[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3281 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3281

    To terminate the Federal authorization of the National Veterans 
                   Business Development Corporation.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              June 7, 2012

   Ms. Snowe (for herself, Mr. Kerry, and Mr. Coburn) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                  Small Business and Entrepreneurship

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                                 A BILL


 
    To terminate the Federal authorization of the National Veterans 
                   Business Development Corporation.

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

SECTION 1. NATIONAL VETERANS BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.

    (a) In General.--The Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631 et seq.) is 
amended by striking section 33 (15 U.S.C. 657c).
    (b) Corporation.--On and after 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.
    (c) Technical and Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Small business act.--The Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
        631 et seq.), as amended by this section, is amended--
                    (A) by redesignating sections 34 through 45 as 
                sections 33 through 44, respectively;
                    (B) in section 9(k)(1)(D) (15 U.S.C. 638(k)(1)(D)), 
                by striking ``section 34(d)'' and inserting ``section 
                33(d)'';
                    (C) in section 33 (15 U.S.C. 657d), as so 
                redesignated--
                            (i) by striking ``section 35'' each place 
                        it appears and inserting ``section 34'';
                            (ii) in subsection (a)--
                                    (I) in paragraph (2), by striking 
                                ``section 35(c)(2)(B)'' and inserting 
                                ``section 34(c)(2)(B)'';
                                    (II) in paragraph (4), by striking 
                                ``section 35(c)(2)'' and inserting 
                                ``section 34(c)(2)''; and
                                    (III) in paragraph (5), by striking 
                                ``section 35(c)'' and inserting 
                                ``section 34(c)''; and
                            (iii) in subsection (h)(2), by striking 
                        ``section 35(d)'' and inserting ``section 
                        34(d)'';
                    (D) in section 34 (15 U.S.C. 657e), as so 
                redesignated--
                            (i) by striking ``section 34'' each place 
                        it appears and inserting ``section 33''; and
                            (ii) in subsection (c)(1), by striking 
                        section ``34(c)(1)(E)(ii)'' and inserting 
                        section ``33(c)(1)(E)(ii)'';
                    (E) in section 36(d) (15 U.S.C. 657i(d)), as so 
                redesignated, by striking ``section 43'' and inserting 
                ``section 42'';
                    (F) in section 39(d) (15 U.S.C. 657l(d)), as so 
                redesignated, by striking ``section 43'' and inserting 
                ``section 42''; and
                    (G) in section 40(b) (15 U.S.C. 657m(b)), as so 
                redesignated, by striking ``section 43'' and inserting 
                ``section 42''.
            (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.--Section 3452(h) 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) Food, conservation, and energy act of 2008.--Section 
        12072(c)(2) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 
        (15 U.S.C. 636g(c)(2)) is amended by striking ``section 43 of 
        the Small Business Act, as added by this Act'' and inserting 
        ``section 42 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 657o)''.
            (5) 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''.
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