[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2608 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2608

To provide for an additional temporary extension of programs under the 
 Small Business Act and the Small Business Investment Act of 1958, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 21, 2011

 Mr. Graves of Missouri (for himself and Ms. Velazquez) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small Business

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide for an additional temporary extension of programs under the 
 Small Business Act and the Small Business Investment Act of 1958, and 
                          for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Small Business Program Extension and 
Reform Act of 2011''.

SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL TEMPORARY EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATION OF PROGRAMS 
              UNDER THE SMALL BUSINESS ACT AND THE SMALL BUSINESS 
              INVESTMENT ACT OF 1958.

    (a) In General.--Section 1 of the Act entitled ``An Act to extend 
temporarily certain authorities of the Small Business Administration'', 
approved October 10, 2006 (Public Law 109-316; 120 Stat. 1742), as most 
recently amended by section 2 of the Small Business Additional 
Temporary Extension Act of 2011 (Public Law 112-17; 125 Stat. 221), is 
amended by striking ``July 31, 2011'' each place it appears and 
inserting ``December 31, 2011''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect on July 30, 2011.

SEC. 3. REPEALS AND OTHER TERMINATIONS.

    (a) General Provisions.--
            (1) Effective date.--A repeal or other termination of a 
        provision of law made by this section shall take effect on the 
        date of enactment of this Act.
            (2) Rule.--Nothing in this section shall affect any grant 
        or assistance provided, contract or cooperative agreement 
        entered into, or loan made or guaranteed before the date of 
        enactment of this Act under a provision of law repealed or 
        otherwise terminated by this section and any such grant, 
        assistance, contract, cooperative agreement, or loan shall be 
        subject to the applicable repealed or otherwise terminated 
        provision, as in effect on the day before the date of enactment 
        of this Act.
            (3) Applicability of temporary extensions.--A repeal or 
        other termination of a provision of law made by this section 
        shall have effect notwithstanding any temporary extension of 
        programs, authority, or provisions under the Act entitled ``An 
        Act to extend temporarily certain authorities of the Small 
        Business Administration'', approved October 10, 2006 (Public 
        Law 109-316; 120 Stat. 1742).
    (b) Pollution Control Loans.--Paragraph (12) of section 7(a) of the 
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``(A) The Administration'' and inserting 
        ``The Administration''; and
            (2) by striking ``research and development'' and all that 
        follows and inserting ``research and development.''.
    (c) Small Business Institute.--Subparagraph (E) of section 8(b)(1) 
of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(b)(1)) is repealed.
    (d) Drug-Free Workplace Grants.--Paragraph (3) of section 21(c) of 
the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 648(c)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (R) by adding ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in subparagraph (S) by striking ``; and'' and inserting 
        a period; and
            (3) by striking subparagraph (T).
    (e) Central European Small Business Enterprise Development 
Commission.--Section 25 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 652) is 
repealed.
    (f) Paul D. Coverdell Drug-Free Workplace Program.--Section 27 of 
the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 654) is repealed.
    (g) Pilot Technology Access Program.--Section 28 of the Small 
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 655) is repealed.
    (h) National Veterans Business Development Corporation.--
            (1) In general.--Section 33 of the Small Business Act (15 
        U.S.C. 657c) is repealed.
            (2) Corporation.--Beginning on the date of enactment of 
        this Act, the National Veterans Business Development 
        Corporation and any successor thereto may not represent that 
        the corporation is federally chartered or in any other manner 
        authorized by the Federal Government.
    (i) Lease Guarantees and Pollution Control.--Part A of title IV of 
the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 692 et seq.) is 
repealed.
    (j) Alternative Loss Reserve.--Paragraph (7) of section 508(c) of 
the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 697e(c)) is 
repealed.
    (k) Small Business Telecommuting Pilot Program.--Subsection (d) of 
section 1203 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (15 
U.S.C. 657h) is repealed.
    (l) Technical and Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Small business investment act of 1958.--Section 411(i) 
        of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 
        694b(i)) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(i) Without limiting the authority conferred upon the 
Administrator and the Administration by section 201 of this Act, the 
Administrator and the Administration shall have, in the performance of 
and with respect to the functions, powers, and duties conferred by this 
part, all the authority and be subject to the same conditions 
prescribed in section 5(b) of the Small Business Act with respect to 
loans, including the authority to execute subleases, assignments of 
lease and new leases with any person, firm, organization, or other 
entity, in order to aid in the liquidation of obligations of the 
Administration hereunder.''.
            (2) Title 10.--Section 1142(b)(13) of title 10, United 
        States Code, is amended by striking ``and the National Veterans 
        Business Development Corporation''.
            (3) Title 38.--Subsection (h) of section 3452 of title 38, 
        United States Code, is amended by striking ``any of the'' and 
        all that follows and inserting ``any small business development 
        center described in section 21 of the Small Business Act (15 
        U.S.C. 648), insofar as such center offers, sponsors, or 
        cosponsors an entrepreneurship course, as that term is defined 
        in section 3675(c)(2).''.
            (4) Veterans entrepreneurship and small business 
        development act of 1999.--Section 203(c)(5) of the Veterans 
        Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development Act of 1999 (15 
        U.S.C. 657b note) is amended by striking ``In cooperation with 
        the National Veterans Business Development Corporation, 
        develop'' and inserting ``Develop''.

SEC. 4. TERMINATION OF EMERGING LEADERS PROGRAM.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Administrator of 
the Small Business Administration may not carry out or otherwise 
support the program referred to as ``Emerging Leaders'' in the document 
of the Small Business Administration titled ``FY 2012 Congressional 
Budget Justification and FY 2010 Annual Performance Report'' (or any 
predecessor or successor document) and may not carry out or otherwise 
support any successor to that program with similar goals.

SEC. 5. LIMITATION ON PILOT PROGRAMS.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
including section 7(a)(25) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
636(a)(25)), the Administrator of the Small Business Administration may 
not carry out a covered pilot program unless that program relates to 
the authority of the Administrator under section 7(b) of such Act (15 
U.S.C. 636(b)).
    (b) Covered Pilot Program Defined.--In this section, the term 
``covered pilot program'' means any initiative, project, innovation, or 
other activity that--
            (1) is established during the period beginning on the date 
        of enactment of this Act and ending on December 31, 2011; and
            (2) is not specifically authorized by Federal statute.
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