1.This Act may be cited as the
Entrepreneurial Development Act of
2009
.
2.The table of contents
for 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.
Sec. 206. Study and report on women's
business centers.
TITLE III—Native American
small business development program
Sec. 301. Short title.
Sec. 302. Native American small business
development program.
Sec. 303. Study and report on Native
American business centers.
Sec. 304. Office of Native American
Affairs pilot program.
TITLE IV—Veterans'
business center program
Sec. 401. Veterans' business center
program; Office of Veterans Business Development.
Sec. 402. Reporting requirement for
interagency task force.
Sec. 403. Repeal and renewal of
grants.
TITLE V—Program for investment in
microentrepreneurs
Sec. 501. PRIME
reauthorization.
Sec. 502. Conforming repeal and
amendments.
Sec. 503. References.
Sec. 504. Rule of
construction.
TITLE VI—Other provisions
Sec. 601. Institutions of higher
education.
Sec. 602. Health insurance options
information for small business concerns.
Sec. 603. National Small Business
Development Center Advisory Board.
Sec. 604. Privacy requirements for SCORE
chapters.
Sec. 605. National small business
summit.
Sec. 606. SCORE program.
Sec. 607. Assistance to out-of-state
small businesses.
Sec. 608. Small business development
centers.
Sec. 609. Evaluation of pilot
programs.
3.In this Act—
(1)the terms
Administration and Administrator mean the Small
Business Administration and the Administrator thereof, respectively;
(2)the term
small business concern has the same meaning as in section 3 of the
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632); and
(3)the term
small business development center means a small business
development center described in section 21 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 648).
<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="id8020D96701AA4F2DA7975E72627D1847"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating
subsection (j) as subsection (f); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id300D82085AE34E2B95C6C196B64EDF43"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection id="id1e918208-23bf-4438-a077-353cb305372f"><enum>(g)</enum><header>SCORE
program</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the
Administrator to carry out the SCORE 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>$10,000,000 in
fiscal year 2010;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id9717a537-de7c-46b6-9972-47148ff083eb"><enum>(2)</enum><text>$11,000,000 in
fiscal year 2011; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ida498f73c-c841-49c5-8550-72e6ac4c0cd0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>$13,000,000 in
fiscal year
2012.</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(a)(4)(C)(vii) of the Small
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 648(a)(4)(C)(vii)) is amended to read as
follows:</text>
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<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>$150,000,000 for
fiscal year 2010;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="idb299336f-c288-4b79-8298-84717c3f258a"><enum>(II)</enum><text>$155,000,000 for
fiscal year 2011; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id0d9ea4c5-781e-497e-b961-61be18782f8c"><enum>(III)</enum><text>$160,000,000 for
fiscal year
2012.</text>
</subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</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 2010 through 2012</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 2010 through 2012</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, 2012</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>
<subsection id="id3D5D74BE982843899789536E53E7F83F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-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 the
management, operations, manufacturing, technology, finance, retail and product
sales, international trade, Government contracting, and other disciplines
required for—</text>
<quoted-block changed="deleted" committee-id="SSSB00" id="id424c5eb7-cc39-4860-9913-58f703939959" reported-display-style="strikethrough" style="OLC">
<subclause id="id3D52C012AFBA4A31B506CF8A7AD7E43F"><enum>(I)</enum><text>starting,
operating, and increasing the business of a small business
concern;</text>
</subclause><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>
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<paragraph id="id145f11fe-263c-4e47-a970-7d3364919e57"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Training</header><text>The
Administrator may 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.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ide2e96315-a43b-4059-9987-c650e9dffd9f"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Program and
transparency improvements</header><text>The Administrator shall maximize the
transparency of the women’s business center financial assistance proposal
process and the programmatic and financial oversight process by—</text>
<subparagraph id="id6BC69E0DF009461D909273B93A142277"><enum>(A)</enum><text>providing public
notice of the announcement for financial assistance under subsection (b) and
grants under subsection (l) not later than the end of the first quarter of each
fiscal year;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idDEF43A0FBC7F434B829E138E3315C7D8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the
announcement described in subparagraph (A), outlining award and program
evaluation criteria and describing the weighting of the criteria for financial
assistance under subsection (b) and grants under subsection (l);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9c1fac24-b77f-463e-945b-242ff248ef89"><enum>(C)</enum><text>minimizing
paperwork and reporting requirements for applicants for and recipients of
financial assistance under this section;</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 60 days after the completion of a site
visit at the women's business center (whether conducted for an audit,
performance review, or other reason), a copy of site visit reports and
evaluation reports prepared by district office technical representatives or
officers or employees of the
Administration.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id4138BEBA0DE14836801C69C4A357486C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Change of
title</header>
<paragraph id="idED31850EC02C47DAADE3BD26441A2A3A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 29 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 656) is
amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="idBDCBDC687D484ACFB86532FAAF4E7F45"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)—</text>
<clause id="idBA38FC85C42644ABBDB3390894BBE300"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking
paragraphs (1) and (4);</text>
</clause><clause id="id22E4BFE3C60E4384B1604E131CAE9C8C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id9426964FCC92486883C8B21938A62CB8"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by inserting
before paragraph (4), as so redesignated, the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="id511C95B04ABD444FA80B71B5FEB89A40"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the term
<term>Director</term> means the Director of the Office of Women's Business
Ownership established under subsection
(g);</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id10FB32ED876643D7997D6BB9AFBC2E85"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>Assistant Administrator</quote> each place it appears and inserting
<quote>Director</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id143CA49D9AF048BCAEF6A666292297BF"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subsection
(g)(2), in the paragraph heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Assistant Administrator</header-in-text></quote>
and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Director</header-in-text></quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idFA38B766898C4E51BB7DE60E63DBE182"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Women's Business
Ownership Act of 1988</header><text>Title IV of the Women’s Business Ownership
Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="idDF1D42749B144C3A924CD43842DDD87A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in section
403(a)(2)(B), by striking <quote>Assistant Administrator</quote> and inserting
<quote>Director</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD3EBF467850A4A86AED01BD17FA4B47E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in section 405, by
striking <quote>Assistant Administrator</quote> and inserting
<quote>Director</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD1FABB708557493F81643692D2A49D6B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in section 406(c),
by striking <quote>Assistant Administrator</quote> and inserting
<quote>Director</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></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 financial assistance</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="id6B22DF9F3EF146A5918F66F305614760"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting
before paragraph (2), as added by section 201(b), the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="id04a33445-096c-4c26-95cd-182575fb432b"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the term
<term>association of women’s business centers</term> means an
organization—</text>
<subparagraph id="id5A9C71AC345A4440A43736E241D45819"><enum>(A)</enum><text>that represents
not less than 51 percent of the women’s business centers that participate in a
program under this section; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0E787BD80ACF4E7EA931F893E988251D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>whose primary
purpose is to represent women’s business
centers;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idB0E5E96F10FB4F96BBDC577B38B38166"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting after
paragraph (2), as added by section 201(b), the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="id08209072FD7847EC8561A8F1AC047187"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the term
<term>eligible entity</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="idBC9EDA87038B4FA2912797D004BEE0F6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a private
nonprofit organization;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id181EB2CA0E594FB1999249CC2CA0BD22"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a State, regional,
or local economic development organization;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id15AEC286B1A74C4081E8CE04CAD02957"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a development,
credit, or finance corporation chartered by a State;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6F29BD51F0C9406AA618C5EAE6C317AB"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a public or
private institution of higher education (as that term is used in sections 101
and 102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 and 1002));
or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id658348F0EBAA43F799C744B7D3279E08"><enum>(E)</enum><text>any combination of
entities listed in subparagraphs (A) through
(D);</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1071BFAB7BA64458B0FE32D2605267A1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding after
paragraph (5), as redesignated by section 201(b), the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="id47A7BB1A588A4637B6A5222C7C03F919"><enum>(6)</enum><text>the term
<term>women's business center</term> means a project conducted by an eligible
entity under this section that—</text>
<subparagraph id="id90116423508D472F9439816C8E02D1B6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is carried out
separately from other projects, if any, of the eligible entity; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idDBA280429AFD44ABA66A9D1B5BAFD047"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is separate from
the financial system of the eligible
entity;</text>
</subparagraph></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 all that follows through <quote>5-year
project</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="idf7df27e5-8816-40a5-9510-a55ea3a4d7ea"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Administration may provide financial assistance to an
eligible entity to conduct a project under this
section</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>
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<paragraph id="ide8190170-a217-4e43-81fd-4826f396deca"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Use of
funds</header><text>The project shall be designed to provide training and
counseling that meets the needs of women, especially socially and economically
disadvantaged women, and shall provide</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>
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<paragraph id="ida84511de-0fc2-44f8-b8f7-57f3eef5c8a6"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Amount of
financial assistance</header>
<subparagraph id="idec2b084a-6d60-451f-af4c-e8ddeaa4a29b"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Administrator may award financial assistance under
this subsection of not less 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 financial assistance of $150,000 for each recipient of
financial assistance under this subsection in any fiscal year, available funds
shall be allocated equally to recipients, unless a recipient requests a lower
amount than the allocated amount.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id148034de-65a2-4eb5-a16b-e210e15fad41"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Consultation
with associations of Women’s Business Centers</header><text>The Administrator
shall consult with each association of women’s business centers to
develop—</text>
<subparagraph id="id31b71573-9c56-4912-b9b1-3ba1b0dd4f92"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a training program
for the staff of women’s business centers and the Administration; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0781bbb7-a3eb-4e5a-859e-347434ed1098"><enum>(B)</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>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id723E3E2F97334E0E81BDEDD758F782F9"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection
(c)—</text>
<subparagraph id="idF77D3F967A5242569DCB78ABBADE595B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)
by striking <quote>the recipient organization</quote> and inserting <quote>an
eligible entity</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idE87F1427263747F0A2ADD1BF602CBCCF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (3),
in the second sentence, by striking <quote>a recipient organization</quote> and
inserting <quote>an eligible entity</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id97340242992F486D9A76FBA840C0835A"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph
(4)—</text>
<clause id="id90B12C8E5F8B4B81BACB01FF6482BDD7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>recipient</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>eligible
entity</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="idAAA8E390A0C64DFFAB0BC7C1C4F19345"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>such organization</quote> and inserting <quote>the eligible
entity</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idF4EC137EDC1343BC83475A65367735FC"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection
(e)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id1164F17BE93241D4801AD8053FF47DDF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>applicant organization</quote> and inserting <quote>eligible
entity</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF96C8E0073EF47B5A23423BC9C23F923"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>a recipient organization</quote> and inserting <quote>an eligible
entity</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id39B942DEE54448648EDD53F52EBCC3DE"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>site</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id4A2C14EA04A04D49B5E49C4BBF0C39AE"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by striking
subsection (f) and inserting the following:</text>
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<subsection id="ID700b0ad9777a4c67adaa77a2a3978482"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Applications and
criteria for initial financial assistance</header>
<paragraph id="id43ED3A269282400F89F026D35FFAAFA6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Application</header><text>Each
eligible entity desiring financial assistance under subsection (b) shall submit
to the Administrator an application that contains—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID136ce6b3dedb4e19a2622a04e87851b8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a certification
that the eligible entity—</text>
<clause id="ID0b85f7658d1f4967969e26f8efb6246f"><enum>(i)</enum><text>has designated an
executive director or program manager, who may be compensated from financial
assistance under subsection (b) or other sources, to manage the center on a
full-time basis; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID49a7095b71e44aefa837d110a937380f"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>as a condition of
receiving financial assistance under subsection (b), agrees—</text>
<subclause id="ID2fdd5947436e45d0a4ab4c85dfad522b"><enum>(I)</enum><text>to receive a site
visit by the Administrator as part of the final selection process;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID20d7fa2aaa97435d91a3ecf2790bbc15"><enum>(II)</enum><text>to undergo an
annual programmatic and financial review; 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 review under subclause (I) or (II);</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1331F80B7E9846C586EB662C5EBF8FB6"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">meets the accounting and reporting
requirements established by the Director of the Office of Management and
Budget;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDe5413055b9c642688dcf29d59883747d"><enum>(B)</enum><text>information
demonstrating that the eligible entity has the ability and resources to meet
the needs of the market to be served by the women's business center for which
financial assistance under subsection (b) is sought, including the ability to
obtain the non-Federal contribution required under subsection (c);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDa9fed9fd61f84eb7bda23c4f03422b02"><enum>(C)</enum><text>information
relating to the assistance to be provided by the women's business center for
which financial assistance under subsection (b) is sought in the area in which
the women's business center site is located;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID19bb0b5fc3804b859520189a4020bb92"><enum>(D)</enum><text>information
demonstrating the experience and effectiveness of the eligible entity
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 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;
and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDb81c21cd0e9946e9801d775519774bad"><enum>(E)</enum><text>a 5-year plan that
describes the ability of the women's business center for which financial
assistance is sought—</text>
<clause id="ID8b0f6e798ebd45299919a57310d260ee"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to serve women who
are business owners or potential owners by conducting 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 socially and
economically disadvantaged.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDae4abbb7d81746748d23d944551f7e4a"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Additional
information</header><text>The Administrator shall make any request for
additional information from an organization applying for financial assistance
under subsection (b) that was not requested in the original announcement in
writing.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID115d2cfe572140a38b540d38f4cd5219"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Review and
approval of applications for initial financial assistance</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>to the extent
practicable, as part of the final selection process, conduct a site visit at
each women's business center for which financial assistance 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 financial
assistance under subsection (b) in accordance with selection criteria that
are—</text>
<subclause id="id0F9E08AA50DF4143B2CF612327AC773E"><enum>(I)</enum><text>established before
the date on which applicants are required to submit the applications;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="idC6A7C62832D944DCB04913D12BE16F3A"><enum>(II)</enum><text>stated in terms
of relative importance; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id51C93DD4B39C4916ABFC92D58BFE7E3A"><enum>(III)</enum><text>publicly
available and stated in each solicitation for applications for financial
assistance under subsection (b) made by the Administrator.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="ID26c3212aec1d46d38b5ef0471a014168"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Required
criteria</header><text>The selection criteria for financial assistance 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
enhance the business skills of women who are business owners or potential
business 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 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, including whether
the applicant is located in a State in which there is not a women's business
center receiving funding from the Administration.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID3d904d6ce2d14a05b3204dedc470ea53"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Proximity</header><text>If
the principal place of business of an applicant for financial assistance under
subsection (b) is located less than 50 miles from the principal place of
business of a women’s business center that received funds under this section on
or before the date of the application, the applicant shall not be eligible for
the financial assistance, unless the applicant submits a detailed written
justification of the need for an additional center in the area in which the
applicant is located.</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>(6)</enum><text>in subsection (m),
by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="deleted" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC7932C16D990455FB3CADC5CAB4B6BD6" reported-display-style="strikethrough" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="IDf39b89cad7144718b6a9001548afad0d"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Application and
approval for renewal grants</header>
<subparagraph id="id2AC119F5BB8B41668C74D9A0DB6FB1D5"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Application</header><text>Each
eligible entity desiring a grant under this subsection shall submit to the
Administrator 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 a
full-time executive director or program manager to manage the women's business
center operated by the applicant; 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 2 full fiscal years before the date on which the application is submitted,
annual programmatic and financial review reports or certified copies of the
compliance supplemental audits under OMB Circular A–133 of the applicant;
and</text>
</item><item id="IDc3cad0882b244e3597a30809e5cfaf39"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>to remedy any
problem identified pursuant to the site visit or review under item (aa) or
(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 for which a
grant under this subsection is sought, including the ability to ability to
obtain the non-Federal contribution required 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 for which
a grant under this subsection is sought in the area of the women's business
center site;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID3242cd7f7b6f44b18afb19a3cfad95c8"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>information
demonstrating the use of resource partners of the Administration and other
entities;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID774c5ff3b28c4be9a57e1edf95ca815d"><enum>(v)</enum><text>a 3-year plan that
describes the ability of the women's business center 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 business owners by conducting 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 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>whenever
practicable, 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="id0ABFC164D4064C229D29EF471BC04DD8"><enum>(I)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Administrator shall evaluate applicants for grants
under this subsection in accordance with selection criteria that are—</text>
<item id="idEFA832EC93164FFA9FA8B161B213383B"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>established
before the date on which applicants are required to submit the
applications;</text>
</item><item id="idD9C541D6BD3742BDA94C58273FF5D61F"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>stated in terms
of relative importance; and</text>
</item><item id="id5F165616B82E4F9293834BCE53386FAF"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>publicly
available and stated in each solicitation for applications for grants under
this subsection made by the Administrator.</text>
</item></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 women's business center for which
a grant under this subsection is sought, and, to a lesser extent, previous
evaluations; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID6baa8b9f83d448e5914039a87db71a3c"><enum>(II)</enum><text>may withhold a
grant under this subsection, if the Administrator determines that the applicant
has failed to provide the information required to be provided under this
paragraph, or the information provided by the applicant 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><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="ida2199820-e6d2-40cb-bbf2-24d54e703de9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(h)(2), by striking <quote>to award a contract (as a sustainability grant)
under subsection (l) or</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id04401b11-d138-40c4-a2de-0fc254f9f003"><enum>(2)</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>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idb288433c-bdcd-479c-bf53-adf6185200da"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection
(k)—</text>
<subparagraph id="idB322B1B030784163AAE562B00900D959"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
paragraphs (1), (2), and (4);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD676094F440247AD94EBB3DAE3FE4B5C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraph (3) as paragraph (5); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida7a21f7f-26fc-4fbc-ae3f-785262efa748"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting
before paragraph (5), as so redesignated, the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="deleted" committee-id="SSSB00" id="id00f2d4c1-7ac6-4b49-af44-be0609cd3119" reported-display-style="strikethrough" 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="id8FD750FB9AB747909D686236356D09DE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$20,000,000 for
fiscal year 2010;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id141B58557C15477FA7659D2059DD674A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$20,500,000 for
fiscal year 2011; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id478392E8C87143998FFDAB6E1D7A8D19"><enum>(C)</enum><text>$21,000,000 for
fiscal year 2012.</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 50 percent for grants under subsection (l).</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 provide financial
assistance 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>Upon receiving funds to carry out this section for a
fiscal year, the Administrator shall, to the extent practicable, promptly
reimburse funds to any women’s business center awarded financial assistance
under this section if the center meets the eligibility requirements 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—</text>
<clause id="id602E5A47AB3E49199F53F2745FB0AECA"><enum>(i)</enum><text>provides the
women's business center with written notification setting forth the reasons for
that action; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id752CA9A156BA40C990166A94C753E01E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>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></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id2e4c273b-0181-448e-84cb-77b31dd34ea9"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection
(m)(4)(D), by striking <quote>or subsection (l)</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id6A62698A242F430BB91D030AA1DB6947"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by redesignating
subsections (m) and (n), as amended by this Act, as subsections (l) and (m),
respectively.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idaf037d85-5c40-43d9-b00c-90a55f27814f"><enum>203.</enum><header>National
Women’s Business Council</header>
<subsection id="id99645c82-7175-4be8-9797-452e7dfbb5b6"><enum>(a)</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="id2716797a-b175-455d-8c90-6a0e880fa309" reported-display-style="strikethrough" 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="id58c5caf9-c3c7-49d1-8dc9-92310b4f937f"><enum>(b)</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>2010 through 2012, 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="deleted" committee-id="SSSB00" id="id4cf7acdd-9f5b-4850-b723-8ee1f5cb9518" reported-display-style="strikethrough" 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="deleted" committee-id="SSSB00" id="idd1ea832d-0621-4e3b-a3a4-5e8a8ca206e8" reported-display-style="strikethrough" 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>
<quoted-block changed="deleted" committee-id="SSSB00" id="id1dd04303-7f2d-4777-8495-cde75135f6c5" reported-display-style="strikethrough" style="OLC">
<subsection id="idca1e73c0-f9bf-4792-87a4-9de70e5a49c3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment of
Committee</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 within the Interagency Committee 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 activities; 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 chairman 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 is an imbalance in the number of members on the Council from each
of the 2 major political parties 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><section id="IDa003f21d422a4683b58b99c4a540a9d5"><enum>206.</enum><header>Study and
report on women's business centers</header>
<subsection id="IDcc298d88550946c1a873fd9c4000128a"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Comptroller General of the United States shall
conduct a broad study of the unique economic issues facing women's business
centers located in covered areas to identify—</text>
<paragraph id="ID0317b829edf44676a7747a9bc933b0c4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the difficulties
such centers face in raising non-Federal funds;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDfb6909e8778a4a35addb3c4040f1a77a"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the difficulties
such centers face competing for financial assistance, non-Federal funds, or
other types of assistance;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID86f88142bafd4438a718e3114659a8a6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the difficulties
such centers face in writing grant proposals; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDe063406acced47108955b42e174b06ad"><enum>(4)</enum><text>other difficulties
such centers face because of the economy in the type of covered area in which
such centers are located.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID9430c579139542ad8c469577c40f4f0e"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller
General shall submit to Congress a report regarding the results of the study
conducted under subsection (a), which shall include recommendations, if any,
regarding how to—</text>
<paragraph id="ID21e4ca9e70cc423c983d182af991e909"><enum>(1)</enum><text>address the unique
difficulties women's business centers located in covered areas face because of
the type of covered area in which such centers are located;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDe98db38da4bc45e896a5ce092aaefdd5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>expand the
presence of, and increase the services provided by, women's business centers
located in covered areas; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDb1867b9bbae645859b016d98a1631b73"><enum>(3)</enum><text>best use
technology and other resources to better serve women business owners located in
covered areas.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID41d758ed825146a1b7e849c029b13e4b"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Definition of
covered area</header><text>In this section, the term <term>covered area</term>
means—</text>
<paragraph id="IDb1c179d005344dfa94356b06a6a7864a"><enum>(1)</enum><text>any State that is
predominantly rural, as determined by the Administrator;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID39f4ce3150c942e5b9f0274a727aa542"><enum>(2)</enum><text>any State that is
predominantly urban, as determined by the Administrator; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID1f4e36ce6f464d72b2f1edf15d62cacb"><enum>(3)</enum><text>any State or
territory that is an island.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><enum>III</enum><header>Native American
small business development program</header>
<section id="id7E2F38A9BE614625AACEC4D5AFAED98B"><enum>301.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited
as the <quote><short-title>Native American Small Business
Development Act of 2009</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section><section id="ID3b3134bcf3864e60b82b6070798b51e0"><enum>302.</enum><header>Native American
small business development program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631 et
seq.) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id02B6B0CD7DE24AD384D54AE57E1DAB77"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating section 44 as section 45;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idB61193B18A314DA3B8D3F6779D6FA6CE"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after section 43 the
following:</text>
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<section id="IDb21c180809944f9e9831378565b56680"><enum>44.</enum><header>Native American
small business development program</header>
<subsection id="IDbdcb834454e943bea1838b9a3cef2c3c"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this section—</text>
<paragraph id="IDa8b63c6876f6427db200c5c7bd296780"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the term
<term>Alaska Native</term> has the meaning given 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="IDe52cc9e150314396a10f1ab98b274f47"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the term
<term>Alaska Native corporation</term> has the meaning given 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="ID112d3342b4a14a228d3d029558810328"><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="IDd0fb56e7ef644e77a09795bddb510fde"><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="ID9dbad1451cdf43aabf75db73a0f0bde5"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the term
<term>eligible applicant</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDd5d513bc33a84989a08ee0ad4f8ac209"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an Indian
tribe;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDe7b17bbe87d248bdb74069315c43cddb"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a tribal
college;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID6edc8676b7cc41449fec51f54f8c2b14"><enum>(C)</enum><text>an Alaska Native
corporation; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID1771e4ab843d46e69458d73c498bc5be"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a private,
nonprofit organization—</text>
<clause id="IDdcdf73cc0cff4af59b12b7a977d6a587"><enum>(i)</enum><text>that provides
business and financial or procurement technical assistance to any entity
described in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C); and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID25bea3f7a7f246d8bbade666ad5bcaf7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the majority of
members of the board of directors of which are members of an Indian tribe;
or</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID93079758e3774326a09c3ac7c319fbd9"><enum>(E)</enum><text>a small business
development center, women's business center, or other private organization
participating in a joint project;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id1BBE52FDE348404EA491873193391A33"><enum>(6)</enum><text>the term
<term>Indian</term> means a member of an Indian tribe;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID948ee31be7674ab29524b80bf6af7ab7"><enum>(7)</enum><text>the term
<term>Indian tribe</term> has the meaning given that term in section 4 of the
Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID56e145920a3b49518272d0d55a5eefe6"><enum>(8)</enum><text>the term
<term>joint project</term> means a project that—</text>
<subparagraph id="idFE4E10DAF58446C984AFAA8EED2CD707"><enum>(A)</enum><text>combines the
resources and expertise of 2 or more distinct entities at a physical location
dedicated to assisting the Native American community; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id237EC6247C2D419BBBC496D81FE1AB0E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>submits to the
Administration a joint application that contains—</text>
<clause id="IDd9b1c56dfc0a4ac7b898c57557fd3d5b"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a certification
that each participant of the project—</text>
<subclause id="ID4c39db2246474e548f1b9d323da4b1ec"><enum>(I)</enum><text>is an eligible
applicant;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDce51eb59e2e84d1ba71cdc1a44a85bb3"><enum>(II)</enum><text>employs an
executive director or program manager to manage the center; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="ID4e7521696e814651b638c1c42aa70efa"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>provides
information demonstrating a record of commitment to providing assistance to
Native Americans and;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID8242b7d482b84eb5bf8fa2bd89da4481"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>information
demonstrating that the participants in the joint project have the ability and
resources to meet the needs, including the cultural needs, of the Native
Americans to be served by the project;</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDbae7e089b4e34347a4988609e105d036"><enum>(9)</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="ID98e7d5e428864a58b690488758f7ba34"><enum>(10)</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="ID35bfc89343b14d2eac82beb4244a4f50"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a member of an
Indian tribe; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID51fd33d719fe4324b99778f1c3d2333f"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an Alaska Native
or Alaska Native corporation;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id318A7A933D604E5FB511C7DD118F987B"><enum>(11)</enum><text>the term
<term>Native American small business development program</term> means the
program established under subsection (c);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID51bde0a951b5461ba88f784be289e69f"><enum>(12)</enum><text>the term
<term>tribal college</term> has the meaning given 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));
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID44abcd404c3d4b2a9ac89b1d60748f53"><enum>(13)</enum><text>the term
<term>tribal lands</term> means all lands within the exterior boundaries of any
Indian reservation.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDb2431c95cdc84d2e995cab00d2603d92"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Office of Native
American Affairs</header>
<paragraph id="ID86987d5fe968426fbf6ecacf84828581"><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
programs of the Administration for the development of business enterprises by
Native Americans.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID39f7c41d3dd34400b2cbef1a0e917764"><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="ID7ced970dae1d4fcfbe8e643d240ed378"><enum>(A)</enum><text>start, operate,
and increase the business of small business concerns;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDd3c91b18784c4315923517fe66bad908"><enum>(B)</enum><text>develop management
and technical skills;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID718480299aa142e19524bd9db52daa5d"><enum>(C)</enum><text>seek Federal
procurement opportunities;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID218c642adc8d47928e4db453ec8ccda8"><enum>(D)</enum><text>increase
employment opportunities for Native Americans through the establishment and
expansion of small business concerns; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDf498342bbf1248d9882eb922d216eae3"><enum>(E)</enum><text>increase the
access of Native Americans to capital markets.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID8d749a438f154fa68f439a8a1aaba79e"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Assistant
Administrator</header>
<subparagraph id="IDa4b19be0962e496da949cc11c06e82cf"><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="IDfe3d0aae2638493c9b5d12161c0dca04"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Qualifications</header><text>The
Assistant Administrator appointed under subparagraph (A) shall have—</text>
<clause id="ID6ad5ce4ae161417a95b449577b2f96a5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>knowledge of
Native American culture; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID571662f1f4a1412ea56807fa84df0d0b"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>experience
providing culturally tailored small business development assistance to Native
Americans.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID5a86ec4f6fa046379bc535ed32b96239"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Employment
status</header><text>The Administrator shall establish the position of
Assistant Administrator as—</text>
<clause id="IDf098588d48fe448eb21a0bc0b39e73a1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a position at
GS–15 of the General Schedule; or</text>
</clause><clause id="ID6b09dd4dc38f44b1a5462fd2af4fd7a5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a Senior
Executive Service position to be filled by a noncareer appointee, as defined
under section 3132(a)(7) of title 5, United States Code.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID7c792cc8f93c4fc1be198e72a7e4d6eb"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Responsibilities
and duties</header><text>The Assistant Administrator shall—</text>
<clause id="ID85d02fc1c5e84c7a990e95f224f2af37"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in consultation
with the Associate Administrator for Entrepreneurial Development, administer
and manage the Native American Small Business Development program established
under this section;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID1e6f5efba85b4b928f674cd65434dc1b"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>recommend the
annual administrative and program budgets for the Office of Native American
Affairs;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID2f4678e4abd9450fb1281f4ad2c6923f"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>consult with
Native American business centers in carrying out the program established under
this section;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDaa5ae5e1830c48e0bf755decd7820e42"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>recommend
appropriate funding levels;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDb3c2b5d62a104b678d81dff4790595ec"><enum>(v)</enum><text>review the annual
budgets submitted by each applicant for the Native American Small Business
Development program;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID1e39e520f6da47c3931b0d1d3d7b1dd9"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>select applicants
to participate in the program under this section;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDe460404804494bc7beb97923ec0802b8"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>implement this
section; and</text>
</clause><clause id="IDcb5be5959a99447e8dca4c3d1c526b32"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>maintain a
clearinghouse for the dissemination and exchange of information between Native
American business centers.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID8cb3dc87590c4ccc8b2da596da71418e"><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="ID4a497b50a2d34907baf2f212886624c6"><enum>(i)</enum><text>officials of the
Administration working in areas served by Native American business
centers;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID72792318ffc04c36aa891942bf161da7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>representatives
of Indian tribes;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID3d1262aa4ead4cdd9899803e25a3d51e"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>tribal colleges;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID28d0308efa6b4552848bc5ecef07f406"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>Alaska Native
corporations.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID85d0f87b8f48459bac6e78250e4c987f"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Native American
small business development program</header>
<paragraph id="IDd74a54ed25f3494ca5f9bb65ef88fa97"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Authorization</header>
<subparagraph id="ID349df1f8bd6549119e04c90e55cbda46"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Administration, through the Office of Native American
Affairs, shall provide financial assistance to eligible applicants to create
Native American business centers in accordance with this section.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDebc6172ae2a04b9a981a2b7c6daa2d76"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Use of
funds</header><text>The financial and resource assistance provided under this
subsection shall be used to establish a Native American business center to
overcome obstacles impeding the creation, development, and expansion of small
business concerns, in accordance with this section, by—</text>
<clause id="ID94ec653045644de084168ade5fd25f65"><enum>(i)</enum><text>reservation-based
American Indians; and</text>
</clause><clause id="IDab49a840fc5e49ba88b2151103c07b95"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Alaska
Natives.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID856d1de75aff4d62b2c5991778a65fd7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>5-Year
projects</header>
<subparagraph id="ID5835d55f95a64b8f9e91b9f1b7dd1b3e"><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="ID54bc27a1b6704f35b935e455e2ff6c2b"><enum>(i)</enum><text>financial
education, including training and counseling in—</text>
<subclause id="ID64f3d6e534ac48ecb2d010fac63b72cd"><enum>(I)</enum><text>applying for and
securing business credit and investment capital;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDceb97730d5e44cc0a1b8189260485135"><enum>(II)</enum><text>preparing and
presenting financial statements; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDaa32a87ae1ee435aaa0f6dca6b69540e"><enum>(III)</enum><text>managing cash
flow and other financial operations of a business concern;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="ID7385fb8aa9d6440caeac3a027a459f9d"><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="IDf499e775fbab4ade84bc3afaf3be0bab"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>marketing
education, including training and counseling in—</text>
<subclause id="IDefe3b16ca1804a09a231c0f135ee6a5c"><enum>(I)</enum><text>identifying and
segmenting domestic and international market opportunities;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDf2cc0271fd2947c38de859dcfaa7e390"><enum>(II)</enum><text>preparing and
executing marketing plans;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDc4ce881b6311408b89a3874653620500"><enum>(III)</enum><text>developing
pricing strategies;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDecc13dcf0a6d42c9ad6530040b9f789a"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>locating contract
opportunities;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID723411915ba94a518c1e35206ae39390"><enum>(V)</enum><text>negotiating
contracts; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDa8da79e317db48e281087df215299adf"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>utilizing varying
public relations and advertising techniques.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDcd36d77dbdbe42e59f5e72c0c3207dd6"><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="ID281ba628a045468c8ac29779613274b4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Indians or Indian
tribes, and located on or near tribal lands; or</text>
</clause><clause id="IDc2ce42a278654dc881c4dce6d2f8e9bd"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Alaska Natives or
Alaska Native corporations.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID7e424a84c183454994d45baa1f103c76"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Form of Federal
financial assistance</header>
<subparagraph id="IDc2bf9b3f0f7e4b1491c68313eabe4c70"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Documentation</header>
<clause id="ID7efdefed1c3e4ea9a334f34c4fe19494"><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 commented="no" id="ID0476d22603b241be8d9562d48c1c0b08"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>Financial
assistance under this subsection to Alaska Native corporations may only be made
by grant or cooperative agreement.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID6bfeff8c0b7e427885351b90b0c884d1"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Payments</header>
<clause id="ID3421bec312d442d7abd6191112e4cf12"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Timing</header><text>Payments
made under this subsection may be disbursed in periodic installments, at the
request of the recipient.</text>
</clause><clause id="IDfd917eba8d374c41bbebaf5778693497"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Advance</header><text>The
Administrator 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></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idA12F9C91DEB5460E9557EFFFED7518FB"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Federal
share</header>
<clause id="idAFCC7C3D906B43CDAA7B9F0663D1EF1E"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header>
<subclause id="id4051DC2E7DC04D9EA4DE08327CBE808B"><enum>(I)</enum><header>Initial
financial assistance</header><text>Except as provided in subclause (II), an
eligible applicant that receives financial assistance under this subsection
shall provide non-Federal contributions for the operation of the Native
American business center established by the eligible applicant in an amount
equal to—</text>
<item id="id837553A4D43F4506844D802C25D4CFC3"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>in each of the
first and second years of the project, not less than 33 percent of the amount
of the financial assistance received under this subsection; and</text>
</item><item id="id6AAB18B7DFFE43CA9C160718C2CD2104"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>in each of the
third through fifth years of the project, not less than 50 percent of the
amount of the financial assistance received under this subsection.</text>
</item></subclause><subclause id="id01D9E5AE7CEA445B96DC7DBB151D3411"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Renewals</header><text>An
eligible applicant that receives a renewal of financial assistance under this
subsection shall provide non-Federal contributions for the operation of a
Native American business center established by the eligible applicant in an
amount equal to not less than 50 percent of the amount of the financial
assistance received under this subsection.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID402b3aba45164e50930a1d39c3b928d5"><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 and does not
duplicate the terms of any assistance received by the Native American business
center from the Administration.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDdf0271648f794223bf27df2f3f309bcd"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Application
process</header>
<subparagraph id="ID57bcd40c65d34e089453f7f76a71b7c9"><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="IDbb28eb57f55d4f1b9f7210010e3854c0"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Criteria</header>
<clause id="idC1739AA43A134A84BBD3B303F8C0FA49"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Administrator shall evaluate applicants for financial
assistance under this subsection in accordance with selection criteria that
are—</text>
<subclause id="id4F1D01A136954598852537BD019B50E7"><enum>(I)</enum><text>established before
the date on which eligible applicants are required to submit the
applications;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id3BAE5C0896724257AEB587DA6BDC33A6"><enum>(II)</enum><text>stated in terms
of relative importance; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id4CB4886FF58844F59BA909071B3E1233"><enum>(III)</enum><text>publicly
available and stated in each solicitation for applications for financial
assistance under this subsection made by the Administrator.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="IDb97b90ba6aef4aaaa712ebec31422dc2"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Considerations</header><text>The
criteria required by this subparagraph shall include—</text>
<subclause id="IDdbd52b7783c64f20aa6fcbf087c38595"><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="ID974330d1bb724cc28a2e2022ada5fa5e"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the ability of
the applicant to commence a project within a minimum amount of time;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDa3427074302d4281bf7a4adeed555166"><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="IDb31abcb38a074468960282e2e757313c"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>previous
assistance from the Administration to provide services in Native American
communities;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID0b87ddde229f4f82ba072407d3a2c55f"><enum>(V)</enum><text>the proposed
location for the Native American business center, 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; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDce153387c0ee453d907f6c55bdc1ae76"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>demonstrated
experience in providing technical assistance, including financial, marketing,
and management assistance.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID7213c169e7324ee78d7f58480889811b"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Conditions for
participation</header><text>Each eligible applicant desiring a grant under this
subsection shall submit an application to the Administrator that
contains—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID54893708c80a416aa8cfd89b2e616f8d"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a certification
that the applicant—</text>
<clause id="ID02beb8130db54d9ea9632871df036e1e"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is an eligible
applicant;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID03fc8fb5230446859aa677d14c79d7d6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>employs an
executive director or program manager to manage the Native American business
center; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID25e6c27367704cb8af857d7c2d86e7b5"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>agrees—</text>
<subclause id="ID11ba4ad015ca4a0d940e1276b2e726b8"><enum>(I)</enum><text>to a site visit by
the Administrator as part of the final selection process;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID3769939640bf4d9996e8b3285da9c5d7"><enum>(II)</enum><text>to an annual
programmatic and financial examination; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDf04e6201948b483584b9c23f43b162c3"><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="IDeb5d29e30c834a009e8e7df1c4e0697e"><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="ID98a28d06a77e4116b792a3fedc41a052"><enum>(C)</enum><text>information
relating to proposed assistance that the grant will provide, including—</text>
<clause id="IDf77c89d7f7d3487998ec6d308c80e105"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the number of
individuals to be assisted; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID1a45acbb8e1c49ba96fe2145c9734064"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the number of
hours of counseling, training, and workshops to be provided;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDb67d13470c0945de85ae69077af7344b"><enum>(D)</enum><text>information
demonstrating the effectiveness and experience of the applicant in—</text>
<clause id="ID3bd843e89bae4201bcfe780714410ef1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>conducting
financial, management, and marketing assistance programs designed to educate or
improve the business skills of, current or prospective Native American business
owners;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID4fe5a8cfe43e41f986589f0b6427d6c3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>providing
training and services to a representative number of Native Americans;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDe5692517985f4cf0bfa52f5795594e2c"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>using resource
partners of the Administration and other entities, including universities,
Indian tribes, or tribal colleges; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID980b7bbd8a774d948c05f1efc630878c"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the prudent
management of finances and staffing;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID76a1a6b2a4c948d88b8b6780fab5392e"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the location where
the applicant will provide training and services to Native Americans;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDb36c4aa174c74a74ae032ad8e164ac23"><enum>(F)</enum><text>a 5-year plan that
describes—</text>
<clause id="ID195b1117b8dd437fa2a6b65e7eb8fb3b"><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="ID21aab1e0195a4a7bb86613424733c9d1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>if the Native
American business center is located in the continental United States, the
number of Native Americans to be served by the grant; and</text>
</clause><clause id="IDef1e8567bb134ae185d17500cafb232f"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the training and
services to be provided to a representative number of Native Americans;
and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3D5D29C7DD0F4F6CA3997CDC6BCEFAA9"><enum>(G)</enum><text>if the applicant
is a joint project—</text>
<clause id="id4D8F68857CD44042A4DD79FE953D6B72"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a certification
that each participant in the joint project is an eligible applicant;</text>
</clause><clause id="id98745ADFC0B64A86A78A1BF02FA46321"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>information
demonstrating a record of commitment to providing assistance to Native
Americans; and</text>
</clause><clause id="idBD21A3975D0840B18FDCBBA4E602D49E"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>information
demonstrating that the participants in the joint project have the ability and
resources to meet the needs, including the cultural needs, of the Native
Americans to be served by the grant.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID95c06f55e2db470c814490c1a4935afe"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Review of
applications</header><text>The Administrator shall approve or disapprove each
completed application submitted under this subsection not later than 60 days
after the date on which the eligible applicant submits the application.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID1f0db0905a434cbead0172197d7ccae9"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Program
examination</header>
<subparagraph id="ID7c325d1c90c044139a5b0e6fd5e8e3df"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Each Native American business center established under
this subsection shall annually provide to the Administrator an itemized cost
breakdown of actual expenditures made during the preceding year.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDd8570fed9885456abe607a5542b144be"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Administration
action</header><text>Based on information received under subparagraph (A), the
Administration shall—</text>
<clause id="ID295e70ff07984b7d9b5cd2f9baff4d0f"><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="ID041995676d0b4eeab1d1871e4588bd51"><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="ID7be7ca7e3d8e4155b194d4818bbe641b"><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="ID19c322c92acd4873a8af1a0d1592afc5"><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="ID3b8e88b946cf4cf29161b762858d91c0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>may withhold such
renewal, if the Administrator determines that—</text>
<subclause id="ID54980bb19ea5431ab72cdde800df9948"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the center has
failed to provide the information required to be provided under subparagraph
(A), or the information provided by the center is inadequate;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDa6dafee13806475988afd039e21366be"><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 Administrator under subparagraph (E);</text>
</subclause><subclause id="idCB29FE399F6249CCAC367F8BAF850A13"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the center has
failed to comply with a requirement for participation in the Native American
small business development program, as determined by the Administrator,
including—</text>
<item id="idEEF920E5C5DE49EF98C4B6AC8C3F63B6"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>failure to
acquire or properly document a non-Federal share;</text>
</item><item id="idE3F9D45B7CF14ED8981D6CDCE65C5EE3"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>failure to
establish an appropriate partnership or program for marketing and outreach to
reach new Native American small business concerns;</text>
</item><item id="id4B5F3F4A347F476CAA2D186E8BC2C078"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>failure to
achieve results described in a financial assistance agreement; and</text>
</item><item id="id891462C5C16542DD869AC4CCE694C902"><enum>(dd)</enum><text>failure to
provide to the Administrator a description of the amount and sources of any
non-Federal funding received by the center;</text>
</item></subclause><subclause id="idDED5BE929BF840E1BEE93916FD5E805D"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>the center has
failed to carry out the 5-year plan under in paragraph (6)(F); or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="idE087795921954BADAD4B69352ABA89E0"><enum>(V)</enum><text>the center cannot
make the certification described in paragraph (6)(A).</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID6ffa9a1a3db64f0fafba44c69e5821b6"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Continuing
contract and cooperative agreement authority</header>
<clause id="ID2f596203f143491fa7b0c9a509cbae47"><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="ID22cef77b48d84fb88ab109eb8f55a35c"><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, the Administrator may
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 therefor 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="ID4052d1fec87445ff91efb14594621907"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Management
report</header>
<clause id="ID861842c7b3744f4fa609e299b1dc6878"><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="IDeefa0e33d76947c5afae8566693009ce"><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="IDef0ddf7e63a9451891154dc23933ff3c"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the number of
individuals receiving assistance from the Native American business
center;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID79f1c4f1ddf74676af247ed5a243e07c"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the number of
startup business concerns created with the assistance of the Native American
business center;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID678765c1c0274ffaa1be60f14b9b00f6"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the number of
existing businesses in the area served by the Native American business center
seeking to expand employment;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID378d9b837fd64b22b7fd9f4b06c1cff8"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>the number of
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="IDd6138824f21b4b3fa390afede2e8b608"><enum>(V)</enum><text>to the maximum
extent practicable, the amount of the capital investment and loan financing
used by emerging and expanding businesses that were assisted by a Native
American business center; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDb755305bf4ed4c588bf7125a317b5091"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>the most recent
examination, as required under subparagraph (B), and the determination made by
the Administration under that subparagraph.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID00dddb3b4ce3483ea8ba60fb59b9c41d"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Annual
report</header><text>Each Native American business center receiving financial
assistance under this subsection shall submit to the Administrator an annual
report on the services provided with the financial assistance,
including—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDd0cbcd0262704e05a2e80e3e6b5dec96"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the number of
individuals assisted, categorized by ethnicity;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID6061167dac374d43b3aef68279e94833"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the number of
hours spent providing counseling and training for those individuals;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDeff91ab70f3641a8a123b7b7b36ec199"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the number of
startup small business concerns created or maintained with the assistance of
the Native American business center;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID4cd68df85b5f4d998ecf75ebb9314c22"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the gross receipts
of small business concerns assisted by the Native American business
center;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID2235a97ecf0e477884557e8a4eb10486"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the number of jobs
created or maintained by small business concerns assisted by the Native
American business center; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID84e23db34f4847ca80f39c8597f3c804"><enum>(F)</enum><text>the number of jobs
for Native Americans created or maintained at small business concerns assisted
by the Native American business center.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDe88d70adf365470085f4970c819df50e"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Record
retention</header>
<subparagraph id="IDcabda38f4d2a4fafb355c68ebfaaf12b"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Applications</header><text>The
Administrator shall maintain a copy of each application submitted under this
subsection for not less than 7 years.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID3e9e0c3312e24e35b70fefa0a01f0c9a"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Annual
reports</header><text>The Administrator shall maintain copies of the
certification submitted under paragraph (6)(A) indefinitely.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDc5a36f0a8a154155856f0b2a66ad4714"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000
for each of fiscal years 2010 through 2012, to carry out the Native American
Small Business Development
program.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="id0B8BE773BCD44E33929A230B1E97899C"><enum>303.</enum><header>Study and
report on Native American business centers</header>
<subsection id="idAF39B84DCA0546ED8CEC7EA4C40397CF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Comptroller General of the United States shall
conduct a broad study of the unique economic issues facing Native American
business centers to identify—</text>
<paragraph id="id076A54A613E64DC8A2824D95D4866199"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the difficulties
such centers face in raising non-Federal funds;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id10414A2B1FD7424A8407661246E0AA10"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the difficulties
such centers face competing for financial assistance, non-Federal funds, or
other types of assistance;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id2A70C39497F043A5A6C54FF9F8DCE243"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the difficulties
such centers face in writing grant proposals; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idB95589D71E844957AA7559C13F77BF76"><enum>(4)</enum><text>other difficulties
such centers face because of the economy in the area in which such centers are
located.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id6261CDF75E86488FA886A3D33FC4FE22"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller
General shall submit to Congress a report regarding the results of the study
conducted under subsection (a), which shall include recommendations, if any,
regarding how to—</text>
<paragraph id="id6F3741365A9B47C383465D90067B924C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>address the unique
difficulties Native American business centers face because of the type of area
in which such centers are located;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idE7C9F062F06A431EA9C5DDBFB75EF801"><enum>(2)</enum><text>expand the
presence of, and increase the services provided by, Native American business
centers; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id59301A7928C44CC1A4B2D175068C041D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>best use
technology and other resources to better serve Native American business
owners.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id6D0CA39044284EF191C95BF8022EDA2E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Definition of
Native American business center</header><text>In this section, the term
<term>Native American business center</term> has the meaning given that term in
section 44(a) of the Small Business Act, as added by this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="id6208a6af-c262-4344-9e1a-2592b158852d"><enum>304.</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 an interagency 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, 2012.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6c44ae1b-b622-44f2-8036-6cd866a452d2"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than September 30, 2012, 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><enum>IV</enum><header>Veterans'
business center program</header>
<section id="id1B47AFAA1B014AFCBDA1869E040352FC" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>401.</enum><header>Veterans' business
center program; Office of Veterans Business Development</header>
<subsection id="id661B363E1BEC4F81A24FFC40C7DA083B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 32 of the
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 657b) is amended by striking subsection (f) and
inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="deleted" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8A0BB4A33003409D964FB71FAD8054C1" reported-display-style="strikethrough" style="OLC">
<subsection id="id19820C4010FB421393FCED9318C50E89"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Online
coordination</header>
<paragraph id="id206A56AB37764620A75EFE43AA2AA9C3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>In
this subsection, the term <term>veterans' assistance provider</term>
means—</text>
<subparagraph id="id34DD2336E6C14314A85701CACB2FE0B7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a veterans'
business center established under subsection (g);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id95DDA262C48F404BBFDD0BC0C7BE5AA7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an employee of the
Administration assigned to the Office of Veterans Business Development;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id36C621D96DE74551A9A650DE7D4E07AE"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a veterans
business ownership representative designated under subsection
(g)(13)(B).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idCBC4B2824FC9412FAE4213EA8C609DE9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The
Associate Administrator shall establish an online mechanism to—</text>
<subparagraph id="idCA81F43E0AA941D98745AA716BAEE37A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>provide
information that assists veterans' assistance providers in carrying out the
activities of the veterans' assistance providers; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id149B6B60B7FA454BB480122054BB5265"><enum>(B)</enum><text>coordinate and
leverage the work of the veterans' assistance providers, including by allowing
a veterans' assistance provider to—</text>
<clause id="id1150FBED068C48C88595B47CF59FCF17"><enum>(i)</enum><text>distribute best
practices and other materials;</text>
</clause><clause id="id8794698E8BFD4B729D817049A004D1E0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>communicate with
other veterans' assistance providers regarding the activities of the veterans'
assistance provider on behalf of veterans; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id847D8E196A7C4C23B02FBEB6A9262C48"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>pose questions
to and request input from other veterans' assistance providers.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id85FD6E7D461E4A6E9877AD05E8B5B4AB"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Veterans'
Business Center Program</header>
<paragraph id="idE5FF7ECF046F4FBCBA299F27C0A3776C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this subsection—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="id23CF89DD5331443DB84B7EAF49566C6E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the term
<term>active duty</term> has the meaning given that term in section 101 of
title 10, United States Code;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id69DEF91BCBAF430EBE558EF8DF87B677"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the term
<term>private nonprofit organization</term> means an entity that is described
in section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from taxation
under section 501(a) of such Code;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6D6ACFE365F44A57B2095FB037D5532C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the term
<term>Reservist</term> means a member of a reserve component of the Armed
Forces, as described in section 10101 of title 10, United States Code;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID0d9353f5387a409d97b7b54f8b14782d"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the term
<term>Service Corps of Retired Executives</term> means the Service Corps of
Retired Executives authorized under section 8(b)(1);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6338D77BAB36416E9568953A0AAB6DEE"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the term
<term>small business concern owned and controlled by veterans</term>—</text>
<clause id="idB0BEE5FF62A844A0991D5833A3B934F8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>has the same
meaning as in section 3(q); and</text>
</clause><clause id="id99F2CAE67695430B9CAB8157F217E9E2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>includes a small
business concern—</text>
<subclause id="ID59E2DA709F414002968B04B6ABBB5833"><enum>(I)</enum><text>not less than 51
percent of which is owned by one or more spouses of veterans or, in the case of
any publicly owned business, not less than 51 percent of the stock of which is
owned by one or more spouses of veterans; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDC211D1A56A904F5782C172160228ADCF"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the management
and daily business operations of which are controlled by one or more spouses of
veterans;</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id95872BB47C114095B6DEDA2465D49FE6"><enum>(F)</enum><text>the term
<term>spouse</term>, relating to a veteran, service-disabled veteran, or
Reservist, includes an individual who is the spouse of a veteran,
service-disabled veteran, or Reservist on the date on which the veteran,
service-disabled veteran, or Reservist died;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idEECEB61981034250A35A75D76F85C19D"><enum>(G)</enum><text>the term
<term>veterans' business center program</term> means the program established
under paragraph (2)(A); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id531CFAED259945779317FD4A4B1CACC7"><enum>(H)</enum><text>the term
<term>women’s business center</term> means a women’s business center described
in section 29.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id5027810218BB48E1ABB1E074CFECADDB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Program
Established</header>
<subparagraph id="id20201A8527044C6EB441D998DD37E3AA"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Administrator, acting through the Associate
Administrator, shall establish a veterans' business center program, under which
the Associate Administrator may provide financial assistance to a private
nonprofit organization to conduct a 5-year project for the benefit of small
business concerns owned and controlled by veterans, which may be renewed for
one or more additional 5-year periods.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD4D6D06055514B778C153B1A384274AB"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Form of
Financial Assistance</header><text>Financial assistance under this subsection
may be in the form of a grant, a contract, or a cooperative agreement.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idA9751074FA984EF1B81679DC89DD1BAE"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Veterans'
business centers</header><text>Each private nonprofit organization that
receives financial assistance under this subsection shall establish or operate
a veterans' business center (which may include establishing or operating
satellite offices in the region described in paragraph (5) served by that
private nonprofit organization) that provides to veterans (including
service-disabled veterans), Reservists, and the spouses of veterans (including
service-disabled veterans) and Reservists—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDD014E1D15F52462F8FEF084C44D2B84C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>financial advice,
including training and counseling on applying for and securing business credit
and investment capital, preparing and presenting financial statements, and
managing cash flow and other financial operations of a small business
concern;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID50F2927EC165451E920889EC421A31CF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>management advice,
including training and counseling on the planning, organization, staffing,
direction, and control of each major activity and function of a small business
concern;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDFA80902497DB44FBB36FF2F5EC353E97"><enum>(C)</enum><text>marketing advice,
including training and counseling on identifying and segmenting domestic and
international market opportunities, preparing and executing marketing plans,
developing pricing strategies, locating contract opportunities, negotiating
contracts, and using public relations and advertising techniques; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id8F8D4459C779466F9FC6CD21971E2A74"><enum>(D)</enum><text>advice, including
training and counseling, for Reservists and the spouses of Reservists.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDBF40E381382B4041B6FBE127DECC0E06"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Application</header>
<subparagraph id="idF4EE9A9C2EA14F908631CAB474BF0B11"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>A private nonprofit organization desiring to receive
financial assistance under this subsection shall submit an application to the
Associate Administrator at such time and in such manner as the Associate
Administrator may require.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID642EEB7DD9CD46F08C0159B6B1CEFA24"><enum>(B)</enum><header>5-year
plan</header><text>Each application described in subparagraph (A) shall include
a 5-year plan on proposed fundraising and training activities relating to the
veterans' business center.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID0F6043AE178F4F6EB05608B4A11B3C02"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Determination
and Notification</header><text>Not later than 60 days after the date on which a
private nonprofit organization submits an application under subparagraph (A),
the Associate Administrator shall approve or deny the application and notify
the applicant of the determination.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8165254854DE4B8795AFF063B63CF0AA"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Availability of
application</header><text>The Associate Administrator shall make every effort
to make the application under subparagraph (A) available online.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id66E83D993B7D4D9EA4AC5827A0484667"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Eligibility</header><text>The
Associate Administrator may select to receive financial assistance under this
subsection—</text>
<subparagraph id="idB21BCEF882F44252B49A9A24F8568001"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a Veterans
Business Outreach Center established by the Administrator under section
8(b)(17) on or before the day before the date of enactment of this
subsection;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7D51D8B50687413686F34EFA744BD2CE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a private
nonprofit organization that—</text>
<clause id="id7CD07ACC5DAC468CA5C67E43ED0C7FC1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>received financial
assistance in fiscal year 2006 from the National Veterans Business Development
Corporation established under section 33; and</text>
</clause><clause id="idA1D101CCED8F4FF7A043E28F14AB5A2B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>is in operation
on the date of enactment of this subsection; or</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1926784B0B994EE0A4BD073F05793464"><enum>(C)</enum><text>other private
nonprofit organizations located in various regions of the United States, as the
Associate Administrator determines is appropriate.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id86F23BFE0B9946339B288DAD1611CA3B"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Selection
criteria</header>
<subparagraph id="idDE0626DE6BA540CF86FB555FCDCD29AB"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Associate Administrator shall establish selection
criteria, stated in terms of relative importance, to evaluate and rank
applicants under paragraph (5)(C) for financial assistance under this
subsection.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idB0B6937A39DB4446A37BE954257460CC"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Criteria</header><text>The
selection criteria established under this paragraph shall include—</text>
<clause id="ID1EE2698D8D324E56932F41971E337CA3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the experience of
the applicant in conducting programs or ongoing efforts designed to impart or
upgrade the business skills of veterans, and the spouses of veterans, who own
or may own small business concerns;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID2C1FF070C35E4D02A61983776250FDA2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>for an applicant
for initial financial assistance under this subsection—</text>
<subclause id="idB776E347771A44CABD86AFCFD7EE7195"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the ability of the
applicant to begin operating a veterans' business center within a minimum
amount of time; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id0D0B2E4E0E1F42D6B74EB8DF5A7F5B07"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the geographic
region to be served by the veterans business center;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="IDF4511EF86AAA4F81B39B5B67444C5953"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the demonstrated
ability of the applicant to—</text>
<subclause id="idD082318552EC4F7CACECBBD47E4A5F96"><enum>(I)</enum><text>provide managerial
counseling and technical assistance to entrepreneurs; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id7B585AD55CF74BE69A71E99B1DC23C41"><enum>(II)</enum><text>coordinate
services provided by veterans services organizations and other public or
private entities; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="id67E56A5AC6BB47DC98B930F73A2FF4D5"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>for any applicant
for a renewal of financial assistance under this subsection, the results of the
most recent examination under paragraph (10) of the veterans' business center
operated by the applicant.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id08088723B2F84F8AAAED2B023BD55675"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Criteria
publicly available</header><text>The Associate Administrator shall—</text>
<clause id="id96AB3F705A37411BA95675F396EE07C7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>make publicly
available the selection criteria established under this paragraph; and</text>
</clause><clause id="idCF6621BD57F74F989B8A51742CFB3398"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>include the
criteria in each solicitation for applications for financial assistance under
this subsection.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id06A37E3B266D4AE58AC484336BC0336B"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Amount of
assistance</header><text>The amount of financial assistance provided under this
subsection to a private nonprofit organization for each fiscal year shall
be—</text>
<subparagraph id="id3DAED22425904F6082E1B22616304166"><enum>(A)</enum><text>not less than
$150,000; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0AE7542871864EC6B5310E3B5081C47E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>not more than
$200,000.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id21B7EDDE4EEC4C6CA32C7309D0C0954B"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Federal
share</header>
<subparagraph id="idAAA3F9EA9F644C72AE3BB30389EADF68"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header>
<clause id="id81C03098DBD2414BBABBB32CCEBE4585"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Initial
financial assistance</header><text>Except as provided in clause (ii), a private
nonprofit organization that receives financial assistance under this subsection
shall provide non-Federal contributions for the operation of the veterans
business center established by the private nonprofit organization in an amount
equal to—</text>
<subclause id="ID23B11B449C4041D5B2ECE5AB385E01DF"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in each of the
first and second years of the project, not less than 33 percent of the amount
of the financial assistance received under this subsection; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID142E55674A0B4D829783A36F9F5BB0EC"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in each of the
third through fifth years of the project, not less than 50 percent of the
amount of the financial assistance received under this subsection.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="idC802E3DF46884A348C8A5C871BECBF66"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Renewals</header><text>A
private nonprofit organization that receives a renewal of financial assistance
under this subsection shall provide non-Federal contributions for the operation
of the veterans business center established by the private nonprofit
organization in an amount equal to not less than 50 percent of the amount of
the financial assistance received under this subsection .</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID00C32AAEACC94189B625796861A277A8"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Form of
non-federal share</header><text>Not more than 50 percent of the non-Federal
share for a project carried out using financial assistance under this
subsection may be in the form of in-kind contributions.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id20F6C89EE8A44E57B92DD11A616D3FC4"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Timing of
disbursement</header><text>The Associate Administrator may disburse not more
than 25 percent of the financial assistance awarded to a private nonprofit
organization before the private nonprofit organization obtains the non-Federal
share required under this paragraph with respect to that award.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="ID8C3BEC671B744C05B0BF7DFCDF6DC4EC"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Failure to
obtain non-federal funding</header>
<clause commented="no" id="id0944212CB36542E8815CCDD1B0967933"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>If a private nonprofit organization that receives
financial assistance under this subsection fails to obtain the non-Federal
share required under this paragraph during any fiscal year, the private
nonprofit organization may not receive a disbursement under this subsection in
a subsequent fiscal year or a disbursement for any other project funded by the
Administration, unless the Administrator makes a written determination that the
private nonprofit organization will be able to obtain a non-Federal
contribution.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="id8604728032CE45E1BF5E23F8579F2C9D"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Restoration</header><text>A
private nonprofit organization prohibited from receiving a disbursement under
clause (i) in a fiscal year may receive financial assistance in a subsequent
fiscal year if the organization obtains the non-Federal share required under
this paragraph for the subsequent fiscal year.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="ID1F1F965CBBB9403497FDD64E8678E8C9"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Contract
authority</header><text>A veterans' business center may enter into a contract
with a Federal department or agency to provide specific assistance to veterans,
service-disabled veterans, Reservists, or the spouses of veterans,
service-disabled veterans, or Reservists. Performance of such contract shall
not hinder the veterans' business center in carrying out the terms of the grant
received by the veterans' business centers from the Administrator.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID7A16F740C9E647A180B8536BEB73E121"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Examination and
determination of viability</header>
<subparagraph id="id8A1D3AC523EC4419B685F4A9F91B8C83"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Examination</header>
<clause id="id998375779AAC4725BA8EE8F58822DA5D"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Associate Administrator shall conduct an annual
examination of the programs and finances of each veterans' business center
established or operated using financial assistance under this
subsection.</text>
</clause><clause id="id99A4DBFA59B04CD8825CCFE20D52F404"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Factors</header><text>In
conducting the examination under clause (i), the Associate Administrator shall
consider whether the veterans business center has failed—</text>
<subclause id="id1506852DB8284B0894A44E3C47B5C412"><enum>(I)</enum><text>to provide the
information required to be provided under subparagraph (B), or the information
provided by the center is inadequate;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id983535DD05C847B1939E3C37C76C70B7"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the center has
failed to comply with a requirement for participation in the veterans' business
center program, as determined by the Assistant Administrator, including—</text>
<item id="id77CD42B99DBB4058BCED840E840A6FEA"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>failure to
acquire or properly document a non-Federal share;</text>
</item><item id="idB87F953CEE604936B45CB7AA3C7776DC"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>failure to
establish an appropriate partnership or program for marketing and outreach to
small business concerns;</text>
</item><item id="idB40CFA8896A54603BE63F0E4468FF4A9"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>failure to
achieve results described in a financial assistance agreement; and</text>
</item><item id="id1FEA7BB5115642668CF71BEF46B2E5C5"><enum>(dd)</enum><text>failure to
provide to the Administrator a description of the amount and sources of any
non-Federal funding received by the center;</text>
</item></subclause><subclause id="id61F94FB48E2E4A7B9C3B30484651DB83"><enum>(III)</enum><text>to carry out the
5-year plan under in paragraph (4)(B); or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id883D44D545754A43919D00FF6C3D9AD0"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>to meet the
eligibility requirements under paragraph (5).</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5B96ED702F0A4C89B2EFE816ACADBF74"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Information
provided</header><text>In the course of an examination under subparagraph (A),
the veterans' business center shall provide to the Associate
Administrator—</text>
<clause id="IDCFC6B8C6482243C381758675F2435299"><enum>(i)</enum><text>an itemized cost
breakdown of actual expenditures for costs incurred during the most recent full
fiscal year;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDE62240F6B01A47E5A3DE6677D503E9E9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>documentation of
the amount of non-Federal contributions obtained and expended by the veterans'
business center during the most recent full fiscal year; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id69B6181F9BDB41B1BECAFB4CD583526F"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>with respect to
any in-kind contribution under paragraph (8)(B), verification of the
existence and valuation of such contributions.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDC3B6B20F15174ABF9532405499CC43A8"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Determination of
viability</header><text>The Associate Administrator shall analyze the results
of each examination under this paragraph and, based on that analysis, make a
determination regarding the viability of the programs and finances of each
veterans' business center.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF036CFB0305443AD9BAEBCC79C88721E"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Discontinuation
of funding</header>
<clause id="id505E406167584A069799AE19E1D7DDD0"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Associate Administrator may discontinue an award of
financial assistance to a private nonprofit organization at any time if the
Associate Administrator determines under subparagraph (C) that the veterans'
business center operated by that organization is not viable.</text>
</clause><clause id="id1D328EEA2095475788A861966126DF4F"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Restoration</header><text>The
Associate Administrator may continue to provide financial assistance to a
private nonprofit organization in a subsequent fiscal year if the Associate
Administrator determines under subparagraph (C) that the veterans' business
center is viable.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID0FFE4B8E272746FAA05AFB88BE4242D9"><enum>(11)</enum><header>Privacy
requirements</header>
<subparagraph id="ID1AE49D8C7BBA42DE965CA66AA5B8CF82"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Except as provided in subparagraph (B), a veterans'
business center established or operated using financial assistance provided
under this subsection may not disclose the name, address, or telephone number
of any individual or small business concern that receives advice from the
veterans' business center without the consent of the individual or small
business concern.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0A77B91F974A4906A435D3526FBEE511"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>A
veterans' business center may disclose information described in subparagraph
(A)—</text>
<clause id="ID67DB0CC95D7548509047A09B7C3D57D5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>if the
Administrator or Associate 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>
</clause><clause id="ID18D75C185B314F14B67E8AC56F4B6B92"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to the extent
that the Administrator or Associate Administrator determines that such a
disclosure is necessary to conduct a financial audit of a veterans' business
center.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID553A78000C974C8596791E52C07BC19A"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Administration
use of information</header><text>This paragraph does not—</text>
<clause id="ID61EC8603C0F148EAB070B5DDAE210EF9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>restrict access by
the Administrator to program activity data; or</text>
</clause><clause id="ID909731346C3C44DAAB6761635E89AA59"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>prevent the
Administrator from using information not described in subparagraph (A) to
conduct surveys of individuals or small business concerns that receive advice
from a veterans' business center.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDB7F9A4A8B8384D448EEC844083A5B144"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>The
Administrator shall issue regulations to establish standards for requiring
disclosures under subparagraph (B)(ii).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID5EE7DEE12D5F49249CE39192A2DD0BB6"><enum>(12)</enum><header>Report</header>
<subparagraph id="ID1E5EC7612E0F44419E5A6EECBD719302"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 60 days after the end of each fiscal year,
the Associate Administrator 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 on the effectiveness of the veterans' business
center program in each region during the most recent full fiscal year.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDDC0852D9C91C4B0E86ADC878C54A7C90"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>Each
report under this paragraph shall include, at a minimum, for each veterans'
business center established or operated using financial assistance provided
under this subsection—</text>
<clause id="ID74338E50BE8048E49A47771A49262645"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the number of
individuals receiving assistance from the veterans' business center, including
the number of such individuals who are—</text>
<subclause id="id854E0423C87E4A16B15705F1E10C68C4"><enum>(I)</enum><text>veterans or
spouses of veterans;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id3B32096E8ED84C0CA602935AC68C8A04"><enum>(II)</enum><text>service-disabled
veterans or spouses of service-disabled veterans; or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id761B40401FF54753AFF84AF284BA78B2"><enum>(III)</enum><text>Reservists or
spouses of Reservists;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="ID4D44B79BE10C4EDF928597E7EE96352F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the number of
startup small business concerns formed by individuals receiving assistance from
the veterans' business center, including—</text>
<subclause id="id018CEC36FA3A4C1D86284B611A20DD4C"><enum>(I)</enum><text>veterans or
spouses of veterans;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id1BABB7907D3146888C2B5673B03CBFE9"><enum>(II)</enum><text>service-disabled
veterans or spouses of service-disabled veterans; or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id7F8BF25C4D07463DAF783D9EE27D1A68"><enum>(III)</enum><text>Reservists or
spouses of Reservists;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="ID2D698960FBB64AA38236BCC3DCECE192"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the gross
receipts of small business concerns that receive advice from the veterans'
business center;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDA97EBA68A0F84C0986B5A4CAE843B094"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the employment
increases or decreases of small business concerns that receive advice from the
veterans' business center;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDFABAEFC73F9841A5B934AAE9EAC59089"><enum>(v)</enum><text>to the maximum
extent practicable, the increases or decreases in profits of small business
concerns that receive advice from the veterans' business center; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID5F8CFD71ECEA49E388968C8EA26C770D"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>the results of
the examination of the veterans' business center under paragraph (10).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id8E5F2E17697443BEA7E7F9EA53F15275"><enum>(13)</enum><header>Coordination of
efforts and consultation</header>
<subparagraph id="id9BDEFE745CDF4D9E8F209601E58B38E3"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Coordination and
consultation</header><text>To the extent practicable, the Associate
Administrator and each private nonprofit organization that receives financial
assistance under this subsection shall—</text>
<clause id="idFB38DBCF42C546F3AFDFA208FEDA62B0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>coordinate
outreach and other activities with other programs of the Administration and the
programs of other Federal agencies;</text>
</clause><clause id="id4A9DBCAE35A5407595DF4080CF494FE5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>consult with
technical representatives of the district offices of the Administration in
carrying out activities using financial assistance under this subsection;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="idA5213FAE3FE64EF3B509DF7237572124"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>provide
information to the veterans business ownership representatives designated under
subparagraph (B) and coordinate with the veterans business ownership
representatives to increase the ability of the veterans business ownership
representatives to provide services throughout the area served by the veterans
business ownership representatives.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id75DFE87C1FE146DA851C7E804F9E5A5B"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Veterans
business ownership representatives</header>
<clause id="idEC89B280747A4A7F935B9419B8F1B078"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Designation</header><text>The
Administrator shall designate not fewer than 1 individual in each district
office of the Administration as a veterans business ownership representative,
who shall communicate and coordinate activities of the district office with
private nonprofit organizations that receive financial assistance under this
subsection.</text>
</clause><clause id="idBB16C3D987FE4550BB8EAE0ED9B5D701"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Initial
designation</header><text>The first individual in each district office of the
Administration designated by the Administrator as a veterans business ownership
representative under clause (i) shall be an individual that is employed by the
Administration on the date of enactment of this subsection.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idF0B72AECEC754183B021352DBC29E84E"><enum>(14)</enum><header>Existing
contracts</header><text>An award of financial assistance under this subsection
shall not void any contract between a private nonprofit organization and the
Administration that is in effect on the date of such award.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID46f7305a227146e7b139781f334b8865"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated—</text>
<paragraph id="idC6CA4007404940CB9D7987E4B6F57B7D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to carry out
subsections (a) through (f), $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2010 through
2012; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id1E57F58DB9D34A84B93EEF4C9DDCEE3A"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to carry out subsection (g)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id3C9EC3E3B04F41E5BB9E7B0E5E96629A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$8,000,000 for
fiscal year 2010;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idCCA76669E6614570B642520C659CA597"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$8,500,000 for
fiscal year 2011; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA2BB77527AA34E20AE2D93D23F6A57A5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>$9,000,000 for
fiscal year
2012.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="id859E544CEB9F4341A99AB9692E7DE083"><enum>(b)</enum><header>GAO
Report</header>
<paragraph id="id97520A1E94D7470C98F75B484C9C3103"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this subsection—</text>
<subparagraph id="id8C84A511BCA04AA1B988EEA00537BACD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the term
<term>small business concern owned and controlled by veterans</term> has the
meaning given that term in section 32(g) of the Small Business Act, as added by
this section; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id673187D305C144A4A560DC3567E0A972"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the term
<term>veterans’ business center program</term> means the veterans’ business
center program established under section 32(g) of the Small Business Act, as
added by this section.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idCA9BAEAD364248508A02169B971D8973"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Report</header>
<subparagraph id="id6BF0A9813EE54C469CE439466555632D"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 60 days after the end of the second fiscal
year beginning after the date on which the veterans’ business center program is
established, the Comptroller General of the United States shall evaluate the
effectiveness of the veterans’ business center program, and submit to Congress
a report on the results of that evaluation.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0459ED6F8E584E66A38D3B224FD19185"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The
report submitted under subparagraph (A) shall include—</text>
<clause id="idEDF138EEF396413FA7C7D3F7D1EA6D2E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>an assessment
of—</text>
<subclause id="IDae7983dad9de4a0baad814cb5c65b70d"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the use of amounts
made available to carry out the veterans’ business center program;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDc628b30c70aa4f43b305fc3efb2051a0"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the effectiveness
of the services provided by each private nonprofit organization receiving
financial assistance under the veterans’ business center program;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="idF5423768C8794191BF88BE3FFFD08219"><enum>(III)</enum><text>whether the
services described in clause (ii) are duplicative of services provided by other
veteran service organizations, programs of the Administration, or programs of
another Federal department or agency and, if so, recommendations regarding how
to alleviate the duplication of the services; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID58df037c101f4988ae3a395429ecdbac"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>whether there are
areas of the United States in which there are not adequate entrepreneurial
services for small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans and, if
so, whether there is a veterans' business center established under the
veterans’ business center program providing services to that area; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="id25567AF2E250418C8D204AD571D9B113"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>recommendations,
if any, for improving the veteran's business center program.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ID275ce467f04f4d5a815ca2a422c10c5e"><enum>402.</enum><header>Reporting
requirement for interagency task force</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 32(c) of the Small Business Act (15
U.S.C. 657b(c)) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="deleted" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5A921068F8EC4CE0B784F863B08558AA" reported-display-style="strikethrough" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="ID9209c0fe5f1f47c0b149c8b56a0f3dc9"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
less frequently than twice each year, the Administrator shall submit to
Congress a report on the appointments made to and activities of the task
force.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="idE5BD77545B134C3CB7F93843311EACE2" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>403.</enum><header>Repeal and renewal
of grants</header>
<subsection id="idD2D52D7728784896BB0C7E30AAEC82CE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>In
this section, the term <term>covered grant, contract, or cooperative
agreement</term> means a grant, contract, or cooperative agreement that
was—</text>
<paragraph id="id24CD38C5DE33462A93F546F2661EEFE8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>made or entered
into under section 8(b)(17) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(b)(17));
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idFDCD35639B7841A6AF808E551A6E9C56"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in effect on or
before the date described in subsection (b)(2).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id54DF1AC3047F40B0A4B00348BC18DE71"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Repeal</header>
<paragraph id="idB720DE59A68E444C8CE753A0BAB570DC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 8(b) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(b))
is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="idAD9096E07530488BADA993FDED742C88"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (15),
by adding <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idB751651B5EC0464EB19B7A186B0837D6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (16),
by striking <quote>; and</quote> and inserting a period; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id59D79C299A2F429D93A145A4A6A62DE2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (17).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idB1BBC7224A6942F682DD9F6E16742711"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by paragraph (1) shall take effect 60
days after the date of enactment of this Act.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id6C228F22CDFA4D288B7817B21F94C137"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Transitional
rules</header>
<paragraph id="idCFE3B344F7384F30AABC42340CC5722C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
General</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a covered
grant, contract, or cooperative agreement shall remain in full force and effect
under the terms, and for the duration, of the covered grant, contract, or
agreement.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id59D744A943524F719962ECD6AE40A387"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Additional
requirements</header><text>Any organization that was awarded or entered into a
covered grant, contract, or cooperative agreement shall be subject to the
requirements of section 32(g) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 657b(g)) (as
added by this Act).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id2D15D21F52C941DC9A79812554F8901A"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Renewal of
financial assistance</header><text>An organization that was awarded or entered
into a covered grant, contract, or cooperative agreement may apply for a
renewal of the grant, contract, or agreement under the terms and conditions
described in section 32(g) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 657b(g)) (as
added by this Act).</text>
</subsection></section><enum>V</enum><header>Program for
investment in microentrepreneurs</header>
<section id="ID845541D43C7A47C3B6B27ADD7DFF41E3"><enum>501.</enum><header>PRIME
reauthorization</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Small
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631 et seq.) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="IDE0A2A709774F4ADFB5CED7CB7B7972DD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating
sections 37 through 44 as sections 38 through 45, respectively; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID1B397A181B2043A39591E046482B6CCF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after
section 36 the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="deleted" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1E3461AA90C4469EA6EA429928B00A25" reported-display-style="strikethrough" style="OLC">
<section id="IDA145FE42069748CE844057425326F26D"><enum>37.</enum><header>Program for
investment in microentrepreneurs</header>
<subsection id="IDD0DF37A313BE4A9F84B45987D1E25705"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this section:</text>
<paragraph id="IDF3F79CF7D12B43E2938A963D42DBC36D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Associate
Administrator</header><text>The term <term>Associate Administrator</term> means
the Associate Administrator for Entrepreneurial Development of the
Administration.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id8082A108964B4E7FA311391866C9AC10"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Capacity
building services</header><text>The term <term>capacity building
services</term> means services provided to an organization that is, or that is
in the process of becoming, a microenterprise development organization or
program, for the purpose of enhancing the ability of the organization to
provide training and services to disadvantaged entrepreneurs.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID145082F6D8094CD2A92520510F7BD42E"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Collaborative</header><text>The
term <term>collaborative</term> means 2 or more nonprofit entities that agree
to act jointly as a qualified organization under this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDF193CEBE96F04ADE9B25DEA7A347663E"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Disadvantaged
entrepreneur</header><text>The term <term>disadvantaged entrepreneur</term>
means a microentrepreneur that—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDCB43E35E559F4112B0231E96672685B3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is a low-income
person;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDBED5CE86CBBD4B96852F686D4291FAA8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is a very
low-income person; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID19284A28FD634B15A58C5B442F2C166E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>lacks adequate
access to capital or other resources essential for business success, or is
economically disadvantaged, as determined by the Administrator.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID39B7E144D0B64FA988F95DFA1385FC3E"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Disadvantaged
native american entrepreneur</header><text>The term <term>disadvantaged Native
American entrepreneur</term> means a disadvantaged entrepreneur who is also a
member of an Indian Tribe.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID105B1CEC57EF4C6DA2C28AEF5F232BCB"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Indian
tribe</header><text>The term <term>Indian tribe</term> has the meaning given
that term in section 4(e) of the Indian Self-Determination and Education
Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b(e)).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID134D58FC67D14CDC9A853C8C08D3635D"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Intermediary</header><text>The
term <term>intermediary</term> means a private, nonprofit entity that seeks to
serve microenterprise development organizations and programs, as authorized
under subsection (d).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDF479B93F5ACF4F49A16EB611C9437993"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Low-income
person</header><text>The term <term>low-income person</term> means a person
having an income, adjusted for family size, of not more than—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDE44F1BE77E9B4D6C9B144951A02863A6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>for metropolitan
areas, 80 percent of the area median income; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDE35ADBCE24C94DE388C25C30C094ABA2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for
nonmetropolitan areas, the greater of—</text>
<clause id="ID2185FEC14C5F41CC9D1F00926903A22B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>80 percent of the
area median income; or</text>
</clause><clause id="ID882A96F000AB40A68AB7E7FC9EE86B23"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>80 percent of the
statewide nonmetropolitan area median income.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID659C0F0777534058A17F90615885463B"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Microentrepreneur</header><text>The
term <term>microentrepreneur</term> means the owner or developer of a
microenterprise.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID00ED4B3BE5FB4B7B95D16C5AC60B0B29"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Microenterprise</header><text>The
term <term>microenterprise</term> means a sole proprietorship, partnership, or
corporation that—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDFB619672918543E79A3A21F2A8E1ACF7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>has not more than
4 employees; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDFA723008057842328E221191790EFC10"><enum>(B)</enum><text>generally lacks
access to conventional loans, equity, or other banking services.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID89D2000F87414271934404A5318A4BF4"><enum>(11)</enum><header>Microenterprise
development organization or program</header><text>The term
<term>microenterprise development organization or program</term> means a
nonprofit entity, or a program administered by such an entity, including
community development corporations or other nonprofit development organizations
and social service organizations, that provides services to disadvantaged
entrepreneurs.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDEC101A4FA2EE437C80EC867F840D7CEE"><enum>(12)</enum><header>Training and
technical assistance</header><text>The term <term>training and technical
assistance</term> means services and support provided to disadvantaged
entrepreneurs, such as assistance for the purpose of enhancing business
planning, marketing, management, financial management skills, and assistance
for the purpose of accessing financial services.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID821398B45F714906B0D5E0107AD9943B"><enum>(13)</enum><header>Qualified
organization</header><text>The term <term>qualified organization</term>
means—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID8B1555346F0D49878BDE4D3450C1BDDE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a nonprofit
microenterprise development organization or program (or a group or
collaborative thereof) that has a demonstrated record of delivering
microenterprise services to disadvantaged entrepreneurs;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDE4655159A3E64DD9A2881CD5A31516F3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an
intermediary;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID7768D31C67F04C5A89AEE7096E14AA79"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a microenterprise
development organization or program that is—</text>
<clause id="idF3E5B1B7560D44D8A5D88658B647E91D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>accountable to a
local community; and</text>
</clause><clause id="idBB0D6B83FC1D4B21ADFDCA8C837E6D93"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>working in
conjunction with a State or local government or Indian tribe; or</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID6A2CB01F3DD44B938C64B7EA6E14D8FA"><enum>(D)</enum><text>an Indian tribe
acting on its own, if the Indian tribe certifies that no private organization
or program referred to in this paragraph exists within its jurisdiction.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID2B6AED40B8AE4422ABB6DA3B4679C915"><enum>(14)</enum><header>Very low-income
person</header><text>The term <term>very low-income person</term> means an
individual having an income, adjusted for family size, of not more than 150
percent of the poverty line (as defined in section 673(2) of the Community
Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9902(2)), including any revision required
by that section).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDBE6C3A02A3274FDE9F9B0F2C515AAF7B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Establishment of
program</header><text>The Associate Administrator shall establish a
microenterprise training and technical assistance and capacity building
services grant program to provide grants to qualified organizations in
accordance with this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID082404095F874D89BC8F47324EDD3BAA"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Uses of
assistance</header><text>A qualified organization shall use a grant made under
this section—</text>
<paragraph id="ID5DCAE043D86247C49B7DD9FBBD906D17"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to provide
training and technical assistance to disadvantaged entrepreneurs;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID8C2D61C470B947918E113216C49C352E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to provide
training and technical assistance and capacity building services to
microenterprise development organizations and programs and groups of such
organizations and programs to assist such organizations and programs in
developing microenterprise training and services;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID70B4FB55DB2B488C82140A00FFA04C3F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to aid in
researching and developing the best practices in the field of microenterprise
and training and technical assistance programs for disadvantaged
entrepreneurs;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDE84900B092C6469398661763AAD29E30"><enum>(4)</enum><text>to provide
training and technical assistance to disadvantaged Native American
entrepreneurs and prospective disadvantaged Native American entrepreneurs;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID5AA52DFA0BDA4803919C5A61B182DE11"><enum>(5)</enum><text>for such other
activities as the Associate Administrator determines are consistent with the
purposes of this section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID583DE3D313ED461CBC25586242EF041F"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Allocation of
grants; subgrants</header>
<paragraph id="ID8F44E31A697B4E1AB6CD961ACBCA161D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Allocation of
grants</header>
<subparagraph id="IDB01DAA15D35A4632B49440E0F82900BB"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Associate Administrator shall allocate assistance
from the Administration under this section to ensure that—</text>
<clause id="ID80EB5EFD97424C78A5D69386AB190A89"><enum>(i)</enum><text>not less than 75
percent of amounts made available to the Administrator for grants under this
section are used for activities described in subsection (c)(1); and</text>
</clause><clause id="IDBE1D4F44153744B786F6D0411D5F1425"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>not less than 15
percent of amounts made available to the Administrator for grants under this
section are used for activities described in subsection (c)(2).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID8721C801ADE942DEAE5D3246B1D7C3B3"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Limit on
individual assistance</header><text>No single person may receive more than 10
percent of the total amounts made available for grants under this section for a
single fiscal year.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDD4689E6CBF414DBE869FB997A561EE32"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Targeted
assistance</header><text>The Associate Administrator shall ensure that not less
than 50 percent of the total amounts made available for grants under this
section are used to benefit very low-income persons, including very low-income
persons residing on Indian reservations.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID19272A57DE464C67B87F7644BC73B869"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Subgrants
authorized</header>
<subparagraph id="ID912EB62BE61046C3881D95B4EA95DA34"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>A qualified organization receiving a grant under this
section may provide subgrants using that grant to qualified organizations that
are small or emerging microenterprises and programs, subject to such rules and
regulations as the Associate Administrator determines are appropriate.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID3FEC82B803094DC5962923F74F52B3F6"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Limit on
administrative expenses</header><text>Not more than 7.5 percent of the amount
received by a qualified organization under a grant under this section may be
used for administrative expenses in connection with the making of subgrants
under subparagraph (A).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID6B404589784345CFBA6D4DC240271ED0"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Diversity</header><text>In
making grants under this section, the Associate Administrator shall ensure that
grant recipients include both large and small microenterprise organizations
that serve urban, rural, and Indian tribal communities and diverse
populations.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID21F27D985EA4449FA4C27F9D8F61E87D"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Prohibition on
preferential consideration of certain administration program
participants</header><text>In making grants under this section, the Associate
Administrator shall ensure that any application made by a qualified
organization that is a participant in the program established under section
7(m) does not receive preferential consideration over applications from other
qualified organizations that are not participants in the program.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID199D22CC7B32404A88E49E2FCA527EF3"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Federal
share</header>
<paragraph id="id06487068A4A149829A47C2C2976DD44B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>A qualified organization that receives a grant under this
section shall provide non-Federal contributions to carry out the activities
described in subsection (c) in an amount equal to not less than 50 percent of
the amount of the grant received under this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID477D86E0C4744F8689986B78688D5E64"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Sources of
non-Federal share</header><text>The non-Federal share of the cost of a project
using a grant under this section may be in the form of fees, grants, gifts,
funds from loan sources, or in-kind resources of an applicant from public or
private sources.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID7882061989004428B689D7E6656A05F4"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Exception</header>
<subparagraph id="ID6E89171463DF46AFB85FA990C0723207"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>If the Associate Administrator determines that an
applicant for assistance under this section has severe constraints on available
sources of non-Federal funds, the Associate Administrator may reduce or
eliminate the requirement under paragraph (1).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDAE18BAEE9FDE4831A9F02445436D2939"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>Not
more than 10 percent of the total funds made available from the Administration
in any fiscal year to carry out this section may be excepted under subparagraph
(A) from the requirement under paragraph (1).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID669ECC783F6949E680DA9BD553A503AB"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Applications for
assistance</header><text>An application for a grant under this section shall be
submitted in such form and in accordance with such procedures as the Associate
Administrator shall establish.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDF8AAA6162FC241DCB6FE3CA1BBD0D6C6"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Recordkeeping
and reporting</header>
<paragraph id="ID6EA27A2487ED4D0C896CC1C5FCEABDD3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Each qualified organization that receives a grant under
this section shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID5E8946484D144B8081C9A5DD9193AC19"><enum>(A)</enum><text>submit to the
Administration not less frequently than once every 18-month period, financial
statements audited by an independent certified public accountant;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID2019D0190DF14C40B6D249976207B9A5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>submit an annual
report to the Administration on the activities of the qualified organization;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID0421B3CCD59E453AA9EEB964362020D4"><enum>(C)</enum><text>keep such records
as the Associate Administrator determines are necessary to disclose the manner
in which amounts made available under a grant under this section are
used.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDF6AEBD4EBA474F4680CBD21B35213339"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Access</header><text>Upon
the request of the Associate Administrator, the Associate Administrator shall
have access to any record of any qualified organization that receives a grant
under this section, for the purpose of determining compliance with this
section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDA0BA53AEF35942589D2CCDA31AF8090E"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Data
collection</header><text>Each qualified organization that receives a grant
under this section shall collect information relating to, as applicable—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDDEB84D6FC58344A88FDBB39AF5070FC9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the number of
individuals counseled or trained by the organization;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDA0B5EC73B60C489FA45EE409919FEE94"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the number of
hours of counseling provided by the organization;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID0C3E301DDF20414799C5BD022975D192"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the number of
startup small business concerns formed with the assistance of the
organization;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDF1EE9524D6AD462C894C0E3C005CF122"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the number of
small business concerns expanded with the assistance of the
organization;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDD7F1ABFEA54E47BDAC7901C527C4FFDD"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the number of
low-income individuals counseled or trained by the organization; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID0FCEF3E5B5C1499781FA97405B5AE24A"><enum>(F)</enum><text>the number of very
low-income individuals counseled or trained by the organization.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idB01538792A3F42FF8672718AFCD0AA8D"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header>
<paragraph id="id74B09E4EC9C443999996A6AFFE6D1745"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the
Administrator $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2010 through 2012 to carry
out this section, which shall remain available until expended.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF865A52B03824165B56C1B0A09877365"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Certain
programs</header><text>In addition to the amount authorized under paragraph
(1), there are authorized to be appropriated to the Administrator $2,000,000
for each of fiscal years 2010 through 2012 to carry out subsection (c)(4),
which shall remain available until
expended.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="IDD248524E31144AE183902437232683C5"><enum>502.</enum><header>Conforming
repeal and amendments</header>
<subsection id="idDBA4D257A182404DBF69B26F9D2997C6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Conforming
repeal</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subtitle C of title I
of the Riegle Community Development and Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994 (15
U.S.C. 6901 et seq.) is repealed.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idE6B2FB93D4454B56AB3DF5C041E05835"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
amendments</header><text>The Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631 et seq.) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idE5C592E99438498DABA18604B8BA0F29"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in section 38(d)
(15 U.S.C. 657i(d)), as so redesignated, by striking <quote>section 43</quote>
and inserting <quote>section 44</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id2BC0FA0D498C4611A27F1DB72485169B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in section 41(d)
(15 U.S.C. 657l(d)), as so redesignated, by striking <quote>section 43</quote>
and inserting <quote>section 44</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id98F082E138824614A2176170066A79BB"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in section 42(b)
(15 U.S.C. 657m(b)), as so redesignated, by striking <quote>section 43</quote>
and inserting <quote>section 44</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ID6F1B793EA00D44B0B6C43CA479C64EB3"><enum>503.</enum><header>References</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">All references in Federal law, other than
section 504 of this Act, to the <quote>Program for Investment in
Microentrepreneurs Act of 1999</quote> or the <quote>PRIME Act</quote> shall be
deemed to be references to section 37 of the Small Business Act, as added by
this Act.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDD884E3A9368C436292D755161D0C8D2D"><enum>504.</enum><header>Rule of
construction</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Nothing in this
title or the amendments made by this title shall affect any grant or assistance
provided under the Program for Investment in Microentrepreneurs Act of 1999 (15
U.S.C. 6901 et seq.), before the date of enactment of this Act, and any such
grant or assistance shall be subject to the Program for Investment in
Microentrepreneurs Act of 1999, as in effect on the day before the date of
enactment of this Act.</text>
</section><enum>VI</enum><header>Other
provisions</header>
<section id="id7e2cded3-5489-4b59-922b-ba0cb50fea83"><enum>601.</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, 2010, 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 financial assistance
(including a contract or cooperative agreement) on December 31,
2010.</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, 2010.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb36d9ea7-d20e-4c99-af59-519ffd9a67b5"><enum>602.</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—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida8ac0e69-cfcc-4233-a055-a0bb19986935"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <term>grant program</term> means
the small business health insurance information grant program established under
subsection (b)(1); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEC0A6B567BCF4873940CCF7E1608AD6C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the term
<term>resource partner</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE1F6A28DC27D4015803312F4A500FB42"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the association of
small business development centers authorized to be established under section
21(a)(3)(A) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 648(a)(3)(A));</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF53E13FF26FA4C27B87AE5691CCF5690"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Association of
Women's Business Centers;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3F7975CACE6944DB8EA51960F8CB53E8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the Service Corps
of Retired Executives authorized by section 8(b)(1)(B) of the Small Business
Act (15 U.S.C. 637(b)(1)(B)); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id79E9CC1E321E4E3685DAA35053DDE742"><enum>(D)</enum><text>1 veterans
business center (as that term is used in section 32(g) of the Small Business
Act (15 U.S.C. 657b(g)), as added by this Act), as determined by the Associate
Administrator for Entrepreneurial Development.</text>
</subparagraph></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 Program</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE22052F6659D4AD98347ED1766D7F649"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Program
established</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
Administrator, acting through the Associate Administrator for Entrepreneurial
Development, shall establish a program to make grants to resource partners 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>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB728E0584AAA4356805A198B0F960AEA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Grant
recipients</header><text>The Associate Administrator for Entrepreneurial
Development shall make 1 grant to each of the resource partners.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id43fb990d-2e05-4293-b93a-13dc5acf9a40"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Grant
amounts</header><text>The grants made under this section shall—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAB43608EF3324E6A93471FEC95352F38"><enum>(A)</enum><text>be made from funds
appropriated to the Administrator to carry out the activities of the Office of
Entrepreneurial Development; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1251D4DA9A574395BC0C1580E2DAB922"><enum>(B)</enum><text>not exceed a total
amount of $5,000,000.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD255CC842E5743AC80E034A52C21FAB1"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Contract</header><text>As
a condition of receiving a grant under this section, each resource partner
shall agree, by contract with the Administration—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1965E52B855043179C002BDB2D765279"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to begin to use
the funds in accordance with paragraph (5) not later than 1 year after the date
on which the resource partner receives the grant; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEB99D16A80F84D4CAA4C525AD2B1911D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to return any
funds that have not been used, if the Administrator determines that the
resource partner is not carrying out the grant program activities under
paragraph (5)(A).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6CE43596331F4785A17125514B0306EA"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Use of
funds</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida50bb0b5-e110-4ce5-b233-c27185305c34"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Grant program
activities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A resource partner
shall use funds provided under the grant program to create, in consultation
with the Associate Administrator for Entrepreneurial Development of the
Administration—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5FABCFB5A28C43E8BB16A09735151600"><enum>(i)</enum><text>an online training
program;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id668F1E677E4C4B86950EAF4D3DB23C23"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>an online
repository of health insurance information relevant to small business
concerns;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEAE2E17604E14B6386AAFD407BC2084E"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a counseling
curriculum that can be used in the physical location of the resource partner;
and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2E9F7E23D50142FB91C7C93DD9E93BA3"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>materials
containing relevant information that can be disbursed to owners of small
business concerns throughout the country.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id81a39805-6e6c-4944-8aa5-07b89dc2837b"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Content of
materials</header>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0243f1cf-6df2-4761-bf14-f46855f44fa6"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>In creating materials under the grant program, a resource
partner 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>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5760afea-5e6e-48b0-8b4e-d1ddb35c9f68"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Health
insurance options</header><text>In incorporating information regarding health
insurance options under clause (i), a resource partner shall provide neutral
and objective information regarding health insurance options in the geographic
area served by the resource partner, including traditional employer sponsored
health insurance for the group insurance market, such as the health insurance
options described 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>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ideb3cc259-c8cb-4f2e-9ef4-c71bde82669f"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Review and
Report</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id506B4E8F469648BF858A9D456109E375"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Review of grant
program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Associate
Administrator for Entrepreneurial Development shall conduct a review of the
effectiveness of the grant program.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAD807B6B9F934AF99FFE918C609395B5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 2 years after the date on
which all grants under the grant program are disbursed, the Associate
Administrator for Entrepreneurial Development 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 on the results of the review
under paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id7d945106-9141-4819-84a9-e6e247a5b9c5"><enum>603.</enum><header>National Small
Business Development Center Advisory Board</header>
<subsection id="idB4AC62A9D7D247A3A4BCF9B964430EF5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 21(i)(1) of
the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 648(i)(1)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id6149BDECFE9641AC8BECEF5E38CA6BE8"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the first sentence, by striking
<quote>nine members</quote> and inserting <quote>10 members</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id9EDA98DF56F24A9292A7DC13C67553EB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the second
sentence, by striking <quote>six</quote> and inserting <quote>the members who
are not from universities or their affiliates</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id8E8D9A06EC0A454D8836858A0BC08563"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking the
third sentence; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id084DFB41682C47DFB5ED5B85153780F7"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in the fourth
sentence, by inserting <quote>not less than</quote> before
<quote>one-third</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id3C217CF3CE6448DABB0C79BD317C40F7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Incumbents</header><text>An
individual serving as a member of the Board on the date of enactment of this
Act may continue to serve on the Board until the end of the term of the member
under section 21(i)(1) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 648(i)(1)), as in
effect on the day before such date of enactment.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="id60e14fb9-ede1-4bb0-b48e-85ab2ef31add"><enum>604.</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 striking subsection (c) and inserting the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="deleted" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6a58bcfc-e595-4416-ab66-90988b199cb9" reported-display-style="strikethrough" 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 SCORE 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
determines such a disclosure to be necessary for the purpose of conducting a
financial audit of a chapter of the SCORE program authorized by subsection
(b)(1), in which case disclosure 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 the
access of the Administrator 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 of the Administration 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>605.</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, 2012, 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, the Federal Government, State
governments, Indian tribes, Federal research and development agencies, and
nonprofit policy groups concerned with the issues of small business
concerns.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" 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 make recommendations for
promoting entrepreneurship and the growth of small business concerns.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4CED80995EF04FC68BB163B97A383708"><enum>606.</enum><header>SCORE
program</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id59E00E60668943CF8D8A6DAD80236E79"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 8(b)(1)(B) of
the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(b)(1)(B)) is amended by striking <quote>a
Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE)</quote> and inserting <quote>the
SCORE</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id28BBAAF0AF8048789EB851C3131E527E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Technical and
conforming amendments</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3AA70F0C691A4E0E9BDAF99BE77E5BE5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631 et seq.) is
amended—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3FDF001E59BC435296DA76437C18F0C7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in section
7(m)(3)(A)(i)(VIII), by striking <quote>Service Corps of Retired
Executives</quote> and inserting <quote>SCORE</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4D0B4F021EE94D58A919D8A1AE27C4D1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in section
33(b)(2), by striking <quote>Service Corps of Retired Executives</quote> and
inserting <quote>SCORE</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCA91EE85ECDC4715B587CE0BC40DBA78"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Other
law</header><text>Section 337(d)(2) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act
(42 U.S.C. 6307(d)(2)) is amended by striking <quote>Service Corps of Retired
Executives (SCORE)</quote> and inserting <quote>SCORE</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB581F1AEF7BC45379E12F020FA4B63B7"><enum>(c)</enum><header>References</header><text>Any
reference to the Service Corps of Retired Executives established under section
8(b)(1)(B) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(b)(1)(B)), as in effect on
the day before the date of enactment of this Act, in any law, rule, regulation,
certificate, directive, instruction, or other official paper shall be
considered to refer to the SCORE established under section 8(b)(1)(B) of the
Small Business Act, as amended by this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5D7490F7B90248E38006B96485909270"><enum>607.</enum><header>Assistance to
out-of-state small businesses</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 21(b)(3) of the Small Business Act
(15 U.S.C. 648(b)(3)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id060B0DE591804C90A1F39E230142DE5E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>(3) At the discretion</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="deleted" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id893BED318C624FAD8F482DCC708E88A0" reported-display-style="strikethrough" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8C51098AFBFF4D6D997BD287CC642A6D" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Assistance to
out-of-state small businesses</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5DF6748B636A4BD48CC3B34F6D993255"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>At the discretion</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDf44a1f3ee91d4da78948863a48b41620"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="deleted" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFEA2D70AAFB44218933750411C2233A2" reported-display-style="strikethrough" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="idACFD3CE875B74660A023ED0F571162A6" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Disaster
recovery assistance</header>
<clause id="IDdacb0b595d7c4dc095e07ee58a433722"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>At the discretion of the Administrator, the Administrator
may authorize a small business development center to provide assistance, as
described in subsection (c), to small business concerns located outside of the
State, without regard to geographic proximity, if the small business concerns
are located in an area for which the President has declared a major disaster,
as defined in section 102 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122), during the period of the
declaration.</text>
</clause><clause id="ID6ced48203d9a41ab8c4810f1259fd9af"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Continuity of
services</header><text>A small business development center that provides
counselors to an area described in clause (i) shall, to the maximum extent
practicable, ensure continuity of services in any State in which the small
business development center otherwise provides services.</text>
</clause><clause id="IDcb692b71070f4919bb96bbd12191ab56"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Access to
disaster recovery facilities</header><text>For purposes of this subparagraph,
the Administrator shall, to the maximum extent practicable, permit the
personnel of a small business development center to use any site or facility
designated by the Administrator for use to provide disaster recovery
assistance.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6A7F2D38A0C544D8A5C69843269BBBD7"><enum>608.</enum><header>Small business
development centers</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id75F38E31574F4D91BF38F726F04A23A9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Portability
grants</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section
21(a)(4)(C)(viii) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 648(a)(4)(C)(viii)) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="IDd171fb3ad4f6481ebf5c7a4b6e5c253b"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the first
sentence—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="id38280A13F8824AB591067E35EC2ACD7F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>From the funds appropriated pursuant to clause (vii)</quote> and
inserting <quote>Of the amounts made available to carry out this subparagraph
in each fiscal year</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idCC0A0CDC6D8442B48B4A190E864042DE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>as a result of a business or government facility down sizing or closing,
which has resulted in the loss of jobs or small business instability</quote>
and inserting <quote>due to events that have resulted or will result in, the
downsizing or closing of a business or government facility</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID91a2d45956b845d2a9578b3e41086c93"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the
end <quote>The Administrator may make a grant under this clause that exceeds
$100,000 to accommodate extraordinary events that the Administrator determines
have had a catastrophic impact on small business concerns in a
community.</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id0E4661CE24F346AE8CD2E243EA00F512"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Purposes</header><text>Section
21(a)(1) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 648(a)(1)) is amended in the
first sentence by adding <quote>regulatory compliance and</quote> after
<quote>counseling concerning</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="id030293E916F54E2BAE2BA17B91E1388D"><enum>609.</enum><header>Evaluation of
pilot programs</header>
<subsection id="ID3e1dca4d127c4a2bbf4705cf7e6a1e3e"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 30 months after the date of disbursement
of the first grant under a covered pilot program, the Comptroller General of
the United States 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 covered pilot program, including
recommendations, if any, on possible improvements or modifications to the
covered pilot program, including the feasibility of extending the covered pilot
program to all small business development centers.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id3BECF904F5DB429FB66CF40B92A082AF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definition of
covered pilot program</header><text>In this section, the term <term>covered
pilot program</term> means a pilot program relating to small business
development centers established under this Act or an amendment made by this
Act.</text>
</subsection></section>
1.This Act may be cited as the
Entrepreneurial Development Act of
2009
.
2.The table of contents
for 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.
Sec. 206. Study and report on women's business
centers.
TITLE III—Native American small
business development program
Sec. 301. Short title.
Sec. 302. Native American small business
development program.
Sec. 303. Study and report on Native American
business centers.
Sec. 304. Office of Native American Affairs
pilot program.
TITLE IV—Veterans' business
center program
Sec. 401. Veterans' business center program;
Office of Veterans Business Development.
Sec. 402. Reporting requirement for interagency
task force.
Sec. 403. Repeal and renewal of
grants.
TITLE V—Program for investment in
microentrepreneurs
Sec. 501. PRIME reauthorization.
Sec. 502. Conforming repeal and
amendments.
Sec. 503. References.
Sec. 504. Rule of construction.
TITLE VI—Other provisions
Sec. 601. Institutions of higher
education.
Sec. 602. Health insurance options information
for small business concerns.
Sec. 603. National Small Business Development
Center Advisory Board.
Sec. 604. Privacy requirements for SCORE
chapters.
Sec. 605. National small business
summit.
Sec. 606. SCORE program.
Sec. 607. Assistance to out-of-state small
businesses.
Sec. 608. Small business development
centers.
Sec. 609. Evaluation of pilot
programs.
Sec. 610. Educating and
networking entrepreneurs through technology.
3.In this Act—
(1)the terms
Administration and Administrator mean the Small
Business Administration and the Administrator thereof, respectively;
(2)the term small
business concern has the same meaning as in section 3 of the Small
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632); and
(3)the term small
business development center means a small business development center
described in section 21 of the Small Business
Act (15 U.S.C. 648).
<enum>I</enum><header>Reauthorization</header>
<section id="id5459f38d-e6e6-4b5b-8b70-4937e5655ed2"><enum>101.</enum><header>Reauthorization</header>
<subsection id="idf252e58b-3bb3-4464-b322-537f9cbc9a52"><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="idb595de5c-db6c-41a1-aaf7-d9d69cd46b22"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating
subsection (j) as subsection (f); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id2f37a73e-62fb-41a8-90a2-f529f161e9a4"><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="id0b575c06-5918-43ee-a550-c2f5a11f32a7" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection id="idc9ddd1c0-e506-4713-bd5d-e357479cc117"><enum>(g)</enum><header>SCORE
program</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the
Administrator to carry out the SCORE 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="id87b5a4d3-60b5-4cfc-9857-c23f421a33cc"><enum>(1)</enum><text>$10,000,000 in fiscal
year 2010;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id11a3a45b-d8b0-43cc-8168-683ae1568d5d"><enum>(2)</enum><text>$11,000,000 in fiscal
year 2011; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idf2d3af4e-953e-47fa-8503-7052d3f14704"><enum>(3)</enum><text>$13,000,000 in fiscal
year
2012.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idcdbe7664-6832-4346-8f2b-25beb4e48389"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Small business
development centers</header><text>Section 21(a)(4)(C)(vii) of the Small
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 648(a)(4)(C)(vii)) is amended to read as
follows:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd3891413-237e-4802-8ea0-ae3a75da3328" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<clause id="id1d6b60c8-a16a-4407-a435-ea6f20808609"><enum>(vii)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to carry
out this subparagraph—</text>
<subclause id="id45aea570-f01c-4e21-990c-5ed28bc2ed7c"><enum>(I)</enum><text>$150,000,000 for fiscal
year 2010;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id983e2b1e-1153-4942-821c-9fc082e02b74"><enum>(II)</enum><text>$155,000,000 for fiscal
year 2011; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id1699b261-5cd6-40dd-8d8c-8d3100e5fd58"><enum>(III)</enum><text>$160,000,000 for fiscal
year
2012.</text>
</subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="idff54ff3c-d6fa-4927-ad5b-906d39f5e351"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Paul D. Coverdell
drug-free workplace program</header>
<paragraph id="idec75899e-546f-4746-9369-ac4f7aa5e987"><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="id68b860b8-5f52-4621-a8aa-e577c298788a"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by
striking <quote>fiscal years 2005 and 2006</quote> and inserting <quote>fiscal
years 2010 through 2012</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd081d801-25d8-4812-82d6-cefcec936064"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by
striking <quote>fiscal years 2005 and 2006</quote> and inserting <quote>fiscal
years 2010 through 2012</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id13447106-da6c-4225-af0e-db278d4cd7be"><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, 2012</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header>Women’s small business
ownership programs</header>
<section id="id1ac43ebc-261e-4c7d-8430-7d213a4f1730"><enum>201.</enum><header>Office of Women’s
Business Ownership</header>
<subsection id="id0c825e7b-b995-4fa2-ac56-fa150c49ba72"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-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="idd3e6c0ec-f37b-4832-a612-febd095230dd"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id9b59d1be-0a6b-42b9-89b3-2411e7a36a0b"><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 the management,
operations, manufacturing, technology, finance, retail and product sales,
international trade, Government contracting, and other disciplines required
for—</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSSB00" id="id0c522e1f-e2d1-4777-9b2e-3c638f3d9c32" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subclause id="id7424ef68-1955-4fad-b0e0-d8f60e531470"><enum>(I)</enum><text>starting, operating, and
increasing the business of a small business
concern;</text>
</subclause><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5c9b8c23-b316-4b3f-9b83-65edf3706500"><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="id0064de6f-f3fa-4a23-b0bf-d16a819ab79b"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSSB00" id="id48bf4a22-38a0-49bf-b382-aeff44e823b0" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="id3a5b2996-06cf-4f6a-9c2d-49641fd92df4"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Training</header><text>The
Administrator may 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.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idf19f26a4-977c-48ae-a8c2-03c1e85260ad"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Program and
transparency improvements</header><text>The Administrator shall maximize the
transparency of the women’s business center financial assistance proposal
process and the programmatic and financial oversight process by—</text>
<subparagraph id="id66c3be8e-178e-43e7-a5a6-ea317ceca83c"><enum>(A)</enum><text>providing public notice
of the announcement for financial assistance under subsection (b) and grants
under subsection (l) not later than the end of the first quarter of each fiscal
year;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2bcc6463-3c17-42b8-a97a-da02658eb8b4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the announcement
described in subparagraph (A), outlining award and program evaluation criteria
and describing the weighting of the criteria for financial assistance under
subsection (b) and grants under subsection (l);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id012dca20-2dca-429a-a14c-3034602d3e4c"><enum>(C)</enum><text>minimizing paperwork and
reporting requirements for applicants for and recipients of financial
assistance under this section;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id42bdb955-4689-48f0-82f8-46beaed88500"><enum>(D)</enum><text>standardizing the
oversight and review process of the Administration; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida350310d-8f18-40df-8993-3678436b6813"><enum>(E)</enum><text>providing to each women’s
business center, not later than 60 days after the completion of a site visit at
the women's business center (whether conducted for an audit, performance
review, or other reason), a copy of site visit reports and evaluation reports
prepared by district office technical representatives or officers or employees
of the
Administration.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id52caa876-a89e-483d-9476-50f07282f52e"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Change of
title</header>
<paragraph id="ida817f7cb-d825-4a66-9909-6b507f08d4de"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 29 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 656) is
amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="id3e10f76f-0da5-4589-b0b1-d6374f9746cc"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<clause id="idd51f82c0-50c5-478c-bdd2-0171f407aa0e"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking paragraphs
(1) and (4);</text>
</clause><clause id="idc25c72d7-ad38-4cb8-a1b3-170688b1cc4b"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id7749249d-cddd-44eb-bef7-0e00286895a6"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by inserting before
paragraph (4), as so redesignated, the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida5ab61e4-8c9e-427a-a2b4-a044113801ab" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="id505b6ae2-8b70-4a91-94a8-62a0e8cde1ac"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the term
<term>Director</term> means the Director of the Office of Women's Business
Ownership established under subsection
(g);</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7288053a-bf59-4d67-99b0-0d900fde0165"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>Assistant Administrator</quote> each place it appears and inserting
<quote>Director</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb2984a93-6059-4345-8d57-38a0a7590480"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subsection (g)(2), in
the paragraph heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Assistant Administrator</header-in-text></quote> and inserting
<quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Director</header-in-text></quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idf482ed3e-a9d4-4ebb-a215-5155dcbffbe5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Women's Business
Ownership Act of 1988</header><text>Title IV of the Women’s Business Ownership
Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="id5f4e9209-5259-4eca-830a-2e0d00adc85a"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in section 403(a)(2)(B),
by striking <quote>Assistant Administrator</quote> and inserting
<quote>Director</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idade30760-a0ec-4fb9-91d4-f7bd442fe9cd"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in section 405, by
striking <quote>Assistant Administrator</quote> and inserting
<quote>Director</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id04bb0eb9-928d-4613-9cc5-41eb784a4a51"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in section 406(c), by
striking <quote>Assistant Administrator</quote> and inserting
<quote>Director</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="iddae36144-5c64-4023-a198-9273f6a06d2a"><enum>202.</enum><header>Women’s Business
Center Program</header>
<subsection id="id933a3f52-521c-4af5-8543-034768bc6ea6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Women’s Business Center
financial assistance</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="ida1b5e0df-11ec-4dd4-9e0c-e6474d1ada15"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id10708542-3767-4209-b668-e543353dfd27"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting before
paragraph (2), as added by section 201(b), the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSSB00" id="ide044b36a-5dc1-4f84-b8ce-89f8fa3a5646" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="id6b30f4b8-6666-4784-bc42-9d6c490caac2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the term
<term>association of women’s business centers</term> means an
organization—</text>
<subparagraph id="id4c62dd70-733b-43d0-a774-4989fec1609f"><enum>(A)</enum><text>that represents not less
than 51 percent of the women’s business centers that participate in a program
under this section; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id60013b72-c7b0-4be4-931c-35ccf17686a0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>whose primary purpose is
to represent women’s business centers;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4ccb80b7-33e2-457a-b3db-458041f58433"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting after
paragraph (2), as added by section 201(b), the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfcc0cf66-c772-49c7-a632-c0a29aef52fb" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="id91e18b8d-e902-4c9e-a3b8-87534bd07dc0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the term <term>eligible
entity</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="id21f3e06d-60a9-4b36-a2c6-afae964f776c"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a private nonprofit
organization;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="iddca19449-89a7-4c94-8e3d-888977ed6e47"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a State, regional, or
local economic development organization;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida67335cd-34c3-47ff-bb6f-d4d09c3111fa"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a development, credit, or
finance corporation chartered by a State;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idaa249aa6-9d1f-4d9d-9cd4-54fb236e360f"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a public or private
institution of higher education (as that term is used in sections 101 and 102
of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 and 1002)); or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id39e91dfa-b6fa-499e-975a-0268c70cfc9a"><enum>(E)</enum><text>any combination of
entities listed in subparagraphs (A) through
(D);</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id146aa9aa-6223-4af0-9029-533b0100f99b"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding after paragraph
(5), as redesignated by section 201(b), the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id485fea0d-e944-4eb5-9923-734ac112fdc2" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="id17df88ee-8bd3-4260-8630-5c044254a0f3"><enum>(6)</enum><text>the term <term>women's
business center</term> means a project conducted by an eligible entity under
this
section;</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idb1c85481-8bde-41bb-949b-07de52240f85"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id8ca70430-e962-456b-81e6-f52f73b8e03a"><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="id9932d652-cc21-489e-abd9-6c0f3eca7307"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>The
Administration</quote> and all that follows through <quote>5-year
project</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id46529329-53ca-4f0d-97d3-76bc96dace27" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="id73b7abba-547a-4244-aa25-bdc08f0e1104"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Administration may provide financial assistance to an
eligible entity to conduct a project under this
section</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6a5b2358-18c6-4733-a19f-7e6034d0c17f"><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="idf66a8170-b531-4e4e-885b-f0571b5bdc73" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="id9f21c430-f16b-45af-a748-3ad16cada6e8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Use of
funds</header><text>The project shall be designed to provide training and
counseling that meets the needs of women, especially socially and economically
disadvantaged women, and shall provide</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id40485cc0-6784-4c4b-b312-7693c9635ce3"><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="idbf685923-a2e6-46d3-af21-9613a70fa560" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="id91bf2070-c55a-4cfe-b0fa-1bea0cb31afb"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Amount of financial
assistance</header>
<subparagraph id="id4c13069c-bac1-4cca-9157-61e019e0ed29"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Administrator may award financial assistance under
this subsection of not less than $150,000 per year.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="iddabbdb26-4a27-469d-b4bf-93acffc2400e"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Equal
allocations</header><text>In the event that the Administration has insufficient
funds to provide financial assistance of $150,000 for each recipient of
financial assistance under this subsection in any fiscal year, available funds
shall be allocated equally to recipients, unless a recipient requests a lower
amount than the allocated amount.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="iddb2fe2e7-aa50-4c88-ad1a-f4254ffa446b"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Consultation with
associations of Women’s Business Centers</header><text>The Administrator shall
consult with each association of women’s business centers to develop—</text>
<subparagraph id="idb341f69a-81d5-4134-8320-a8509b0910ad"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a training program for
the staff of women’s business centers and the Administration; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id92f015ab-1c35-4ada-b2a5-125b055b077d"><enum>(B)</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>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id86327674-1eb1-46dd-bced-37232dcf4f6c"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id71040b42-f1c5-4b7c-a4ac-0eb37b3121fd"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1) by
striking <quote>the recipient organization</quote> and inserting <quote>an
eligible entity</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id30fcb165-aed4-477b-a1a9-0b1df6582972"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), in the
second sentence, by striking <quote>a recipient organization</quote> and
inserting <quote>an eligible entity</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id89266138-b7a4-4dbc-8249-3fb49d712a08"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (4)—</text>
<clause id="idff573af8-15ad-42fc-9db9-dd50cfbd705d"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>recipient</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>eligible
entity</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id970607a3-843e-4258-a625-2bad1d99d2d5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>such
organization</quote> and inserting <quote>the eligible entity</quote>;
and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id39D6A2C220C3490AAB45FFDFED219FD4"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by adding at end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id062339C242C14866A904892235AAA407" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="id2989779A4B884FBBBB3A91528696E740"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Separation of project
and funds</header><text>An eligible entity shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="idD40C85577B7A4F06BB445ED1ABBDC834"><enum>(A)</enum><text>carry out a project under
this section separately from other projects, if any, of the eligible entity;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id47E0A8C4471348A697E15ADB58FFD7CB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>separately maintain and
account for any financial assistance under this
section.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ida9cb32ce-4141-4f1d-8152-50898e869b77"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (e)—</text>
<subparagraph id="idddc8c966-c239-4a1a-aabc-70a127794273"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>applicant organization</quote> and inserting <quote>eligible
entity</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id87b368bc-2db9-4dcb-be38-b1897d9d3f87"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>a
recipient organization</quote> and inserting <quote>an eligible entity</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id484fe0ea-087f-4c16-aa57-7f8a6fc2247f"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>site</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id295cad88-5f35-41a0-9fa2-384adef14c0c"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by striking subsection
(f) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida20e9c86-ac0e-4f06-bac2-93de99ccb51e" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection id="id06cbf90d-d9c9-459b-b511-d22fec739ad8"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Applications and
criteria for initial financial assistance</header>
<paragraph id="idf054b39e-6aed-4242-8b64-ed8f9c76905c"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Application</header><text>Each
eligible entity desiring financial assistance under subsection (b) shall submit
to the Administrator an application that contains—</text>
<subparagraph id="id41c93006-c29c-4794-89a3-d325d778a634"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a certification that the
eligible entity—</text>
<clause id="id3e2843de-5865-4439-8438-6820e5a98c67"><enum>(i)</enum><text>has designated an
executive director or program manager, who may be compensated from financial
assistance under subsection (b) or other sources, to manage the center on a
full-time basis; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id085e1dad-1fc1-4e3d-8642-090b00d2a1a5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>as a condition of
receiving financial assistance under subsection (b), agrees—</text>
<subclause id="id36abeffe-6afc-4bf1-824b-acda44b05db5"><enum>(I)</enum><text>to receive a site visit
by the Administrator as part of the final selection process;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id6ea603eb-5a8e-41c4-9fcd-86f012cda89b"><enum>(II)</enum><text>to undergo an annual
programmatic and financial review; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id8b047a9c-3d91-4867-8b8f-a9167ccf3621"><enum>(III)</enum><text>to the maximum extent
practicable, to remedy any problems identified pursuant to the site visit or
review under subclause (I) or (II);</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3f703a4b-420c-4937-bc40-78fd990d9ac2"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">meets the accounting and reporting
requirements established by the Director of the Office of Management and
Budget;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9e0ee235-2f3d-44a6-8049-f578127856b6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>information demonstrating
that the eligible entity has the ability and resources to meet the needs of the
market to be served by the women's business center for which financial
assistance under subsection (b) is sought, including the ability to obtain the
non-Federal contribution required under subsection (c);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7514f207-9d6c-4fe4-951e-e8160c04e287"><enum>(C)</enum><text>information relating to
the assistance to be provided by the women's business center for which
financial assistance under subsection (b) is sought in the area in which the
women's business center site is located;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida20d1960-75b9-49a7-8c00-2a5477c0ecf0"><enum>(D)</enum><text>information demonstrating
the experience and effectiveness of the eligible entity in—</text>
<clause id="id3f20054c-c648-4e3a-baa4-53d26c1b8932"><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="id6bf6501b-4abc-41d2-8b43-61a2bd0c20fd"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>providing training and
services to a representative number of women who are socially and economically
disadvantaged; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id25f0f0b4-4f5e-47fd-afd7-68697e2b1ebc"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>using resource partners
of the Administration and other entities, such as universities; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idcacf056a-4de4-467f-8654-2d608a97bb50"><enum>(E)</enum><text>a 5-year plan that
describes the ability of the women's business center for which financial
assistance is sought—</text>
<clause id="idfe9cdf0a-5a67-49b3-ad20-738c47208690"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to serve women who are
business owners or potential owners by conducting training and counseling
activities; and</text>
</clause><clause id="idb8e70afe-edfa-42c4-93c8-d185e107098b"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to provide training and
services to a representative number of women who are socially and economically
disadvantaged.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idf081457b-991f-4e98-9a3a-521d4f4d74ea"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Additional
information</header><text>The Administrator shall make any request for
additional information from an organization applying for financial assistance
under subsection (b) that was not requested in the original announcement in
writing.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id892333f3-aafb-4369-a167-2349f966b772"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Review and approval of
applications for initial financial assistance</header>
<subparagraph id="id0e9abbae-d8ee-47fc-855f-a2a0797a98e8"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Administrator shall—</text>
<clause id="idab1fa9e5-8c5c-4263-a8bc-0ee7fc4559dd"><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="id5210e91d-0a8c-4837-9b60-6885b0b4122f"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to the extent
practicable, as part of the final selection process, conduct a site visit at
each women's business center for which financial assistance under subsection
(b) is sought.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf7d747a0-04c7-4526-a86a-2d3dd733ad63"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Selection
criteria</header>
<clause id="idba433d4e-62b2-405b-931b-3742be04bf49"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Administrator shall evaluate applicants for financial
assistance under subsection (b) in accordance with selection criteria that
are—</text>
<subclause id="id80265b24-c175-411d-be52-69376dee5252"><enum>(I)</enum><text>established before the
date on which applicants are required to submit the applications;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id8f532050-7a25-4e72-9807-829611336424"><enum>(II)</enum><text>stated in terms of
relative importance; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id066c343a-6270-4def-b8e4-7a806f43bca9"><enum>(III)</enum><text>publicly available and
stated in each solicitation for applications for financial assistance under
subsection (b) made by the Administrator.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="ide402d19b-edf4-4c47-b0a9-e1e41b6e3640"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Required
criteria</header><text>The selection criteria for financial assistance under
subsection (b) shall include—</text>
<subclause id="idf0e56ea5-1d9d-48ae-b280-464b21c6c452"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the experience of the
applicant in conducting programs or ongoing efforts designed to teach or
enhance the business skills of women who are business owners or potential
business owners;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id9e88192a-8328-4839-aaac-b14cb6422206"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the ability of the
applicant to commence a project within a minimum amount of time;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id0e55fba3-1753-419b-a5d8-bb8779b1430b"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the ability of the
applicant to provide training and services to a representative number of women
who are socially and economically disadvantaged; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id87b25b84-7c08-4b13-89e6-ab39e139dadb"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>the location for the
women's business center site proposed by the applicant, including whether the
applicant is located in a State in which there is not a women's business center
receiving funding from the Administration.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id27501ece-5b87-40cf-842d-498f730a7c82"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Proximity</header><text>If
the principal place of business of an applicant for financial assistance under
subsection (b) is located less than 50 miles from the principal place of
business of a women’s business center that received funds under this section on
or before the date of the application, the applicant shall not be eligible for
the financial assistance, unless the applicant submits a detailed written
justification of the need for an additional center in the area in which the
applicant is located.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id52333bb8-f304-4959-9e4c-123043722972"><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="idb88a2e5d-e912-4b6c-955c-8b7d4dbb8cd7"><enum>(6)</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="idfd293125-7c7a-481e-8381-87077d35fb52" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="idde04663d-db06-4ac4-8e46-f84a8a09a865"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Application and
approval for renewal grants</header>
<subparagraph id="idbeb23d75-4497-4612-ad8b-229615e3257c"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Application</header><text>Each
eligible entity desiring a grant under this subsection shall submit to the
Administrator an application that contains—</text>
<clause id="id0ad456e3-6acd-4fb8-b235-91729e26f739"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a certification that the
applicant—</text>
<subclause id="id7e980a1d-3497-436e-9e33-93d8ffc1f63f"><enum>(I)</enum><text>is a private nonprofit
organization;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id965460a2-302a-4b3c-9bb5-5d6667063113"><enum>(II)</enum><text>has designated a
full-time executive director or program manager to manage the women's business
center operated by the applicant; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id3be2caf7-9a4b-49a1-a5b1-4c952d66b41b"><enum>(III)</enum><text>as a condition of
receiving a grant under this subsection, agrees—</text>
<item id="id07c15a44-6f3f-47e0-b4cd-9b47cc81f00c"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>to receive a site visit
as part of the final selection process;</text>
</item><item id="idb74cc68e-2bd9-46c7-bf53-5d0edbeac2bd"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>to submit, for the 2
full fiscal years before the date on which the application is submitted, annual
programmatic and financial review reports or certified copies of the compliance
supplemental audits under OMB Circular A–133 of the applicant; and</text>
</item><item id="id6016ee29-9d4a-4dd9-a22c-9d7c185bfa06"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>to remedy any problem
identified pursuant to the site visit or review under item (aa) or (bb);</text>
</item></subclause></clause><clause id="id7fa3d318-4808-44bb-8393-f4c5021bcf9e"><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 for which a
grant under this subsection is sought, including the ability to ability to
obtain the non-Federal contribution required under paragraph (4)(C);</text>
</clause><clause id="ida741d333-311b-4a83-91e6-9f81e7696171"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>information relating to
assistance to be provided by the women's business center for which a grant
under this subsection is sought in the area of the women's business center
site;</text>
</clause><clause id="id2427438d-b576-4a84-96e1-b3d33d44c99c"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>information
demonstrating the use of resource partners of the Administration and other
entities;</text>
</clause><clause id="idad42a552-f3a7-46fb-9be9-919d4c96f169"><enum>(v)</enum><text>a 3-year plan that
describes the ability of the women's business center for which a grant under
this subsection is sought—</text>
<subclause id="id66033e54-3893-4520-9751-7c0aa5b4ed32"><enum>(I)</enum><text>to serve women who are
business owners or potential business owners by conducting training and
counseling activities; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id6b9e0163-a63c-4f82-bf6e-6a32c874d8a6"><enum>(II)</enum><text>to provide training and
services to a representative number of women who are socially and economically
disadvantaged; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="id27c4ecce-a4b6-46c4-a17e-1e16c9bb770c"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>any additional
information that the Administrator may reasonably require.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id30ba3cc9-fbb4-41d0-a8b5-e3b972763fb0"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Review and approval of
applications for grants</header>
<clause id="id82acbef0-7c11-4945-b16d-3f31688d1e26"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Administrator shall—</text>
<subclause id="ide3253555-f790-42ab-a3fc-31564b7df3bc"><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="id03c63dc1-2c80-4344-9745-3aa7bf5aae28"><enum>(II)</enum><text>whenever practicable, 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="id98b32ee3-0411-43e1-b026-df53e9967c4a"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Selection
criteria</header>
<subclause id="idbcc806ef-6cb9-4899-b4c8-913426b8359d"><enum>(I)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Administrator shall evaluate applicants for grants
under this subsection in accordance with selection criteria that are—</text>
<item id="idb063995b-8b3c-4bd1-b808-c5c50f384afe"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>established before the
date on which applicants are required to submit the applications;</text>
</item><item id="idcaa69d79-38cc-437f-8bb7-de392ff67424"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>stated in terms of
relative importance; and</text>
</item><item id="idee7f234d-19bf-42d0-8f94-fab5b1b2b8bf"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>publicly available and
stated in each solicitation for applications for grants under this subsection
made by the Administrator.</text>
</item></subclause><subclause id="idc7d3821a-7ca4-4282-9b9e-98e5a135641a"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Required
criteria</header><text>The selection criteria for a grant under this subsection
shall include—</text>
<item id="idfc77a910-d85e-4ce3-852e-582d62a3f994"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>the total number of
entrepreneurs served by the applicant;</text>
</item><item id="id3880450e-e24d-4fb1-9751-870cccb2d55b"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>the total number of new
start-up companies assisted by the applicant;</text>
</item><item id="ida319d649-280a-4d81-a2c7-f768ce48050b"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>the percentage of the
clients of the applicant that are socially or economically disadvantaged;
and</text>
</item><item id="ida83d34dc-b5ee-4e52-bdc3-451c4696f87e"><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="idb22fa078-6ab8-45d2-b6a9-51a4bd828b6b"><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="idad4e11a8-c429-4e8e-a5bc-ff3d169db680"><enum>(I)</enum><text>shall consider the
results of the most recent evaluation of the women's business center for which
a grant under this subsection is sought, and, to a lesser extent, previous
evaluations; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id904696d7-7d00-461b-a798-5ab757cdc0ee"><enum>(II)</enum><text>may withhold a grant
under this subsection, if the Administrator determines that the applicant has
failed to provide the information required to be provided under this paragraph,
or the information provided by the applicant is inadequate.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id86b0399f-b6dd-4e7b-b7b0-cecc4c340db8"><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="id4178aca4-83d0-45a6-ba8f-5686117e9893"><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="id2128f39e-c8db-434a-b011-406a2477b5e1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Technical and
conforming Amendments</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="idb9bd44d4-aa82-4940-8cfd-8ac80a3e64b1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (h)(2), by
striking <quote>to award a contract (as a sustainability grant) under
subsection (l) or</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idc7dbb429-c6c0-4d6a-a166-25c7a03ae6ff"><enum>(2)</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>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id0c86ab5c-e86e-4c76-abce-b349e88e296b"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (k)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id18e7e896-7900-4102-9681-9223eacfdf8a"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking paragraphs
(1), (2), and (4);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idfa0f86fc-b72e-403a-820f-b45aa8d5145a"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraph (3) as paragraph (5); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc0dc4ec2-e19a-4de7-8652-f42b2e2cf866"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting before
paragraph (5), as so redesignated, the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSSB00" id="idfe3668f6-5f61-436f-910d-948f1cd73aaa" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="id7d494f03-095e-48cf-a0af-d6e28da3dc1e"><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="idf2a6d6d6-fe89-417f-be8f-d74115713dbb"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$20,000,000 for fiscal
year 2010;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idfa038b01-4df0-418e-8249-8c5f733259bc"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$20,500,000 for fiscal
year 2011; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id655db030-6b97-46fa-be62-33371a9dad8f"><enum>(C)</enum><text>$21,000,000 for fiscal
year 2012.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id7a1f6ec9-0abc-469e-a8f6-5617a88b782e"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Allocation</header><text>Of
amounts made available pursuant to paragraph (1), the Administrator shall use
not less than 50 percent for grants under subsection (l).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id87ae9c43-f537-4f05-b142-4c0a5ceb55d9"><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="idfb19e6d0-ca24-4eb2-8d11-7b0e33e1cbb5"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Continuing grant and
cooperative agreement authority</header>
<subparagraph id="id1d32893d-7948-4485-8791-58aca19de9a3"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The authority of the Administrator to provide financial
assistance 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="idc3b9cf34-6363-42d9-890a-a8f30519921f"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Prompt
disbursement</header><text>Upon receiving funds to carry out this section for a
fiscal year, the Administrator shall, to the extent practicable, promptly
reimburse funds to any women’s business center awarded financial assistance
under this section if the center meets the eligibility requirements under this
section.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ideb5270f2-a091-4c0a-a46c-26e104729027"><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—</text>
<clause id="id07c76664-4071-40ed-ab53-da9b0afee890"><enum>(i)</enum><text>provides the women's
business center with written notification setting forth the reasons for that
action; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id73b9bb57-4ea2-44b7-b402-e3013dc44004"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>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></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id11478395-be47-407f-85f9-2ce9239d9727"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (m)(4)(D),
by striking <quote>or subsection (l)</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id263d412d-2f99-4ab4-ad68-5e4225addd47"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by redesignating
subsections (m) and (n), as amended by this Act, as subsections (l) and (m),
respectively.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id97f92ec0-ff83-40a7-bb4e-01a18c6d92ab"><enum>203.</enum><header>National Women’s
Business Council</header>
<subsection id="id70d84353-ee92-4437-b6ab-758698fc4d5e"><enum>(a)</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="ide20b7cce-fce6-47bd-98fd-eae541cec3d0" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="id31f5c300-bd22-4690-825f-11190476d53a"><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="ida08b2947-fe4d-4879-84a5-52dd0ee0127c"><enum>(b)</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>2010 through 2012, of
which not less than 30 percent</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="id6df55308-273a-4689-b953-9912115161d3"><enum>204.</enum><header>Interagency Committee
on Women’s Business Enterprise</header>
<subsection id="id73971d1b-a1fa-4e0d-8a3f-eced69086962"><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="id0d2b347b-5828-49b3-9457-03ac9e147d43"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Not
later</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSSB00" id="iddba82f81-3520-4708-9d0d-dd0a1c8c2c46" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="idacfd100d-9887-479d-82ae-75241176a1b4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id2be72923-31aa-4b2b-96af-0f9b983c067c"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSSB00" id="id44ff1ff3-9a20-429e-a5a3-96a2faf03e05" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="id03ae0b62-9146-41e6-89d8-c2225828a331"><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="idb7614851-6fdd-4d73-abe1-a80d438e7172"><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="id8a3061f1-1abf-407a-af03-c23fe96d04c8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>There</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSSB00" id="id7cfef36d-80cd-41ac-9803-56a25e963cbf" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection id="id5c87f513-29ec-43d1-86aa-ff72d054c775"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment of
Committee</header><text>There</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idc29d625d-af18-4167-9287-49cee97542b4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSSB00" id="id43002e69-ac99-4421-b2c7-7b557a66fc4e" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection id="id991c5498-7958-4ecd-ad8c-873cde324faf"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Policy Advisory
Group</header>
<paragraph id="idec136f9f-69c5-480e-8077-378378aac38f"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>There
is established a Policy Advisory Group within the Interagency Committee to
assist the chairperson in developing policies and programs under this
Act.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ide45417fc-e908-4cd3-a1e0-83d800f545c4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Membership</header><text>The
Policy Advisory Group shall be composed of 7 policy making officials, of
whom—</text>
<subparagraph id="id3493d9bd-b209-4343-b468-db34eec71d45"><enum>(A)</enum><text>1 shall be a
representative of the Small Business Administration;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id97743e07-7d5f-420f-a932-b52a3c8b11cd"><enum>(B)</enum><text>1 shall be a
representative of the Department of Commerce;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id84bcefa5-0222-42ae-8025-5dfb07cc163d"><enum>(C)</enum><text>1 shall be a
representative of the Department of Labor;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id83f680e3-f19d-43f0-a89b-eaa9652cab51"><enum>(D)</enum><text>1 shall be a
representative of the Department of Defense;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5c5730b7-0b12-4fdb-8464-f547ad61f24f"><enum>(E)</enum><text>1 shall be a
representative of the Department of the Treasury; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id66b9233b-4adc-43d8-9e0b-1a933b8319d1"><enum>(F)</enum><text>2 shall be
representatives of the Council.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id68052664-9b44-4bc8-a953-19f70992dd31"><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="idf1009844-3724-4945-a6be-27df676ee09a"><enum>(A)</enum><text>plan activities for the
new fiscal year;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idff79e6ae-e00b-49c1-a0db-843e11ee3bdb"><enum>(B)</enum><text>track year-to-date agency
contracting activities; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc08ba646-bd66-41f7-b603-4492e9bcea2e"><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="id6c25748a-5ce7-42f9-9c41-cecbe59eaf35"><enum>205.</enum><header>Preserving the
independence of the National Women’s Business Council</header>
<subsection id="idd35b4a69-5c71-431e-a49b-051aa7d0b51b"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>Congress
finds the following:</text>
<paragraph id="ide631a2ae-d618-4de8-a2bd-9b55e0c5d78b"><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="id5b24529a-f3f3-4a7d-9031-d90613c9fa14"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the President;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id616ae4fb-e964-446d-9c53-11d032b020b6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Congress;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb2e02568-f9aa-40d3-91b8-7256f3798757"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the Interagency Committee
on Women’s Business Enterprise; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3143b95f-f83d-4556-9fff-1104687aae9a"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the Administrator.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id7c673352-f57a-47a6-a6c2-3700bb57e8e3"><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="id32565579-375f-436f-90c3-472edde5d518"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The chairman 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="id1108b9dd-8734-41fb-bce8-855996cb2b93"><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="idbf2aeea6-a63e-47ce-a7bc-f65b9b90c97b"><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>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id33d6e28d-4918-44c2-a777-2065343e3c35" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="idae121b75-ae28-48da-a387-d7b8d4ecc9e8"><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="ide8777f77-1a12-45a9-9804-327f910fac0b"><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 is an imbalance in the number of members on the Council from each
of the 2 major political parties 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><section id="id3e217445-6f42-448b-a36c-ea4e2bc13707"><enum>206.</enum><header>Study and report on
women's business centers</header>
<subsection id="idc0107c34-4a69-40d0-a2ca-1b127a77e675"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Comptroller General of the United States shall
conduct a broad study of the unique economic issues facing women's business
centers located in covered areas to identify—</text>
<paragraph id="ide4c87a23-1666-4e7f-841d-72cc32c44dfb"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the difficulties such
centers face in raising non-Federal funds;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id46e77e66-6ef0-489f-be35-9c514e7182a8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the difficulties such
centers face competing for financial assistance, non-Federal funds, or other
types of assistance;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id4d0369d6-be5e-4b04-82cf-e4eed625d606"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the difficulties such
centers face in writing grant proposals; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id724bf45c-c858-4274-b99b-cc6f7f3bb9b9"><enum>(4)</enum><text>other difficulties such
centers face because of the economy in the type of covered area in which such
centers are located.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idf513fefe-d547-4397-9d2f-294b9dff719f"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller
General shall submit to Congress a report regarding the results of the study
conducted under subsection (a), which shall include recommendations, if any,
regarding how to—</text>
<paragraph id="id947ba4f8-6c1f-44e0-89e8-3b8354e67fe4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>address the unique
difficulties women's business centers located in covered areas face because of
the type of covered area in which such centers are located;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idb6f6f3a8-d36a-4df3-a0b1-633997113d1b"><enum>(2)</enum><text>expand the presence of,
and increase the services provided by, women's business centers located in
covered areas; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ida35e2071-961a-46dc-866e-65200609040a"><enum>(3)</enum><text>best use technology and
other resources to better serve women business owners located in covered
areas.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id4d843b07-0223-42e6-9852-525a7aa21ffa"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Definition of covered
area</header><text>In this section, the term <term>covered area</term>
means—</text>
<paragraph id="id0b8c9f65-4030-4cc2-8f95-35e2bfb11ee1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>any State that is
predominantly rural, as determined by the Administrator;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id4212ee2e-3484-4652-8f42-76ad3c05218b"><enum>(2)</enum><text>any State that is
predominantly urban, as determined by the Administrator; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id26274e23-a05a-4913-a1f7-851f65a634c0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>any State or territory
that is an island.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><enum>III</enum><header>Native American small
business development program</header>
<section id="idc3365bc4-2933-4c66-afa5-e7313fe5be0e"><enum>301.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited
as the <quote><short-title>Native American Small Business
Development Act of 2009</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section><section id="id22c06494-04ba-41df-9e26-ed31b2ec9dc2"><enum>302.</enum><header>Native American small
business development program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631 et
seq.) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id5dbcd265-b510-428d-91d0-1e62bb9a7360"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating section 44 as section 45;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idc069d629-73c5-4079-b115-cc3c7810f0f1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after section 43 the
following:</text>
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<section id="idfd7d7c91-36fb-498d-913b-9f9ee9624b7d"><enum>44.</enum><header>Native American small
business development program</header>
<subsection id="idfb87942e-f757-4185-9846-f93467f54112"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this section—</text>
<paragraph id="id94671730-ab49-40e8-858c-61af9c2f457a"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the term <term>Alaska
Native</term> has the meaning given 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="iddb651c68-38f0-487b-b570-c1712dff71ef"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the term <term>Alaska
Native corporation</term> has the meaning given 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="id82e9906b-349a-4b0b-96e9-0d9c9c952d4d"><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="idd48bef7e-d079-4e33-8559-59d53baef82a"><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="id0908537b-978a-47f8-bbe2-b2fc9764ead5"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the term <term>eligible
applicant</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="id986a915f-f0e2-4166-b336-66412c04010d"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an Indian tribe;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0cbf5813-a33e-42f5-b3f3-4c9288d6f193"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a tribal college;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="iddc552b70-d37b-46ff-8ba4-6acab055977a"><enum>(C)</enum><text>an Alaska Native
corporation; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb888fdac-05ad-4d46-8626-4fce253c46af"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a private, nonprofit
organization—</text>
<clause id="id31ce68d8-7ed7-4306-8b32-9b7f1d4cb5d1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>that provides business
and financial or procurement technical assistance to any entity described in
subparagraph (A), (B), or (C); and</text>
</clause><clause id="id6dfbbeb8-c196-4f4c-acb0-4c6ffad4c188"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the majority of members
of the board of directors of which are members of an Indian tribe; or</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id085879f0-686a-4741-8226-e06fae20cfae"><enum>(E)</enum><text>a small business
development center, women's business center, or other private organization
participating in a joint project;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idd238b365-23ff-446d-b191-0a7f2aec121e"><enum>(6)</enum><text>the term
<term>Indian</term> means a member of an Indian tribe;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id73daf2d5-1cd2-4e21-957a-f13d1f8617e8"><enum>(7)</enum><text>the term <term>Indian
tribe</term> has the meaning given that term in section 4 of the Indian
Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idc6ff1fcc-a99d-45aa-81bd-988bc5e077d2"><enum>(8)</enum><text>the term <term>joint
project</term> means a project that—</text>
<subparagraph id="id57b95527-3343-475c-88df-83d528c15330"><enum>(A)</enum><text>combines the resources
and expertise of 2 or more distinct entities at a physical location dedicated
to assisting the Native American community; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id31a188f3-ca89-412c-b98b-8992457e6a79"><enum>(B)</enum><text>submits to the
Administration a joint application that contains—</text>
<clause id="id2b2d120c-f400-43c0-883f-62cb39039a78"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a certification that each
participant of the project—</text>
<subclause id="id2be3b9a6-f548-49ee-9d01-c4ba1a6bb535"><enum>(I)</enum><text>is an eligible
applicant;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="idcf83605c-6a9e-4bef-9199-da383cfff6be"><enum>(II)</enum><text>employs an executive
director or program manager to manage the center; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="id96af3e26-243d-4413-8d8a-e4beaa9733e3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>provides information
demonstrating a record of commitment to providing assistance to Native
Americans and;</text>
</clause><clause id="id24e48200-8ca5-4476-8fc9-10feb6a3828d"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>information
demonstrating that the participants in the joint project have the ability and
resources to meet the needs, including the cultural needs, of the Native
Americans to be served by the project;</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ida56f8157-5734-4e5c-99ab-40f1555725a3"><enum>(9)</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="id03aebb18-0387-459a-af5c-07685145fa38"><enum>(10)</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="id2fdcbe9d-6af9-4c4b-9627-a5e296a7ccb6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a member of an Indian
tribe; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id06c65569-fd90-4c3a-9795-49caa1d40c1a"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an Alaska Native or
Alaska Native corporation;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idf30fa4f3-6231-4480-ac2e-9674d29eb35b"><enum>(11)</enum><text>the term <term>Native
American small business development program</term> means the program
established under subsection (c);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id7c0bc751-580d-4b5a-b672-cf582a651eeb"><enum>(12)</enum><text>the term <term>tribal
college</term> has the meaning given 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)); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idb6f1b456-ffac-4c3d-89e7-e60398f5dd5e"><enum>(13)</enum><text>the term <term>tribal
lands</term> means all lands within the exterior boundaries of any Indian
reservation.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idaf5d20b5-1a21-44cb-a5e5-f987f0dd06fd"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Office of Native
American Affairs</header>
<paragraph id="idf0a19cea-306b-4855-849b-136976aa1e7a"><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
programs of the Administration for the development of business enterprises by
Native Americans.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id40c00563-b4f2-412b-8d81-e031768f3a68"><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="idff8e8b5c-6683-43e9-b3f2-6a8f884f74a7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>start, operate, and
increase the business of small business concerns;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7af0ba70-34d4-4437-9a9a-db485bf04c97"><enum>(B)</enum><text>develop management and
technical skills;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4e29a141-606f-4fc6-8035-47c34efabd85"><enum>(C)</enum><text>seek Federal procurement
opportunities;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6f73ba55-6159-4346-b169-d9d85f257e1a"><enum>(D)</enum><text>increase employment
opportunities for Native Americans through the establishment and expansion of
small business concerns; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide7150b7e-69de-4db3-a03f-872f98da0730"><enum>(E)</enum><text>increase the access of
Native Americans to capital markets.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idaa6f523d-b136-4149-a610-b6107d6629a5"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Assistant
Administrator</header>
<subparagraph id="id5f65cefe-bf80-4c49-a9b4-4ba249ea2d12"><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="id9a52cbc6-7371-4095-a7e6-1927c7e9f3ad"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Qualifications</header><text>The
Assistant Administrator appointed under subparagraph (A) shall have—</text>
<clause id="idef3dbb83-e5a2-4e34-b618-df54d7a2264a"><enum>(i)</enum><text>knowledge of Native
American culture; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id1952ed63-3e53-471c-95d4-b14dd65de8b3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>experience providing
culturally tailored small business development assistance to Native
Americans.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id33912bad-c58f-4db4-bf36-f4f83428f1a4"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Employment
status</header><text>The Administrator shall establish the position of
Assistant Administrator as—</text>
<clause id="id54ff2a4d-d102-4233-8485-5c9d0e18a631"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a position at GS–15 of
the General Schedule; or</text>
</clause><clause id="id8a5d7fb6-36fb-4e95-8030-fce2a1d3fc6e"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a Senior Executive
Service position to be filled by a noncareer appointee, as defined under
section 3132(a)(7) of title 5, United States Code.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id92d981c1-9e14-4a9a-8a5f-1dccd672cded"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Responsibilities and
duties</header><text>The Assistant Administrator shall—</text>
<clause id="id21e8a792-bff1-4c12-b865-8d4281f4877b"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in consultation with the
Associate Administrator for Entrepreneurial Development, administer and manage
the Native American Small Business Development program established under this
section;</text>
</clause><clause id="id1c0a5ad9-4e27-4d71-a1c5-f4fe4cd8bab2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>recommend the annual
administrative and program budgets for the Office of Native American
Affairs;</text>
</clause><clause id="id299e4a4c-1d5a-4cfc-9f1f-f97a3a91ac53"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>consult with Native
American business centers in carrying out the program established under this
section;</text>
</clause><clause id="id041d6ead-c06a-45be-b89e-4f4adc747675"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>recommend appropriate
funding levels;</text>
</clause><clause id="idc9ed1c12-74ab-4c46-9b39-9fca8b934947"><enum>(v)</enum><text>review the annual budgets
submitted by each applicant for the Native American Small Business Development
program;</text>
</clause><clause id="id45f7f49e-7d47-4c90-acf1-69f6bb2b5504"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>select applicants to
participate in the program under this section;</text>
</clause><clause id="id7ab5e7db-fe43-4e81-af24-e19a94865e74"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>implement this section;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="ide0fcd8fe-7b9f-492f-bb0f-4542e70c05d8"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>maintain a
clearinghouse for the dissemination and exchange of information between Native
American business centers.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id992f880b-a7f4-4c8a-897e-0e249bd4dce8"><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="id9761a0a6-f517-4403-a8d0-ad76178ce97b"><enum>(i)</enum><text>officials of the
Administration working in areas served by Native American business
centers;</text>
</clause><clause id="iddce75236-3368-421f-be3b-aa89936f5b81"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>representatives of
Indian tribes;</text>
</clause><clause id="id07f0bfb2-2d8a-4cc5-977a-f43fc21a0ac5"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>tribal colleges;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="id58ad2975-f7c7-45a7-af1f-710bc6fa1c03"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>Alaska Native
corporations.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id16759ffe-f1db-4f4e-bf8c-7ffd5e1b58c2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Native American small
business development program</header>
<paragraph id="idf33657d2-3e15-492c-bea2-9d3caabc5cc2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Authorization</header>
<subparagraph id="id0802d18c-b380-43e7-a684-477c0015a4d7"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Administration, through the Office of Native American
Affairs, shall provide financial assistance to eligible applicants to create
Native American business centers in accordance with this section.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc2adfe54-ed35-4c7d-885d-a2ae41ea92fe"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Use of
funds</header><text>The financial and resource assistance provided under this
subsection shall be used to establish a Native American business center to
overcome obstacles impeding the creation, development, and expansion of small
business concerns, in accordance with this section, by—</text>
<clause id="idac46b2f9-4dab-4c56-a731-5bbc38c5c633"><enum>(i)</enum><text>reservation-based
American Indians; and</text>
</clause><clause id="idb524cd61-9642-4ca6-9ff6-09cc9952407f"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Alaska Natives.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id51d42bf0-5359-4967-b4c2-ed0e24ecad9a"><enum>(2)</enum><header>5-Year
projects</header>
<subparagraph id="id95fc8b92-d9be-47d6-b640-3f5bf803817d"><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="id6aa39713-62f2-4e5a-80db-dd3d7d041069"><enum>(i)</enum><text>financial education,
including training and counseling in—</text>
<subclause id="id70d0aec3-988e-4eaa-a609-93eaca650cbc"><enum>(I)</enum><text>applying for and securing
business credit and investment capital;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="idaf01d9a6-3d53-4031-a5a0-a17c678d5b8a"><enum>(II)</enum><text>preparing and presenting
financial statements; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="idd8d797ee-c517-47c0-b0ab-bc9bdd235c07"><enum>(III)</enum><text>managing cash flow and
other financial operations of a business concern;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="idc3cd008a-b915-4dbd-b3ad-4431c65bdb1f"><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="id239c2e91-c807-47b7-8b8e-9deeccdbc07e"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>marketing education,
including training and counseling in—</text>
<subclause id="id10bd7f6c-3735-47bc-b207-a7d122f71027"><enum>(I)</enum><text>identifying and
segmenting domestic and international market opportunities;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id77bb061b-1d13-4d61-a78d-05ba99f0c14b"><enum>(II)</enum><text>preparing and executing
marketing plans;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="idfe717d31-b86b-4628-b7ec-a73c1e2d417c"><enum>(III)</enum><text>developing pricing
strategies;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id27a1b93b-35c9-47c8-a979-cabfc1552521"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>locating contract
opportunities;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id1dcdf202-921e-4ce7-9846-0968001e4d72"><enum>(V)</enum><text>negotiating contracts;
and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id643b71e4-b1df-4509-a34c-8acdd2367dea"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>utilizing varying public
relations and advertising techniques.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idfbeed09e-a9c3-4bdc-8381-98066f716a31"><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="id73479bcc-282b-4ed2-a94e-b58e4c9c3c8d"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Indians or Indian tribes,
and located on or near tribal lands; or</text>
</clause><clause id="idef32c62d-6d0e-4f70-8569-d0352f9ac178"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Alaska Natives or Alaska
Native corporations.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id27f0bdfb-8be5-4f17-a588-60351823d332"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Form of Federal
financial assistance</header>
<subparagraph id="id691aa361-5dac-405a-8edf-2cc5d28f3829"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Documentation</header>
<clause id="id267f26eb-bcd6-41c4-960a-64411df062c4"><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 commented="no" id="idb44b130f-ac9b-422e-a5d1-cb1f521d4b9d"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>Financial
assistance under this subsection to Alaska Native corporations may only be made
by grant or cooperative agreement.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id535cdbd4-8f3f-4e28-b9f8-d3c37a44f382"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Payments</header>
<clause id="id2b51ebcd-b01b-4054-809b-02912c304026"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Timing</header><text>Payments
made under this subsection may be disbursed in periodic installments, at the
request of the recipient.</text>
</clause><clause id="id63968f97-c4d0-40ea-ae60-488f9dad035e"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Advance</header><text>The
Administrator 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></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id63299220-1583-48d2-86b0-07e2c631e744"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Federal share</header>
<clause id="ida7293938-d21e-4622-b748-61841a5fd14e"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header>
<subclause id="idffca3859-ea22-4101-b233-c8e3b9f836a1"><enum>(I)</enum><header>Initial financial
assistance</header><text>Except as provided in subclause (II), an eligible
applicant that receives financial assistance under this subsection shall
provide non-Federal contributions for the operation of the Native American
business center established by the eligible applicant in an amount equal
to—</text>
<item id="id48e48376-a699-4f6e-b7f4-debe3b3619d3"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>in each of the first and
second years of the project, not less than 33 percent of the amount of the
financial assistance received under this subsection; and</text>
</item><item id="id78413c2d-8945-436f-82c4-dd57a7560a73"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>in each of the third
through fifth years of the project, not less than 50 percent of the amount of
the financial assistance received under this subsection.</text>
</item></subclause><subclause id="ide6674f79-529d-42ef-81a0-c657769d83f2"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Renewals</header><text>An
eligible applicant that receives a renewal of financial assistance under this
subsection shall provide non-Federal contributions for the operation of a
Native American business center established by the eligible applicant in an
amount equal to not less than 50 percent of the amount of the financial
assistance received under this subsection.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id08955569-52f2-4a58-9160-a641e5831a37"><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 and does not
duplicate the terms of any assistance received by the Native American business
center from the Administration.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ida66c4384-0754-4335-9ef3-a4122b4955c5"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Application
process</header>
<subparagraph id="id54898ee9-418f-462c-af50-45f6c5913d35"><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="id3fa1be31-9a8d-4cfe-a42c-b89f25002db9"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Criteria</header>
<clause id="id7c7fb667-bf2a-4d7e-af8a-85d82d2aa159"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Administrator shall evaluate applicants for financial
assistance under this subsection in accordance with selection criteria that
are—</text>
<subclause id="ida205dcdf-d0e5-462a-8afa-ed4717348116"><enum>(I)</enum><text>established before the
date on which eligible applicants are required to submit the
applications;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id059d60ad-cbd8-4e6a-8669-ebdb1be3cdb1"><enum>(II)</enum><text>stated in terms of
relative importance; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="iddf1ac818-13ca-471d-bd72-932f6d46f9a2"><enum>(III)</enum><text>publicly available and
stated in each solicitation for applications for financial assistance under
this subsection made by the Administrator.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="id81192831-95ef-48a7-bec5-2cf2f549ac36"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Considerations</header><text>The
criteria required by this subparagraph shall include—</text>
<subclause id="id8d783f65-aadd-4d30-82db-8d0d1e91afe6"><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="iddc4c6fb3-36b7-4322-bf8f-d24cb8ed9d10"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the ability of the
applicant to commence a project within a minimum amount of time;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id0680e4ab-b822-4cfb-b04e-4f48b05d3d54"><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="id18d4808e-ab06-457b-b493-644ed30a6eee"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>previous assistance from
the Administration to provide services in Native American communities;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id47632156-9d2a-4a60-a953-1001ed8296aa"><enum>(V)</enum><text>the proposed location for
the Native American business center, 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; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="idb302fbe3-e29f-481a-b052-dfd8c53e7c3e"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>demonstrated experience
in providing technical assistance, including financial, marketing, and
management assistance.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id45169ec8-1ef3-4248-93d8-84a31dfda194"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Conditions for
participation</header><text>Each eligible applicant desiring a grant under this
subsection shall submit an application to the Administrator that
contains—</text>
<subparagraph id="id3524e151-8317-4fb1-94c2-d58fd222caf5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a certification that the
applicant—</text>
<clause id="id0325877c-89f3-4db6-9930-e283c17744ab"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is an eligible
applicant;</text>
</clause><clause id="id44651142-f6cc-4b06-8e73-03256870d972"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>employs an executive
director or program manager to manage the Native American business center;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="id54159b92-ff59-4a65-943e-55051a23180a"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>agrees—</text>
<subclause id="idea22ab0e-d4f8-40b0-8c55-23934826b09e"><enum>(I)</enum><text>to a site visit by the
Administrator as part of the final selection process;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="idedf6b2fb-ae28-4e10-b6bc-b95a149a722b"><enum>(II)</enum><text>to an annual
programmatic and financial examination; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ided2a279a-d345-49b1-aca0-8ed3c9c3e11d"><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="id74da040a-2711-4511-b928-a79404256f22"><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="id3ed667ff-ff59-4ae6-a2b4-766bed17c183"><enum>(C)</enum><text>information relating to
proposed assistance that the grant will provide, including—</text>
<clause id="id8a4c73ba-e1d8-421c-9587-d06e92b41e74"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the number of individuals
to be assisted; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id9dcd3e40-3957-4193-a559-18f533f02c00"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the number of hours of
counseling, training, and workshops to be provided;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb3330937-c0cc-4ae1-999d-7a55c56ae8da"><enum>(D)</enum><text>information demonstrating
the effectiveness and experience of the applicant in—</text>
<clause id="idcf1d2440-d552-4675-b779-f45a899a2fb7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>conducting financial,
management, and marketing assistance programs designed to educate or improve
the business skills of, current or prospective Native American business
owners;</text>
</clause><clause id="id9eef7ec7-d8b2-47f3-bbf4-a79b56f2658d"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>providing training and
services to a representative number of Native Americans;</text>
</clause><clause id="id42ccd6bf-c5c9-4a00-8678-0a4d98f2a5b2"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>using resource partners
of the Administration and other entities, including universities, Indian
tribes, or tribal colleges; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id8d590805-6002-4528-b091-f3314191316a"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the prudent management
of finances and staffing;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idbed6b010-1e5d-4176-b333-d1d3d9737792"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the location where the
applicant will provide training and services to Native Americans;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id340c9770-de12-49bc-aed7-a76cde7f94bd"><enum>(F)</enum><text>a 5-year plan that
describes—</text>
<clause id="id08b6e9b8-30f5-47b7-80bf-dd29c1472bc0"><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="idc807d697-e240-4a9b-b763-785155c12115"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>if the Native American
business center is located in the continental United States, the number of
Native Americans to be served by the grant; and</text>
</clause><clause id="idba6a32a6-1d9a-4bfd-ab7a-9ced317b9508"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the training and
services to be provided to a representative number of Native Americans;
and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb30bddb8-6235-4a0e-a9db-81653c1773cd"><enum>(G)</enum><text>if the applicant is a
joint project—</text>
<clause id="id558dce89-15cc-4acb-b0eb-b5d7575ba109"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a certification that each
participant in the joint project is an eligible applicant;</text>
</clause><clause id="id8b16e936-8b03-4fa0-9622-7eec2736dd57"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>information
demonstrating a record of commitment to providing assistance to Native
Americans; and</text>
</clause><clause id="idd951e87e-dc84-48cb-ac9e-e17f6abca65c"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>information
demonstrating that the participants in the joint project have the ability and
resources to meet the needs, including the cultural needs, of the Native
Americans to be served by the grant.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id4490afac-3dbe-4792-ad9e-0e28d2bb2d69"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Review of
applications</header><text>The Administrator shall approve or disapprove each
completed application submitted under this subsection not later than 60 days
after the date on which the eligible applicant submits the application.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idb22c90a3-8354-432b-ab86-715df452baaa"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Program
examination</header>
<subparagraph id="ide6b52590-5905-44ce-8d9b-e4a8e36561e9"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Each Native American business center established under
this subsection shall annually provide to the Administrator an itemized cost
breakdown of actual expenditures made during the preceding year.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id755e6386-ee30-4626-a618-893dc4cc73ba"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Administration
action</header><text>Based on information received under subparagraph (A), the
Administration shall—</text>
<clause id="id5f37363c-1663-4ba7-802e-3cd65159f91f"><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="id0322c1a0-e072-41f1-b3ad-17e271760721"><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="id08423c52-3a23-465d-8340-efc2f2f56c8e"><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="ideef642ba-a6ad-4ce8-8d14-affb8d97c62f"><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="id1c9f61f1-f9fd-4f97-acac-9602887a3b48"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>may withhold such
renewal, if the Administrator determines that—</text>
<subclause id="id35768ca1-e5fb-481e-8280-3d5845280657"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the center has failed to
provide the information required to be provided under subparagraph (A), or the
information provided by the center is inadequate;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ide71b234e-13b3-4014-9d9e-610dfa92058a"><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 Administrator under subparagraph (E);</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id79b137dc-33ef-47c2-9427-954694fd8b6c"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the center has failed
to comply with a requirement for participation in the Native American small
business development program, as determined by the Administrator,
including—</text>
<item id="id9203da9f-b9f6-40c1-b8e8-c33a3c1430c4"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>failure to acquire or
properly document a non-Federal share;</text>
</item><item id="idbde4ff77-1fbb-4f5c-a89f-edf57f69edb6"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>failure to establish an
appropriate partnership or program for marketing and outreach to reach new
Native American small business concerns;</text>
</item><item id="idd4c22174-fbb2-433b-b0db-cd32712a8ce7"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>failure to achieve
results described in a financial assistance agreement; and</text>
</item><item id="id490bdafb-f21d-4f22-b3a5-78625d22240e"><enum>(dd)</enum><text>failure to provide to
the Administrator a description of the amount and sources of any non-Federal
funding received by the center;</text>
</item></subclause><subclause id="id7f0216b5-eb28-4736-a7f5-909824516ca8"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>the center has failed to
carry out the 5-year plan under in paragraph (6)(F); or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id341562ae-4e3f-4329-878f-87c5da1850f1"><enum>(V)</enum><text>the center cannot make
the certification described in paragraph (6)(A).</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idbf04e8a2-1ee5-4fd1-a66b-66e5f6de3b8a"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Continuing contract and
cooperative agreement authority</header>
<clause id="idbb32c20a-281f-4f27-a374-4b85b6e4a559"><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="id7e29058e-eff0-40d4-b496-0798fbcbe592"><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, the Administrator may
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 therefor 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="id9db9c2a0-4381-4199-abbd-c291fbc542b7"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Management
report</header>
<clause id="id1ff4e147-f1b7-44e1-8ebd-5f3a1eba8fd2"><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="id03ad1dc9-d288-4894-9344-44ad0a8a2e26"><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="id2c914f67-0009-4a25-8c3a-ec8f18132804"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the number of individuals
receiving assistance from the Native American business center;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="idc43ca6ba-5a19-4bc5-8a43-86bda4eb8fae"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the number of startup
business concerns created with the assistance of the Native American business
center;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="idd21b4b5e-5675-4b71-bb98-7bbe1fec5dfa"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the number of existing
businesses in the area served by the Native American business center seeking to
expand employment;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id223393dd-dbe2-4f19-8a52-a436ad88d2f4"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>the number of 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="id6bb013c6-bf4c-4863-a007-a785d533134b"><enum>(V)</enum><text>to the maximum extent
practicable, the amount of the capital investment and loan financing used by
emerging and expanding businesses that were assisted by a Native American
business center; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id535a7567-f6f1-4364-9e37-ebbc62967928"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>the most recent
examination, as required under subparagraph (B), and the determination made by
the Administration under that subparagraph.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id46325252-fd8b-47d4-aa59-c453589ec593"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Annual
report</header><text>Each Native American business center receiving financial
assistance under this subsection shall submit to the Administrator an annual
report on the services provided with the financial assistance,
including—</text>
<subparagraph id="id4d565569-f52a-44ff-8ff3-cba5f9a5ef14"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the number of individuals
assisted, categorized by ethnicity;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2933570c-9ec9-43cd-935a-8f252c6d6597"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the number of hours spent
providing counseling and training for those individuals;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id79f349be-7680-4a5b-b9b8-67b8cdccd778"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the number of startup
small business concerns created or maintained with the assistance of the Native
American business center;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb1be429b-1398-478c-809d-0f35a05f9b4b"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the gross receipts of
small business concerns assisted by the Native American business center;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id84fb0c69-c89f-46df-a5ac-768a85795844"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the number of jobs
created or maintained by small business concerns assisted by the Native
American business center; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0b210298-f854-4edf-aebe-168f29e260ee"><enum>(F)</enum><text>the number of jobs for
Native Americans created or maintained at small business concerns assisted by
the Native American business center.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id3cae380b-e27b-4ded-a40a-d391c831fd3c"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Record
retention</header>
<subparagraph id="idd1b514e2-0a12-4b50-a021-658758e5b5d2"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Applications</header><text>The
Administrator shall maintain a copy of each application submitted under this
subsection for not less than 7 years.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id61cbfc13-90ce-48e0-bae6-1e14c350c0e2"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Annual
reports</header><text>The Administrator shall maintain copies of the
certification submitted under paragraph (6)(A) indefinitely.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id86f0c950-1703-4d0c-9284-af65b7394117"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000
for each of fiscal years 2010 through 2012, to carry out the Native American
Small Business Development
program.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="idbd8c853b-b9fc-4a37-bd7e-8a1b70364f95"><enum>303.</enum><header>Study and report on
Native American business centers</header>
<subsection id="idce55306b-867d-4b1b-b116-b6c1f5648612"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Comptroller General of the United States shall
conduct a broad study of the unique economic issues facing Native American
business centers to identify—</text>
<paragraph id="ida1ac4ba2-1dd6-4b00-b753-590ad44674e2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the difficulties such
centers face in raising non-Federal funds;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idf5bd6d30-9208-4b43-8fc5-7573efe3f5cc"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the difficulties such
centers face competing for financial assistance, non-Federal funds, or other
types of assistance;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id582806bc-43e8-40e2-9149-da9252bb7d54"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the difficulties such
centers face in writing grant proposals; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ide8e89d83-e2db-489e-8545-d3e96f2bdc17"><enum>(4)</enum><text>other difficulties such
centers face because of the economy in the area in which such centers are
located.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id17e8a1e3-e2eb-4949-8eb1-ed164652a14d"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller
General shall submit to Congress a report regarding the results of the study
conducted under subsection (a), which shall include recommendations, if any,
regarding how to—</text>
<paragraph id="id1021a7b5-b367-47ca-9052-086f54dd9db5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>address the unique
difficulties Native American business centers face because of the type of area
in which such centers are located;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id5dfa7e0e-b275-4b35-8a1f-751524753697"><enum>(2)</enum><text>expand the presence of,
and increase the services provided by, Native American business centers;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idedb624a1-0c40-4ada-8c2a-e9db6f706e12"><enum>(3)</enum><text>best use technology and
other resources to better serve Native American business owners.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id9f809c7d-81af-4e21-ac72-c351e75bbefe"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Definition of Native
American business center</header><text>In this section, the term <term>Native
American business center</term> has the meaning given that term in section
44(a) of the Small Business Act, as added by this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="idaa220b71-2cbb-4c2b-b444-23ff68a6bf75"><enum>304.</enum><header>Office of Native
American Affairs pilot program</header>
<subsection id="id2f973248-d693-44d9-9b7b-d1d33fbc0d46"><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="iddf45ff92-773b-4455-bd76-c24b9897f9fe"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization</header><text>The
Office of Native American Affairs of the Administration may conduct a pilot
program—</text>
<paragraph id="id180dc2cd-1c2a-45df-83cb-74a074422042"><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="id3a501609-a404-41e4-85a3-d2f830351d92"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to provide assistance to
Indian tribes, through an interagency working group, in identifying and
implementing economic development opportunities available from the Federal
Government and private enterprise, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="idfc7110a0-6a1f-4e78-ae09-4d81a3e1895c"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the
Administration;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id09a1200b-8bf7-4169-b2d4-e1b34f487893"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Department of
Energy;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3ead922b-f535-442e-b10f-902d6d135f82"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the Environmental
Protection Agency;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id01a84add-f9dc-40e3-a2b6-bc16eb50891b"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the Department of
Commerce;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id56882e7a-dc42-43b7-b528-e17664ac46a2"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the Federal
Communications Commission;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd162cd50-1a1a-45f2-9758-6d04724326a2"><enum>(F)</enum><text>the Department of
Justice;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida32a127b-69de-41db-b1a1-0bfd8a8ad5af"><enum>(G)</enum><text>the Department of
Labor;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide93ddc96-4646-49a2-b071-1b85dd391e57"><enum>(H)</enum><text>the Office of National
Drug Control Policy; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id145dcda7-ba2f-4868-b64e-622a49340220"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the Department of
Agriculture.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id4466afe0-3c67-4fc0-ae64-45f411ae7b5a"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Termination of
program</header><text>The authority to conduct a pilot program under this
section shall terminate on September 30, 2012.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide2d2c8e0-2441-463e-8e90-dcad526c8481"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than September 30, 2012, 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><enum>IV</enum><header>Veterans' business
center program</header>
<section id="id91041948-fbc7-4aca-9d10-025058c92a34" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>401.</enum><header>Veterans' business
center program; Office of Veterans Business Development</header>
<subsection id="idfae4212c-fc15-4ed0-a3fc-f78002e64759"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 32 of the
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 657b) is amended by striking subsection (f) and
inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf54e8080-a6d6-4805-8619-8aac50efe36e" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection id="idcf5c520f-f1d7-49de-825d-f53e1806bfb5"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Online
coordination</header>
<paragraph id="id8acfe3d1-94af-443c-bcb9-95b3ed2c6efb"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>In
this subsection, the term <term>veterans' assistance provider</term>
means—</text>
<subparagraph id="id669350a5-54e5-4cf1-bfda-ba097cd82eb6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a veterans' business
center established under subsection (g);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf78759bc-e279-445b-a64c-3803c7fa8b4f"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an employee of the
Administration assigned to the Office of Veterans Business Development;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id660e0805-6904-445d-ba55-4929a0c80287"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a veterans business
ownership representative designated under subsection (g)(13)(B).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idbb5a3712-5db3-418d-8184-ce9fb74ef99e"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The
Associate Administrator shall establish an online mechanism to—</text>
<subparagraph id="id8c4fc24a-cecb-41a5-b168-f43dcbe81f68"><enum>(A)</enum><text>provide information that
assists veterans' assistance providers in carrying out the activities of the
veterans' assistance providers; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6bc3ebb4-d8e5-41c9-818d-b5ddc8ff6387"><enum>(B)</enum><text>coordinate and leverage
the work of the veterans' assistance providers, including by allowing a
veterans' assistance provider to—</text>
<clause id="id32603791-6b2b-4a5b-9808-797e7fd8cb83"><enum>(i)</enum><text>distribute best practices
and other materials;</text>
</clause><clause id="id079bc919-f12e-4fc1-9d61-4f1031b02524"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>communicate with other
veterans' assistance providers regarding the activities of the veterans'
assistance provider on behalf of veterans; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ide2adaead-66f7-4469-a7a1-0848a6a0bfb4"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>pose questions to and
request input from other veterans' assistance providers.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id79babdce-0662-4505-a508-45d271f4534b"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Veterans' Business
Center Program</header>
<paragraph id="id25571cfe-3cfd-4b95-ba81-1bdd841b791c"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this subsection—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="id6d0400bc-e4d1-42ed-a964-93b4c106de2c"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the term <term>active
duty</term> has the meaning given that term in section 101 of title 10, United
States Code;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3b1fefad-d586-4c4b-8025-cc0ada6f4621"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the term <term>private
nonprofit organization</term> means an entity that is described in section
501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from taxation under
section 501(a) of such Code;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb98be969-a983-4b71-a0b2-0a19eee4f415"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the term
<term>Reservist</term> means a member of a reserve component of the Armed
Forces, as described in section 10101 of title 10, United States Code;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2fe26e9a-a832-49a6-a903-107b4b70d7bd"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the term <term>Service
Corps of Retired Executives</term> means the Service Corps of Retired
Executives authorized under section 8(b)(1);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id23e0f29e-7777-45e8-b142-d610fa675e70"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the term <term>small
business concern owned and controlled by veterans</term>—</text>
<clause id="idc8153efd-afdb-43fa-8fa7-419dbf4e41f9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>has the same meaning as
in section 3(q); and</text>
</clause><clause id="idee0f4bb9-e074-4498-83c3-26e16d1b46f8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>includes a small
business concern—</text>
<subclause id="id8f278d4b-7f3d-4e50-a0d5-490df418a500"><enum>(I)</enum><text>not less than 51 percent
of which is owned by one or more spouses of veterans or, in the case of any
publicly owned business, not less than 51 percent of the stock of which is
owned by one or more spouses of veterans; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="idacf9c0e3-563e-4615-a29d-68229e0c1fa9"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the management and daily
business operations of which are controlled by one or more spouses of
veterans;</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id99dd5058-db87-43d2-a42d-ea38162725ca"><enum>(F)</enum><text>the term
<term>spouse</term>, relating to a veteran, service-disabled veteran, or
Reservist, includes an individual who is the spouse of a veteran,
service-disabled veteran, or Reservist on the date on which the veteran,
service-disabled veteran, or Reservist died;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb3f59d82-316d-4f09-83da-c251c9d03a19"><enum>(G)</enum><text>the term <term>veterans'
business center program</term> means the program established under paragraph
(2)(A); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2de21a4e-18b8-45a0-9a44-9c46b57cdacd"><enum>(H)</enum><text>the term <term>women’s
business center</term> means a women’s business center described in section
29.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idce0cc809-99b7-40c2-930c-7225df3d67ad"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Program
Established</header>
<subparagraph id="idc13c4ba6-1604-4119-ad16-20d789de225c"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Administrator, acting through the Associate
Administrator, shall establish a veterans' business center program, under which
the Associate Administrator may provide financial assistance to a private
nonprofit organization to conduct a 5-year project for the benefit of small
business concerns owned and controlled by veterans, which may be renewed for
one or more additional 5-year periods.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id55ef4f3e-0550-4f49-a0f1-bbcaa436a4a4"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Form of Financial
Assistance</header><text>Financial assistance under this subsection may be in
the form of a grant, a contract, or a cooperative agreement.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id1d531e3b-133e-4769-ba0f-49e9496b5932"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Veterans' business
centers</header><text>Each private nonprofit organization that receives
financial assistance under this subsection shall establish or operate a
veterans' business center (which may include establishing or operating
satellite offices in the region described in paragraph (5) served by that
private nonprofit organization) that provides to veterans (including
service-disabled veterans), Reservists, and the spouses of veterans (including
service-disabled veterans) and Reservists—</text>
<subparagraph id="id03e2c848-43bc-4be0-8eec-6e2d78ff599a"><enum>(A)</enum><text>financial advice,
including training and counseling on applying for and securing business credit
and investment capital, preparing and presenting financial statements, and
managing cash flow and other financial operations of a small business
concern;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id22fa36f6-2bff-4945-abdc-a124fd6d23a9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>management advice,
including training and counseling on the planning, organization, staffing,
direction, and control of each major activity and function of a small business
concern;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id389bb05d-8367-45f9-a6ec-8af949c97e0d"><enum>(C)</enum><text>marketing advice,
including training and counseling on identifying and segmenting domestic and
international market opportunities, preparing and executing marketing plans,
developing pricing strategies, locating contract opportunities, negotiating
contracts, and using public relations and advertising techniques; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idb34b94cc-8ef3-464e-b649-7831a04e6ddf"><enum>(D)</enum><text>advice, including
training and counseling, for Reservists and the spouses of Reservists.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id62250086-3840-4acf-b4fc-83fa56568d15"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Application</header>
<subparagraph id="idf98d3486-e7c7-46a7-9d18-7592426bba80"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>A private nonprofit organization desiring to receive
financial assistance under this subsection shall submit an application to the
Associate Administrator at such time and in such manner as the Associate
Administrator may require.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4ce5f966-d9b4-4a3f-8f37-8cc3d51bb48e"><enum>(B)</enum><header>5-year
plan</header><text>Each application described in subparagraph (A) shall include
a 5-year plan on proposed fundraising and training activities relating to the
veterans' business center.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idfc72af44-a158-4690-9cf4-463839efe75d"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Determination and
Notification</header><text>Not later than 60 days after the date on which a
private nonprofit organization submits an application under subparagraph (A),
the Associate Administrator shall approve or deny the application and notify
the applicant of the determination.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc6716075-b774-4f65-a9af-83d44edef70e"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Availability of
application</header><text>The Associate Administrator shall make every effort
to make the application under subparagraph (A) available online.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id1ccfc775-07a8-4606-b082-87e58436af6b"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Eligibility</header><text>The
Associate Administrator may select to receive financial assistance under this
subsection—</text>
<subparagraph id="idc621124d-72f0-4460-b99d-d8fe1c8452c7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a Veterans Business
Outreach Center established by the Administrator under section 8(b)(17) on or
before the day before the date of enactment of this subsection;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id183dae39-c7f2-44db-8136-8634ab0f5b30"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a private nonprofit
organization that—</text>
<clause id="id6c0d0b46-e30d-48f9-8879-2dbc9c5c065f"><enum>(i)</enum><text>received financial
assistance in fiscal year 2006 from the National Veterans Business Development
Corporation established under section 33; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id9c01d02e-ce8e-4430-b27b-a401c44ea21c"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>is in operation on the
date of enactment of this subsection; or</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id12ddcdcd-8b67-48a6-b8f3-72f320d629c4"><enum>(C)</enum><text>other private nonprofit
organizations located in various regions of the United States, as the Associate
Administrator determines is appropriate.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id1d74c05b-be57-4497-ba4d-f188ed7c459d"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Selection
criteria</header>
<subparagraph id="ide30b41c5-9325-4619-9f45-2f546a303295"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Associate Administrator shall establish selection
criteria, stated in terms of relative importance, to evaluate and rank
applicants under paragraph (5)(C) for financial assistance under this
subsection.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd6b869b0-ae88-4b22-b424-9590e6fa6ef2"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Criteria</header><text>The
selection criteria established under this paragraph shall include—</text>
<clause id="ida8fe1db4-6f87-4283-adbe-39dd2af5d889"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the experience of the
applicant in conducting programs or ongoing efforts designed to impart or
upgrade the business skills of veterans, and the spouses of veterans, who own
or may own small business concerns;</text>
</clause><clause id="id1588e767-94ab-414e-ba72-0a9890108127"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>for an applicant for
initial financial assistance under this subsection—</text>
<subclause id="id8784e636-73eb-44ed-bf89-d2e0b2e34e03"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the ability of the
applicant to begin operating a veterans' business center within a minimum
amount of time; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id4a2818b4-9d74-48a1-b5a8-69c49dbe2dfb"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the geographic region to
be served by the veterans business center;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="idf50b063d-de84-4006-b447-f6014d139537"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the demonstrated
ability of the applicant to—</text>
<subclause id="ide5016a82-7f8f-427c-857d-9497c70cf96b"><enum>(I)</enum><text>provide managerial
counseling and technical assistance to entrepreneurs; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id16faeec5-9377-4931-84e0-4f051a63e9a8"><enum>(II)</enum><text>coordinate services
provided by veterans services organizations and other public or private
entities; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="idb3fa660c-e444-4242-afd2-1d36330166a3"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>for any applicant for a
renewal of financial assistance under this subsection, the results of the most
recent examination under paragraph (10) of the veterans' business center
operated by the applicant.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id29d7d82a-db29-4d28-b9b2-e333ae945ead"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Criteria publicly
available</header><text>The Associate Administrator shall—</text>
<clause id="ida5b719c4-e7b9-4b2a-b208-40e1819f4e25"><enum>(i)</enum><text>make publicly available
the selection criteria established under this paragraph; and</text>
</clause><clause id="idf5db31e0-380d-4843-9031-c9d13d8d6ad8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>include the criteria in
each solicitation for applications for financial assistance under this
subsection.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idaa680aa8-3a08-49b8-8fbf-7b82a08b084b"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Amount of
assistance</header><text>The amount of financial assistance provided under this
subsection to a private nonprofit organization for each fiscal year shall
be—</text>
<subparagraph id="id842518fb-b6bd-4372-a997-073462a422c7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>not less than $150,000;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idaccc28e5-3bd1-4d61-b7e2-44c31bbfe0e3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>not more than
$200,000.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id218effbe-354e-4ba7-90df-2b94f056a5ff"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Federal share</header>
<subparagraph id="id4064eea2-fbf8-4b1c-a3c6-860c141e8e13"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header>
<clause id="idd93798d0-3904-4ec6-86d1-dfd6470ff2e1"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Initial financial
assistance</header><text>Except as provided in clause (ii), a private nonprofit
organization that receives financial assistance under this subsection shall
provide non-Federal contributions for the operation of the veterans business
center established by the private nonprofit organization in an amount equal
to—</text>
<subclause id="id59523185-852e-49df-a9b7-00b5211cb2f7"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in each of the first and
second years of the project, not less than 33 percent of the amount of the
financial assistance received under this subsection; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id9a3e2422-9b83-4fe1-ae6c-f235f032aa6c"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in each of the third
through fifth years of the project, not less than 50 percent of the amount of
the financial assistance received under this subsection.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="id2d50e6e1-30d7-46d7-b538-3a7abb581226"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Renewals</header><text>A
private nonprofit organization that receives a renewal of financial assistance
under this subsection shall provide non-Federal contributions for the operation
of the veterans business center established by the private nonprofit
organization in an amount equal to not less than 50 percent of the amount of
the financial assistance received under this subsection.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb8289b90-8ded-4593-85db-c86e48c0b699"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Form of non-federal
share</header><text>Not more than 50 percent of the non-Federal share for a
project carried out using financial assistance under this subsection may be in
the form of in-kind contributions.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="iddda060b7-7596-4df2-85da-f56b99f4d201"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Timing of
disbursement</header><text>The Associate Administrator may disburse not more
than 25 percent of the financial assistance awarded to a private nonprofit
organization before the private nonprofit organization obtains the non-Federal
share required under this paragraph with respect to that award.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id956a54da-0fbd-415f-a930-aba208f4466d"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Failure to obtain
non-federal funding</header>
<clause commented="no" id="id5e2b9a87-66ab-44e2-8a97-47cac1086cd2"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>If a private nonprofit organization that receives
financial assistance under this subsection fails to obtain the non-Federal
share required under this paragraph during any fiscal year, the private
nonprofit organization may not receive a disbursement under this subsection in
a subsequent fiscal year or a disbursement for any other project funded by the
Administration, unless the Administrator makes a written determination that the
private nonprofit organization will be able to obtain a non-Federal
contribution.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="ide6c919f8-e172-47a0-9708-6d8306be21d4"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Restoration</header><text>A
private nonprofit organization prohibited from receiving a disbursement under
clause (i) in a fiscal year may receive financial assistance in a subsequent
fiscal year if the organization obtains the non-Federal share required under
this paragraph for the subsequent fiscal year.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="ida75d3bd6-729a-4a65-a804-bbce2d52458b"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Contract
authority</header><text>A veterans' business center may enter into a contract
with a Federal department or agency to provide specific assistance to veterans,
service-disabled veterans, Reservists, or the spouses of veterans,
service-disabled veterans, or Reservists. Performance of such contract shall
not hinder the veterans' business center in carrying out the terms of the grant
received by the veterans' business centers from the Administrator.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idb31fb995-ca40-4a11-924e-7a9e30890cbc"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Examination and
determination of viability</header>
<subparagraph id="id02c94c9a-8430-4069-9a49-7130b2b9be28"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Examination</header>
<clause id="id905c53aa-f2de-4fcb-a882-643b13232afb"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Associate Administrator shall conduct an annual
examination of the programs and finances of each veterans' business center
established or operated using financial assistance under this
subsection.</text>
</clause><clause id="id7300057a-d6e6-4f9f-9a29-ffe6f2124daf"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Factors</header><text>In
conducting the examination under clause (i), the Associate Administrator shall
consider whether the veterans business center has failed—</text>
<subclause id="id837f31ce-56af-4bd3-a52a-46946b42ff06"><enum>(I)</enum><text>to provide the
information required to be provided under subparagraph (B), or the information
provided by the center is inadequate;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="idd4c49564-a71a-4429-86a2-b0f36de66a5c"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the center has failed to
comply with a requirement for participation in the veterans' business center
program, as determined by the Assistant Administrator, including—</text>
<item id="id82aa4ef3-56e6-4334-9a21-ebf76155bb9d"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>failure to acquire or
properly document a non-Federal share;</text>
</item><item id="id319f5cf5-238a-4aa5-81ce-fc5227ff8890"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>failure to establish an
appropriate partnership or program for marketing and outreach to small business
concerns;</text>
</item><item id="idcc13cbca-97be-4f65-ae02-2014fcadab3b"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>failure to achieve
results described in a financial assistance agreement; and</text>
</item><item id="id68377214-f153-4680-b5c0-3b0230eef07d"><enum>(dd)</enum><text>failure to provide to
the Administrator a description of the amount and sources of any non-Federal
funding received by the center;</text>
</item></subclause><subclause id="ide12dbd94-ec82-4d79-834c-20d17eefe35a"><enum>(III)</enum><text>to carry out the 5-year
plan under in paragraph (4)(B); or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="idb2fbf260-754e-40ea-87a3-e4c5864f15d2"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>to meet the eligibility
requirements under paragraph (5).</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id96d9cf51-8fac-4147-b6c2-eccf9718ad3b"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Information
provided</header><text>In the course of an examination under subparagraph (A),
the veterans' business center shall provide to the Associate
Administrator—</text>
<clause id="id0cab7c22-5776-4370-92ef-01f12e2b806b"><enum>(i)</enum><text>an itemized cost
breakdown of actual expenditures for costs incurred during the most recent full
fiscal year;</text>
</clause><clause id="id3b821cc4-0b13-4945-8979-09f3c8b2f456"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>documentation of the
amount of non-Federal contributions obtained and expended by the veterans'
business center during the most recent full fiscal year; and</text>
</clause><clause id="idcfd5dff9-63e7-43a9-bd4f-c351a124ffb8"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>with respect to any
in-kind contribution under paragraph (8)(B), verification of the existence
and valuation of such contributions.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id025c5986-1441-4d11-ba2c-85b97784d328"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Determination of
viability</header><text>The Associate Administrator shall analyze the results
of each examination under this paragraph and, based on that analysis, make a
determination regarding the viability of the programs and finances of each
veterans' business center.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0d7c879f-0df5-4523-a734-b7b658ecb36d"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Discontinuation of
funding</header>
<clause id="id82095363-382a-41b2-a355-5a04188c2e2e"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Associate Administrator may discontinue an award of
financial assistance to a private nonprofit organization at any time if the
Associate Administrator determines under subparagraph (C) that the veterans'
business center operated by that organization is not viable.</text>
</clause><clause id="idaf77e7b8-c20a-44d5-8cde-1e071897dea8"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Restoration</header><text>The
Associate Administrator may continue to provide financial assistance to a
private nonprofit organization in a subsequent fiscal year if the Associate
Administrator determines under subparagraph (C) that the veterans' business
center is viable.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id347a7e8b-be5f-4e70-8238-2796888538a3"><enum>(11)</enum><header>Privacy
requirements</header>
<subparagraph id="ida8f9de57-083c-4f3e-bac8-c324e9e24c4e"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Except as provided in subparagraph (B), a veterans'
business center established or operated using financial assistance provided
under this subsection may not disclose the name, address, or telephone number
of any individual or small business concern that receives advice from the
veterans' business center without the consent of the individual or small
business concern.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id010c4749-515c-457d-99bf-cb011e4c8b79"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>A
veterans' business center may disclose information described in subparagraph
(A)—</text>
<clause id="id22f57ed7-fc3b-483c-8e53-79294299aee3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>if the Administrator or
Associate 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>
</clause><clause id="idf7874126-2793-42ae-8f69-e6b2b379521c"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to the extent that the
Administrator or Associate Administrator determines that such a disclosure is
necessary to conduct a financial audit of a veterans' business center.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida46c6ded-ab0d-4e6e-8419-f4323b9cf681"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Administration use of
information</header><text>This paragraph does not—</text>
<clause id="ida6b9dc43-8c9c-45d4-806d-b6a847c47c76"><enum>(i)</enum><text>restrict access by the
Administrator to program activity data; or</text>
</clause><clause id="id916226ec-5abc-4294-8051-13528729c56d"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>prevent the
Administrator from using information not described in subparagraph (A) to
conduct surveys of individuals or small business concerns that receive advice
from a veterans' business center.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id00582253-7210-4ecc-9ac7-e97d64590e5c"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>The
Administrator shall issue regulations to establish standards for requiring
disclosures under subparagraph (B)(ii).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id19f1c517-e87f-44ef-9e41-6dc6436d2a1b"><enum>(12)</enum><header>Report</header>
<subparagraph id="idc8f62c22-9c4e-4431-92df-06d32cbfb36d"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 60 days after the end of each fiscal year,
the Associate Administrator 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 on the effectiveness of the veterans' business
center program in each region during the most recent full fiscal year.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4f87826b-a542-4dbc-b6e7-f00602e85437"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>Each
report under this paragraph shall include, at a minimum, for each veterans'
business center established or operated using financial assistance provided
under this subsection—</text>
<clause id="id680d3cc3-327c-4d8d-ba91-bf3a607cd0bb"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the number of individuals
receiving assistance from the veterans' business center, including the number
of such individuals who are—</text>
<subclause id="id894dc425-4140-44f8-9d58-4ae311017c9c"><enum>(I)</enum><text>veterans or spouses of
veterans;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id1a2aba86-e74e-4754-ade8-5463929f6742"><enum>(II)</enum><text>service-disabled
veterans or spouses of service-disabled veterans; or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id3b9685db-7e32-4bb3-a262-baab122ad3c2"><enum>(III)</enum><text>Reservists or spouses
of Reservists;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="idb8472e08-cfb6-445f-b694-9beda38b4db9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the number of startup
small business concerns formed by individuals receiving assistance from the
veterans' business center, including—</text>
<subclause id="idfa7afc1c-9aee-4bc9-8f28-57c456624eb2"><enum>(I)</enum><text>veterans or spouses of
veterans;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id3dd91448-d269-4e25-992f-37ff925ec690"><enum>(II)</enum><text>service-disabled
veterans or spouses of service-disabled veterans; or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id2520fae0-0306-489c-bbfd-ff24a8b52711"><enum>(III)</enum><text>Reservists or spouses
of Reservists;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="id31b933ef-6aed-40d8-98de-23da8da5c4b6"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the gross receipts of
small business concerns that receive advice from the veterans' business
center;</text>
</clause><clause id="id47a3331e-5a66-47dc-8a27-1278667e013b"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the employment increases
or decreases of small business concerns that receive advice from the veterans'
business center;</text>
</clause><clause id="id1eadbaf4-0de5-4781-bacb-6bc636b5e8b8"><enum>(v)</enum><text>to the maximum extent
practicable, the increases or decreases in profits of small business concerns
that receive advice from the veterans' business center; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id02243032-e2da-4a81-bb5c-7584d16bd2c0"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>the results of the
examination of the veterans' business center under paragraph (10).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id0fba5254-feb5-4a53-b4b8-8268bc74c55a"><enum>(13)</enum><header>Coordination of
efforts and consultation</header>
<subparagraph id="id1465e84d-dfc5-438d-a8bb-439e08575af8"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Coordination and
consultation</header><text>To the extent practicable, the Associate
Administrator and each private nonprofit organization that receives financial
assistance under this subsection shall—</text>
<clause id="id3d6a180a-e023-4b48-a209-4052716fa474"><enum>(i)</enum><text>coordinate outreach and
other activities with other programs of the Administration and the programs of
other Federal agencies;</text>
</clause><clause id="id6eed48ea-fa6a-444e-9d6b-d9e0322bf0ea"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>consult with technical
representatives of the district offices of the Administration in carrying out
activities using financial assistance under this subsection; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id1e8cebaa-a4a9-4d05-b67c-a9542f960675"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>provide information to
the veterans business ownership representatives designated under subparagraph
(B) and coordinate with the veterans business ownership representatives to
increase the ability of the veterans business ownership representatives to
provide services throughout the area served by the veterans business ownership
representatives.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2ec48124-62f3-4099-a378-445c28717324"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Veterans business
ownership representatives</header>
<clause id="id2cf30cf0-c0f9-440c-9215-cb496da68e0c"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Designation</header><text>The
Administrator shall designate not fewer than 1 individual in each district
office of the Administration as a veterans business ownership representative,
who shall communicate and coordinate activities of the district office with
private nonprofit organizations that receive financial assistance under this
subsection.</text>
</clause><clause id="id264adf7f-4806-4b6c-9e6f-540acfbb113c"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Initial
designation</header><text>The first individual in each district office of the
Administration designated by the Administrator as a veterans business ownership
representative under clause (i) shall be an individual that is employed by the
Administration on the date of enactment of this subsection.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id3a892bc0-1a71-42ce-9471-d30a5c423c81"><enum>(14)</enum><header>Existing
contracts</header><text>An award of financial assistance under this subsection
shall not void any contract between a private nonprofit organization and the
Administration that is in effect on the date of such award.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id13d454bb-7e33-4d6e-86d1-1f8473821453"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated—</text>
<paragraph id="idcda5b9c9-9291-4416-b912-97a1fbd168a9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to carry out subsections
(a) through (f), $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2010 through 2012;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id9545d9a0-6eb9-4fc1-af29-d63c0e6bfce9"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to carry out subsection (g)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id8de39b24-c762-4983-9287-1e6c45b914e1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$8,000,000 for fiscal
year 2010;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0105a6d6-5c48-473e-a345-d416535694f2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$8,500,000 for fiscal
year 2011; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id797c44f9-37d8-497f-8b47-2e02e2b92c68"><enum>(C)</enum><text>$9,000,000 for fiscal
year
2012.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="id895956bb-4b74-4967-9551-0b90c67ca3be"><enum>(b)</enum><header>GAO Report</header>
<paragraph id="id6a7471e0-020b-4bb0-93d5-cfe7fc6d081a"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this subsection—</text>
<subparagraph id="id05f4a0a0-fbc0-4e46-b96a-f80292e08041"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the term <term>small
business concern owned and controlled by veterans</term> has the meaning given
that term in section 32(g) of the Small Business Act, as added by this section;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idcfc455c8-8924-4093-9b66-ebed8bd5b5b5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the term <term>veterans’
business center program</term> means the veterans’ business center program
established under section 32(g) of the Small Business Act, as added by this
section.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id3e3344b0-2347-4e5a-aea2-f0059beff116"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Report</header>
<subparagraph id="id6ce32c20-311a-439c-a9bc-73cc552421a5"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 60 days after the end of the second fiscal
year beginning after the date on which the veterans’ business center program is
established, the Comptroller General of the United States shall evaluate the
effectiveness of the veterans’ business center program, and submit to Congress
a report on the results of that evaluation.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id18e7b7c7-2dbc-46ce-8469-b116558eca56"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The
report submitted under subparagraph (A) shall include—</text>
<clause id="idf2efc901-3807-49be-8c9f-787a459d8e00"><enum>(i)</enum><text>an assessment of—</text>
<subclause id="id9eda3a3a-762b-45f3-a9e7-81e63c66ace7"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the use of amounts made
available to carry out the veterans’ business center program;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id1f28b4b2-2adb-4be2-9b84-b23e69516f07"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the effectiveness of the
services provided by each private nonprofit organization receiving financial
assistance under the veterans’ business center program;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id69727f78-44a4-4aef-87c6-77f75c6f0f0d"><enum>(III)</enum><text>whether the services
described in clause (ii) are duplicative of services provided by other veteran
service organizations, programs of the Administration, or programs of another
Federal department or agency and, if so, recommendations regarding how to
alleviate the duplication of the services; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id6c0e1c96-3bb0-4330-b3d3-e75dbc1ef3a1"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>whether there are areas
of the United States in which there are not adequate entrepreneurial services
for small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans and, if so,
whether there is a veterans' business center established under the veterans’
business center program providing services to that area; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="id529ba3e6-016c-4997-a416-8bbb058ec238"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>recommendations, if any,
for improving the veteran's business center program.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id0d4226cd-5e74-4287-be6e-3aa442a27724"><enum>402.</enum><header>Reporting requirement
for interagency task force</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 32(c) of the Small Business Act (15
U.S.C. 657b(c)) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2f6991db-2135-4698-9968-65b5a3c50187" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="idf1f2f8e9-a412-4dbd-a185-a9edba3d254a"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
less frequently than twice each year, the Administrator shall submit to
Congress a report on the appointments made to and activities of the task
force.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="ida8255543-867c-4ebf-a41f-fae39c6c6800" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>403.</enum><header>Repeal and renewal
of grants</header>
<subsection id="idfb62f348-55b9-499d-acf4-642aeb58b8bb"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>In
this section, the term <term>covered grant, contract, or cooperative
agreement</term> means a grant, contract, or cooperative agreement that
was—</text>
<paragraph id="id33b67505-48ac-4593-90b1-ea71b2b5e273"><enum>(1)</enum><text>made or entered into
under section 8(b)(17) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(b)(17));
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id460e6126-33fa-41e5-a3c5-7f7b9812a8d4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in effect on or before
the date described in subsection (b)(2).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id6f064468-5a2b-466e-a2ac-0c593d39fde8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Repeal</header>
<paragraph id="id87f1b051-11e9-4422-9997-24e808a5720a"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 8(b) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(b))
is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="id3d104644-b52b-46fa-b188-7ed101cd7002"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (15), by
adding <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf65ce542-a0bc-4da3-ae38-5832dbd035cd"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (16), by
striking <quote>; and</quote> and inserting a period; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd8dcda6b-645a-4f79-b26b-c14980e93964"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking paragraph
(17).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id5a8c6999-e148-4ea4-adfd-31b472340683"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by paragraph (1) shall take effect 60
days after the date of enactment of this Act.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id7c911dcf-c6a3-4401-9f39-817e35b919f5"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Transitional
rules</header>
<paragraph id="id16106981-f64c-485f-a00b-acbc792db00e"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
General</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a covered
grant, contract, or cooperative agreement shall remain in full force and effect
under the terms, and for the duration, of the covered grant, contract, or
agreement.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idc62facbf-cdf3-43e6-8dc4-216fd283b0b0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Additional
requirements</header><text>Any organization that was awarded or entered into a
covered grant, contract, or cooperative agreement shall be subject to the
requirements of section 32(g) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 657b(g)) (as
added by this Act).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id2ddec61b-be24-42bc-86e4-3a903893c401"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Renewal of financial
assistance</header><text>An organization that was awarded or entered into a
covered grant, contract, or cooperative agreement may apply for a renewal of
the grant, contract, or agreement under the terms and conditions described in
section 32(g) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 657b(g)) (as added by this
Act).</text>
</subsection></section><enum>V</enum><header>Program for investment in
microentrepreneurs</header>
<section id="id1a629791-4ddf-4cad-955b-88ed2bd25c57"><enum>501.</enum><header>PRIME
reauthorization</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Small
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631 et seq.) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id45d28b02-dcb4-48d4-8ebd-9cd56bed9ffd"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating sections
37 through 44 as sections 38 through 45, respectively; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id6ce7f276-3112-417a-a67a-be1ecb9b6c89"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after
section 36 the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9b1d3e10-f2cb-445c-9c35-4dc9e53dfc5b" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<section id="id7c6a44d5-eaee-4b0a-b6fe-74780237a421"><enum>37.</enum><header>Program for investment
in microentrepreneurs</header>
<subsection id="id2c518fce-6092-4872-9951-0ec784255fd6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this section:</text>
<paragraph id="idae084d47-970e-4af6-8de2-ccb0ee2183af"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Associate
Administrator</header><text>The term <term>Associate Administrator</term> means
the Associate Administrator for Entrepreneurial Development of the
Administration.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id14435d45-2d7b-4052-86b6-0767af5ed1b8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Capacity building
services</header><text>The term <term>capacity building services</term> means
services provided to an organization that is, or that is in the process of
becoming, a microenterprise development organization or program, for the
purpose of enhancing the ability of the organization to provide training and
services to disadvantaged entrepreneurs.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id44c5535d-999f-4dc8-ac72-e506f750f53c"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Collaborative</header><text>The
term <term>collaborative</term> means 2 or more nonprofit entities that agree
to act jointly as a qualified organization under this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id475608e5-1e5d-4061-a06e-6d3c295dbb5e"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Disadvantaged
entrepreneur</header><text>The term <term>disadvantaged entrepreneur</term>
means a microentrepreneur that—</text>
<subparagraph id="id7673eef9-0a2e-431c-945c-d399103826c4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is a low-income
person;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id15f5be07-98f5-4584-a0cb-a15aaa31817f"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is a very low-income
person; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id33563ead-7aa1-4a5f-b350-e03f97cd4c9f"><enum>(C)</enum><text>lacks adequate access to
capital or other resources essential for business success, or is economically
disadvantaged, as determined by the Administrator.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id741dd851-fa73-4b66-9e1f-db136c7b66ae"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Disadvantaged native
american entrepreneur</header><text>The term <term>disadvantaged Native
American entrepreneur</term> means a disadvantaged entrepreneur who is also a
member of an Indian Tribe.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id997cedd8-621f-42cc-ad6e-cbac953d3b55"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Indian
tribe</header><text>The term <term>Indian tribe</term> has the meaning given
that term in section 4(e) of the Indian Self-Determination and Education
Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b(e)).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id425bd191-e2ae-49e4-9457-f1c5359b6803"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Intermediary</header><text>The
term <term>intermediary</term> means a private, nonprofit entity that seeks to
serve microenterprise development organizations and programs, as authorized
under subsection (d).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id3517b595-24ae-4a66-9e55-2930852eb078"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Low-income
person</header><text>The term <term>low-income person</term> means a person
having an income, adjusted for family size, of not more than—</text>
<subparagraph id="idf3e797f2-7d0d-4f62-a2bf-6e5397183a7b"><enum>(A)</enum><text>for metropolitan areas,
80 percent of the area median income; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2f07a376-427c-418b-8ea9-22e34078f242"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for nonmetropolitan
areas, the greater of—</text>
<clause id="id981395e3-4a8f-4d5b-a8ff-12420a8276dd"><enum>(i)</enum><text>80 percent of the area
median income; or</text>
</clause><clause id="idee7cb865-4015-4390-8411-3f3d1b12873c"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>80 percent of the
statewide nonmetropolitan area median income.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ide5f4dea3-c3cb-4a07-bee1-30f0fb5287a6"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Microentrepreneur</header><text>The
term <term>microentrepreneur</term> means the owner or developer of a
microenterprise.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id880d2462-dc95-44dd-a0c9-8e33f20dd1f7"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Microenterprise</header><text>The
term <term>microenterprise</term> means a sole proprietorship, partnership, or
corporation that—</text>
<subparagraph id="id67a1637b-1c9b-4c9b-8276-50e3943e0e20"><enum>(A)</enum><text>has not more than 4
employees; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id47aeb7a0-499a-4669-a790-26b370886fdc"><enum>(B)</enum><text>generally lacks access to
conventional loans, equity, or other banking services.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id4b944f1b-0c57-419b-97b2-364c782e1ff8"><enum>(11)</enum><header>Microenterprise
development organization or program</header><text>The term
<term>microenterprise development organization or program</term> means a
nonprofit entity, or a program administered by such an entity, including
community development corporations or other nonprofit development organizations
and social service organizations, that provides services to disadvantaged
entrepreneurs.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idb84f29a1-f350-4b9f-afe3-b5bd59a29fd6"><enum>(12)</enum><header>Training and technical
assistance</header><text>The term <term>training and technical
assistance</term> means services and support provided to disadvantaged
entrepreneurs, such as assistance for the purpose of enhancing business
planning, marketing, management, financial management skills, and assistance
for the purpose of accessing financial services.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id6bffa395-e245-4dd6-8f93-ae4d5ef85ff9"><enum>(13)</enum><header>Qualified
organization</header><text>The term <term>qualified organization</term>
means—</text>
<subparagraph id="id8d96a505-1f37-49d4-87da-4dfc6c149a8d"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a nonprofit
microenterprise development organization or program (or a group or
collaborative thereof) that has a demonstrated record of delivering
microenterprise services to disadvantaged entrepreneurs;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0d9a28aa-260d-4f11-ba0a-f554f7255cad"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an intermediary;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="iddc6e4c74-4c9e-406b-8198-69b8cc446394"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a microenterprise
development organization or program that is—</text>
<clause id="id4d1edc31-7c42-4449-bb5b-2615773238f2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>accountable to a local
community; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id98138698-cce9-4a3d-aea7-6c120eba2863"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>working in conjunction
with a State or local government or Indian tribe; or</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3d3cf618-336a-469a-95d8-cb58c93187a8"><enum>(D)</enum><text>an Indian tribe acting on
its own, if the Indian tribe certifies that no private organization or program
referred to in this paragraph exists within its jurisdiction.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id82204d7c-bf5d-49b9-bba8-8d18d6acc73f"><enum>(14)</enum><header>Very low-income
person</header><text>The term <term>very low-income person</term> means an
individual having an income, adjusted for family size, of not more than 150
percent of the poverty line (as defined in section 673(2) of the Community
Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9902(2)), including any revision required
by that section).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idcf60ad3e-19a0-4374-9e21-95dfc07e2dbe"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Establishment of
program</header><text>The Associate Administrator shall establish a
microenterprise training and technical assistance and capacity building
services grant program to provide grants to qualified organizations in
accordance with this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id43f751ca-171b-465a-a623-454be38aa6d4"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Uses of
assistance</header><text>A qualified organization shall use a grant made under
this section—</text>
<paragraph id="id34bb07cd-2596-4431-a34f-4d3303671358"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to provide training and
technical assistance to disadvantaged entrepreneurs;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id9d7134a6-9da1-494f-b590-f8543d8c1e72"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to provide training and
technical assistance and capacity building services to microenterprise
development organizations and programs and groups of such organizations and
programs to assist such organizations and programs in developing
microenterprise training and services;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idaf210c48-0873-4609-af6e-09c79ee2d706"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to aid in researching and
developing the best practices in the field of microenterprise and training and
technical assistance programs for disadvantaged entrepreneurs;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id12ccb1d2-3524-40cc-8887-4695cc27db26"><enum>(4)</enum><text>to provide training and
technical assistance to disadvantaged Native American entrepreneurs and
prospective disadvantaged Native American entrepreneurs; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id344dbce2-fba6-4ebb-912d-24b05442df7c"><enum>(5)</enum><text>for such other activities
as the Associate Administrator determines are consistent with the purposes of
this section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="iddff76ea5-d549-4354-a78c-c1b0fa08f0dc"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Allocation of grants;
subgrants</header>
<paragraph id="id69515125-614b-489e-b7ae-051f96f22d91"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Allocation of
grants</header>
<subparagraph id="idb083731f-5a9b-43f8-bc38-f2d678263b20"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Associate Administrator shall allocate assistance
from the Administration under this section to ensure that—</text>
<clause id="id61fa78af-29d9-4692-b8f7-40078ecdac82"><enum>(i)</enum><text>not less than 75 percent
of amounts made available to the Administrator for grants under this section
are used for activities described in subsection (c)(1); and</text>
</clause><clause id="id355479c1-0059-419e-a3bc-7399c41cf3da"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>not less than 15 percent
of amounts made available to the Administrator for grants under this section
are used for activities described in subsection (c)(2).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id970d24cb-22c7-49b5-bb35-36c3eef7cc57"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Limit on individual
assistance</header><text>No single person may receive more than 10 percent of
the total amounts made available for grants under this section for a single
fiscal year.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id665dff9b-447f-497d-842f-ea525dd3eb8d"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Targeted
assistance</header><text>The Associate Administrator shall ensure that not less
than 50 percent of the total amounts made available for grants under this
section are used to benefit very low-income persons, including very low-income
persons residing on Indian reservations.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id5526e4a1-da87-4c3a-8bf6-28ac5e0e5fb0"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Subgrants
authorized</header>
<subparagraph id="id2b5f720e-eeeb-45e2-b2c8-4d51d749016d"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>A qualified organization receiving a grant under this
section may provide subgrants using that grant to qualified organizations that
are small or emerging microenterprises and programs, subject to such rules and
regulations as the Associate Administrator determines are appropriate.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb2be6e1e-672e-4ec7-80b8-be87681be20c"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Limit on administrative
expenses</header><text>Not more than 7.5 percent of the amount received by a
qualified organization under a grant under this section may be used for
administrative expenses in connection with the making of subgrants under
subparagraph (A).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ida96505ad-df24-4ad8-8995-2efa8430c622"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Diversity</header><text>In
making grants under this section, the Associate Administrator shall ensure that
grant recipients include both large and small microenterprise organizations
that serve urban, rural, and Indian tribal communities and diverse
populations.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id7ed5022c-1df4-499b-bdb4-8254d4217893"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Prohibition on
preferential consideration of certain administration program
participants</header><text>In making grants under this section, the Associate
Administrator shall ensure that any application made by a qualified
organization that is a participant in the program established under section
7(m) does not receive preferential consideration over applications from other
qualified organizations that are not participants in the program.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id0749219a-fb61-4027-8ecf-881b4ebd4a94"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Federal share</header>
<paragraph id="id90659628-3bb4-4ebf-baa7-7f49441926e7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>A qualified organization that receives a grant under this
section shall provide non-Federal contributions to carry out the activities
described in subsection (c) in an amount equal to not less than 50 percent of
the amount of the grant received under this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id4b2b11ff-bfa0-41f3-8a02-60eee6e13fa9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Sources of non-Federal
share</header><text>The non-Federal share of the cost of a project using a
grant under this section may be in the form of fees, grants, gifts, funds from
loan sources, or in-kind resources of an applicant from public or private
sources.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idfe70391b-8645-4f5e-8177-6ec1f6483122"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Exception</header>
<subparagraph id="iddf21980b-fc81-4785-a681-0ff3bbfad203"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>If the Associate Administrator determines that an
applicant for assistance under this section has severe constraints on available
sources of non-Federal funds, the Associate Administrator may reduce or
eliminate the requirement under paragraph (1).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id753f7a31-2555-4f4c-9cfb-9f4da2b092d7"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>Not
more than 10 percent of the total funds made available from the Administration
in any fiscal year to carry out this section may be excepted under subparagraph
(A) from the requirement under paragraph (1).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ide7bddb39-78b6-4993-87ff-625a7ca436bd"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Applications for
assistance</header><text>An application for a grant under this section shall be
submitted in such form and in accordance with such procedures as the Associate
Administrator shall establish.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id83b61104-ea1e-47a4-a1e0-907508266e52"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Recordkeeping and
reporting</header>
<paragraph id="id080b4024-a1af-43b8-a5d0-7ffec0f7789a"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Each qualified organization that receives a grant under
this section shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="idcf6e38cb-8992-4435-bce3-e75bd771f0ae"><enum>(A)</enum><text>submit to the
Administration not less frequently than once every 18-month period, financial
statements audited by an independent certified public accountant;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf7c6c1e7-2809-4b63-92c8-5b2291b6c760"><enum>(B)</enum><text>submit an annual report
to the Administration on the activities of the qualified organization;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idfc49a6ff-2a62-4c2c-b2a0-4f029de5b5da"><enum>(C)</enum><text>keep such records as the
Associate Administrator determines are necessary to disclose the manner in
which amounts made available under a grant under this section are used.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id4070d7eb-1008-4580-b5d3-04f85c0a1f61"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Access</header><text>Upon
the request of the Associate Administrator, the Associate Administrator shall
have access to any record of any qualified organization that receives a grant
under this section, for the purpose of determining compliance with this
section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id92c14049-2f69-444c-b317-09b95ba3407d"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Data
collection</header><text>Each qualified organization that receives a grant
under this section shall collect information relating to, as applicable—</text>
<subparagraph id="id187ba966-cef8-4399-9a64-bf4574e48e1c"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the number of individuals
counseled or trained by the organization;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6ca6c8a6-0b73-4344-bca6-a5ec63a4188b"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the number of hours of
counseling provided by the organization;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb74dcce7-d3a9-47ec-a43a-3e0154eb5a26"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the number of startup
small business concerns formed with the assistance of the organization;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf36391a8-7190-45e0-afe4-804e6871e575"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the number of small
business concerns expanded with the assistance of the organization;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id38235706-b33f-434f-9bae-0225867f2777"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the number of low-income
individuals counseled or trained by the organization; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id19626910-48e1-4361-8a84-58514c5f5db2"><enum>(F)</enum><text>the number of very
low-income individuals counseled or trained by the organization.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id47d512d1-49e8-46f9-878d-ec4d23e8819c"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header>
<paragraph id="idedfdd093-8f83-4494-8953-b3aa9b0b6de6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the
Administrator $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2010 through 2012 to carry
out this section, which shall remain available until expended.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id22ebc990-6ce3-4550-820f-f59b21993099"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Certain
programs</header><text>In addition to the amount authorized under paragraph
(1), there are authorized to be appropriated to the Administrator $2,000,000
for each of fiscal years 2010 through 2012 to carry out subsection (c)(4),
which shall remain available until
expended.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="ide4c895cb-eed4-4581-b358-60ee33ab42fc"><enum>502.</enum><header>Conforming repeal and
amendments</header>
<subsection id="id15b19179-4b95-43c6-b8c6-9d4ef01e95c4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Conforming
repeal</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subtitle C of title I
of the Riegle Community Development and Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994 (15
U.S.C. 6901 et seq.) is repealed.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idd4aa9af0-75cd-4392-bac8-fa95ac5593f3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
amendments</header><text>The Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631 et seq.) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id1f00dfde-c142-4951-819f-ad14aaa12bf9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in section 38(d) (15
U.S.C. 657i(d)), as so redesignated, by striking <quote>section 43</quote> and
inserting <quote>section 44</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id2e436c02-03ab-4d63-8408-73492af857d2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in section 41(d) (15
U.S.C. 657l(d)), as so redesignated, by striking <quote>section 43</quote> and
inserting <quote>section 44</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id9789af21-61da-423e-9f5c-c519a1d60920"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in section 42(b) (15
U.S.C. 657m(b)), as so redesignated, by striking <quote>section 43</quote> and
inserting <quote>section 44</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idf55e14ff-b0d1-455d-8904-9f1991020b0d"><enum>503.</enum><header>References</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">All references in Federal law, other than
section 504 of this Act, to the <quote>Program for Investment in
Microentrepreneurs Act of 1999</quote> or the <quote>PRIME Act</quote> shall be
deemed to be references to section 37 of the Small Business Act, as added by
this Act.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfb7426f6-2420-4a63-9290-eb20d4b99cdf"><enum>504.</enum><header>Rule of
construction</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Nothing in this
title or the amendments made by this title shall affect any grant or assistance
provided under the Program for Investment in Microentrepreneurs Act of 1999 (15
U.S.C. 6901 et seq.), before the date of enactment of this Act, and any such
grant or assistance shall be subject to the Program for Investment in
Microentrepreneurs Act of 1999, as in effect on the day before the date of
enactment of this Act.</text>
</section><enum>VI</enum><header>Other
provisions</header>
<section id="id4bad76c8-99d7-4375-87d3-3122452d0ebf"><enum>601.</enum><header>Institutions of higher
education</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id112d1905-0650-4e4e-bc3f-3158fa685d50"><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, 2010, 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 financial assistance
(including a contract or cooperative agreement) on December 31,
2010.</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0a0cd035-460d-4f35-8099-63d3fa677730"><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, 2010.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbaea54f9-3caf-4635-8365-369b44da9faa"><enum>602.</enum><header>Health insurance
options information for small business concerns</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf0615703-5407-43ea-b469-925bd0258272"><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="id2bde11bb-bd0c-44cb-b774-cf68bbc0c85f"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <term>grant program</term> means
the small business health insurance information grant program established under
subsection (b)(1); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0dcdc7cc-229c-4d85-8f5e-39e11b91b3f1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the term <term>resource
partner</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idee37baeb-3a07-468e-b547-e23e7ddf492a"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the association of small
business development centers authorized to be established under section
21(a)(3)(A) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 648(a)(3)(A));</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcd68ea0a-5de6-4f06-a188-545ee09e72b5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Association of
Women's Business Centers;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id70015538-3263-45e5-b2a7-c1173749936d"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the Service Corps of
Retired Executives authorized by section 8(b)(1)(B) of the Small Business Act
(15 U.S.C. 637(b)(1)(B)); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id471f071b-9dbc-4fd3-acca-9704ca468727"><enum>(D)</enum><text>1 veterans business
center (as that term is used in section 32(g) of the Small Business Act (15
U.S.C. 657b(g)), as added by this Act), as determined by the Associate
Administrator for Entrepreneurial Development.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc6ab7bdb-fc67-483d-be48-c6e3e330b116"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Small Business Health
Insurance Information Program</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcfe3b3dc-ed71-4c4a-a858-7cf709fdcd9e"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Program
established</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
Administrator, acting through the Associate Administrator for Entrepreneurial
Development, shall establish a program to make grants to resource partners 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>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4f4ff283-c4fa-4ccc-9ec4-77477c2e831f"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Grant
recipients</header><text>The Associate Administrator for Entrepreneurial
Development shall make 1 grant to each of the resource partners.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbb6b6420-c742-40d2-9e4e-851d189f69f4"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Grant
amounts</header><text>The grants made under this section shall—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9a418ab1-214a-408e-8ae4-1d96b6e12f2c"><enum>(A)</enum><text>be made from funds
appropriated to the Administrator to carry out the activities of the Office of
Entrepreneurial Development; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddc7f88e8-fe96-4109-b52d-b9b06e75342b"><enum>(B)</enum><text>not exceed a total amount
of $5,000,000.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf9a4c36e-fb34-4813-a779-a1f91e22834a"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Contract</header><text>As
a condition of receiving a grant under this section, each resource partner
shall agree, by contract with the Administration—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf53b113d-866a-41dc-b2f2-b0e5e265d72c"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to begin to use the funds
in accordance with paragraph (5) not later than 1 year after the date on which
the resource partner receives the grant; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id09294786-f5c3-4b8f-9c33-daca574b1cde"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to return any funds that
have not been used, if the Administrator determines that the resource partner
is not carrying out the grant program activities under paragraph (5)(A).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf78c23fc-05c8-4f99-bd44-353b00687d47"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Use of funds</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id83f56a43-2de7-4e02-9181-3fa913ecc197"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Grant program
activities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A resource partner
shall use funds provided under the grant program to create, in consultation
with the Associate Administrator for Entrepreneurial Development of the
Administration—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2015e1f9-101c-43d8-a626-5b4a99f4b992"><enum>(i)</enum><text>an online training
program;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id860e07b6-600d-44a8-8e01-0d9eddc82d0f"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>an online repository of
health insurance information relevant to small business concerns;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idca27223e-eb41-40fc-86f7-ed10dc71cec9"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a counseling curriculum
that can be used in the physical location of the resource partner; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id845ea5df-0d1c-4d2d-adfe-4add3e74eeba"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>materials containing
relevant information that can be disbursed to owners of small business concerns
throughout the country.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddba6c879-d166-490d-a551-db2bb9efeb6d"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Content of
materials</header>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id37792021-278c-4655-a00b-45fe1e476378"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>In creating materials under the grant program, a resource
partner 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>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb61a60e0-5963-4e2c-9026-482ba7ab5356"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Health insurance
options</header><text>In incorporating information regarding health insurance
options under clause (i), a resource partner shall provide neutral and
objective information regarding health insurance options in the geographic area
served by the resource partner, including traditional employer sponsored health
insurance for the group insurance market, such as the health insurance options
described 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>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id92610fa8-557c-4661-bd2c-a3bb70082eb6"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Review and
Report</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida12c31b9-8b83-4fb0-a56a-1c84234b200e"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Review of grant
program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Associate
Administrator for Entrepreneurial Development shall conduct a review of the
effectiveness of the grant program.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ideeaf4f43-7686-4f0c-885c-bc7dc9e3001f"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 2 years after the date on
which all grants under the grant program are disbursed, the Associate
Administrator for Entrepreneurial Development 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 on the results of the review
under paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ida256736e-6238-4753-ba86-6c42c14e1fa2"><enum>603.</enum><header>National Small
Business Development Center Advisory Board</header>
<subsection id="id41b96c93-dd6d-48bb-97d3-4d548ac2bc00"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 21(i)(1) of
the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 648(i)(1)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="ida260afc8-bc39-4cc1-aa55-7dbd5fc5ddc8"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the first sentence, by striking
<quote>nine members</quote> and inserting <quote>10 members</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id9a2538d3-f68f-4f93-8485-2286d256185c"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the second sentence,
by striking <quote>six</quote> and inserting <quote>the members who are not
from universities or their affiliates</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id28e843dd-88fc-43d7-888b-7e4d11d7c193"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking the third
sentence; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id152e131a-8576-4861-9f56-a25ea42245de"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in the fourth sentence,
by inserting <quote>not less than</quote> before
<quote>one-third</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id4b5c08b8-b2ad-4d61-b8cd-ad90be90bd6c"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Incumbents</header><text>An
individual serving as a member of the Board on the date of enactment of this
Act may continue to serve on the Board until the end of the term of the member
under section 21(i)(1) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 648(i)(1)), as in
effect on the day before such date of enactment.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="id7b7b9026-b20a-431b-9918-cd823b34acda"><enum>604.</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 striking subsection (c)
and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idac72837a-51bd-4575-9239-5ada9073acc7" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5dc9ab53-4c4d-46dd-bdd6-00be5476adbf"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Privacy requirements</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf4003186-6700-4609-a6c6-1fe72ad518d7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>A chapter of the SCORE 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="id40e05c67-8a40-484f-a00f-b48b87a809d8"><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="idafb1a272-0817-4de6-9641-80e933983d63"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Administrator
determines such a disclosure to be necessary for the purpose of conducting a
financial audit of a chapter of the SCORE program authorized by subsection
(b)(1), in which case disclosure shall be limited to the information necessary
for such audit.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3260ab10-f014-45f8-9498-808e35f6d130"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Administrator use of
information</header><text>This subsection shall not—</text>
<subparagraph id="id579b69c5-ce74-4153-998d-8d7226c1b1ac"><enum>(A)</enum><text>restrict the access of
the Administrator to program activity data; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5bdc0ee5-0caa-486d-bf15-b170fc562ca8"><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="id4f313e7c-6c31-42fc-a751-f70c24e2df59"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Regulations</header>
<subparagraph id="id1bb38816-c130-4963-bdd8-aba8e6087548"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Administrator shall issue regulations to establish
standards—</text>
<clause id="id0e2df92c-2b5e-40ac-9d01-2e3efe051d67"><enum>(i)</enum><text>for disclosures with
respect to financial audits under paragraph (1)(B); and</text>
</clause><clause id="id475bc209-50c8-4365-a968-d65dc4fffa48"><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="id55d0499a-c54b-4aaf-80e8-01d21db5051e"><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="id0726c3d9-7010-482b-a014-35760b2a47fe"><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 of the Administration 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="iddcfe471c-7c33-46f9-8271-08eceb9e244c"><enum>605.</enum><header>National small
business summit</header>
<subsection id="id5ea15bcd-ee25-4ac0-98e9-5af2d424722b"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than December 31, 2012, 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, the Federal Government, State
governments, Indian tribes, Federal research and development agencies, and
nonprofit policy groups concerned with the issues of small business
concerns.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id38b2ad29-77b3-4826-bbdf-d4d72d84a3ea"><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 make recommendations for
promoting entrepreneurship and the growth of small business concerns.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idaac25f6c-9c65-4f88-832e-a937afa83740"><enum>606.</enum><header>SCORE program</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5302e3bb-6553-44d1-918f-e33b50d0a109"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 8(b)(1)(B) of
the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(b)(1)(B)) is amended by striking <quote>a
Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE)</quote> and inserting <quote>the
SCORE</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc540800b-2a14-496d-88da-f1cd2de6e36c"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Technical and
conforming amendments</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idadcaf362-91a6-4510-8a59-c475c1debbf4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631 et seq.) is
amended—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3930ccca-0fad-49f5-85e2-0d3b878ddb60"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in section
7(m)(3)(A)(i)(VIII), by striking <quote>Service Corps of Retired
Executives</quote> and inserting <quote>SCORE</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id31f5cd92-7c47-4578-ab46-9fa3d30b47da"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in section 33(b)(2), by
striking <quote>Service Corps of Retired Executives</quote> and inserting
<quote>SCORE</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id07429d79-d2f9-4f48-9b6f-70bc190fb84c"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Other
law</header><text>Section 337(d)(2) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act
(42 U.S.C. 6307(d)(2)) is amended by striking <quote>Service Corps of Retired
Executives (SCORE)</quote> and inserting <quote>SCORE</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id61d7e5cd-0bdd-4ffb-8282-310729c9182f"><enum>(c)</enum><header>References</header><text>Any
reference to the Service Corps of Retired Executives established under section
8(b)(1)(B) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(b)(1)(B)), as in effect on
the day before the date of enactment of this Act, in any law, rule, regulation,
certificate, directive, instruction, or other official paper shall be
considered to refer to the SCORE established under section 8(b)(1)(B) of the
Small Business Act, as amended by this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id97a50746-d8e6-423d-8364-cdbef03e5528"><enum>607.</enum><header>Assistance to
out-of-state small businesses</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 21(b)(3) of the Small Business Act
(15 U.S.C. 648(b)(3)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida84d49d7-44c1-4d36-8734-baf2bdcdb747"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>(3) At
the discretion</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc96babd9-ed34-4be1-a6f5-cc2825ad66b8" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2381facd-d4bf-4f5b-9952-23686d648c9d" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Assistance to
out-of-state small businesses</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb5e421c8-9b2b-4f33-be2e-fd8a92b1df55"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>At the discretion</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idaafe4df4-20ae-43ad-871a-7dfcfce4c7db"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd861042a-1dd5-4812-a3c6-0fb9a0f5e2a0" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="idc38833b8-ce47-4bdb-93e9-67c125d3c8b6" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Disaster recovery
assistance</header>
<clause id="id2459cc49-0b49-44c3-a66d-57c169675c29"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>At the discretion of the Administrator, the Administrator
may authorize a small business development center to provide assistance, as
described in subsection (c), to small business concerns located outside of the
State, without regard to geographic proximity, if the small business concerns
are located in an area for which the President has declared a major disaster,
as defined in section 102 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122), during the period of the
declaration.</text>
</clause><clause id="id1f2c3994-372a-405b-bdca-af80c977cb48"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Continuity of
services</header><text>A small business development center that provides
counselors to an area described in clause (i) shall, to the maximum extent
practicable, ensure continuity of services in any State in which the small
business development center otherwise provides services.</text>
</clause><clause id="id302f2370-46f2-4c6e-9b03-2683ec884e85"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Access to disaster
recovery facilities</header><text>For purposes of this subparagraph, the
Administrator shall, to the maximum extent practicable, permit the personnel of
a small business development center to use any site or facility designated by
the Administrator for use to provide disaster recovery
assistance.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8cc045f9-0d13-48d2-9811-71e1757e6952"><enum>608.</enum><header>Small business
development centers</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id23c90a0f-de1b-4b1a-b09f-dac15e846096"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Portability
grants</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section
21(a)(4)(C)(viii) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 648(a)(4)(C)(viii)) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id7b9475c7-29ea-42c4-915c-21cad8082586"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the first
sentence—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="id5f3aebcb-5ce6-4f53-984a-a28186049a41"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>From
the funds appropriated pursuant to clause (vii)</quote> and inserting <quote>Of
the amounts made available to carry out this subparagraph in each fiscal
year</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7c652867-b163-44ee-bba3-1540b995306e"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>as a
result of a business or government facility down sizing or closing, which has
resulted in the loss of jobs or small business instability</quote> and
inserting <quote>due to events that have resulted or will result in, the
downsizing or closing of a business or government facility</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id38b986f8-0e47-4ac2-8526-010a1046efcb"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end
<quote>The Administrator may make a grant under this clause that exceeds
$100,000 to accommodate extraordinary events that the Administrator determines
have had a catastrophic impact on small business concerns in a
community.</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idad781f04-bdfa-4340-8b72-5f2a3e37bc63"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Purposes</header><text>Section
21(a)(1) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 648(a)(1)) is amended in the
first sentence by adding <quote>regulatory compliance and</quote> after
<quote>counseling concerning</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="id341291cb-7ad6-4bb0-9fb8-a94e86ac4ab2"><enum>609.</enum><header>Evaluation of pilot
programs</header>
<subsection id="id56c107ee-58ef-4b60-9949-16fed0fee0c5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 30 months after the date of disbursement
of the first grant under a covered pilot program, the Comptroller General of
the United States 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 covered pilot program, including
recommendations, if any, on possible improvements or modifications to the
covered pilot program, including the feasibility of extending the covered pilot
program to all small business development centers.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id69b5a7af-4811-4037-a75a-d261c514e2e1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definition of covered
pilot program</header><text>In this section, the term <term>covered pilot
program</term> means a pilot program relating to small business development
centers established under this Act or an amendment made by this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="id92423C8449654DA5A6217A591AA8478F"><enum>610.</enum><header>Educating and
networking entrepreneurs through technology</header>
<subsection id="ID81889ecfee394908af62e961567530b1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>The
purpose of this section is to provide a customized online community for
potential and existing entrepreneurs to—</text>
<paragraph id="idDE0CD413F208475DB83F743814852CEB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>access entrepreneurship
educational offerings of the Administration, other Federal and State agencies,
and public and private entities;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idE94540EA38E744E2853B842A42510E47"><enum>(2)</enum><text>engage in peer learning
and networking; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id8FA4E63225BC469D8780A0DF9C99B3BA"><enum>(3)</enum><text>readily access
information, community resources, service provider organizations, and
individuals in the State in which the entrepreneurs reside who provide business
assistance and capital.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDd6a033677dcb4b2cbfe61eb6c935717e"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>In
this section, the term <term>qualified third-party vendor</term> means an
entity with—</text>
<paragraph id="idEC1230E198E1403DB641464E1C0D304B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>experience in the
planning, administration, and management of online communities and the delivery
of technologically-driven education; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id335544620E994125B38EE7C647B21AF3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the ability to connect
community-based and public organizations to collaborate in the delivery of
services and delivery of resources online.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDf65f31e825684f1e83ba23c257f7cb56"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authority</header>
<paragraph id="id1AEA0C42F99E4E4385EFB00CB9C54380"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Administrator shall establish and manage a program
that—</text>
<subparagraph id="idB9C9C5FD9B2E4FCB9B81A6BBC6E3184B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>provides online
entrepreneurial training, ensuring that materials described in subsection (d)
are timely and relevant to entrepreneurial development and can be successfully
communicated remotely to an audience through the use of technology; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF2DA3CD7F496456EBB9A37FD824F4228"><enum>(B)</enum><text>includes a nationwide,
online learning community of owners of small business concerns and
entrepreneurs, customized by State.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id9ECC6A4A4F7E489182A769D880E3B4C4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Consultation and
contracting</header><text>The Administrator shall consult or contract with
resource partners of the Administration and qualified third-party vendors to
carry out this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDd627dba0047a4723818122d65bd80ddb"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Communications
technology</header><text>The Administrator shall ensure that the online
entrepreneurial training and the online learning community established under
this subsection allow entrepreneurs (including geographically isolated
entrepreneurs with less than broadband technology access) in all States and the
territories of the United States to network with the peers of the entrepreneurs
and to access entrepreneurial training and technical assistance
resources.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID61a315e333c7449093f7fd572504bf4a"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Materials</header><text>In
carrying out this section, the Administrator—</text>
<paragraph id="id099CCCD853B94CC688BD61E9C4D975DF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>shall, to the maximum
extent practicable, use materials that incorporate quality resources and
educational offerings of the Administration, the SCORE established under
section 8(b)(1) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(b)(1)), as amended by
this Act, small business development centers, and other public and private
entities; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id5CAEB604139E423C89AF21D707AE4F68"><enum>(2)</enum><text>shall develop additional
materials to address any areas not adequately addressed by the materials
described in paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section>
July 2, 2009
Reported with an amendment