicity;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID132F9B65464F4DDE8D589A3FECAC77B5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the number of
hours of counseling and training provided and workshops conducted;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID5E9B5707A0914590B8A4F595851A4039"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the number of
startup business concerns created or maintained with assistance from a Native
American business center;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDC55E2CC128C14542A81F9068867EB102"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the gross receipts
of assisted small business concerns;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID2A0F9BEE4B6545FF9B700B1625DF7B62"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the number of jobs
created or maintained at assisted small business concerns; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID04A8F52892DC4DF5817F6E701BC5AEB3"><enum>(F)</enum><text>the number of
Native American jobs created or maintained at assisted small business
concerns.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDB666637B45894AA7A4D3F3A40653BDB2"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Record
retention</header>
<subparagraph id="IDCD11CDD704F94DAE8E7A66ED54907B25"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Applications</header><text>The
Administration shall maintain a copy of each application submitted under this
subsection for not less than 7 years.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDAF8EF8BE9BFC4DC4B0AC32A774B75B90"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Annual
reports</header><text>The Administration shall maintain copies of the
information collected under paragraph (4) indefinitely.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID06C88452C36B408DADD20D097F6ECB8C"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authorization of
Appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated—</text>
<paragraph id="ID0D40F083F590460CABA371B6829B51FA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>$1,000,000 for
each of fiscal years 2008 through 2010, to carry out the Native American
Development Grant Pilot Program, authorized under subsection (b); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDB03A0596002C453EB03B80C569323A70"><enum>(2)</enum><text>$1,000,000 for
each of fiscal years 2008 through 2010, to carry out the American Indian Tribal
Assistance Center Grant Pilot Program, authorized under subsection (c).</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><enum>V</enum><header>National Small
Business Regulatory Assistance</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID20884633C5B3474C98A400EDDECB00D1"><enum>501.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited
as the <quote><short-title>National Small Business
Regulatory Assistance Act of 2007</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDCFF2DFE9B1E14D3F87C12E6D919B2BE1"><enum>502.</enum><header>Purpose</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The purpose of this title is to establish a
4-year pilot program to—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID277F1E95AD6045A5B2BDCEB8ABC775B0"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide confidential assistance to small
business concerns;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID39AD005898F44BFAA1B390135450A692"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide small business concerns with the
information necessary to improve their rate of compliance with Federal and
State regulations derived from Federal law;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID739B0DAFA1CB4396B269915596269BBD"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">create a partnership among Federal agencies
to increase outreach efforts to small business concerns with respect to
regulatory compliance;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDFD4180F2A5E54698976198F05535E186"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide a mechanism for unbiased feedback
to Federal agencies on the regulatory environment for small business concerns;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDC01379857CD34F7CB6E1B5CB62DE83CB"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">expand the services delivered by the small
business development centers under section 21(c)(3)(H) of the Small Business
Act to improve access to programs to assist small business concerns with
regulatory compliance.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6A35BC75C4E244A7AA96F79CB03B009F"><enum>503.</enum><header>Small Business
Regulatory Assistance Pilot Program</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDAE2E1A9943E34AA98B591CDFC1221F00"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDD23A1A0ACBD74DD79985E76FC9400028"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Association</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>association</term> means the
association established pursuant to section 21(a)(3)(A) of the
<act-name parsable-cite="SBA">Small Business Act</act-name> (15 U.S.C.
648(a)(3)(A)) representing a majority of small business development
centers.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID85BD9FC239844E0EA292A09CE7BB75CC"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Participating
small business development center</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>participating small business
development center</term> means a small business development center
participating in the pilot program established under this title.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4C0732284700491A9BCA62B206005166"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Regulatory
compliance assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
term <term>regulatory compliance assistance</term> means assistance provided by
a small business development center to a small business concern to assist and
facilitate the concern in complying with Federal and State regulatory
requirements derived from Federal law.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDA31AB267DE0B4DF8A6B41DEF048F78F3"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Small business
development center</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>small business development center</term> means a small business
development center described in section 21 of the <act-name parsable-cite="SBA">Small Business Act</act-name> (15 U.S.C. 648).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDCAEABB661D7F496C95766D00882E1BB9"><enum>(5)</enum><header>State</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>State</term> means each of
the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico,
the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and Guam.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID60E651D570984B7BA5F7C41FAD30BEF6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In accordance with this section, the
Administrator shall establish a pilot program to provide regulatory compliance
assistance to small business concerns through participating small business
development centers.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1EC61D40A24C42F397608E08CC7DFB64"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Small business
development centers</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID984E9074471A4D3FA8D42433E3FBB665"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out the
pilot program established under this section, the Administrator shall enter
into arrangements with participating small business development centers under
which such centers shall—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID71A346061FCA4502B4001E96BEC7DBF6"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide access to information and
resources, including current Federal and State nonpunitive compliance and
technical assistance programs similar to those established under section 507 of
the <act-name parsable-cite="CAA">Clean Air Act</act-name> Amendments of 1990
(42 U.S.C. 7661f);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID46DC4DAF76B34D09A5E09FA87BC196B6"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">conduct training and educational
activities;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDF1129E0CEABD40939257D5DB5881F0C1"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">offer confidential, free of charge,
one-on-one, in-depth counseling to the owners and operators of small business
concerns regarding compliance with Federal and State regulations derived from
Federal law, provided that such counseling is not considered to be the practice
of law in a State in which a small business development center is located or in
which such counseling is conducted;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDAFD39B1841BB41ED9C2C780900DEA712"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide technical assistance;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID31A3C5BDA32946148D9DCF1239B6F93B"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">give referrals to experts and other
providers of compliance assistance who meet such standards for educational,
technical, and professional competency as are established by the Administrator;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID58EA0146A4A64A2DB7CBD108B217B41F"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">form partnerships with Federal compliance
programs.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1972E14DB7534852A2948E64148E84FF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Reports</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each participating small business
development center shall transmit to the Administrator and the Chief Counsel
for Advocacy of the Administration, as the Administrator may direct, a
quarterly report that includes—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDC20DBC3D33DC4155BE55547CB928C1EF"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a summary of the regulatory compliance
assistance provided by the center under the pilot program;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID61DE51C499424C5F80EBDCD3C53CA1BE"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number of small business concerns
assisted under the pilot program; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID104F78A39D0444E0A0BDB04096CF9568"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for every fourth report, any regulatory
compliance information based on Federal law that a Federal or State agency has
provided to the center during the preceding year and requested that it be
disseminated to small business concerns.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5ADC1DB21CCA483990121F3EDEE3FCE8"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Eligibility</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A small business development center shall
be eligible to receive assistance under the pilot program established under
this section only if such center is certified under section 21(k)(2) of the
<act-name parsable-cite="SBA">Small Business Act</act-name> (15 U.S.C.
648(k)(2)).</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDA4C28A067D2C4FACB2F945E1C17D8D82"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Selection of
participating small business development centers</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8B62FEF2212A44208D640BDCBA2DDE35"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Groupings</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID743BD74D6B9F406EA42DDA223EB71050"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator shall select the small
business development center programs of 2 States from each of the groups of
States described in subparagraph (B) to participate in the pilot program
established under this section.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8902DC5E4635486F81473F29FDE45542"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Groups</header><text>The
groups described in this subparagraph as follows:</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDC5853DB61CB24C2DBC655D8630FD9998"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Group
1</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Group 1 shall consist of
Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Vermont, and Rhode
Island.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDEB8B06BAB4F64EC1B6DB6B04ADCC067F"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Group
2</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Group 2 shall consist of
New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID51CCDA30209444ECA5CEFE9CA505C718"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Group
3</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Group 3 shall consist of
Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, the District of Columbia, and
Delaware.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID832DDB5EE31D4C51ADE5CAE243D83DE7"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Group
4</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Group 4 shall consist of
Georgia, Alabama, North Carolina, South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida,
Kentucky, and Tennessee.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDC0DCDBDF0D844FC1AA06596FA5838F53"><enum>(v)</enum><header>Group
5</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Group 5 shall consist of
Illinois, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Wisconsin, and Minnesota.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDFC83C40659D244B4A49161E5C37976CD"><enum>(vi)</enum><header>Group
6</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Group 6 shall consist of
Texas, New Mexico, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID28047DD863114C8F892019FFB6C257E7"><enum>(vii)</enum><header>Group
7</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Group 7 shall consist of
Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, and Kansas.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID96DA39F88A8D442584CBD64B000000B6"><enum>(viii)</enum><header>Group
8</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Group 8 shall consist of
Colorado, Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, and Utah.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDB3612616C84545B100E2321E06B492E9"><enum>(ix)</enum><header>Group
9</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Group 9 shall consist of
California, Guam, American Samoa, Hawaii, Nevada, and Arizona.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID95363BD12BDE4D6780749E5968852D16"><enum>(x)</enum><header>Group
10</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Group 10 shall consist of
Washington, Alaska, Idaho, and Oregon.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID2BE3C05315864173B837A6AE57EA43B3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Deadline for
selection</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator
shall make selections under this subsection not later than 6 months after the
date of publication of final regulations under section 1704.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID73C480E5CC1943AF905B8EF051F86EC2"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Matching
requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subparagraphs (A)
and (B) of section 21(a)(4) of the <act-name parsable-cite="SBA">Small Business
Act</act-name> (15 U.S.C. 648(a)(4)) shall apply to assistance made available
under the pilot program established under this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID340DAACC03114E3FBB756D83BA0600DB"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Grant
amounts</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each State program
selected to receive a grant under subsection (e) shall be eligible to receive a
grant in an amount equal to—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID00BCAB01CE3B4271BFE6BEF186BA41C6"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not less than $150,000 per fiscal year;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7D2EED63A55C4628AA8E5C00C373147F"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not more than $300,000 per fiscal
year.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDF9992D14AABE418CA61B588C77164823"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Evaluation and
report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Comptroller
General of the United States shall—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0B758EFA1E2E418585309EDD9196DF82"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not later than 30 months after the date of
disbursement of the first grant under the pilot program established under this
section, initiate an evaluation of the pilot program; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID66961B3DF7D147C7974F2F4825F4895F"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not later than 6 months after the date of
the initiation of the evaluation under paragraph (1), transmit to the
Administrator, the Chief Counsel for Advocacy, the Committee on Small Business
and Entrepreneurship of the Senate, and the Committee on Small Business of the
House of Representatives, a report containing—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID55642EA4ECFF4B1CB25FFE4F3BE685D2"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the results of the evaluation; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDE2742E683A364FFB90ACB8FD5BA85FBD"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any recommendations as to whether the pilot
program, with or without modification, should be extended to include the
participation of all small business development centers.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA86CC4D92A9745B49B3DBD2C5BCD4E6F"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Posting of
information</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Administrator shall post on the website of the Administration and
publish in the Federal Register a guidance document describing the requirements
of an application for assistance under this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4C65D1B87D364D9BA991C689E26436EF"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID43FC3407F89E4BE2B579C4AF004343BC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized
to be appropriated to carry out this section—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID90595B0C6C4844DF889989FA9900DBD3"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$5,000,000 for the first fiscal year
beginning after the date of enactment of this Act; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6B48B31CC437413AA1AEFB1097001F75"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$5,000,000 for each of the 3 fiscal years
following the fiscal year described in subparagraph (A).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDE9133F800C684AB9A93FE15E0064A300"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitation on
use of other funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
Administrator may carry out the pilot program established under this section
only with amounts appropriated in advance specifically to carry out this
section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDC40239AF86AF4FB996003515FA007092"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Termination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Small Business Regulatory Assistance
Pilot Program established under this section shall terminate 4 years after the
date of disbursement of the first grant under the pilot program.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9A990D247DA342E9A623F758ABFAE3C3"><enum>504.</enum><header>Rulemaking</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">After providing notice and an opportunity
for comment, and after consulting with the association (but not later than 180
days after the date of enactment of this Act), the Administrator shall
promulgate final regulations to carry out this title, including regulations
that establish—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID2975795F6FA6412B8647B23FB74EDE03"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">priorities for the types of assistance to
be provided under the pilot program established under this title;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0F295D792714486000DB539653F83F5B"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">standards relating to educational,
technical, and support services to be provided by participating small business
development centers;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDE0013DC70B8248529C2D1CE5A743F2B1"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">standards relating to any national service
delivery and support function to be provided by the association under the pilot
program;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID330A5F1A44D2406384F62E30C2EA1552"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">standards relating to any work plan that
the Administrator may require a participating small business development center
to develop; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID897E5EF195494016B1F0F5D233713BEB"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">standards relating to the educational,
technical, and professional competency of any expert or other assistance
provider to whom a small business concern may be referred for compliance
assistance under the pilot program.</text>
</paragraph></section><enum>VI</enum><header>Other
provisions</header>
<section id="id0EC1A3CFE00D43DA9F05DD861D7718DE"><enum>601.</enum><header>Minority
Entrepreneurship and Innovation Pilot Program</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFB18F66AF7AC40FF88551D5A9B00C5BA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1855F3965EA440E49C7B956190720A63"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the terms
<term>Alaska Native-serving institution</term> and <term>Native
Hawaiian-serving institution</term> have the meanings given those terms in
section 317 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1059d);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idADB758EF902E4B778DB7818A270F16E1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <term>Hispanic serving
institution</term> has the meaning given the term in section 502 of the Higher
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1101a);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id96984503D99A4CD1A4338F3CECA74DEC"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <term>historically Black college
and university</term> has the meaning given the term <quote>part B
institution</quote> in section 322 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20
U.S.C. 1061);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA9415609D1E74AF4AC4D0DB4E877EAD9"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <term>small business development
center</term> has the same meaning as in section 21 of the Small Business Act
(15 U.S.C. 648); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id710E9CEA8639418893E77846EBC8B77D"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <term>Tribal College</term> has
the meaning given the term <quote>tribally controlled college or
university</quote> in section 2 of the Tribally Controlled College or
University Assistance Act of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 1801).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF98FBF77543441429417ABCC57039E96"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Minority
entrepreneurship and innovation grants</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDd8507a108b23486ca2bcffc2177fa1ca"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
General</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator
shall make grants to historically Black colleges and universities, Tribal
Colleges, Hispanic serving institutions, Alaska Native-serving institutions,
and Native Hawaiian-serving institutions, or to any entity formed by a
combination of such institutions—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDd550947c82044641acd1d4ca94b5cc3f"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to assist in establishing an
entrepreneurship curriculum for undergraduate or graduate studies; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDf317194c681f488dbb2026cfbc448f2e"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for placement of small business development
centers on the physical campus of the institution.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID57de906c12f447729ae415feae65b584"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Curriculum
Requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An institution of
higher education receiving a grant under this subsection shall develop a
curriculum that includes training in various skill sets needed by successful
entrepreneurs, including—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID2796577f9ebc42c4b084f53089ef54af"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">business management and marketing,
financial management and accounting, market analysis and competitive analysis,
innovation and strategic planning; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3316c231aea84f41a8e4c1e1990311a5"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">additional entrepreneurial skill sets
specific to the needs of the student population and the surrounding community,
as determined by the institution.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDd1ff7cb013a74ad3bcba054f95df554c"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Small business
development center requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each institution receiving a grant under
this subsection shall open a small business development center that—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID93707d6a6d1d473cb1fbe07349fd3e96"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">performs studies, research, and counseling
concerning the management, financing, and operation of small business
concerns;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDcbc960ec5ad243a08f3b33d1db9e228d"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">performs management training and technical
assistance regarding the participation of small business concerns in
international markets, export promotion and technology transfer, and the
delivery or distribution of such services and information;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID2df713a63a4b4b8f8bed5d635981c59c"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">offers referral services for entrepreneurs
and small business concerns to business development, financing, and legal
experts; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID696408c0e75d4c8fa5e8832c498d3ed9"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">promotes market-specific innovation, niche
marketing, capacity building, international trade, and strategic planning as
keys to long-term growth for its small business concern and entrepreneur
clients.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID33d8c3ffe4e04b96a257b60a1f8f1f2b"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Grant
limitations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A grant under
this subsection—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID25dfd0f0fb6b496685ee9aa3944b8a40"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may not exceed $500,000 for any fiscal year
for any 1 institution of higher education;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID43092d72063f464fb91458a024481c8e"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may not be used for any purpose other than
those associated with the direct costs incurred to develop and implement a
curriculum that fosters entrepreneurship and the costs incurred to organize and
run a small business development center on the grounds of the institution;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDa86b4c05aea84cda8c47f63241159f93"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may not be used for building expenses,
administrative travel budgets, or other expenses not directly related to the
implementation of the curriculum or activities authorized by this
section.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID918743e2996247e6a4f79339b491e119"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Exception from
Small Business Act requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section
21(a)(4) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 648(a)(4)) do not apply to
assistance made available under this subsection.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1898494eb5594dcf8280f3ca69bf2a2a"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than November 1 of each year, the
Associate Administrator of Entrepreneurial Development of the Administration
shall submit to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the
Senate and the Committee on Small Business of the House of Representatives, a
report evaluating the award and use of grants under this subsection during the
preceding fiscal year, which shall include—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDc1111d6d6ded4bdb8691a64582cac7d0"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of each entrepreneurship
program developed with grant funds, the date of the award of such grant, and
the number of participants in each such program;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID2bc6f7ea5e0c463ea403e686d50db7ba"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number of small business concerns
assisted by each small business development center established with a grant
under this subsection; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDf562aa4fd0824d8db0e4c77527db0731"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">data regarding the economic impact of the
small business development center counseling provided under a grant under this
subsection.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID805151531ae44b0aa22ce6836ac59a64"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorization of
Appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $10,000,000, to remain
available until expended, for each of fiscal years 2008 and 2010.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID37167f8453704e9d8b35c656b73210e4"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Limitation on
use of Other Funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
Administrator shall carry out this section only with amounts appropriated in
advance specifically to carry out this section.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="id6330DC4ABB894B3880453C966EF38E02"><enum>602.</enum><header>Institutions of
higher education</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4551F5CA96A7445F9AE76753E5F30736"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 21(a)(1) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.
648(a)(1)) is amended by striking <quote>: <italic>Provided,
</italic>That</quote> and all that follows through <quote>on such date.</quote>
and inserting the following: <quote>On and after December 31, 2007, the
Administration may only make a grant under this paragraph to an applicant that
is an institution of higher education, as defined in section 101(a) of the
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a)) that is accredited (and not
merely in preaccreditation status) by a nationally recognized accrediting
agency or association, recognized by the Secretary of Education for such
purpose in accordance with section 496 of that Act (20 U.S.C. 1099b), or to a
women's business center operating pursuant to section 29 as a small business
development center, unless the applicant was receiving a grant (including a
contract or cooperative agreement) on December 31, 2007.</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idED0D7360C25E4109B90E8AA4591FF3F2"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective
date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendment made by
subsection (a) shall take effect on December 31, 2007.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD777924D542A47A490B2DD903332A3AC"><enum>603.</enum><header>Health
insurance options information for small business concerns</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id127916431BF44E7D8A84955384A641E0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the following definitions
shall apply:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id53F737FDE07D4F7E822FC1256003B365"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Association</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>association</term> means an
association established under section 21(a)(3)(A) of the
<act-name parsable-cite="SBA">Small Business Act</act-name> (15 U.S.C.
648(a)(3)(A)) representing a majority of small business development
centers.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4A97D16B6FFB4FBE8BC2D99ACFAA4AB8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Participating
small business development center</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>participating small business
development center</term> means a small business development center described
in section 21 of the <act-name parsable-cite="SBA">Small Business
Act</act-name> (15 U.S.C. 648) that—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFEFE049292F5453CA4BA5A99F9900090"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is certified under section 21(k)(2) of the
<act-name parsable-cite="SBA">Small Business Act</act-name> (15 U.S.C.
648(k)(2)); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8391DA60D13B4096A4AE053CBC6175C9"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">receives a grant under the pilot
program.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAB37561480A94B5D8CF7047EB40EFF0E"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Pilot
program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>pilot
program</term> means the small business health insurance information pilot
program established under this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9F237014D4204C61A820DD75FC8C8D57"><enum>(4)</enum><header>State</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>State</term> means each of
the several States of the United States, the District of Columbia, the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and
Guam.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB29CEAD04A064683A0E5B844A702ACEA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Small Business
Health Insurance Information Pilot Program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator shall establish a pilot
program to make grants to small business development centers to provide neutral
and objective information and educational materials regarding health insurance
options, including coverage options within the small group market, to small
business concerns.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7A68F9C7A3CB46B1A4071BB908669386"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Applications</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBAAF14029C2F4E5898AA0193697674AE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Posting of
information</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Administrator shall post on the website of the Administration and
publish in the Federal Register a guidance document describing—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id132ACDD66F1C42CAA10F41A44F0C2427"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the requirements
of an application for a grant under the pilot program; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id42C45A8F3EC04826AFF6A2EB0374D1F0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the types of
informational and educational materials regarding health insurance options to
be created under the pilot program, including by referencing materials and
resources developed by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, the
Kaiser Family Foundation, and the Healthcare Leadership Council.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAFB80517DF164324B40569F5E01D0001"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Submission</header><text>A
small business development center desiring a grant under the pilot program
shall submit an application at such time, in such manner, and accompanied by
such information as the Administrator may reasonably require.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF2E7C6C42DF54A13BF5724493FE388B9"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Selection of
participating small business development centers</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6F353BAF3F1C4648AFF13E6F30267709"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Administrator shall select not more than 20 small
business development centers to receive a grant under the pilot program.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1D7BBB880C0243DBA49FD50DB4F3A02D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Selection of
programs</header><text>In selecting small business development centers under
paragraph (1), the Administrator may not select—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFB7EFA07A93D4B66BDA3B3554AFC87EB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>more than 2
programs from each of the groups of States described in paragraph (3);
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCEBB9D9EBC874B38989BDAE641D12325"><enum>(B)</enum><text>more than 1
program in any State.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id382A9123D54641088FBBDD46E617598A"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Groupings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The groups of States described in this
paragraph are the following:</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE0F06EAA4FAB4B79A4E28C83A5DF522E"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Group
1</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Group 1 shall consist of
Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Vermont, and Rhode
Island.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1D4F87D3F42A4F0399AD8A4FA600C838"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Group
2</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Group 2 shall consist of
New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7C75720420CB432F862A5F6D13BBF580"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Group
3</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Group 3 shall consist of
Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, the District of Columbia, and
Delaware.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF1FCE38D2326448891BCF49711D6C7B6"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Group
4</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Group 4 shall consist of
Georgia, Alabama, North Carolina, South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida,
Kentucky, and Tennessee.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id45AB21FB85A44C4EA4F0FBA73F5953A9"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Group
5</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Group 5 shall consist of
Illinois, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Wisconsin, and Minnesota.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDA9F6257CD694265B85B7E5172E41412"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Group
6</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Group 6 shall consist of
Texas, New Mexico, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0608CBDC3C5B4CCBB68217706812B3A4"><enum>(G)</enum><header>Group
7</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Group 7 shall consist of
Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, and Kansas.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2ECF7FD321B44A90B75CE4CDD769589B"><enum>(H)</enum><header>Group
8</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Group 8 shall consist of
Colorado, Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, and Utah.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idED50D73DF53B4089A71189CDAD8D852E"><enum>(I)</enum><header>Group
9</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Group 9 shall consist of
California, Guam, American Samoa, Hawaii, Nevada, and Arizona.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBF4FF59A09E0487F9C1902A72DA7060F"><enum>(J)</enum><header>Group
10</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Group 10 shall consist of
Washington, Alaska, Idaho, and Oregon.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id43BF113236FE47298AEED3EAB92A4110"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Deadline for
selection</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator
shall make selections under this subsection not later than 6 months after the
later of the date on which the information described in subsection (c)(1) is
posted on the website of the Administration and the date on which the
information described in subsection (c)(1) is published in the Federal
Register.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDEA5BD5CCB434315B90A2BE4BA28C4D3"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Use of
funds</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9D4E9240DAA84D27937AD4A6E1DA1EC1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A participating small
business development center shall use funds provided under the pilot program
to—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD07DD3F5B86447068EA8680499609DA4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>create and
distribute informational materials; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDD5547B5958D4590BAFAAC9164660F3C"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">conduct training and educational
activities.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0B03E594A58D4FC7B96E63B7FC440460"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Content of
materials</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7FADE553C8DB495E8ED0509871AD9994"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>In creating materials under the pilot program, a
participating small business development center shall evaluate and incorporate
relevant portions of existing informational materials regarding health
insurance options, including materials and resources developed by the National
Association of Insurance Commissioners, the Kaiser Family Foundation, and the
Healthcare Leadership Council.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3552C3E45DF9468DBD50AFA25F1FEE9E"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Health insurance
options</header><text>In incorporating information regarding health insurance
options under subparagraph (A), a participating small business development
center shall provide neutral and objective information regarding health
insurance options in the geographic area served by the participating small
business development center, including traditional employer sponsored health
insurance for the group insurance market, such as the health insurance options
defined in section 2791 of the Public Health Services Act (42 U.S.C. 300gg–91)
or section 125 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and Federal and State
health insurance programs.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3CB00D7408894C04AD3B031266D61BE9"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Grant
amounts</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each participating
small business development center program shall receive a grant in an amount
equal to—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id76EBD3B5C3634358A45402892A74F448"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not less than $150,000 per fiscal year;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC566236E606A4F288FAFF975E825F551"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not more than $300,000 per fiscal
year.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1DC3658A4DA54647B24188209C33ECC1"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Matching
requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subparagraphs (A)
and (B) of section 21(a)(4) of the <act-name parsable-cite="SBA">Small Business
Act</act-name> (15 U.S.C. 648(a)(4)) shall apply to assistance made available
under the pilot program.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4F0C4DC6A0CF435DAD3DD5538C9911B9"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Reports</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each participating small business
development center shall transmit to the Committee on Small Business and
Entrepreneurship of the Senate and the Committee on Small Business of the House
of Representatives, a quarterly report that includes—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idADA86CB231B547E38D4E57A7F1C4B020"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a summary of the information and
educational materials regarding health insurance options provided by the
participating small business development center under the pilot program;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9EA75B571758496AB55A6108EE66CD65"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number of small business concerns
assisted under the pilot program.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFD27258066B348769C2890586DE1E0E6"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id024E5C3FC4FA47D0862965918F4DB835"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized
to be appropriated to carry out this section—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7139373532C646EF8B0BDA46A1BF30A1"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$5,000,000 for the first fiscal year
beginning after the date of enactment of this Act; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC4854A44CB704A3BA3EBDCFD11890958"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$5,000,000 for each of the 3 fiscal years
following the fiscal year described in subparagraph (A).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9E6E3F2FBE55443B9891571E0CE250E3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitation on
use of other funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
Administrator may carry out the pilot program only with amounts appropriated in
advance specifically to carry out this section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id4D93597C1C4F470BAA9892ED4F4917CF"><enum>604.</enum><header>National Small
Business Development Center Advisory Board</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 21(i)(1) of the Small Business Act
(15 U.S.C. 648(i)(1)) is amended by striking <quote>nine members</quote> and
inserting <quote>10 members</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="IDdd174e72e047491490ac2e75a9f51ded"><enum>605.</enum><header>Office of
Native American Affairs pilot program</header>
<subsection id="ID5b69e61f41e94de6a3730440a9fca39c"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>In
this section, the term <term>Indian tribe</term> means any band, nation, or
organized group or community of Indians located in the contiguous United
States, and the Metlakatla Indian Community, whose members are recognized as
eligible for the services provided to Indians by the Secretary of the Interior
because of their status as Indians.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDcc36f3a1cc0a4d90b2ad2c2f7a64db86"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization</header><text>The
Office of Native American Affairs of the Administration may conduct a pilot
program—</text>
<paragraph id="IDdcb39df5e22649bdbb1302126d8c611b"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to develop and
publish a self-assessment tool for Indian tribes that will allow such tribes to
evaluate and implement best practices for economic development; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDfba0a8bb7a954b0eaa3c8399b585ebd8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to provide
assistance to Indian tribes, through the Inter-Agency Working Group, in
identifying and implementing economic development opportunities available from
the Federal Government and private enterprise, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDe3e772ab67d44e02a0d92b3bb2cbe1df"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the
Administration;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID0fec25e73280436ba5de364d87466d65"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Department of
Energy;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDf8a9930114a44b2d99ff78e666e861ea"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the Environmental
Protection Agency;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID3f67a71d836349cbb4b36f12dd49e8ea"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the Department of
Commerce;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID5127b83f1b284868ab7bfa185448772e"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the Federal
Communications Commission;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDbf5b6268e1164a71abb532896ca4c158"><enum>(F)</enum><text>the Department of
Justice;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDdf57cda0f95540108b8d29c1cb4a323f"><enum>(G)</enum><text>the Department of
Labor;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID87511a1a6254481f9aa6b12ea351c8da"><enum>(H)</enum><text>the Office of
National Drug Control Policy; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID97d8069df8dc44efab693869f8ecf201"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the Department of
Agriculture.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID0ba79d78364546ffb49f24b33e448fad"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Termination of
program</header><text>The authority to conduct a pilot program under this
section shall terminate on September 30, 2009.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDe0790395bfda4a6592d0a3c1d43330d4"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than September 30, 2009, the Office of Native American Affairs shall
submit a report to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the
Senate and the Committee on Small Business of the House of Representatives
regarding the effectiveness of the self-assessment tool developed under
subsection (b)(1).</text>
</subsection></section><section id="id88900FF5050B4993B493C4D1CB3EC14F"><enum>606.</enum><header>Privacy
requirements for SCORE chapters</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 8 of the Small Business Act (15
U.S.C. 637) is amended by inserting after subsection (b) the following</text>
<quoted-block changed="deleted" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id08BC3BE5E2F54DDEB0C5F97573090E30" reported-display-style="strikethrough" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDF580685325F3402BBF8820763E881D92"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Privacy requirements</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3213C3F83BB345F2A96B55CEEEA0E937"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>A chapter of the Service Corps of Retired Executives
program authorized by subsection (b)(1) or an agent of such a chapter may not
disclose the name, address, or telephone number of any individual or small
business concern receiving assistance from that chapter or agent without the
consent of such individual or small business concern, unless—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID2C5C32D57E144E8987126CFCDBACED69"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Administrator
is ordered to make such a disclosure by a court in any civil or criminal
enforcement action initiated by a Federal or State agency; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDCC4A1B6819C245E19C0E7EAD8C4954CC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Administrator
considers such a disclosure to be necessary for the purpose of conducting a
financial audit of a chapter of the Service Corps of Retired Executives program
authorized by subsection (b)(1), but a disclosure under this subparagraph shall
be limited to the information necessary for such audit.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9FEA992F4C0040DEA2CD86822406E8F6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Administrator
use of information</header><text>This subsection shall not—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDD873197BCC6241F19C3884119666CB6F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>restrict
Administrator access to program activity data; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDCECC40800C1E4A3BB2961C88715F3071"><enum>(B)</enum><text>prevent the
Administrator from using client information to conduct client surveys.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9E9C4E3619C845EBBDEBF6C0EBFB56BF"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Regulations</header>
<subparagraph id="IDC3B72F90FF3446F79B35260EC2C91723"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Administrator shall issue regulations to establish
standards—</text>
<clause id="ID6DB71CC06BFC40D68AADD5E00AF02BD0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>for disclosures
with respect to financial audits under paragraph (1)(B); and</text>
</clause><clause id="IDF9244919A85947AF961ADC27EB192421"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>for client
surveys under paragraph (2)(B), including standards for oversight of such
surveys and for dissemination and use of client information.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDC375EF61661341159377246A2FA9151D"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Maximum privacy
protection</header><text>Regulations under this paragraph shall, to the extent
practicable, provide for the maximum amount of privacy protection.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID25AE1D12C7E6406C87B7BBF0564EB6B7"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Inspector
general</header><text>Until the effective date of regulations under this
paragraph, any client survey and the use of such information shall be approved
by the Inspector General who shall include such approval in the semi-annual
report of the Inspector
General.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="ID2c949ae7b76b4fcdb8a06b8d553566ae"><enum>607.</enum><header>National small
business summit</header>
<subsection id="IDe3efe5cc46f24fb9add0dcc2e67c2b49"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than December 31, 2009, the President shall
convene a National Small Business Summit to examine the present conditions and
future of the community of small business concerns in the United States. The
summit shall include owners of small business concerns, representatives of
small business groups, labor, academia, State and Federal government, Federal
research and development agencies, and nonprofit policy groups concerned with
the issues of small business concerns.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID0c2a12d31b264760a931f35aae1b3e37"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than 90 days after the date of the conclusion of the summit convened
under subsection (a), the President shall issue a report on the results of the
summit. The report shall identify key challenges and recommendations for
promoting entrepreneurship and the growth of small business concerns.</text>
</subsection></section>
1.This Act may be cited as the
Entrepreneurial Development Act of
2007
.
2.The table of contents of this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short
title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
Sec. 3. Definitions.
TITLE
I—Reauthorization
Sec. 101. Reauthorization.
TITLE II—Women’s small business
ownership programs
Sec. 201. Office of Women’s Business
Ownership.
Sec. 202. Women’s Business Center
Program.
Sec. 203. National Women’s Business
Council.
Sec. 204. Interagency Committee on Women’s
Business Enterprise.
Sec. 205. Preserving the independence of the
National Women’s Business Council.
TITLE III—International
trade
Sec. 301. Small Business Administration
Associate Administrator for International Trade.
Sec. 302. Office of International
Trade.
TITLE IV—Native American Small
Business Development Program
Sec. 401. Short title.
Sec. 402. Native American Small Business
Development Program.
Sec. 403. Pilot programs.
TITLE V—National Small Business
Regulatory Assistance
Sec. 501. Short title.
Sec. 502. Purpose.
Sec. 503. Small Business Regulatory Assistance
Pilot Program.
Sec. 504. Rulemaking.
TITLE VI—Other
provisions
Sec. 601. Minority Entrepreneurship and
Innovation Pilot Program.
Sec. 602. Institutions of higher
education.
Sec. 603. Health insurance options information
for small business concerns.
Sec. 604. National Small Business Development
Center Advisory Board.
Sec. 605. Office of Native American Affairs
pilot program.
Sec. 606. Privacy requirements for SCORE
chapters.
Sec. 607. National Small Business
Summit.
3.In this Act—
(1)the terms
Administration and Administrator mean the Small
Business Administration and the Administrator thereof, respectively; and
(2)the term small
business concern has the meaning given that term in section 3 of the
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632).
<enum>I</enum><header>Reauthorization</header>
<section id="id5d10bf42-3159-459d-9f74-457292cb057d"><enum>101.</enum><header>Reauthorization</header>
<subsection id="idac4bce82-9e61-4495-b796-c7120dd6b722"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 20 of the
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631 note) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idc03a38c1-75f2-4117-bbc7-ce6f3940fd80"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subsections (d), (e), and (j);
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ide4a48e53-dac0-4a48-9a53-ff1c5c8bbce7"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc49cb72f-d9cd-41cc-84d6-3ac934492da7" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection id="id1e918208-23bf-4438-a077-353cb305372f"><enum>(d)</enum><header>SCORE
program</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the
Administrator to carry out the Service Corps of Retired Executives program
authorized by section 8(b)(1) such sums as are necessary for the Administrator
to make grants or enter into cooperative agreements for a total of—</text>
<paragraph id="idccb641cb-be3f-4e64-a3ab-7a9b83bbef12"><enum>(1)</enum><text>$7,000,000 in fiscal year
2008;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id9717a537-de7c-46b6-9972-47148ff083eb"><enum>(2)</enum><text>$8,000,000 in fiscal year
2009; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ida498f73c-c841-49c5-8550-72e6ac4c0cd0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>$9,000,000 in fiscal year
2010.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id2b8cfc8b-5ee0-4809-8772-c5d99e90d7cf"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Small business
development centers</header><text>Section 21 of the Small Business Act (15
U.S.C. 648) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="ide8f47c6e-3b27-43c5-bcdc-a9c6ecc4ba80"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)(4)(C),
by amending clause (vii) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3a4758c3-cca6-4e5a-afea-34d9e450f893" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<clause id="idaf132bf2-d703-4fdb-bf09-186c688cc4c6"><enum>(vii)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to carry
out this subparagraph—</text>
<subclause id="idaccb5655-558b-4d98-9e21-1ba549e468aa"><enum>(I)</enum><text>$135,000,000 for fiscal
year 2008;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="idb299336f-c288-4b79-8298-84717c3f258a"><enum>(II)</enum><text>$140,000,000 for fiscal
year 2009; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id0d9ea4c5-781e-497e-b961-61be18782f8c"><enum>(III)</enum><text>$145,000,000 for fiscal
year 2010.</text>
</subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idad21b6e0-71ec-40d5-974c-d50de2bff941"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (c)(3)(T),
by striking <quote>October 1, 2006</quote> and inserting <quote>October 1,
2010</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id5285776A810C4407BF0C8EC4F4C40A9E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Paul D. Coverdell
drug-free workplace program</header>
<paragraph id="ida471330a-835c-4e7f-a41d-604638cbbb01"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 27(g) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.
654(g)) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="id58a4ddce-a87e-4b9c-828b-27e847c7b5bb"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by
striking <quote>fiscal years 2005 and 2006</quote> and inserting <quote>fiscal
years 2008 through 2010</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id53293020A626410B98153B776C0EC4C6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by
striking <quote>fiscal years 2005 and 2006</quote> and inserting <quote>fiscal
years 2008 through 2010</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idF7DE2ED7BA554BD6B437773E16AAA3FC"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment</header><text>Section 21(c)(3)(T) of the Small Business Act (15
U.S.C. 648(c)(3)(T)) is amended by striking <quote>October 1, 2006</quote> and
inserting <quote>October 1, 2010</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header>Women’s small business
ownership programs</header>
<section id="ide1feb33e-dce9-4bf5-bb16-34fc9e36cee0"><enum>201.</enum><header>Office of Women’s
Business Ownership</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
29(g) of the <act-name parsable-cite="SBA">Small Business Act</act-name> (15
U.S.C. 656(g)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="ida0dbe219-7716-4007-bc3c-4398dc08988a"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id7cb193fd-8164-4c5e-934f-797973d40744"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)(i),
by striking “in the areas” and all that follows through the end of subclause
(I), and inserting the following: “to address issues concerning management,
operations, manufacturing, technology, finance, retail and product sales,
international trade, and other disciplines required for—</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSSB00" id="id424c5eb7-cc39-4860-9913-58f703939959" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="idd6c5a80d-83fc-4257-a233-6e03f1cfd71a" indent="down2"><enum>(I)</enum><text>starting, operating, and
growing a small business concern;</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5580fadf-0e74-4279-955e-3bb8fb29e270"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C), by
inserting before the period at the end the following: <quote>, the National
Women’s Business Council, and any association of women’s business
centers</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id20e83433-9e1b-4da3-8f9d-0b15411454df"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSSB00" id="idbc891b89-1382-47c4-ba9a-877ff9adad91" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="idefd9ca18-008f-4999-a3d1-4e1f47c9c4e3"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Programs and services
for women-owned small businesses</header><text>The Assistant Administrator, in
consultation with the National Women’s Business Council, the Interagency
Committee on Women’s Business Enterprise, and 1 or more associations of women’s
business centers, shall develop programs and services for women-owned
businesses (as defined in section 408 of the Women’s Business Ownership Act of
1988 (15 U.S.C. 631 note)) in business areas, which may include—</text>
<subparagraph id="idc099f057-de83-49a3-b91d-567c2e821fb7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>manufacturing;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idce477411-0543-42fa-a8c6-5ce5fe7ad4ef"><enum>(B)</enum><text>technology;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id907c8fe1-3f14-4f43-8e4d-118c27c98549"><enum>(C)</enum><text>professional
services;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id84806933-d2b6-4b17-987a-ffbf06867ac8"><enum>(D)</enum><text>retail and product
sales;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id49e86edd-d8d8-4965-b6e8-554aa567769f"><enum>(E)</enum><text>travel and
tourism;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id83c5794c-cda0-41dd-a630-1d57589ef8b6"><enum>(F)</enum><text>international trade;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3f7309c6-585e-4555-9d75-a06f7a3a9004"><enum>(G)</enum><text>Federal Government
contract business development.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id145f11fe-263c-4e47-a970-7d3364919e57"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Training</header><text>The
Administrator shall provide annual programmatic and financial oversight
training for women’s business ownership representatives and district office
technical representatives of the Administration to enable representatives to
carry out their responsibilities under this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ide2e96315-a43b-4059-9987-c650e9dffd9f"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Grant program and
transparency improvements</header><text>The Administrator shall improve the
transparency of the women’s business center grant proposal process and the
programmatic and financial oversight process by—</text>
<subparagraph id="id0f008a28-1811-4246-a7ee-fb77c1af499e"><enum>(A)</enum><text>providing notice to the
public of each women’s business center grant announcement for an initial and
renewal grant, not later than 6 months before awarding such grant;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3c5332c6-f652-4bbc-968f-d0694feb6315"><enum>(B)</enum><text>providing notice to grant
applicants and recipients of program evaluation and award criteria, not later
than 12 months before any such evaluation;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9c1fac24-b77f-463e-945b-242ff248ef89"><enum>(C)</enum><text>reducing paperwork and
reporting requirements for grant applicants and recipients;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0c6d0206-3e89-4661-984e-3f1aae1dad9d"><enum>(D)</enum><text>standardizing the
oversight and review process of the Administration; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id408286a0-060e-4e80-87cd-0473e044331a"><enum>(E)</enum><text>providing to each women’s
business center, not later than 30 days after the completion of a site visit
(whether conducted for an audit, performance review, or other reason) at that
center, a copy of site visit reports and evaluation reports prepared by
district office technical representatives or Administration
officials.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="idbda7564a-57da-4f3c-886d-4666e7726afe"><enum>202.</enum><header>Women’s Business
Center Program</header>
<subsection id="idc99ceccc-8ff0-4a48-a828-6cac7b0391e5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Women’s Business Center
Grants Program</header><text>Section 29 of the <act-name parsable-cite="SBA">Small Business Act</act-name> (15 U.S.C. 656) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id85b92ea9-bb5f-4a4c-ae07-6c3896a3304f"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id2e72d00d-8f6d-49da-a3f2-1ef0b806afd3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraphs (2), (3), and (4), as paragraphs (3), (4), and (5), respectively;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2bf6a442-52fc-45ee-bba1-8d5264bbf738"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting after
paragraph (1) the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSSB00" id="idb415d532-457d-41f0-ad48-27683f639253" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="id04a33445-096c-4c26-95cd-182575fb432b"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the term
<term>association of women’s business centers</term> means an organization that
represents not fewer than 30 percent of the women’s business centers that are
participating in a program under this section, and whose primary purpose is to
represent women’s business centers;</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id6ee44c19-33c1-4888-aed4-5d2f9979b596"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id9981f01b-13b9-4cbc-9594-f6a59c810279"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) as subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C), and adjusting
the margins accordingly;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc3a4b4ec-a7ae-4f11-88be-b9026d9ac224"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>The
Administration</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id91add2c0-f001-4caf-8655-482bbc4c2ccc" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="idf7df27e5-8816-40a5-9510-a55ea3a4d7ea"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The
Administration</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id508d5b29-bf14-4dfb-acbb-e345f8ea2da8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking <quote>The
projects shall</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id260bb0c1-4789-46af-9c22-a149de09f22d" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="ide8190170-a217-4e43-81fd-4826f396deca"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Use of
funds</header><text>The projects shall</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id42b0d095-82c3-48d1-b941-d271e25e1cc0"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id145cc543-6955-4fb8-8058-fbfa0450786b" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="ida84511de-0fc2-44f8-b8f7-57f3eef5c8a6"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Amount of
grants</header>
<subparagraph id="idec2b084a-6d60-451f-af4c-e8ddeaa4a29b"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Administrator may award a grant under this subsection
of not more than $150,000 per year.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida6b706f1-e26a-4776-a6be-d5a77c86f8ca"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Equal
allocations</header><text>In the event that the Administration has insufficient
funds to provide grants of $150,000 for each grant recipient under this
subsection in any fiscal year, available funds shall be allocated equally to
grant recipients, unless any recipient requests a lower amount than the
allocable amount.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id148034de-65a2-4eb5-a16b-e210e15fad41"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Associations of Women’s
Business Centers</header>
<subparagraph id="id32c69cfb-a544-4a89-828f-66e14face853"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Recognition</header><text>The
Administrator shall recognize the existence and activities of any association
of women’s business centers established to address matters of common
concern.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1a8c9dcd-f7b6-4c45-bdac-af5c9d7cb264"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>The
Administrator shall consult with each association of women’s business centers
to develop—</text>
<clause id="id31b71573-9c56-4912-b9b1-3ba1b0dd4f92"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a training program for
the staff of the women’s business centers and the Administration; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id0781bbb7-a3eb-4e5a-859e-347434ed1098"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>recommendations to
improve the policies and procedures for governing the general operations and
administration of the Women’s Business Center Program, including grant program
improvements under subsection (g)(5).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id723E3E2F97334E0E81BDEDD758F782F9"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking subsection
(f) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0C9FA25DF9424FC4B487C2170A889DC4" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection id="ID700b0ad9777a4c67adaa77a2a3978482"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Applications and
criteria for initial grants</header>
<paragraph id="id43ED3A269282400F89F026D35FFAAFA6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Application</header><text>Each
organization desiring a grant under subsection (b) shall submit to the
Administrator an application that contains—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID136ce6b3dedb4e19a2622a04e87851b8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a certification that the
applicant—</text>
<clause id="ID76bc6ade52b342fa9fe5d806f6fa84dc"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is a private nonprofit
organization;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID0b85f7658d1f4967969e26f8efb6246f"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>has designated an
executive director or program manager, who may be compensated from grant funds
or other sources, to manage the center; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID49a7095b71e44aefa837d110a937380f"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>as a condition of
receiving a grant under subsection (b), agrees—</text>
<subclause id="ID2fdd5947436e45d0a4ab4c85dfad522b"><enum>(I)</enum><text>to receive a site visit
as part of the final selection process;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID20d7fa2aaa97435d91a3ecf2790bbc15"><enum>(II)</enum><text>to undergo an annual
programmatic and financial examination; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID1bdbf995e87c4c9d803e7ed94ab61ce0"><enum>(III)</enum><text>to the maximum extent
practicable, to remedy any problems identified pursuant to the site visit or
examination under subclauses (I) and (II);</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDe5413055b9c642688dcf29d59883747d"><enum>(B)</enum><text>information demonstrating
that the applicant has the ability and resources to meet the needs of the
market to be served by the women's business center site for which a grant under
subsection (b) is sought, including the ability to comply with the matching
requirement under subsection (c);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDa9fed9fd61f84eb7bda23c4f03422b02"><enum>(C)</enum><text>information relating to
assistance to be provided by the women's business center site for which a grant
under subsection (b) is sought in the area in which the site is located;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID19bb0b5fc3804b859520189a4020bb92"><enum>(D)</enum><text>information demonstrating
the effective experience of the applicant in—</text>
<clause id="IDcf82f7a91de94cc78538ab327c3a9753"><enum>(i)</enum><text>conducting financial,
management, and marketing assistance programs, as described under subsection
(b)(2), which are designed to teach or upgrade the business skills of women who
are business owners or potential business owners;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID1595fdc24d214118b2bb40c85e92a0a1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>providing training and
services to a representative number of women who are both socially and
economically disadvantaged; and</text>
</clause><clause id="IDfb466d88da90497cbf60905c568651d0"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>using resource partners
of the Administration and other entities, such as universities;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDb81c21cd0e9946e9801d775519774bad"><enum>(E)</enum><text>a 5-year plan that
projects the ability of the women's business center site for which a grant is
sought—</text>
<clause id="ID8b0f6e798ebd45299919a57310d260ee"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to serve women who are
business owners or potential owners in the future by improving training and
counseling activities; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID28741cc4d3e4401ebd9ad6b960ca4dcc"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to provide training and
services to a representative number of women who are both socially and
economically disadvantaged; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDdac1b5df64c34df29dac70fee0a350da"><enum>(F)</enum><text>any additional
information that the Administrator may reasonably require.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID115d2cfe572140a38b540d38f4cd5219"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Review and approval of
applications for an initial grant</header>
<subparagraph id="ID3281102b6df04acca401bba9209992ff"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Administrator shall—</text>
<clause id="ID0c752e4f4d144205ad3c97d7e531f0c4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>review each application
submitted under paragraph (1), based on the information described in such
paragraph and the criteria set forth under subparagraph (B) of this paragraph;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="IDb7b832f5e64043b99a2a666a8505177e"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>as part of the final
selection process, conduct a site visit at each women's business center for
which a grant under subsection (b) is sought.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID6c2a23206eac4d7a9b45907e42a3e7f2"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Selection
criteria</header>
<clause id="idDDCE80A04C3D457D81D05AE78FD66A70"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Administrator shall evaluate applicants for grants
under subsection (b) in accordance with predetermined selection criteria that
shall be stated in terms of relative importance. Such criteria and their
relative importance shall be made publicly available and stated in each
solicitation for applications made by the Administrator.</text>
</clause><clause id="ID26c3212aec1d46d38b5ef0471a014168"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Required
criteria</header><text>The selection criteria for a grant under subsection (b)
shall include—</text>
<subclause id="ID0937651764df46e7aa7fdf1cfbfd133a"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the experience of the
applicant in conducting programs or ongoing efforts designed to teach or
upgrade the business skills of women who are business owners or potential
owners;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID6611ed1889cd4e7d9bc896dceb928a9b"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the ability of the
applicant to commence a project within a minimum amount of time;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID78c0e21502084914be6fb5842915a21f"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the ability of the
applicant to provide training and services to a representative number of women
who are both socially and economically disadvantaged; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID4ea6e001c1034d0084ffbcfe71dd9acc"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>the location for the
women's business center site proposed by the applicant.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID3d904d6ce2d14a05b3204dedc470ea53"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Notice</header><text>The
Administrator may not award a grant under subsection (b) to an applicant whose
principle place of business is located less than 50 miles from the principle
place of business of another organization receiving a grant under this section
unless the Administrator submits a written justification for the need to award
another grant under this section in that area to the Committee on Small
Business and Entrepreneurship of the Senate and the Committee on Small Business
of the House of Representatives.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID024892eba09a4fde81a29125cea7bbd4"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Record
retention</header><text>The Administrator shall maintain a copy of each
application submitted under this subsection for not less than 7
years.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id8A911E403A35427A8B74FD36C8480DA7"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (m), by
striking paragraph (3) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC7932C16D990455FB3CADC5CAB4B6BD6" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="IDf39b89cad7144718b6a9001548afad0d"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Application and
approval</header>
<subparagraph id="id2AC119F5BB8B41668C74D9A0DB6FB1D5"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Application</header><text>Each
organization desiring a grant this subsection, shall submit to the
Administrator, not later than 3 months before the expiration of a grant under
subsection (b) or this subsection, as the case may be, an application that
contains—</text>
<clause id="IDf375d44995a541d882445542713c2b35"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a certification that the
applicant—</text>
<subclause id="IDdd9bf9eb7cbf44ae846930c06a931e78"><enum>(I)</enum><text>is a private nonprofit
organization;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDb4938d7c6f43488186144404c3558ce4"><enum>(II)</enum><text>has designated an
executive director or program manager to manage the center; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDbccd377efce84dc0a56283be49cbf7dd"><enum>(III)</enum><text>as a condition of
receiving a grant under this subsection, agrees—</text>
<item id="ID402b3f081b01427d982962395b335246"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>to receive a site visit
as part of the final selection process;</text>
</item><item id="ID44916668bfc0478ea92ea25822ccf617"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>to submit, for the
preceding 2 years, annual programmatic and financial examination reports or
certified copies of the applicant's compliance supplemental audits under OMB
Circular A–133; and</text>
</item><item id="IDc3cad0882b244e3597a30809e5cfaf39"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>to the maximum extent
practicable, to remedy any problems identified pursuant to the site visit or
examination under items (aa) and (bb);</text>
</item></subclause></clause><clause id="IDf0a54ac44bf948aeb2c4fb0cd6f12704"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>information
demonstrating that the applicant has the ability and resources to meet the
needs of the market to be served by the women's business center site for which
a grant under this subsection is sought, including the ability to comply with
the matching requirement under paragraph (4)(C);</text>
</clause><clause id="ID43c1e85228de4f10920a7a750eaac339"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>information relating to
assistance to be provided by the women's business center site for which a grant
under this subsection is sought in the area in which the site is
located;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID3242cd7f7b6f44b18afb19a3cfad95c8"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>information
demonstrating the utilization of resource partners of the Administration and
other entities;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID774c5ff3b28c4be9a57e1edf95ca815d"><enum>(v)</enum><text>a 3-year plan that
projects the ability of the women's business center site for which a grant
under this subsection is sought—</text>
<subclause id="ID62655fa42a2241aa81a258f64e0396e6"><enum>(I)</enum><text>to serve women who are
business owners or potential owners in the future by improving training and
counseling activities; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID118f3cfae55d42fcab8d6432c2c6c680"><enum>(II)</enum><text>to provide training and
services to a representative number of women who are both socially and
economically disadvantaged; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="IDe650a30839ae489fb68f17764557b342"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>any additional
information that the Administrator may reasonably require.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID392b3b916ea8459699fad29989d7a0f7"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Review and approval of
applications for grants</header>
<clause id="ID408673cfe9314c1188902dd71571bfd5"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Administrator shall—</text>
<subclause id="IDf9968e57f12b459cb12b998bbd7b7769"><enum>(I)</enum><text>review each application
submitted under subparagraph (A), based on the information described in such
subparagraph and the criteria set forth under clause (ii) of this subparagraph;
and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDac99892c91764fae95a29a54ca05bae0"><enum>(II)</enum><text>as part of the final
selection process, conduct a site visit at each women's business center for
which a grant under this subsection is sought.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="ID1c3021ca33e940b6a5407a13be505ae4"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Selection
criteria</header>
<subclause id="idB0B84809D7BC4344A92009170DB5341D"><enum>(I)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Administrator shall evaluate applicants in accordance
with predetermined selection criteria that shall be stated in terms of relative
importance. Such criteria and their relative importance shall be made publicly
available and stated in each solicitation for applications made by the
Administrator.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID1203c76daaaa4afbbc1bdbe040ebccf9"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Required
criteria</header><text>The selection criteria for a grant under this subsection
shall include—</text>
<item id="IDdd955f00f26c4bc3b43b04ad336b8179"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>the total number of
entrepreneurs served by the applicant;</text>
</item><item id="ID5f049fa4a92b4673a01b802afc9ca12e"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>the total number of new
start-up companies assisted by the applicant;</text>
</item><item id="ID86dcd6876910476190f6b67a563f1627"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>the percentage of the
clients of the applicant that are socially or economically disadvantaged;
and</text>
</item><item id="IDadd0ce4a0b664ec8a77d3b4465dee3dd"><enum>(dd)</enum><text>the percentage of
individuals in the community served by the applicant who are socially or
economically disadvantaged.</text>
</item></subclause></clause><clause id="IDe1e7ce8074584e60b696a28f7294858a"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Conditions for
continued funding</header><text>In determining whether to make a grant under
this subsection, the Administrator—</text>
<subclause id="IDe0dd4ed7166a42f9a64711c55fb0d03f"><enum>(I)</enum><text>shall consider the
results of the most recent evaluation of the center, and, to a lesser extent,
previous evaluations; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID6baa8b9f83d448e5914039a87db71a3c"><enum>(II)</enum><text>may withhold such a
grant, if the Administrator determines that the center has failed to provide
the information required to be provided under this paragraph, or the
information provided by the center is inadequate.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idADF6A1669BEF431CA068038B4CD4D1C2"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Notification</header><text>Not
later than 60 days after the date of the deadline to submit applications for
each fiscal year, the Administrator shall approve or deny any application under
this paragraph and notify the applicant for each such application.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID0dfb918c777a4ed3b4d0bdf21f91e4ef"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Record
retention</header><text>The Administrator shall maintain a copy of each
application submitted under this paragraph for not less than 7
years.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id4ce23a6c-40f5-47b4-a9c9-ec4e94ee3fd5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Technical and
conforming Amendments</header>
<paragraph id="id9bc94c6b-ddbd-4634-9cce-9e76588bf885"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 29 of the <act-name parsable-cite="SBA">Small
Business Act</act-name> (15 U.S.C. 656) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="ida2199820-e6d2-40cb-bbf2-24d54e703de9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (h)(2), by
striking <quote>to award a contract (as a sustainability grant) under
subsection (l) or</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id04401b11-d138-40c4-a2de-0fc254f9f003"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (j)(1), by
striking <quote>The Administration</quote> and inserting <quote>Not later than
November 1st of each year, the Administrator</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb288433c-bdcd-479c-bf53-adf6185200da"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subsection (k)—</text>
<clause id="idB322B1B030784163AAE562B00900D959"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking paragraph
(4);</text>
</clause><clause id="idD676094F440247AD94EBB3DAE3FE4B5C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraph (3) as paragraph (5); and</text>
</clause><clause id="ida7a21f7f-26fc-4fbc-ae3f-785262efa748"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by striking paragraphs
(1) and (2) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSSB00" id="id00f2d4c1-7ac6-4b49-af44-be0609cd3119" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="id32e2f0f1-95fc-40c9-9c87-fb05943ed9bc"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the
Administration to carry out this section, to remain available until
expended—</text>
<subparagraph id="id063091b4-f990-4076-8cdc-d793190e28c9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$15,000,000 for fiscal
year 2008;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd79d9ad0-62f6-498b-870b-eb97c89e8922"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$16,000,000 for fiscal
year 2009; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2882c872-8ec1-4904-8782-7c2792b1bd97"><enum>(C)</enum><text>$17,500,000 for fiscal
year 2010.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id8e1b2a06-fab2-40b6-ab99-aab282b751e7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Allocation</header><text>Of
amounts made available pursuant to paragraph (1), the Administrator shall use
not less than 60 percent for grants under subsection (m).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc7469c00-8042-4d4e-83c3-b1fe0ed7eb3b"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Use of
amounts</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amounts made
available under this subsection may only be used for grant awards and may not
be used for costs incurred by the Administration in connection with the
management and administration of the program under this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID59d91980641e46058c23081b28da5f1d"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Continuing grant and
cooperative agreement authority</header>
<subparagraph id="idAEEE5F35C56F40B2ADA1CBED77330E8A"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The authority of the Administrator to make grants under
this section shall be in effect for each fiscal year only to the extent and in
the amounts as are provided in advance in appropriations Acts.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDdc3d57cd11d4443fb89c565fd92fc915"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Prompt
disbursement</header><text>In order to help women's business centers operate
smoothly and predictably, upon receiving funds to carry out this section for a
fiscal year, the Administrator shall promptly disburse funds to any women's
business center awarded a grant under this section.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID90cdde721b124145a618909c493e2279"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Renewal</header><text>After
the Administrator has entered into a grant or cooperative agreement with any
women's business center under this section, the Administrator shall not
suspend, terminate, or fail to renew or extend any such grant or cooperative
agreement, unless the Administrator provides the women's business center with
written notification setting forth the reasons for that action and affords the
center an opportunity for a hearing, appeal, or other administrative proceeding
under chapter 5 of title 5, United States
Code.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id00c7a88e-807b-42a9-878c-f6d0721dc675"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Renewal grants</header>
<subparagraph id="idc8889807-2d5c-46c0-87e8-43a42021cd12"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 29 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 656) is
amended by redesignating subsections (m) and (n) as subsections (l) and (m),
respectively.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2e4c273b-0181-448e-84cb-77b31dd34ea9"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Reference</header><text>Subsection
(l)(4)(D) of section 29 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 656), as
redesignated by subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, is amended by striking
<quote>or subsection (l)</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1e99092a-bb97-4a08-b057-ae88789a83ff"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Allocation</header><text>Section
29(k)(2) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 656(k)(2)), as amended by this
Act, is amended by striking <quote>subsection (m)</quote> and inserting
<quote>subsection (l)</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idbe6091b3-1251-49aa-9c15-2be0787eeceb"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by this paragraph shall take effect on
the day after the effective date of the amendments made by section 8305(b) of
the Small Business and Work Opportunity Act of 2007 (Public Law 110-28)
(striking subsection (l)).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idaf037d85-5c40-43d9-b00c-90a55f27814f"><enum>203.</enum><header>National Women’s
Business Council</header>
<subsection id="idb2adaf7f-c48a-432b-b256-97bf27e11577"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Cosponsorship
Authority</header><text>Section 406 of the Women’s Business Ownership Act of
1988 (15 U.S.C. 7106) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSSB00" id="id57aafa39-735c-4561-8bfa-1fefddc0e379" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection id="idb1dc5d95-7a03-44f5-9479-a843c595092d"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Cosponsorship
Authority</header><text>The Council is authorized to enter into agreements as a
cosponsor with public and private entities, in the same manner as is provided
in section 4(h) of the <act-name parsable-cite="SBA">Small Business
Act</act-name> (15 U.S.C. 633(h)), to carry out its duties under this
section.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="id99645c82-7175-4be8-9797-452e7dfbb5b6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Membership</header><text>Section
407(f) of the Women’s Business Ownership Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 7107(f)) is
amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSSB00" id="id2716797a-b175-455d-8c90-6a0e880fa309" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="idc0fc0ed4-92cc-480a-8111-31a65f907a01"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Representation of
member organizations</header><text>In consultation with the chairperson of the
Council and the Administrator, a national women's business organization or
small business concern that is represented on the Council may replace its
representative member on the Council during the service term to which that
member was
appointed.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="idf16a7722-f9be-45ec-9bb5-72240706a15a"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Establishment of
working groups</header><text>Title IV of the Women’s Business Ownership Act of
1988 (15 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 410, the
following new section:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSSB00" id="idd8a3dae2-f890-4cfa-ac04-ca47caf95ac0" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<section id="id79ad290e-1e71-4b4b-a561-249578ecaa00"><enum>411.</enum><header>Working
groups</header>
<subsection id="idaf22792f-b9e2-4e46-ac05-99aef3528a94"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>There
are established within the Council, working groups, as directed by the
chairperson.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id5bb63357-38e0-4e91-89c0-1f6a097b40c3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>The
working groups established under subsection (a) shall perform such duties as
the chairperson shall
direct.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="id629ab248-8d70-4ffb-a0c7-a08c3eb8cea2"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Electronic
clearinghouse for Historical Documents</header><text>Section 409 of the Women’s
Business Ownership Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 7109) is amended by adding at the end
the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSSB00" id="ida2f4bbea-3021-46cf-927e-4e8e76ae94a2" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection id="idbdec646b-8314-4cb6-98af-2c46af74ac76"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Electronic
clearinghouse for Historical Documents</header><text>The Council shall serve as
an electronic clearinghouse for information on small businesses owned and
controlled by women, including research conducted by other organizations and
individuals relating to ownership by women of small business concerns in the
United
States.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="id58c5caf9-c3c7-49d1-8dc9-92310b4f937f"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Authorization of
Appropriations</header><text>Section 410(a) of the Women’s Business Ownership
Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 7110(a)) is amended by striking <quote>2001 through
2003, of which $550,000</quote> and inserting <quote>2008 through 2010, of
which not less than 30 percent</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="idf3efee1a-a598-4524-a141-e1dd3b43ecc7"><enum>204.</enum><header>Interagency Committee
on Women’s Business Enterprise</header>
<subsection id="id55d52ce6-a154-441a-a206-92284ff26e87"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Chairperson</header><text>Section
403(b) of the Women’s Business Ownership Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 7103(b)) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idad89b0d2-c988-4806-94ea-dff7cf46c297"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Not
later</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSSB00" id="id4cf7acdd-9f5b-4850-b723-8ee1f5cb9518" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="id8d167ab2-7a0d-44f3-8721-031726686d7a"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idd03a37f3-150a-4bea-a15a-3d0e91905ed4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSSB00" id="idd1ea832d-0621-4e3b-a3a4-5e8a8ca206e8" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="idabacae6b-afd6-41b7-8905-9e6d14c347bd"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Vacancy</header><text>In
the event that a chairperson is not appointed under paragraph (1), the Deputy
Administrator of the Small Business Administration shall serve as acting
chairperson of the Interagency Committee until a chairperson is appointed under
paragraph
(1).</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id0bed5d17-b3f5-49a8-84c1-f199400d5556"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Policy Advisory
Group</header><text>Section 401 of the Women’s Business Ownership Act of 1988
(15 U.S.C. 7101) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id1e070fa2-890a-4441-99c9-db08ee4a7fa4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>There</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
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<subsection id="idca1e73c0-f9bf-4792-87a4-9de70e5a49c3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
General</header><text>There</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id60b83b93-3b77-41e0-b9d2-22726053b603"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the
following:</text>
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<subsection id="id34300203-fbc3-4d6c-a222-7fee85ddc714"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Policy Advisory
Group</header>
<paragraph id="idb9c64848-fa97-4a18-b23e-d6d4321c6033"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>There
is established a Policy Advisory Group to assist the chairperson in developing
policies and programs under this Act.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ide12c9ca8-6148-47c5-80c1-4317c26cf3e2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Membership</header><text>The
Policy Advisory Group shall be composed of 7 policy making officials, of
whom—</text>
<subparagraph id="idc79317b7-a9fc-4dc9-93f9-5728982d6596"><enum>(A)</enum><text>1 shall be a
representative of the Small Business Administration;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7b152c48-6678-4fa0-b9b0-273af3cc0720"><enum>(B)</enum><text>1 shall be a
representative of the Department of Commerce;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id18d4bf8d-c6ba-4501-8fc4-3ddc581434ce"><enum>(C)</enum><text>1 shall be a
representative of the Department of Labor;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id13f9ffbe-5a21-438a-96bf-469b885b4f4a"><enum>(D)</enum><text>1 shall be a
representative of the Department of Defense;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7a1c5604-6c05-4923-8bd7-cae15c37250a"><enum>(E)</enum><text>1 shall be a
representative of the Department of the Treasury; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id88c4014b-25db-4842-af31-1642c623ca7a"><enum>(F)</enum><text>2 shall be
representatives of the Council.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDafe5070c749b4a2b9dca77ea9003d625"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Meetings</header><text>The
Policy Advisory Group established under paragraph (1) shall meet not less
frequently than 3 times each year to—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID337c31dfb07f4c60bc7ecd3efe7477d2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>plan activities for the
new fiscal year;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDc7f31bf717f440f0823f6a62b0a7abd1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>track year-to-date agency
contracting goals; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID0fe62fd06fe247a5a54649d816215452"><enum>(C)</enum><text>evaluate the progress
during the fiscal year and prepare an annual
report.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id72fa6b86-3a4f-4549-bed1-456b8e78b6af"><enum>205.</enum><header>Preserving the
independence of the National Women’s Business Council</header>
<subsection id="idc6affb05-8891-4e02-a92c-0585d06cd410"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>Congress
finds the following:</text>
<paragraph id="idcf3bf796-c5e5-40e4-b2aa-a0f8a4ad5822"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The National Women’s
Business Council provides an independent source of advice and policy
recommendations regarding women’s business development and the needs of women
entrepreneurs in the United States to—</text>
<subparagraph id="idd0d9b17f-0902-4496-a6b3-0685470ed378"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the President;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc4c9ebe5-d0c2-4729-984c-5b230e1589a9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Congress;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id820b7642-2997-499b-9ee2-e59ff8853b18"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the Interagency Committee
on Women’s Business Enterprise; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7354fcc7-9636-42a8-ab73-27183704fc95"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the Administrator.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idee0322fb-3123-451b-8424-c941811ab726"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The members of the
National Women’s Business Council are small business owners, representatives of
business organizations, and representatives of women’s business centers.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id7f990fd0-bef0-4874-baa4-aae3990e642b"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The chair and ranking
member of the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the Senate
and the Committee on Small Business of the House of Representatives make
recommendations to the Administrator to fill 8 of the positions on the National
Women’s Business Council. Four of the positions are reserved for small business
owners who are affiliated with the political party of the President and 4 of
the positions are reserved for small business owners who are not affiliated
with the political party of the President. This method of appointment ensures
that the National Women’s Business Council will provide Congress with
nonpartisan, balanced, and independent advice.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idd550bac0-812e-4129-a40e-bc841d8a7911"><enum>(4)</enum><text>In order to maintain the
independence of the National Women’s Business Council and to ensure that the
Council continues to provide the President, the Interagency Committee on
Women’s Business Enterprise, the Administrator, and Congress with advice on a
nonpartisan basis, it is essential that the Council maintain the bipartisan
balance established under section 407 of the Women’s Business Ownership Act of
1988 (15 U.S.C. 7107).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id0035c862-1911-48c0-b52b-41d109706355"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Maintenance of Partisan
Balance</header><text>Section 407(f) of the Women’s Business Ownership Act of
1988 (15 U.S.C. 7107(f)), as amended by this Act, is amended by adding at the
end the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="id99e12dde-4b38-4b26-ba11-31d0c5b1634f"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Partisan
balance</header><text>When filling a vacancy under paragraph (1) of this
subsection of a member appointed under paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (b),
the Administrator shall, to the extent practicable, ensure that there are an
equal number of members on the Council from each of the 2 major political
parties.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id323f2601-83fd-4fd8-b591-a79da167ff55"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Accountability</header><text>If
a vacancy is not filled within the 30-day period required under paragraph (1),
or if there exists an imbalance of party-affiliated members on the Council for
a period exceeding 30 days, the Administrator shall submit a report, not later
than 10 days after the expiration of either such 30-day deadline, to the
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the Senate and the
Committee on Small Business of the House of Representatives, that explains why
the respective deadline was not met and provides an estimated date on which any
vacancies will be filled, as
applicable.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><enum>III</enum><header>International
trade</header>
<section id="id993e619c-127b-4bdc-93ce-93cca5233c11"><enum>301.</enum><header>Small Business
Administration Associate Administrator for International Trade</header>
<subsection id="id78054ce5-e3d3-49c2-af79-d791c4d22fcf"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>Section
22(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 649(a)) is amended by adding at the
end the following: <quote>The head of the Office shall be the Associate
Administrator for International Trade, who shall be responsible to the
Administrator.</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id52c80846-88a6-4923-9043-67bb5232ec76"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authority for
Additional Associate Administrator</header><text>Section 4(b)(1) of the Small
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 633(b)(1)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id73b26358-576b-46fd-9dc3-91fd48f1261c"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the fifth sentence, by
striking <quote>five Associate Administrators</quote> and inserting
<quote>Associate Administrators</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id663d9617-5ff2-420c-b51b-d304fc6afb00"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the
following: <quote>One of the Associate Administrators shall be the Associate
Administrator for International Trade, who shall be the head of the Office of
International Trade established under section 22.</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idc2c0fe89-02fc-499d-b85a-03a7f3b64e1c"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Discharge of
Administration International Trade Responsibilities</header><text>Section 22 of
the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 649) is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
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<subsection id="id8c1d1505-0e4b-4ac2-8846-30ad0356dd61"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Discharge of
Administration International Trade Responsibilities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator shall ensure that—</text>
<paragraph id="idd8237167-be9e-4fb2-aef2-7cc6ba1d54b7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the responsibilities of
the Administration regarding international trade are carried out through the
Associate Administrator for International Trade;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id67e3fa5e-db86-4494-ba43-022afca6af0f"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Associate
Administrator for International Trade has sufficient resources to carry out
such responsibilities; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id62ae53f9-dd2e-4a0d-a5c5-8ab42a492607"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the Associate
Administrator for International Trade has direct supervision and control over
the staff of the Office of International Trade, and over any employee of the
Administration whose principal duty station is a United States Export
Assistance Center or any successor
entity.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="id18e37dc1-c435-4c6c-a08d-0401ac2248e6"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Role of Associate
Administrator in carrying out international trade policy</header><text>Section
2(b)(1) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631(b)(1)) is amended in the
matter preceding subparagraph (A)—</text>
<paragraph id="id75f42c88-0453-48c7-95fa-a7dea2e63fa8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>the
Administrator of</quote> before <quote>the Small Business
Administration</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idec91fd29-4267-47ab-93a7-51d575fc3763"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>through the Associate Administrator for International Trade, and</quote>
before <quote>in cooperation with</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id9396f308-7765-4c75-bc16-6e7db64922f6"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Technical
amendment</header><text>Section 22(c)(5) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.
649(c)(5)) is amended by striking the period at the end and inserting a
semicolon.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id1baecd3b-433b-48bd-a6e5-c44d8baba16e"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this
Act, the Administrator shall appoint an Associate Administrator for
International Trade under section 22 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 649),
as amended by this section.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="id19499e52-e28c-4c4a-93db-d1f206a483fe"><enum>302.</enum><header>Office of
International Trade</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 22
of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 649) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="iddea1f2e6-8266-4962-8ddf-8f3a193d4b00"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>SEC.
22. (a) There</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
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<section id="id073cf787-055b-41e7-9bf0-a491cda95744"><enum>22.</enum><header>Office of International
Trade</header>
<subsection id="id2c864829-b6e1-4f04-8d32-9743c674f343"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>There</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id31b0894b-7185-4eac-8350-2f0cf7e80f99"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by
inserting <quote>(referred to in this section as the
<quote>Office</quote>),</quote> after <quote>Trade</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idcc0dea5f-6020-442b-824c-218e0e9602d3"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="ide8683aff-eb47-4f23-9ac8-ba7c7486de05"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>The
Office</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
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<subsection id="id8cda897b-c4b1-4c40-88e9-a12da82cefef"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Trade distribution
network</header><text>The Office, including United States Export Assistance
Centers (referred to as <quote>one-stop shops</quote> in section 2301(b)(8) of
the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 4721(b)(8)) and as
<quote>export centers</quote> in this
section)</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idfff8eea5-dfff-42e9-b0ab-8865d29bddd4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by amending paragraph (1)
to read as follows:</text>
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<paragraph id="id6cd1c77e-df6b-4262-bd99-780f6e70bacf"><enum>(1)</enum><text>assist in maintaining a
distribution network using regional and local offices of the Administration,
the small business development center network, the women's business center
network, and export centers for—</text>
<subparagraph id="idd7d445c7-0158-4292-91ed-771ea83d5c22"><enum>(A)</enum><text>trade promotion;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id92030f2e-1df5-4bc9-8629-2b06a0497daa"><enum>(B)</enum><text>trade finance;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id21a284c6-f045-476c-a3db-7ca712f033dd"><enum>(C)</enum><text>trade adjustment;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7d41f26c-6446-4d8b-bd69-b4d334fc1e6f"><enum>(D)</enum><text>trade remedy assistance;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5a7ad6d3-846d-4a49-aae4-fc5bbbfe3927"><enum>(E)</enum><text>trade data
collection.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idb95c6e93-4fd6-4df8-9a97-c71333f8fa74"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text>
<subparagraph id="idfc7e794c-9e11-4b6a-8e95-42071dfdd41a"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraphs (1) through (8) as paragraphs (2) through (9), respectively;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id64e85aad-5f3d-4577-ad95-ba4041b37148"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting before
paragraph (2), as so redesignated, the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="idefdacc36-f8c0-4181-9a19-396fadc04a13"><enum>(1)</enum><text>establish annual goals
for the Office relating to—</text>
<subparagraph id="id14e924f3-7982-4696-b4e6-05e059bbe3f4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>enhancing the exporting
capability of small business concerns and small manufacturers;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1eb2a470-1a88-460c-af22-0d4b9a547a7a"><enum>(B)</enum><text>facilitating technology
transfers;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id068ce656-3e24-4e7e-b612-10b5dce40579"><enum>(C)</enum><text>enhancing programs and
services to assist small business concerns and small manufacturers to compete
effectively and efficiently against foreign entities;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idab4a4d81-00af-4487-8d77-0c499441c99d"><enum>(D)</enum><text>increasing the access to
capital by small business concerns;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idcdb47263-a436-4d7b-ba45-b8285826bed9"><enum>(E)</enum><text>disseminating information
concerning Federal, State, and private programs and initiatives; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc113862f-bf83-44bd-9639-cbaad9b91644"><enum>(F)</enum><text>ensuring that the
interests of small business concerns are adequately represented in trade
negotiations;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id324be50b-8c97-443b-a7e9-67aad06a037d"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), as so
redesignated, by striking <quote>mechanism for</quote> and all that follows
through <quote>(D)</quote> and inserting the
following:</text>
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<text>mechanism
for—</text><subparagraph id="id61fe4a15-27bb-44a7-a033-98e050063a32"><enum>(A)</enum><text>identifying subsectors of
the small business community with strong export potential;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idcc41cacd-2e97-48c1-838e-836e4e0037e5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>identifying areas of
demand in foreign markets;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc5598d10-2034-4c06-ba62-cb1bafe78660"><enum>(C)</enum><text>prescreening foreign
buyers for commercial and credit purposes; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id268b19f5-c3c5-48b3-9363-4dfeebed93a7"><enum>(D)</enum>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb40b5fc1-7f4f-47c1-8678-1c8145705559"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph (9), as so
redesignated—</text>
<clause id="id966c9155-b927-4c94-b8cd-b182ee6582bd"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the matter preceding
subparagraph (A)—</text>
<subclause id="idccaf6407-549a-4208-93ad-1f75e4b397c5"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>full-time export development specialists to each Administration regional
office and assigning</quote>; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id1d72b824-e150-4613-86d6-6ed105b54ef3"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>office. Such specialists</quote> and inserting <quote>office and
providing each Administration regional office with a full-time export
development specialist, who</quote>;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="id7d75422a-ffb5-4c3e-bd09-1e6259cff9e8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (D), by
striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</clause><clause id="id134a9cb2-f8f8-461c-a84b-f84af45ffc0b"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (E), by
striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ide572d667-4052-498b-a6fa-26667a47a5da"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>by adding at the end the
following:</text>
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<subparagraph id="id38fec7c4-f0b4-4e3b-a025-09388cd4624b"><enum>(F)</enum><text>participate jointly with
employees of the Office in an annual training program that focuses on current
small business needs for exporting; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide654c78f-1723-4a37-9094-fe3b866e40f5"><enum>(G)</enum><text>jointly develop and
conduct training programs for exporters and lenders in cooperation with the
United States Export Assistance Centers, the Department of Commerce, small
business development centers, and other relevant Federal
agencies.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idff841fb4-8185-441b-bb3e-dbbf718565ab"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection (d)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id9037d230-0150-4dfb-b933-28548cbbff54"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Export financing
programs</header-in-text>.—</quote> after <quote>(d)</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id68c3a6c6-a5d9-4ed1-9ec2-852808496f1a"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraphs (1) through (5) as clauses (i) through (v), respectively, and
adjusting the margins accordingly;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1f149aaa-af1a-43d5-8cf9-f76929829859"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking <quote>The
Office shall work in cooperation</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="id5c824cbe-2f1f-4860-8d23-39e1e38ac29a"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Office shall work in
cooperation</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2fe6b12a-1c59-4cef-aefd-0894ebb30d5d"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by striking <quote>To
accomplish this goal, the Office shall work</quote> and inserting the
following:</text>
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<paragraph id="ida83455bf-f21c-4213-b55a-58a046c08d55"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Trade financial
specialist</header><text>To accomplish the goal established under paragraph
(1), the Office shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="id144e2a03-c672-4cc9-baed-2c05ea485181"><enum>(A)</enum><text>designate at least 1
individual within the Administration as a trade financial specialist to oversee
international loan programs and assist Administration employees with trade
finance issues; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id24085611-d47c-44a1-b907-9edc07d940a7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>work</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idea5c3ee6-15b9-44a0-9dcd-a51514b577fd"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in subsection (e), by
inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Trade
remedies</header-in-text>.—</quote> after <quote>(e)</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id31b04f84-b567-416a-a2cf-c53e8a268bdc"><enum>(7)</enum><text>by amending subsection
(f) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf67a27a3-438f-4509-88b9-283cc64896d7" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection id="id8e21395e-4639-4de4-90d0-96fa5baf0ca2"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Reporting
requirement</header><text>The Office shall submit an annual report to the
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the Senate and the
Committee on Small Business of the House of Representatives that
contains—</text>
<paragraph id="id1835b0db-9a27-40c0-a813-1ebc06709b1b"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a description of the
progress of the Office in implementing the requirements of this section;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id614b5e47-0051-442f-ac81-5519d35e5259"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the destinations of
travel by Office staff and benefits to the Administration and to small business
concerns therefrom; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ide977b28a-85f0-46c9-9bc8-908308cdf6de"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a description of the
participation by the Office in trade
negotiations.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id2a6a1206-2e53-4d2f-b1d5-f0495ef2e807"><enum>(8)</enum><text>in subsection (g), by
inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Studies</header-in-text>.—</quote> after <quote>(g)</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id7492d8b1-6bf3-4600-93a7-284c58e8dd7c"><enum>(9)</enum><text>by adding at the end the
following:</text>
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<subsection id="idb84609fe-cf63-4f42-aa1d-aebe5cdc6cbe"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Export assistance
centers</header>
<paragraph id="id27d91493-4161-4aa3-8b20-4d7bb482458b"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>During the period beginning on October 1, 2007, and
ending on September 30, 2010, the Administrator shall ensure that the number of
full-time equivalent employees of the Office assigned to the one-stop shops
referred to in section 2301(b) of the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of
1988 (15 U.S.C. 4721 (b)) is not less than the number of such employees so
assigned on January 1, 2003.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id6f6fa856-dff4-444b-9b26-a392ef046794"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Priority of
placement</header><text>Priority shall be given, to the maximum extent
practicable, to placing employees of the Administration at any Export
Assistance Center that—</text>
<subparagraph id="id4dd10c26-1e0c-4774-98e4-78c70254637c"><enum>(A)</enum><text>had an Administration
employee assigned to such center before January 2003; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id89e0725e-e5c9-4099-be71-52a0b49016f7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>has not had an
Administration employee assigned to such center during the period beginning
January 2003, and ending on the date of enactment of this subsection, either
through retirement or reassignment.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id259b90a1-2e2b-407b-9f0c-d147771b79e3"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Needs of
exporters</header><text>The Administrator shall, to the maximum extent
practicable, strategically assign Administration employees to Export Assistance
Centers, based on the needs of exporters.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idd982c093-3a49-4910-b263-7b05ceb947ad"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Goals</header><text>The
Office shall work with the Department of Commerce and the Export-Import Bank to
establish shared annual goals for the Export Centers.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb6ccb88a-5a1b-4255-bdb4-e99c4ffcaf09"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Oversight</header><text>The
Office shall designate an individual within the Administration to oversee all
activities conducted by Administration employees assigned to Export
Centers.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><enum>IV</enum><header>Native American Small
Business Development Program</header>
<section id="idffc0b636-9bc5-42ad-91ee-950334c0ee8b"><enum>401.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited
as the <quote>Native American Small Business Development Act of
2007</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="id4b883d04-1f52-473e-ae57-d8ba041ec7db"><enum>402.</enum><header>Native American Small
Business Development Program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The <act-name parsable-cite="SBA">Small
Business Act</act-name> (15 U.S.C. 631 et seq.) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id073395ae-b987-43f3-a5d9-e73e4375fc77"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating section 37 as section 38;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id1021ac8c-0687-45fc-9a6f-0f36502e38e4"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after section 36 the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSSB00" id="idf1f89f92-af37-4204-a5a6-250597be7643" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<section id="id682aae90-914c-4c84-b28e-f9899982d8a0"><enum>37.</enum><header>Native American Small
Business Development Program</header>
<subsection id="id8f910805-2873-4dcc-91a2-15a78e48de41"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this section—</text>
<paragraph id="id1f0417af-c79c-4813-bc61-387cce13c4d8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the term <term>Alaska
Native</term> has the same meaning as the term <term>Native</term> in section
3(b) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1602(b));</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id02a562a3-e635-4554-9c91-da0238231f5a"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the term <term>Alaska
Native corporation</term> has the same meaning as the term <term>Native
Corporation</term> in section 3(m) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act
(43 U.S.C. 1602(m));</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ida29dfeba-95a7-47e3-9232-c0308e88192c"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the term <term>Assistant
Administrator</term> means the Assistant Administrator of the Office of Native
American Affairs established under subsection (b);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idaf948972-242c-407d-8d2a-6bb97ffc3e0f"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the terms
<term>center</term> and <term>Native American business center</term> mean a
center established under subsection (c);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ide590a019-f840-4292-8760-4754ceef7696"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the term <term>Native
American business enterprise center</term> means an entity providing business
development assistance to federally recognized tribes and Native Americans
under a grant from the Minority Business Development Agency of the Department
of Commerce;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id18fa0cde-7157-4693-bc79-a37e694d02d5"><enum>(6)</enum><text>the term <term>Native
American small business concern</term> means a small business concern that is
owned and controlled by—</text>
<subparagraph id="id7e964e63-cf33-4551-83af-d3294224f2a6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a member of an Indian
tribe or tribal government;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf38ec0fc-4bec-429b-8496-d001e09e8d70"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an Alaska Native or
Alaska Native corporation; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide6c09aae-9260-4e0f-903a-17a26dc6cbbf"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a Native Hawaiian or
Native Hawaiian Organization;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idd703e58d-5d9a-469b-be3f-047d6a7dcbdf"><enum>(7)</enum><text>the term <term>Native
Hawaiian</term> has the same meaning as in section 625 of the
<act-name parsable-cite="OAA65">Older Americans Act of 1965</act-name> (42
U.S.C. 3057k);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id905e6142-871f-4abe-a6d3-46648c0b99fc"><enum>(8)</enum><text>the term <term>Native
Hawaiian Organization</term> has the same meaning as in section
8(a)(15);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id02105d08-ae0f-49cb-9d09-c117eb17708f"><enum>(9)</enum><text>the term <term>tribal
college</term> has the same meaning as the term <term>tribally controlled
college or university</term> has in section 2(a)(4) of the Tribally Controlled
Community College Assistance Act of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 1801(a)(4));</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id48637174-5971-499a-9f03-ebfd7b67932e"><enum>(10)</enum><text>the term <term>tribal
government</term> has the same meaning as the term <term>Indian tribe</term>
has in section 7501(a)(9) of title 31, United States Code; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idba93b0dd-4521-4b6a-807f-19a70fb5750d"><enum>(11)</enum><text>the term <term>tribal
lands</term> means all lands within the exterior boundaries of any Indian
reservation.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id268ed3f6-a15c-493d-a2f6-6f18b035073c"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Office of Native
American Affairs</header>
<paragraph id="ida2cf7049-162f-4339-ad0b-eabe40ae9714"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>There
is established within the Administration the Office of Native American Affairs,
which, under the direction of the Assistant Administrator, shall implement the
Administration’s programs for the development of business enterprises by Native
Americans.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id88543781-cec4-4512-ae2b-dd835ac0998d"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>The
purpose of the Office of Native American Affairs is to assist Native American
entrepreneurs to—</text>
<subparagraph id="id9edabafe-a88a-4026-ba1a-ec324ad92e0a"><enum>(A)</enum><text>start, operate, and grow
small business concerns;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id572150fa-1189-4ef7-8deb-cfa9eb757cae"><enum>(B)</enum><text>develop management and
technical skills;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf2b1d853-c6d8-40ee-8645-0bfefdea0ba6"><enum>(C)</enum><text>seek Federal procurement
opportunities;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0ae58e96-6a61-454e-a830-c6bd6f7e4dfc"><enum>(D)</enum><text>increase employment
opportunities for Native Americans through the start and expansion of small
business concerns; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8ab47156-266e-4135-ada4-7b651724ad95"><enum>(E)</enum><text>increase the access of
Native Americans to capital markets.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id665588a9-6116-46c3-aa71-27ab3299c985"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Assistant
administrator</header>
<subparagraph id="id73bc7baf-3707-44b6-9f9e-78f2443df0a2"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Appointment</header><text>The
Administrator shall appoint a qualified individual to serve as Assistant
Administrator of the Office of Native American Affairs in accordance with this
paragraph.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida798a2a6-44c5-48ed-bf33-53a55e2f2595"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Qualifications</header><text>The
Assistant Administrator appointed under subparagraph (A) shall have—</text>
<clause id="idd2bdf1e5-9e81-4e5d-821b-4c53a86365bf"><enum>(i)</enum><text>knowledge of the Native
American culture; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id40dc9dd8-889f-4560-ae5b-b3a2870ee78a"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>experience providing
culturally tailored small business development assistance to Native
Americans.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id52027062-80e7-450d-aa59-86da1c8ead2d"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Employment
status</header><text>The Assistant Administrator shall be a Senior Executive
Service position under section 3132(a)(2) of title 5, United States Code, and
shall serve as a noncareer appointee, as defined in section 3132(a)(7) of title
5, United States Code.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide6a5d39a-67d5-49d7-94ad-d6711d3b914e"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Responsibilities and
duties</header><text>The Assistant Administrator shall—</text>
<clause id="id89c5d078-29e5-4432-bbd4-2acc70fde649"><enum>(i)</enum><text>administer and manage the
Native American Small Business Development program established under this
section;</text>
</clause><clause id="idd02d800d-fe06-4807-8bc9-9bd24d00065b"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>recommend the annual
administrative and program budgets for the Office of Native American
Affairs;</text>
</clause><clause id="id039d0200-8cae-4ccd-a2c1-3907e8be24ce"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>consult with Native
American business centers in carrying out the program established under this
section;</text>
</clause><clause id="idb02722bd-d55f-483b-b55a-ee8b7e132e46"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>recommend appropriate
funding levels;</text>
</clause><clause id="idbc3db7cd-5d01-4a60-be58-eacc614da1aa"><enum>(v)</enum><text>review the annual budgets
submitted by each applicant for the Native American Small Business Development
program;</text>
</clause><clause id="id105b0d9a-ca49-43ee-a9c3-7f21e88bfb71"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>select applicants to
participate in the program under this section;</text>
</clause><clause id="id1c33d146-c92b-4afd-883d-52a64507377d"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>implement this section;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="idbbd9adb5-f351-4a7f-832f-5c406aa8f568"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>maintain a
clearinghouse to provide for the dissemination and exchange of information
between Native American business centers.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id05c0b7ed-1de2-486d-ba2a-ea55d8f43bb1"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Consultation
requirements</header><text>In carrying out the responsibilities and duties
described in this paragraph, the Assistant Administrator shall confer with and
seek the advice of—</text>
<clause id="iddf298b49-ef0b-437c-b203-6464747d502b"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Administration officials
working in areas served by Native American business centers and Native American
business enterprise centers;</text>
</clause><clause id="ide3960a1d-9099-4b5f-b4c7-0028ba7dd599"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>representatives of
tribal governments;</text>
</clause><clause id="id3910b89e-753c-4fd9-ad85-280e3bbd014d"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>tribal colleges;</text>
</clause><clause id="idee96843c-1ec0-4be2-80e1-864f8e1ede2c"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>Alaska Native
corporations; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id7b4207e7-c71b-43ea-81c8-97d2ab5ade59"><enum>(v)</enum><text>Native Hawaiian
Organizations.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id436886aa-56b7-435a-881f-25d26e99f3a6"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Native American Small
Business Development Program</header>
<paragraph id="idc8b80e44-3b39-4c10-924f-140879a14b6b"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Authorization</header>
<subparagraph id="idf0826a41-48c0-4f04-b3cf-36923f04b88c"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Administration, through the Office of Native American
Affairs, shall provide financial assistance to tribal governments, tribal
colleges, Native Hawaiian Organizations, and Alaska Native corporations to
create Native American business centers in accordance with this section.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc43e6d81-f8cb-4668-9f09-5fca5332b609"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Use of
funds</header><text>The financial and resource assistance provided under this
subsection shall be used to overcome obstacles impeding the creation,
development, and expansion of small business concerns, in accordance with this
section, by—</text>
<clause id="idec80d000-1c6f-4d61-8612-0ea37be3f064"><enum>(i)</enum><text>reservation-based
American Indians;</text>
</clause><clause id="ideb867685-2487-4ae9-b6aa-4a9f3584d582"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Alaska Natives;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="id923dd0cc-e15f-4c4f-89bb-42e1d31ddeb1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>Native
Hawaiians.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id06db4823-ce5b-4543-985c-176f38f7878e"><enum>(2)</enum><header><enum-in-header>5</enum-in-header>-year
projects</header>
<subparagraph id="id11088321-55ec-4dac-b79a-8c528aa8a4cb"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Each Native American business center that receives
assistance under paragraph (1)(A) shall conduct a 5-year project that offers
culturally tailored business development assistance in the form of—</text>
<clause id="id743cf46f-ef27-4923-8e30-303ffade1ae6"><enum>(i)</enum><text>financial education,
including training and counseling in—</text>
<subclause id="id1bdc8f37-adf5-4766-b496-0c6248e7c394"><enum>(I)</enum><text>applying for and securing
business credit and investment capital;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id4bfd5451-5575-486c-8d85-965273a06e1e"><enum>(II)</enum><text>preparing and presenting
financial statements; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id6891244d-c444-4b35-862c-af8dad167872"><enum>(III)</enum><text>managing cash flow and
other financial operations of a business concern;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="idd14237e5-6595-4a48-b5da-9b617f5355e7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>management education,
including training and counseling in planning, organizing, staffing, directing,
and controlling each major activity and function of a small business concern;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="id20f2f2f5-89d1-45f2-9f81-26e7fbaf1239"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>marketing education,
including training and counseling in—</text>
<subclause id="id50780beb-fac4-4a4c-9d02-8c15d4534da7"><enum>(I)</enum><text>identifying and
segmenting domestic and international market opportunities;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ide98ef51f-2363-44a8-ae71-725e1e68670c"><enum>(II)</enum><text>preparing and executing
marketing plans;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id6a064321-0f90-46a7-9d4d-2f534ec8fe36"><enum>(III)</enum><text>developing pricing
strategies;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id5f45f756-c623-4ee5-a6bb-8220924ffeca"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>locating contract
opportunities;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id7e8d68bc-a0f3-4e53-adad-fe56c1c9aafb"><enum>(V)</enum><text>negotiating contracts;
and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id7388181a-c03c-4e27-9c8a-66b6c2fda4c2"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>utilizing varying public
relations and advertising techniques.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf16f5a86-959a-4283-9cdf-f58e3569edbb"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Business development
assistance recipients</header><text>The business development assistance under
subparagraph (A) shall be offered to prospective and current owners of small
business concerns that are owned by—</text>
<clause id="id60637a44-dd84-4447-a677-39e3b7a982b7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>American Indians or
tribal governments, and located on or near tribal lands;</text>
</clause><clause id="id41cbb6af-3165-470e-b928-88dbca13c2f7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Alaska Natives or Alaska
Native corporations; or</text>
</clause><clause id="id80e710d7-638b-4764-b45a-0d4599e9412f"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>Native Hawaiians or
Native Hawaiian Organizations.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id00ee36ee-93f2-4d4d-a65d-7a760891f03f"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Form of federal
financial assistance</header>
<subparagraph id="id44b07875-dde0-4a00-99ae-934aed6e94e3"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Documentation</header>
<clause id="iddc3a0344-abd0-4864-a5c4-e784c4993398"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The financial assistance to Native American business
centers authorized under this subsection may be made by grant, contract, or
cooperative agreement.</text>
</clause><clause id="id17c488c2-6095-4bf0-b64f-60eb2148bcc4"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>Financial
assistance under this subsection to Alaska Native corporations or Native
Hawaiian Organizations may only be made by grant.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7755189e-812b-4df6-9f15-344e75a15acd"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Payments</header>
<clause id="idd5e80798-4204-4943-bc70-c1efd6d4c659"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Timing</header><text>Payments
made under this subsection may be disbursed in an annual lump sum or in
periodic installments, at the request of the recipient.</text>
</clause><clause id="id479144be-f555-45a9-9693-9ebb52925122"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Advance</header><text>The
Administration may disburse not more than 25 percent of the annual amount of
Federal financial assistance awarded to a Native American small business center
after notice of the award has been issued.</text>
</clause><clause id="id3d5508af-6def-4075-b014-048852eb07ca"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>No matching
requirement</header><text>The Administration shall not require a grant
recipient to match grant funding received under this subsection with
non-Federal resources as a condition of receiving the grant.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id2373b8d6-9862-4399-a87c-d9bac4348ef6"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Contract and
cooperative agreement authority</header><text>A Native American business center
may enter into a contract or cooperative agreement with a Federal department or
agency to provide specific assistance to Native American and other underserved
small business concerns located on or near tribal lands, to the extent that
such contract or cooperative agreement is consistent with the terms of any
assistance received by the Native American business center from the
Administration.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idb49b79a8-326d-4d07-bd11-782b37ff4e3e"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Application
process</header>
<subparagraph id="idf866da42-c2a6-4f12-92d5-ee8c391df0fd"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Submission of a 5-year
plan</header><text>Each applicant for assistance under paragraph (1) shall
submit a 5-year plan to the Administration on proposed assistance and training
activities.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id99558aa6-b698-4c39-aa1a-aa41a41c74e0"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Criteria</header>
<clause id="id4862c144-ee1c-42af-a7de-1281848aead5"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Administration shall evaluate and rank applicants in
accordance with predetermined selection criteria that shall be stated in terms
of relative importance.</text>
</clause><clause id="id5085d54d-8a91-436c-9f52-8e78c80109fb"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Public
notice</header><text>The criteria required by this paragraph and their relative
importance shall be made publicly available, within a reasonable time, and
stated in each solicitation for applications made by the Administration.</text>
</clause><clause id="id42f508de-92b2-4b3e-8d01-9a38eae1c791"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Considerations</header><text>The
criteria required by this paragraph shall include—</text>
<subclause id="id61d84d4a-944a-461f-9bc6-a8779bb4ded0"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the experience of the
applicant in conducting programs or ongoing efforts designed to impart or
upgrade the business skills of current or potential owners of Native American
small business concerns;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="idcbdf5a09-28ac-46f2-a1bd-9428b1e14b95"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the ability of the
applicant to commence a project within a minimum amount of time;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="idb63c085f-11ec-4c77-a4f9-a3668df2c956"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the ability of the
applicant to provide quality training and services to a significant number of
Native Americans;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id56bc9192-ba70-4f75-accf-35d7407ca615"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>previous assistance from
the Administration to provide services in Native American communities;
and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id3181b802-ba3e-4a18-8677-551d6bc523e0"><enum>(V)</enum><text>the proposed location for
the Native American business center site, with priority given based on the
proximity of the center to the population being served and to achieve a broad
geographic dispersion of the centers.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idc21db8c9-2407-4a72-a693-779ca715d613"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Program
examination</header>
<subparagraph id="id07660349-8c15-4683-a530-130a7a9e83ed"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Each Native American business center established pursuant
to this subsection shall annually provide the Administration with an itemized
cost breakdown of actual expenditures incurred during the preceding
year.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idebae20b2-ffc8-4cfc-85d3-64407e845dcd"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Administration
action</header><text>Based on information received under subparagraph (A), the
Administration shall—</text>
<clause id="id80d57078-14ee-4a7b-8a9d-d25a5813521a"><enum>(i)</enum><text>develop and implement an
annual programmatic and financial examination of each Native American business
center assisted pursuant to this subsection; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id6111b791-6a64-4a5e-bb24-b19efe4ff8c4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>analyze the results of
each examination conducted under clause (i) to determine the programmatic and
financial viability of each Native American business center.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3967a989-83fe-473b-b94c-1a90a47d8df4"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Conditions for
continued funding</header><text>In determining whether to renew a grant,
contract, or cooperative agreement with a Native American business center, the
Administration—</text>
<clause id="idb042cf7e-cfa9-4679-a408-c638bcd1157e"><enum>(i)</enum><text>shall consider the
results of the most recent examination of the center under subparagraph (B),
and, to a lesser extent, previous examinations; and</text>
</clause><clause id="iddf6dbd6e-e71f-40dd-b1f0-3cde23eb4bc9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>may withhold such
renewal, if the Administration determines that—</text>
<subclause id="id05a94fa0-db5f-4b7d-81f4-408032c48231"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the center has failed to
provide adequate information required to be provided under subparagraph (A), or
the information provided by the center is inadequate; or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id12147b9c-0262-4415-9a94-b9d2ec15632b"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the center has failed to
provide adequate information required to be provided by the center for purposes
of the report of the Administration under subparagraph (E).</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idfebc1b35-7c69-4475-a198-fb9394233cf0"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Continuing contract and
cooperative agreement authority</header>
<clause id="id58f7b873-5554-4bb3-a278-881c20470d84"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The authority of the Administrator to enter into
contracts or cooperative agreements in accordance with this subsection shall be
in effect for each fiscal year only to the extent and in the amounts as are
provided in advance in appropriations Acts.</text>
</clause><clause id="id534f4060-2337-46cc-9b5a-c9d791a6e7ab"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Renewal</header><text>After
the Administrator has entered into a contract or cooperative agreement with any
Native American business center under this subsection, it shall not suspend,
terminate, or fail to renew or extend any such contract or cooperative
agreement unless the Administrator provides the center with written
notification setting forth the reasons therefore and affords the center an
opportunity for a hearing, appeal, or other administrative proceeding under
chapter 5 of title 5, United States Code.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id319fb66b-e359-4f1a-b3f1-8bcf63fb77bb"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Management
report</header>
<clause id="idbcd77ab8-dc32-4dcb-bf27-c6ef10534974"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Administration shall prepare and submit to the
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the Senate and the
Committee on Small Business of the House of Representatives an annual report on
the effectiveness of all projects conducted by Native American business centers
under this subsection and any pilot programs administered by the Office of
Native American Affairs.</text>
</clause><clause id="ide0b2dfca-3c35-4dfb-8dc1-8b4e9cb0a13d"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>Each
report submitted under clause (i) shall include, with respect to each Native
American business center receiving financial assistance under this
subsection—</text>
<subclause id="idb335fb2a-d9dd-4df4-8b2d-b85c5ec4c5d3"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the number of individuals
receiving assistance from the Native American business center;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id644cb09f-c424-4043-a42f-419168254572"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the number of startup
business concerns created;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="idd602f7ab-9b40-48ce-aa2d-a33e7f5a0440"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the number of existing
businesses seeking to expand employment;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="idc2440597-12a1-42cd-9500-9dbbb554f40b"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>jobs created or
maintained, on an annual basis, by Native American small business concerns
assisted by the center since receiving funding under this Act;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id9204a3b4-9bb3-41d6-99e2-d890ffb599d2"><enum>(V)</enum><text>to the maximum extent
practicable, the capital investment and loan financing utilized by emerging and
expanding businesses that were assisted by a Native American business center;
and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id8a45198c-c343-4579-84d7-599120d0c10c"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>the most recent
examination, as required under subparagraph (B), and the subsequent
determination made by the Administration under that subparagraph.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ida0ef5c94-6333-4888-a9c2-19fd2a506101"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Annual
report</header><text>Each entity receiving financial assistance under this
subsection shall annually report to the Administration on the services provided
with such financial assistance, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="id88276c2e-1f27-4a11-9820-6f2e4f422e5d"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the number of individuals
assisted, categorized by ethnicity;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idce5861f9-a00c-4b80-8a87-8ed6b2034e65"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the number of hours spent
providing counseling and training for those individuals;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id14e327a6-c0c2-4d64-9136-49360d9c4707"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the number of startup
small business concerns created or maintained;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id686ec3fd-6cf1-4a36-b675-73167942cc6a"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the gross receipts of
assisted small business concerns;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5582ab2a-b0be-49e8-9327-e109bc9a4730"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the number of jobs
created or maintained at assisted small business concerns; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id11761fdd-5119-4597-beb4-08a819a61b14"><enum>(F)</enum><text>the number of Native
American jobs created or maintained at assisted small business concerns.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id4a7663e3-a95c-4ee8-b785-5b196dd742c7"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Record
retention</header>
<subparagraph id="idee69eb2f-d418-420f-a380-087cd3e9370a"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Applications</header><text>The
Administration shall maintain a copy of each application submitted under this
subsection for not less than 7 years.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idfb4185b6-8938-4a47-982b-b54f200148c8"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Annual
reports</header><text>The Administration shall maintain copies of the
information collected under paragraph (6)(A) indefinitely.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id11ff4f22-38e8-4beb-ab6d-bcb51e85af65"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authorization of
Appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000
for each of the fiscal years 2008 through 2010, to carry out the Native
American Small Business Development Program, authorized under subsection
(c).</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="idb3fd7d4c-d8a7-4f88-82ac-3ea56a1424cb"><enum>403.</enum><header>Pilot
programs</header>
<subsection id="id39f49af9-ee86-43cf-b182-1921714d8e4f"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this section:</text>
<paragraph id="idee5b54c5-2285-467f-ab86-17b2a8a8f5e9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Incorporation by
reference</header><text>The terms defined in section 37(a) of the
<act-name parsable-cite="SBA">Small Business Act</act-name> (as added by this
title) have the same meanings as in that section 37(a) when used in this
section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idc9aaf3c8-e7c3-41f6-8573-26bb979cefae"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Joint
project</header><text>The term <term>joint project</term> means the combined
resources and expertise of 2 or more distinct entities at a physical location
dedicated to assisting the Native American community.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id2978b8ba-67df-44cd-8a90-d40f9627c569"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Native American
Development Grant Pilot Program</header>
<paragraph id="idb2ee0e52-daaa-42ee-8077-cc25f683cda1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Authorization</header>
<subparagraph id="idd260e4c1-85ca-4ca2-acb6-6e6f8bda6b6d"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>There is established a 4-year pilot program under which
the Administration is authorized to award Native American development grants to
provide culturally tailored business development training and related services
to Native Americans and Native American small business concerns.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3e584575-6407-43ef-bc7e-751cdac1e18c"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Eligible
organizations</header><text>The grants authorized under subparagraph (A) may be
awarded to—</text>
<clause id="id085a68c0-679e-48cb-b17c-9d6a331a20e8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>any small business
development center; or</text>
</clause><clause id="id3af497f2-c8a7-455d-86d1-b21c449f6981"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>any private, nonprofit
organization that—</text>
<subclause id="idc4251bad-bcde-46ed-bd1c-b50190a49eb5"><enum>(I)</enum><text>has members of an Indian
tribe comprising a majority of its board of directors;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id41be7123-057e-4058-8516-46835732a120"><enum>(II)</enum><text>is a Native Hawaiian
Organization; or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id67427adf-baa8-47b9-b955-d754c75d416d"><enum>(III)</enum><text>is an Alaska Native
corporation.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc1763151-3c5d-49f9-ad1c-be15fda7f134"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Amounts</header><text>The
Administration shall not award a grant under this subsection in an amount which
exceeds $100,000 for each year of the project.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idedbdaa88-4ba8-40e5-9cf0-4f9f00bc247b"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Grant
duration</header><text>Each grant under this subsection shall be awarded for
not less than a 2-year period and not more than a 4-year period.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idbd910133-9e7c-4be2-995b-c14d81c21c17"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conditions for
participation</header><text>Each entity desiring a grant under this subsection
shall submit an application to the Administration that contains—</text>
<subparagraph id="id5e4629b7-5a6c-46c1-90b1-9db178e2e842"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a certification that the
applicant—</text>
<clause id="id6b888d79-25f8-4a86-a019-667bd233222e"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is a small business
development center or a private, nonprofit organization under paragraph
(1)(B);</text>
</clause><clause id="id2b0530d8-fd0e-4995-8d95-2cb5cb6f1aa4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>employs an executive
director or program manager to manage the facility; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id2cb32cf1-a596-407e-8019-5d215ce26ffc"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>agrees—</text>
<subclause id="id61a8efd8-35ad-4a03-b0f1-a9b1e53b9a33"><enum>(I)</enum><text>to a site visit as part
of the final selection process;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ida8e81901-81e7-411f-8d10-0bf7ca9e11e9"><enum>(II)</enum><text>to an annual
programmatic and financial examination; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="idcdfb50e6-1741-4ffa-8bb9-2ce743a942e9"><enum>(III)</enum><text>to the maximum extent
practicable, to remedy any problems identified pursuant to that site visit or
examination;</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id96bc5d7c-f0a0-475e-9e05-641238160dc6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>information demonstrating
that the applicant has the ability and resources to meet the needs, including
cultural needs, of the Native Americans to be served by the grant;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7fa9e4fb-c2b5-4609-91ea-3d6377e1f1b0"><enum>(C)</enum><text>information relating to
proposed assistance that the grant will provide, including—</text>
<clause id="idd18a944c-b401-4157-a4fd-63af612f6826"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the number of individuals
to be assisted; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id3ece450c-44f1-4180-b48a-c0fa832ad709"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the number of hours of
counseling, training, and workshops to be provided;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1306a0a8-3aee-46fb-8ad5-8b3d2b18d20a"><enum>(D)</enum><text>information demonstrating
the effective experience of the applicant in—</text>
<clause id="idfae0106b-92eb-4bb8-8b60-f48c9beaf9aa"><enum>(i)</enum><text>conducting financial,
management, and marketing assistance programs designed to impart or upgrade the
business skills of current or prospective Native American business
owners;</text>
</clause><clause id="id49e7aa67-e0d2-4058-a8df-9372c5813976"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>providing training and
services to a representative number of Native Americans;</text>
</clause><clause id="id3282ccfc-8a48-491f-bbfb-cb5b62a5790a"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>using resource partners
of the Administration and other entities, including universities, tribal
governments, or tribal colleges; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id2a88bec3-582f-43f7-9254-d38028c6019d"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the prudent management
of finances and staffing;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6ea4a017-ba54-4fb8-9865-684d9bb348f7"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the location where the
applicant will provide training and services to Native Americans; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide3e3f20e-f1c9-4b07-9c57-9995d0fbedf7"><enum>(F)</enum><text>a multiyear plan,
corresponding to the length of the grant, that describes—</text>
<clause id="id14ad5692-0f67-46e4-a612-e2e29d61a535"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the number of Native
Americans and Native American small business concerns to be served by the
grant;</text>
</clause><clause id="idf5ada0ca-6881-40bb-885d-90521f1b3e45"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in the continental
United States, the number of Native Americans to be served by the grant;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="id9de866fc-44e7-4d25-9b53-fa65540c0100"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the training and
services to be provided to a representative number of Native Americans.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idf01c6418-c8e1-449d-a607-bb3e0c31d6c1"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Review of
applications</header><text>The Administration shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="id7e085c08-168e-44d8-b6ae-1a394f55d4b5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>evaluate and rank
applicants under paragraph (2) in accordance with predetermined selection
criteria that is stated in terms of relative importance;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idfba30e63-ec7b-4e40-a296-ed36ff4b0ed7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>include such criteria in
each solicitation under this subsection and make such information available to
the public; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc280c8b9-24a1-4c09-896c-ab5f0f00effe"><enum>(C)</enum><text>approve or disapprove
each completed application submitted under this subsection not later than 60
days after the date of submission.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id4575184e-df8b-49d9-a6d4-2b8f82750b6b"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Annual
report</header><text>Each recipient of a Native American development grant
under this subsection shall annually report to the Administration on the impact
of the grant funding, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="id26d34216-861b-4546-9556-1290d1513924"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the number of individuals
assisted, categorized by ethnicity;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd755c2a6-c6a6-44e6-ae0b-aa549554a81a"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the number of hours spent
providing counseling and training for those individuals;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd270ebf7-8d60-4059-b5d7-e06c5bdfb521"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the number of startup
small business concerns created or maintained with assistance from a Native
American business center;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf21a1573-fd5e-405a-afb7-705b9f312a5e"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the gross receipts of
assisted small business concerns;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id10043b00-3591-4380-8544-443bd64fadf4"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the number of jobs
created or maintained at assisted small business concerns; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id104fd95a-1379-47f8-8a9c-d0218186eebc"><enum>(F)</enum><text>the number of Native
American jobs created or maintained at assisted small business concerns.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id76826dc4-4f4f-424c-aadb-12de55e15933"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Record
retention</header>
<subparagraph id="idf7ca382b-5cde-4b9e-8e28-06036fcce62e"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Applications</header><text>The
Administration shall maintain a copy of each application submitted under this
subsection for not less than 7 years.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id984f217a-159f-45f4-b98f-bc6ba464ce8d"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Annual
reports</header><text>The Administration shall maintain copies of the
information collected under paragraph (4) indefinitely.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idcbfc434d-e46d-405c-9e67-6a73b9bb457a"><enum>(c)</enum><header>American Indian Tribal
Assistance Center Grant Pilot Program</header>
<paragraph id="id27fd353e-af02-4400-9519-16c1758254d9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Authorization</header>
<subparagraph id="idde4dc13a-1a86-4c89-a931-80bf24c4bcfb"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>There is established a 4-year pilot program, under which
the Administration shall award not less than 3 American Indian Tribal
Assistance Center grants to establish joint projects to provide culturally
tailored business development assistance to prospective and current owners of
small business concerns located on or near tribal lands.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id75dfb2d6-026f-4fda-af88-1d4ff6d62d06"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Eligible
organizations</header>
<clause id="idaed8392e-0a00-4adf-bb8e-23540d5103f7"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Class
1</header><text>Not fewer than 1 grant shall be awarded to a joint project
performed by a Native American business center, a Native American business
enterprise center, and a small business development center.</text>
</clause><clause id="idf6904aa1-d9e4-45fd-890c-c42099f6fb8a"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Class
2</header><text>Not fewer than 2 grants shall be awarded to joint projects
performed by a Native American business center and a Native American business
enterprise center.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id16e23623-8149-404d-993a-5b9821b8c185"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Amounts</header><text>The
Administration shall not award a grant under this subsection in an amount which
exceeds $200,000 for each year of the project.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb4ea88be-e6f6-49ba-95eb-63b9526b029a"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Grant
duration</header><text>Each grant under this subsection shall be awarded for a
3-year period.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id8dc1494d-3334-4aa5-bd4f-16cf1b91ae8d"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conditions for
participation</header><text>Each entity desiring a grant under this subsection
shall submit to the Administration a joint application that contains—</text>
<subparagraph id="id97ce91e2-e973-4282-98d2-7a6ba607158d"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a certification that each
participant of the joint application—</text>
<clause id="id0bdfa3f6-95e7-46d8-92e5-678a06300e1f"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is either a Native
American business center, a Native American business enterprise center, or a
small business development center;</text>
</clause><clause id="id762bc92e-8d81-46e7-978e-2cff9b7d40c4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>employs an executive
director or program manager to manage the center; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id986cbff6-1b4d-4b60-817f-6289acd5b38f"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>as a condition of
receiving an American Indian Tribal Assistance Center grant, agrees—</text>
<subclause id="idfbb94ea4-374c-4d9c-8f8a-0a5f02de6fee"><enum>(I)</enum><text>to an annual programmatic
and financial examination; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id25d2ffe8-ae3b-4f96-ae52-40edc2653dd0"><enum>(II)</enum><text>to the maximum extent
practicable, to remedy any problems identified pursuant to that
examination;</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2a6b2456-e78e-4c22-ac59-f2701ff271bd"><enum>(B)</enum><text>information demonstrating
an historic commitment to providing assistance to Native Americans—</text>
<clause id="id021b9b14-1594-4e7e-ab6c-36a51fefcf40"><enum>(i)</enum><text>residing on or near
tribal lands; or</text>
</clause><clause id="id2bd62379-5c18-4af5-827b-a4fe6c143347"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>operating a small
business concern on or near tribal lands;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1530b327-a2d6-4656-9e8c-593b0d5bc1d2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>information demonstrating
that each participant of the joint application has the ability and resources to
meet the needs, including the cultural needs, of the Native Americans to be
served by the grant;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5ba37788-3e7a-4a2b-92fc-7ff593ac87fb"><enum>(D)</enum><text>information relating to
proposed assistance that the grant will provide, including—</text>
<clause id="ide7f94a76-56d8-40e7-aeb9-0139e130eba2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the number of individuals
to be assisted; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id058e6962-88f7-43d2-b9b2-a0a851140421"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the number of hours of
counseling, training, and workshops to be provided;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idccd87f3a-78de-4799-a476-f640172a2735"><enum>(E)</enum><text>information demonstrating
the effective experience of each participant of the joint application
in—</text>
<clause id="id3d691e05-fe17-4509-9b18-03abb1f11c3a"><enum>(i)</enum><text>conducting financial,
management, and marketing assistance programs, designed to impart or upgrade
the business skills of current or prospective Native American business owners;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="id3e36f27c-535e-4e71-a45a-b15226c67240"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the prudent management
of finances and staffing; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8bbee7a5-2708-4a6d-95ca-c6e1f5b1a940"><enum>(F)</enum><text>a plan for the length of
the grant, that describes—</text>
<clause id="id892f654a-2b1b-421f-b144-0e44f1354853"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the number of Native
Americans and Native American small business concerns to be served by the
grant; and</text>
</clause><clause id="idbaea02c8-d2cf-45e5-ae62-5091f3fdd552"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the training and
services to be provided.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id9f4c0fc7-8250-456f-824b-b1ab8d9bb98d"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Review of
applications</header><text>The Administration shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="id13583645-1d4e-4615-8fa6-3615133a7c66"><enum>(A)</enum><text>evaluate and rank
applicants under paragraph (2) in accordance with predetermined selection
criteria that is stated in terms of relative importance;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5f682021-f6b4-42ed-92e5-9f2bb4a299df"><enum>(B)</enum><text>include such criteria in
each solicitation under this subsection and make such information available to
the public; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="iddba5d016-d271-4d4d-8b6d-e2386e4cffee"><enum>(C)</enum><text>approve or disapprove
each application submitted under this subsection not later than 60 days after
the date of submission.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idb0b95956-17cf-44d7-8e60-1e64dad1e310"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Annual
report</header><text>Each recipient of an American Indian tribal assistance
center grant under this subsection shall annually report to the Administration
on the impact of the grant funding received during the reporting year, and the
cumulative impact of the grant funding received since the initiation of the
grant, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="id84c25d5c-9a05-4988-a6a0-0ecf6750ba75"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the number of individuals
assisted, categorized by ethnicity;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id40f8c4d1-0601-4478-b902-a020505335ac"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the number of hours of
counseling and training provided and workshops conducted;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9f94b95e-bc86-48ed-b1b5-65f4983cdbb7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the number of startup
business concerns created or maintained with assistance from a Native American
business center;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id01644957-1a39-4050-9258-684068fcb7c2"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the gross receipts of
assisted small business concerns;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd17dae1e-33a9-4680-a43b-56e4459d3951"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the number of jobs
created or maintained at assisted small business concerns; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id90a5c131-2c6e-4792-bc71-dff64413def9"><enum>(F)</enum><text>the number of Native
American jobs created or maintained at assisted small business concerns.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idb5db48ee-9c2d-4be6-b5af-2973028adef4"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Record
retention</header>
<subparagraph id="id2968435f-037c-439a-92a4-48d149ac40e0"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Applications</header><text>The
Administration shall maintain a copy of each application submitted under this
subsection for not less than 7 years.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idea1360b5-8bc9-4045-b2f7-71aff805f5c9"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Annual
reports</header><text>The Administration shall maintain copies of the
information collected under paragraph (4) indefinitely.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id2a026a08-bd58-421b-a264-4039402c91df"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authorization of
Appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated—</text>
<paragraph id="idab09d542-69bb-435f-a822-c051bf7cad77"><enum>(1)</enum><text>$1,000,000 for each of
fiscal years 2008 through 2010, to carry out the Native American Development
Grant Pilot Program, authorized under subsection (b); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id7f002a68-4f08-4b37-8ebc-1e897d9863c4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>$1,000,000 for each of
fiscal years 2008 through 2010, to carry out the American Indian Tribal
Assistance Center Grant Pilot Program, authorized under subsection (c).</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><enum>V</enum><header>National Small Business
Regulatory Assistance</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0573fd5c-90f3-4a30-8133-cdbb3ab0e277"><enum>501.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited
as the <quote><short-title>National Small Business
Regulatory Assistance Act of 2007</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6ca08940-9985-4de2-821e-869af642cc03"><enum>502.</enum><header>Purpose</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The purpose of this title is to establish a
4-year pilot program to—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7b631aa3-aa9f-41ce-82ff-db8d5b23f76f"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide confidential assistance to small
business concerns;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida1ab97bd-ca59-4257-b141-eac7c198585e"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide small business concerns with the
information necessary to improve their rate of compliance with Federal and
State regulations derived from Federal law;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc1199aa6-79e5-4f27-8bdb-ec75d1476bb9"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">create a partnership among Federal agencies
to increase outreach efforts to small business concerns with respect to
regulatory compliance;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide9d8eaff-bec5-4450-9d87-399ff839f9cc"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide a mechanism for unbiased feedback
to Federal agencies on the regulatory environment for small business concerns;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd947f29f-f9e1-4e56-ae5e-41bae426ed1f"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">expand the services delivered by the small
business development centers under section 21(c)(3)(H) of the Small Business
Act to improve access to programs to assist small business concerns with
regulatory compliance.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ideb194b20-910b-457a-8c61-1821ac06eba4"><enum>503.</enum><header>Small Business
Regulatory Assistance Pilot Program</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1f4bb3b9-ada2-4b7d-ad6c-3e6fe23be063"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida4fbe2ee-040f-4cb2-acc9-826b0d4c55db"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Association</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>association</term> means the
association established pursuant to section 21(a)(3)(A) of the
<act-name parsable-cite="SBA">Small Business Act</act-name> (15 U.S.C.
648(a)(3)(A)) representing a majority of small business development
centers.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8b8c0f09-6199-4208-b6c6-5b5cb23e6c2e"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Participating small
business development center</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>participating small business
development center</term> means a small business development center
participating in the pilot program established under this title.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ideea20d21-22aa-4078-ac12-a1e472603922"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Regulatory compliance
assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>regulatory compliance assistance</term> means assistance provided by a
small business development center to a small business concern to assist and
facilitate the concern in complying with Federal and State regulatory
requirements derived from Federal law.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id272e1037-d3bf-4e92-932b-28f035968948"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Small business
development center</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>small business development center</term> means a small business
development center described in section 21 of the <act-name parsable-cite="SBA">Small Business Act</act-name> (15 U.S.C. 648).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0c9ab24d-f2b1-4746-8b4a-807d78a86253"><enum>(5)</enum><header>State</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>State</term> means each of
the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico,
the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and Guam.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf859817f-f0cc-43d8-b001-4a6f93838d8c"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In accordance with this section, the
Administrator shall establish a pilot program to provide regulatory compliance
assistance to small business concerns through participating small business
development centers.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id67e58271-5438-4bcc-85d3-0ae213be228e"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Small business
development centers</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb05f2228-7e8f-45a0-8690-59b7a25e1721"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out the
pilot program established under this section, the Administrator shall enter
into arrangements with participating small business development centers under
which such centers shall—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb4df5544-02f2-494c-aca1-87c773cb3f87"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide access to information and
resources, including current Federal and State nonpunitive compliance and
technical assistance programs similar to those established under section 507 of
the <act-name parsable-cite="CAA">Clean Air Act</act-name> Amendments of 1990
(42 U.S.C. 7661f);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2d81d78f-9e3d-4eba-8ada-60a48007ec52"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">conduct training and educational
activities;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id759437e2-be1f-498a-a295-cd07a6efd5cc"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">offer confidential, free of charge,
one-on-one, in-depth counseling to the owners and operators of small business
concerns regarding compliance with Federal and State regulations derived from
Federal law, provided that such counseling is not considered to be the practice
of law in a State in which a small business development center is located or in
which such counseling is conducted;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6a6295d8-80a7-4a43-acd0-ed9ce4309a2e"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide technical assistance;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2d699630-d751-4dc8-884a-da96b46a5d9e"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">give referrals to experts and other
providers of compliance assistance who meet such standards for educational,
technical, and professional competency as are established by the Administrator;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id46820565-8478-47f1-925f-9e998d8e6728"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">form partnerships with Federal compliance
programs.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb53c04ca-0933-445e-a731-e39af29ed9a2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Reports</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each participating small business
development center shall transmit to the Administrator and the Chief Counsel
for Advocacy of the Administration, as the Administrator may direct, a
quarterly report that includes—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4ba1f38b-e2bb-4dba-b9a8-b10833b7a8cd"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a summary of the regulatory compliance
assistance provided by the center under the pilot program;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb3d14a39-dac4-4f76-8254-c964c9fbabfe"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number of small business concerns
assisted under the pilot program; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1518d319-0f1e-4c45-b8ac-973d8444c8be"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for every fourth report, any regulatory
compliance information based on Federal law that a Federal or State agency has
provided to the center during the preceding year and requested that it be
disseminated to small business concerns.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id425f0f68-44a0-4d4f-938c-80136306c36f"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Eligibility</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A small business development center shall
be eligible to receive assistance under the pilot program established under
this section only if such center is accredited under section 21(k)(2) of the
<act-name parsable-cite="SBA">Small Business Act</act-name> (15 U.S.C.
648(k)(2)).</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd8cafab6-07a5-4598-a63e-27dc5ceb10e0"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Selection of
participating small business development centers</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7995246c-2b8d-42a8-8005-315d7258b31a"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Groupings</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id79a177da-06e6-49d6-8026-09c71c0945c0"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator shall select the small
business development center programs of 2 States from each of the groups of
States described in subparagraph (B) to participate in the pilot program
established under this section.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2c24b06b-fb7c-4f6b-8681-cc19dbe9f65e"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Groups</header><text>The
groups described in this subparagraph as follows:</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddcd4a3ea-0a85-48f8-9a76-7268e05aee6e"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Group 1</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Group 1 shall consist of Maine,
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Vermont, and Rhode Island.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id27642018-7270-49cf-ac55-727716683f31"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Group 2</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Group 2 shall consist of New York, New
Jersey, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide351066b-735d-4aff-9924-a2128dded962"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Group 3</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Group 3 shall consist of Pennsylvania,
Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, the District of Columbia, and
Delaware.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6f59b420-6894-4fda-bb2f-56ed80074b2a"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Group 4</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Group 4 shall consist of Georgia, Alabama,
North Carolina, South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Kentucky, and
Tennessee.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idad668080-f4e4-4ca3-9c75-782210b79425"><enum>(v)</enum><header>Group 5</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Group 5 shall consist of Illinois, Ohio,
Michigan, Indiana, Wisconsin, and Minnesota.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf97f35ae-9002-4c27-9bbc-311da261871a"><enum>(vi)</enum><header>Group 6</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Group 6 shall consist of Texas, New Mexico,
Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfc97b95e-c379-435c-abb1-d95ee821841b"><enum>(vii)</enum><header>Group 7</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Group 7 shall consist of Missouri, Iowa,
Nebraska, and Kansas.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide1bb43e1-78e9-44dd-a334-ad6be450527d"><enum>(viii)</enum><header>Group
8</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Group 8 shall consist of
Colorado, Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, and Utah.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id006eaed4-6c35-484d-8c86-9b1920f5f5f5"><enum>(ix)</enum><header>Group 9</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Group 9 shall consist of California, Guam,
American Samoa, Hawaii, Nevada, and Arizona.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9413dcc8-f90c-40f6-8d7a-1bff4e0726de"><enum>(x)</enum><header>Group 10</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Group 10 shall consist of Washington,
Alaska, Idaho, and Oregon.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDea42495cfa654eaeab266d31c9d09949"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Coordination to avoid
duplication with other programs</header><text>In selecting small business
development center programs under this paragraph, the Administrator shall give
a preference to any such program that has a plan for consulting with Federal
and State agencies to ensure that any assistance provided under this section is
not duplicated by a Federal or State program.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id565c2db9-ca1c-44df-b6c9-696281bcb034"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Deadline for
selection</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator
shall make selections under this subsection not later than 6 months after the
date of publication of final regulations under section 1704.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbeede499-328c-4bef-b564-bd727615cd2f"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Matching
requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subparagraphs (A)
and (B) of section 21(a)(4) of the <act-name parsable-cite="SBA">Small Business
Act</act-name> (15 U.S.C. 648(a)(4)) shall apply to assistance made available
under the pilot program established under this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd2b5ba70-76ca-4d59-bc55-0de7197e8e17"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Grant
amounts</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each State program
selected to receive a grant under subsection (e) shall be eligible to receive a
grant in an amount equal to—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0c0b69d2-4aa8-4808-9d8a-5a50f88e4efa"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not less than $150,000 per fiscal year;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1ac76d7c-a6f0-49ae-98d8-1c3b003a3d6c"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not more than $300,000 per fiscal
year.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id410b34b4-858f-4d30-a916-28862d13eaf3"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Evaluation and
report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Comptroller
General of the United States shall—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4f745507-e61c-403d-b373-e38abaf25654"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not later than 30 months after the date of
disbursement of the first grant under the pilot program established under this
section, initiate an evaluation of the pilot program; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idac6fc04d-1d63-4d5f-a7e5-54a7e576cb42"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not later than 6 months after the date of
the initiation of the evaluation under paragraph (1), transmit to the
Administrator, the Chief Counsel for Advocacy, the Committee on Small Business
and Entrepreneurship of the Senate, and the Committee on Small Business of the
House of Representatives, a report containing—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4dcad04c-183d-4215-8f36-dfd3989814bc"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the results of the evaluation; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id420c7b36-30b2-4d97-b6dd-8bb381e47a56"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any recommendations as to whether the pilot
program, with or without modification, should be extended to include the
participation of all small business development centers.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd7c508f2-9bbb-4a3e-a70a-cb72e7095508"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Posting of
information</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Administrator shall post on the website of the Administration and
publish in the Federal Register a guidance document describing the requirements
of an application for assistance under this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5988bf3a-4664-4cc2-b5f3-08ead2cf45d1"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id20bd5025-4d72-43e5-9518-0d90093152fb"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized
to be appropriated to carry out this section—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id712db521-e4aa-4cfc-9a57-c064a58f8230"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$5,000,000 for the first fiscal year
beginning after the date of enactment of this Act; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1196fba4-e37e-4dfa-afb0-3f41435d5c5f"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$5,000,000 for each of the 3 fiscal years
following the fiscal year described in subparagraph (A).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id50a8a13a-32e2-4a35-9332-6d115daf6bc7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitation on use of
other funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator
may carry out the pilot program established under this section only with
amounts appropriated in advance specifically to carry out this section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide9314568-2d7a-4c79-b71c-42dd52e13893"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Termination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Small Business Regulatory Assistance
Pilot Program established under this section shall terminate 4 years after the
date of disbursement of the first grant under the pilot program.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7fcae84b-14a7-4bfe-8251-980947ad6d9e"><enum>504.</enum><header>Rulemaking</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">After providing notice and an opportunity
for comment, and after consulting with the association (but not later than 180
days after the date of enactment of this Act), the Administrator shall
promulgate final regulations to carry out this title, including regulations
that establish—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8d907ac8-c646-4c49-9e66-1b6a0a505f7f"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">priorities for the types of assistance to
be provided under the pilot program established under this title;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide534638e-4e62-4309-9914-04ad23b8067a"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">standards relating to educational,
technical, and support services to be provided by participating small business
development centers;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id72803416-5d8c-414d-9692-4ae7ebf75176"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">standards relating to any national service
delivery and support function to be provided by the association under the pilot
program;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2caf9a5e-154e-44d5-9972-525edbda935d"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">standards relating to any work plan that
the Administrator may require a participating small business development center
to develop; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id91d13176-bef3-4b3a-85e1-7b627bbba2be"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">standards relating to the educational,
technical, and professional competency of any expert or other assistance
provider to whom a small business concern may be referred for compliance
assistance under the pilot program.</text>
</paragraph></section><enum>VI</enum><header>Other
provisions</header>
<section id="ided5cbef2-51db-4952-a4ac-9aa33e5e448f"><enum>601.</enum><header>Minority
Entrepreneurship and Innovation Pilot Program</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7b6ae9fd-6057-448d-afe6-1f5a09331e00"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idac0c9dab-8192-4ecf-aa9d-1b1e1aefebf2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the terms <term>Alaska
Native-serving institution</term> and <term>Native Hawaiian-serving
institution</term> have the meanings given those terms in section 317 of the
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1059d);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4978ee90-1ec2-485c-b3aa-b95bdc0caa14"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <term>Hispanic serving
institution</term> has the meaning given the term in section 502 of the Higher
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1101a);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5cdc6e62-16f5-4130-87da-a546d6af2844"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <term>historically Black college
and university</term> has the meaning given the term <quote>part B
institution</quote> in section 322 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20
U.S.C. 1061);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide4c44388-d814-447e-9f6f-9f743d448638"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <term>small business development
center</term> has the same meaning as in section 21 of the Small Business Act
(15 U.S.C. 648); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf714287c-a8d2-4151-a7c9-783da99dd5cf"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <term>Tribal College</term> has
the meaning given the term <quote>tribally controlled college or
university</quote> in section 2 of the Tribally Controlled College or
University Assistance Act of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 1801).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf733d04b-e903-492f-9c1a-956c591177d8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Minority
entrepreneurship and innovation grants</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbec628f3-dcfa-4db4-997c-6aecda814335"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
General</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator
shall make grants to historically Black colleges and universities, Tribal
Colleges, Hispanic serving institutions, Alaska Native-serving institutions,
and Native Hawaiian-serving institutions, or to any entity formed by a
combination of such institutions—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc3009132-ef1a-4859-ad1c-1c0f4fe14b40"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to assist in establishing an
entrepreneurship curriculum for undergraduate or graduate studies; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id575e8bce-3126-4f0e-8408-8d3da303f23a"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for placement of small business development
centers on the physical campus of the institution.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida17c557e-36fb-46a2-bce9-0e6e6b1d8fa5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Curriculum
Requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An institution of
higher education receiving a grant under this subsection shall develop a
curriculum that includes training in various skill sets needed by successful
entrepreneurs, including—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1ddb5a99-c078-47cb-8848-d7b08ff49b27"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">business management and marketing,
financial management and accounting, market analysis and competitive analysis,
innovation and strategic planning; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idafa04ece-2007-45c7-b2af-12fe0b8822d8"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">additional entrepreneurial skill sets
specific to the needs of the student population and the surrounding community,
as determined by the institution.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfbf43126-8af4-4886-9493-cd637e01e677"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Small business
development center requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each institution receiving a grant under
this subsection shall open a small business development center that—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb4daa32b-c0fc-4e44-aef8-15fc9d896db4"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">performs studies, research, and counseling
concerning the management, financing, and operation of small business
concerns;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc01a60c9-16f5-47c2-9120-c981dd60480e"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">performs management training and technical
assistance regarding the participation of small business concerns in
international markets, export promotion and technology transfer, and the
delivery or distribution of such services and information;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id81d31b17-da41-4949-9e3e-44b3df17669a"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">offers referral services for entrepreneurs
and small business concerns to business development, financing, and legal
experts; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd13bc93f-6a6a-403e-b627-38c305d245f3"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">promotes market-specific innovation, niche
marketing, capacity building, international trade, and strategic planning as
keys to long-term growth for its small business concern and entrepreneur
clients.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8c1fab2a-58d8-4891-8774-e472e3769d78"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Grant
limitations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A grant under
this subsection—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb6ac7671-fdec-418e-bdf2-6e7e2b44af09"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may not exceed $500,000 for any fiscal year
for any 1 institution of higher education;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8d7e0d24-f2b8-4044-92d0-2d5f3d265df7"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may not be used for any purpose other than
those associated with the direct costs incurred to develop and implement a
curriculum that fosters entrepreneurship and the costs incurred to organize and
run a small business development center on the grounds of the institution;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb8c476e6-262d-4fa1-9e16-f8832474e53d"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may not be used for building expenses,
administrative travel budgets, or other expenses not directly related to the
implementation of the curriculum or activities authorized by this
section.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5974eaef-ef71-4af0-a6cf-20000f6808e1"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Exception from Small
Business Act requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section
21(a)(4) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 648(a)(4)) do not apply to
assistance made available under this subsection.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida24037fa-3483-4677-99eb-318cb284fca2"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than November 1 of each year, the
Associate Administrator of Entrepreneurial Development of the Administration
shall submit to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the
Senate and the Committee on Small Business of the House of Representatives, a
report evaluating the award and use of grants under this subsection during the
preceding fiscal year, which shall include—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idff673f34-c77b-4bb6-8be1-24773d590a3b"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of each entrepreneurship
program developed with grant funds, the date of the award of such grant, and
the number of participants in each such program;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8468f62c-0174-4878-b5a1-a1ba4ec57450"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number of small business concerns
assisted by each small business development center established with a grant
under this subsection; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide0be5ebb-87a2-4c1b-abb8-ebb96b84a9ef"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">data regarding the economic impact of the
small business development center counseling provided under a grant under this
subsection.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id79bf55f8-e1fc-4c36-bdf9-0d12403d8e71"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorization of
Appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $10,000,000, to remain
available until expended, for each of fiscal years 2008 and 2010.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf3c21e71-7dd5-42e4-b1a1-248f3b595576"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Limitation on use of
Other Funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator
shall carry out this section only with amounts appropriated in advance
specifically to carry out this section.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="id7e2cded3-5489-4b59-922b-ba0cb50fea83"><enum>602.</enum><header>Institutions of higher
education</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3f410c2f-89ba-4bcd-8219-13f0a5d50483"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 21(a)(1) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.
648(a)(1)) is amended by striking <quote>: <italic>Provided,
</italic>That</quote> and all that follows through <quote>on such date.</quote>
and inserting the following: <quote>On and after December 31, 2007, the
Administration may only make a grant under this paragraph to an applicant that
is an institution of higher education, as defined in section 101(a) of the
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a)) that is accredited (and not
merely in preaccreditation status) by a nationally recognized accrediting
agency or association, recognized by the Secretary of Education for such
purpose in accordance with section 496 of that Act (20 U.S.C. 1099b), or to a
women's business center operating pursuant to section 29 as a small business
development center, unless the applicant was receiving a grant (including a
contract or cooperative agreement) on December 31, 2007.</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5fb6bb87-521d-4da5-983f-2b6c5d349af0"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective
date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendment made by
subsection (a) shall take effect on December 31, 2007.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb36d9ea7-d20e-4c99-af59-519ffd9a67b5"><enum>603.</enum><header>Health insurance
options information for small business concerns</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id77d1d4b3-b10d-4be4-8b4b-f9fe993c6906"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the following definitions
shall apply:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8fd9a443-dabb-43e4-9a67-a4730005b642"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Association</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>association</term> means an
association established under section 21(a)(3)(A) of the
<act-name parsable-cite="SBA">Small Business Act</act-name> (15 U.S.C.
648(a)(3)(A)) representing a majority of small business development
centers.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id04389662-2126-46b2-bf37-1027fe4aacb8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Participating small
business development center</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>participating small business
development center</term> means a small business development center described
in section 21 of the <act-name parsable-cite="SBA">Small Business
Act</act-name> (15 U.S.C. 648) that—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida70618bc-5535-4a2a-9e03-08962df55532"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is accredited under section 21(k)(2) of the
<act-name parsable-cite="SBA">Small Business Act</act-name> (15 U.S.C.
648(k)(2)); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id80500e6e-6ad1-4b2e-9f54-35125df4aa87"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">receives a grant under the pilot
program.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida8ac0e69-cfcc-4233-a055-a0bb19986935"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Pilot
program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>pilot
program</term> means the small business health insurance information pilot
program established under this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7ede3e95-b2dd-4d05-bdcc-e9278170bd58"><enum>(4)</enum><header>State</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>State</term> means each of
the several States of the United States, the District of Columbia, the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and
Guam.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id72654cf5-ded0-49d0-98a7-93823e726024"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Small Business Health
Insurance Information Pilot Program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator shall establish a pilot
program to make grants to small business development centers to provide neutral
and objective information and educational materials regarding health insurance
options, including coverage options within the small group market, to small
business concerns.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id701ec579-6eca-4cc5-ace4-1d36346e9d5e"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Applications</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id18771e5e-9b87-4c65-880a-29884ae11677"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Posting of
information</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Administrator shall post on the website of the Administration and
publish in the Federal Register a guidance document describing—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id994996bc-3079-45e9-a376-cc5385e61c07"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the requirements of an
application for a grant under the pilot program; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id21c9e5ac-fc9c-48a9-b60a-7644e0bccfbd"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the types of
informational and educational materials regarding health insurance options to
be created under the pilot program, including by referencing materials and
resources developed by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, the
Kaiser Family Foundation, and the Healthcare Leadership Council.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide0c5f453-b971-48d9-820f-e21f59b1c144"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Submission</header><text>A
small business development center desiring a grant under the pilot program
shall submit an application at such time, in such manner, and accompanied by
such information as the Administrator may reasonably require.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id600f39d8-8c56-4423-867c-7b19631a4e1a"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Selection of
participating small business development centers</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id591a47f2-5b74-476f-bbb3-80ebdf1a787d"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Administrator shall select not more than 20 small
business development centers to receive a grant under the pilot program.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id583258d5-86fc-4847-b39b-148af9a68cfb"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Selection of
programs</header><text>In selecting small business development centers under
paragraph (1), the Administrator may not select—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbced2e4d-3f03-428e-8a28-0de7312e5589"><enum>(A)</enum><text>more than 2 programs from
each of the groups of States described in paragraph (3); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6744d67a-598d-4fac-b249-acb29bf4adb8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>more than 1 program in
any State.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1c80cb83-638e-4ced-a38b-f4859c8a1ac2"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Groupings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The groups of States described in this
paragraph are the following:</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idedaa3142-8fc3-430e-ae31-ff5e3e72e627"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Group 1</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Group 1 shall consist of Maine,
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Vermont, and Rhode Island.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id15c087e1-67ea-437e-826f-9be1cc1af820"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Group 2</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Group 2 shall consist of New York, New
Jersey, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1abaac7c-8b36-4866-8ffd-efeef36ebf18"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Group 3</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Group 3 shall consist of Pennsylvania,
Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, the District of Columbia, and
Delaware.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1f7ff468-6ad7-43a6-9877-e0ff5a2109d3"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Group 4</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Group 4 shall consist of Georgia, Alabama,
North Carolina, South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Kentucky, and
Tennessee.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3933488b-3084-4968-b060-c8b66c52b721"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Group 5</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Group 5 shall consist of Illinois, Ohio,
Michigan, Indiana, Wisconsin, and Minnesota.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id21b64ec6-64a1-4e9b-aedc-b8d6f10567c3"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Group 6</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Group 6 shall consist of Texas, New Mexico,
Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5b5b847a-10f7-4643-8e0e-fad98bbe8170"><enum>(G)</enum><header>Group 7</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Group 7 shall consist of Missouri, Iowa,
Nebraska, and Kansas.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id950cb287-b296-4636-9239-bdb79082ef88"><enum>(H)</enum><header>Group 8</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Group 8 shall consist of Colorado, Wyoming,
North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, and Utah.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id13f2494d-4a80-4022-80a1-f1aeecbe768c"><enum>(I)</enum><header>Group 9</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Group 9 shall consist of California, Guam,
American Samoa, Hawaii, Nevada, and Arizona.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2d76af02-c85b-4d3e-b63a-77412e61bd3c"><enum>(J)</enum><header>Group 10</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Group 10 shall consist of Washington,
Alaska, Idaho, and Oregon.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id22a0a11f-c759-4900-9056-42d33d02ed2a"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Deadline for
selection</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator
shall make selections under this subsection not later than 6 months after the
later of the date on which the information described in subsection (c)(1) is
posted on the website of the Administration and the date on which the
information described in subsection (c)(1) is published in the Federal
Register.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id43fb990d-2e05-4293-b93a-13dc5acf9a40"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Use of funds</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida50bb0b5-e110-4ce5-b233-c27185305c34"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A participating small
business development center shall use funds provided under the pilot program
to—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc21ea43a-6e48-4ae0-9bce-98ae76d21bc4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>create and distribute
informational materials; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbea3da23-bf00-457a-82cf-05fcb572dc5e"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">conduct training and educational
activities.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id81a39805-6e6c-4944-8aa5-07b89dc2837b"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Content of
materials</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0243f1cf-6df2-4761-bf14-f46855f44fa6"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>In creating materials under the pilot program, a
participating small business development center shall evaluate and incorporate
relevant portions of existing informational materials regarding health
insurance options, including materials and resources developed by the National
Association of Insurance Commissioners, the Kaiser Family Foundation, and the
Healthcare Leadership Council.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5760afea-5e6e-48b0-8b4e-d1ddb35c9f68"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Health insurance
options</header><text>In incorporating information regarding health insurance
options under subparagraph (A), a participating small business development
center shall provide neutral and objective information regarding health
insurance options in the geographic area served by the participating small
business development center, including traditional employer sponsored health
insurance for the group insurance market, such as the health insurance options
defined in section 2791 of the Public Health Services Act (42 U.S.C. 300gg–91)
or section 125 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and Federal and State
health insurance programs.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id13eb0156-71e5-43bb-89df-ac6fe6273976"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Grant
amounts</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each participating
small business development center program shall receive a grant in an amount
equal to—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id571fb859-30bf-4c2f-b012-9ce5a87bf51d"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not less than $150,000 per fiscal year;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id49363746-4231-44e1-a4d6-90dd4ea74408"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not more than $300,000 per fiscal
year.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id45838f69-9a0b-459b-b376-08dd3cdf5347"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Matching
requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subparagraphs (A)
and (B) of section 21(a)(4) of the <act-name parsable-cite="SBA">Small Business
Act</act-name> (15 U.S.C. 648(a)(4)) shall apply to assistance made available
under the pilot program.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ideb3cc259-c8cb-4f2e-9ef4-c71bde82669f"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Reports</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each participating small business
development center shall transmit to the Committee on Small Business and
Entrepreneurship of the Senate and the Committee on Small Business of the House
of Representatives, a quarterly report that includes—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9737de6b-497a-48c3-bbc1-39d74041883f"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a summary of the information and
educational materials regarding health insurance options provided by the
participating small business development center under the pilot program;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2ad816ae-5827-435a-995c-503cbd4d8308"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number of small business concerns
assisted under the pilot program.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id06bd6ee3-a9e3-486c-89d8-561796eed380"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb759d30d-9bd0-4936-955e-8c2960bd380c"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized
to be appropriated to carry out this section—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idadefb1e4-7a74-4dea-8db5-d82497fbcb57"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$5,000,000 for the first fiscal year
beginning after the date of enactment of this Act; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id851f8565-af07-454a-ba61-58744d61dc98"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$5,000,000 for each of the 3 fiscal years
following the fiscal year described in subparagraph (A).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id02afdb8f-dfb0-4d0e-8152-e536d9f3e982"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitation on use of
other funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator
may carry out the pilot program only with amounts appropriated in advance
specifically to carry out this section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id7d945106-9141-4819-84a9-e6e247a5b9c5"><enum>604.</enum><header>National Small
Business Development Center Advisory Board</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 21(i)(1) of the Small Business Act
(15 U.S.C. 648(i)(1)) is amended by striking <quote>nine members</quote> and
inserting <quote>10 members</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="id6208a6af-c262-4344-9e1a-2592b158852d"><enum>605.</enum><header>Office of Native
American Affairs pilot program</header>
<subsection id="idd3109307-d243-4dce-970d-6c8298353a84"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>In
this section, the term <term>Indian tribe</term> means any band, nation, or
organized group or community of Indians located in the contiguous United
States, and the Metlakatla Indian Community, whose members are recognized as
eligible for the services provided to Indians by the Secretary of the Interior
because of their status as Indians.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id34dd223c-75e4-41ac-bcde-62439a3845c7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization</header><text>The
Office of Native American Affairs of the Administration may conduct a pilot
program—</text>
<paragraph id="idc901a15f-553d-4909-81fc-f05ca7b64881"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to develop and publish a
self-assessment tool for Indian tribes that will allow such tribes to evaluate
and implement best practices for economic development; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id3979d634-3f0a-4eb2-bff6-1a9d8fcd7a3d"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to provide assistance to
Indian tribes, through the Inter-Agency Working Group, in identifying and
implementing economic development opportunities available from the Federal
Government and private enterprise, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="id1cd353ee-a742-43b1-a118-39f49080e50b"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the
Administration;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida498ff1a-0de9-40f7-9590-a1339eb0ef4d"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Department of
Energy;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7e2b2821-9cf5-4d0e-8242-040382e759a0"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the Environmental
Protection Agency;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idfb900cab-fe56-48b0-b22a-83540caeb4a0"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the Department of
Commerce;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="iddc93064f-0390-467e-a6ce-4c1ab576aea8"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the Federal
Communications Commission;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idecbb85c2-2c8d-4948-ac31-453ec2c6dd3f"><enum>(F)</enum><text>the Department of
Justice;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6979b796-3c4b-4a30-b5dd-c1054188cce1"><enum>(G)</enum><text>the Department of
Labor;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4ad84c50-ea87-4544-bc25-7764d58998cc"><enum>(H)</enum><text>the Office of National
Drug Control Policy; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0b46e60b-c922-4bc0-a1e5-297433edb8aa"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the Department of
Agriculture.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idf89ae28d-ab0e-49eb-828a-f32dd0c6ab92"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Termination of
program</header><text>The authority to conduct a pilot program under this
section shall terminate on September 30, 2009.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id6c44ae1b-b622-44f2-8036-6cd866a452d2"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than September 30, 2009, the Office of Native American Affairs shall
submit a report to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the
Senate and the Committee on Small Business of the House of Representatives
regarding the effectiveness of the self-assessment tool developed under
subsection (b)(1).</text>
</subsection></section><section id="id60e14fb9-ede1-4bb0-b48e-85ab2ef31add"><enum>606.</enum><header>Privacy requirements
for SCORE chapters</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 8
of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637) is amended by inserting after
subsection (b) the following</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6a58bcfc-e595-4416-ab66-90988b199cb9" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id85542aa5-b11e-4d5f-b528-f3d443c3456c"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Privacy requirements</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1bf282da-08ba-4769-bbf3-aa902c981f99"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>A chapter of the Service Corps of Retired Executives
program authorized by subsection (b)(1) or an agent of such a chapter may not
disclose the name, address, or telephone number of any individual or small
business concern receiving assistance from that chapter or agent without the
consent of such individual or small business concern, unless—</text>
<subparagraph id="id998ea182-8138-4e89-8fb4-8e688e3606de"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Administrator is
ordered to make such a disclosure by a court in any civil or criminal
enforcement action initiated by a Federal or State agency; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd7503e5d-09d7-4533-83c3-fa2bca251b00"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Administrator
considers such a disclosure to be necessary for the purpose of conducting a
financial audit of a chapter of the Service Corps of Retired Executives program
authorized by subsection (b)(1), but a disclosure under this subparagraph shall
be limited to the information necessary for such audit.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf3dbaea1-f623-4826-b9e1-9a71f374efcf"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Administrator use of
information</header><text>This subsection shall not—</text>
<subparagraph id="id5ff91346-cd53-4a79-96c6-baa2f45aa24f"><enum>(A)</enum><text>restrict Administrator
access to program activity data; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf707f45c-53d0-4c28-bcd4-da4950836f96"><enum>(B)</enum><text>prevent the Administrator
from using client information to conduct client surveys.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf81ad7f8-d145-4c17-9ad6-2624d0f8bd6d"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Regulations</header>
<subparagraph id="idb799851d-c05e-4f17-a605-252b9216be24"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Administrator shall issue regulations to establish
standards—</text>
<clause id="id311d654b-42f0-43f2-8a67-92c5c0ba7313"><enum>(i)</enum><text>for disclosures with
respect to financial audits under paragraph (1)(B); and</text>
</clause><clause id="id517cf873-8dd5-4791-84da-1d6b659f4cc8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>for client surveys under
paragraph (2)(B), including standards for oversight of such surveys and for
dissemination and use of client information.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id45d246cc-9033-4f2c-ad71-8c73f0f9dbbf"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Maximum privacy
protection</header><text>Regulations under this paragraph shall, to the extent
practicable, provide for the maximum amount of privacy protection.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="iddfc90e9d-cf48-4128-abbd-6f08f724a26f"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Inspector
general</header><text>Until the effective date of regulations under this
paragraph, any client survey and the use of such information shall be approved
by the Inspector General who shall include such approval in the semi-annual
report of the Inspector
General.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="idd1f6f636-2e75-4771-a7ac-ac69a26a167f"><enum>607.</enum><header>National small
business summit</header>
<subsection id="id5ab8c8ec-a659-4b1e-b870-13b7d0c69cfe"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than December 31, 2009, the President shall
convene a National Small Business Summit to examine the present conditions and
future of the community of small business concerns in the United States. The
summit shall include owners of small business concerns, representatives of
small business groups, labor, academia, State and Federal government, Federal
research and development agencies, and nonprofit policy groups concerned with
the issues of small business concerns.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id8a536c7b-9ab9-4b78-90f4-341526f92f5c"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than 90 days after the date of the conclusion of the summit convened
under subsection (a), the President shall issue a report on the results of the
summit. The report shall identify key challenges and recommendations for
promoting entrepreneurship and the growth of small business concerns.</text>
</subsection></section>
September 26, 2007
Reported with an amendment