II 112th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3442 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 25, 2012 Ms. Landrieu introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance A BILL To provide tax incentives for small businesses, improve programs of the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes.
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Short title
This Act may be cited as the Success Ultimately Comes from Capital, Contracting, Education, Strategic Partnerships, and Smart Regulations Act of 2012 or the SUCCESS Act of 2012.
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Table of contents
The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title. Sec. 2. Table of contents. TITLE I—Small business tax extenders Sec. 101. References. Sec. 102. Extension of temporary exclusion of 100 percent of gain on certain small business stock. Sec. 103. Extension of increased amount allowed as a deduction for start-up expenditures. Sec. 104. Extension of reduction in recognition period for built-in gains tax. Sec. 105. Extension of 5-year carryback of general business credits of eligible small businesses. Sec. 106. Extension of increased expensing limitations and treatment of certain real property as section 179 property. TITLE II—Access to capital Subtitle A—Expanding Access to Capital for Entrepreneurial Leaders Sec. 211. Short title. Sec. 212. Program authorization. Sec. 213. Family of funds. Sec. 214. Adjustment for inflation. Sec. 215. Public availability of information. Sec. 216. Authorized uses of licensing fees. Sec. 217. Sense of Congress. Subtitle B—Low-Interest Refinancing Sec. 221. Low-interest refinancing under the local development business loan program. Subtitle C—SBA lender activity index Sec. 231. SBA lender activity index. TITLE III—Access to Global Markets Sec. 301. Short title. Sec. 302. Report on improvements to Export.gov as a single window for export information. Sec. 303. Report on developing a single window for information about export control compliance. Sec. 304. Promotion of exporting. Sec. 305. Export control education. Sec. 306. Small Business Inter-Agency Task Force on Export Financing. Sec. 307. Promotion of exports by rural small businesses. Sec. 308. Registry of export management and export trading companies. Sec. 309. Reverse trade missions. Sec. 310. State Trade and Export Promotion Grant Program. Sec. 311. Promotion of interagency details. Sec. 312. Annual export strategy. TITLE IV—Access to Mentoring, Education, and Strategic Partnerships Subtitle A—Measuring the Effectiveness of Resource Partners Sec. 411. Expanding entrepreneurship. Subtitle B—Women's Small Business Ownership Sec. 421. Short title. Sec. 422. Definition. Sec. 423. Office of Women’s Business Ownership. Sec. 424. Women’s Business Center Program. Sec. 425. Study and report on economic issues facing women's business centers. Sec. 426. Study and report on oversight of women's business centers. Subtitle C—Strengthening America's Small Business Development Centers Sec. 431. Institutions of higher education. Sec. 432. Updating funding levels for small business development centers. Sec. 433. Assistance to out-of-state small businesses. Sec. 434. Termination of small business development center defense economic transition assistance. Sec. 435. National Small Business Development Center Advisory Board. Sec. 436. Repeal of Paul D. Coverdell drug-free workplace program. Subtitle D—Terminating the National Veterans Business Development Corporation Sec. 441. National Veterans Business Development Corporation. TITLE V—Access to Government Contracting Subtitle A—Bonds Sec. 511. Removal of sunset dates for certain provisions of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958. Subtitle B—Small Business Contracting Fraud Prevention Sec. 521. Short title. Sec. 522. Definitions. Sec. 523. Fraud deterrence at the Small Business Administration. Sec. 524. Veterans integrity in contracting. Sec. 525. Section 8(a) program improvements. Sec. 526. HUBZone improvements. Sec. 527. Annual report on suspension, debarment, and prosecution. Subtitle C—Fairness in Women-Owned Small Business Contracting Sec. 531. Short title. Sec. 532. Procurement program for women-owned small business concerns. Sec. 533. Study and report on representation of women. Subtitle D—Small Business Champion Sec. 541. Short title. Sec. 542. Offices of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization. Sec. 543. Small Business Procurement Advisory Council. TITLE VI—Transparency, accountability, and effectiveness Subtitle A—Small business common application Sec. 611. Definitions. Sec. 612. Sense of Congress. Sec. 613. Executive Committee On a Small Business Common Application. Sec. 614. Authorization of appropriations. Subtitle B—Government Accountability Office review Sec. 621. Government Accountability Office review.
<enum>I</enum><header>Small business tax extenders</header> <section id="S1" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>101.</enum><header>References</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in this title an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to a section or other provision of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.</text> </section><section id="idE5F38DA335E447C3B656FE4E4B0D0E89"><enum>102.</enum><header>Extension of temporary exclusion of 100 percent of gain on certain small business stock</header> <subsection id="id9B420680F9DF4B428BFEBB07F57AEA41"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Paragraph (4) of section 1202(a) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="id84AB2A372F204883B3D8F3EA6765CA5A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>January 1, 2012</quote> and inserting <quote>January 1, 2014</quote>, and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id48E8A7BB257241C996C2E1AB068FE0BC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">and</header-in-text> 2011</quote> and inserting <quote>, 2011, 2012, <header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">and</header-in-text> 2013</quote> in the heading thereof.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id0D2F6C531CE84740AEF1201DB243858B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Technical amendments</header> <paragraph commented="no" id="idC2C21A7C1A9D464ABD9629C867C201DD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Special rule for 2009 and certain period in 2010</header><text>Paragraph (3) of section 1202(a) is amended by adding at the end the following new flush sentence:</text> <continuation-text commented="no" continuation-text-level="paragraph"><quote>In the case of any stock which would be described in the preceding sentence (but for this sentence), the acquisition date for purposes of this subsection shall be the first day on which such stock was held by the taxpayer determined after the application of section 1223.</quote>.</continuation-text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id63373A0DCA07466A99C9771D44776402"><enum>(2)</enum><header>100 percent exclusion</header><text>Paragraph (4) of section 1202(a) is amended by adding at the end the following new flush sentence:</text> <continuation-text commented="no" continuation-text-level="paragraph"><quote>In the case of any stock which would be described in the preceding sentence (but for this sentence), the acquisition date for purposes of this subsection shall be the first day on which such stock was held by the taxpayer determined after the application of section 1223.</quote>.</continuation-text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="idBA123E97794741FD979DFD934682FD37"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective dates</header> <paragraph commented="no" id="id5A692B4986DB44EABF1F48C94547DFD9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply to stock acquired after December 31, 2011.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idDA8BDEB40E1A422A8056B4220F43CA18"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Subsection <enum-in-header>(b)(1)</enum-in-header></header><text>The amendment made by subsection (b)(1) shall take effect as if included in section 1241(a) of division B of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id4052596CC5464F2ABC28ADBD533CD834"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Subsection <enum-in-header>(b)(2)</enum-in-header></header><text>The amendment made by subsection (b)(2) shall take effect as if included in section 2011(a) of the Creating Small Business Jobs Act of 2010.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idEBB665E090EF45B8A156672573075009"><enum>103.</enum><header>Extension of increased amount allowed as a deduction for start-up expenditures</header> <subsection id="id655DD0C235DC4ECEA0CA04EFF0CBD10E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Paragraph (3) of section 195(b) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="id58BE1768DF394237840A5EF42B733D0F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>, 2012, or 2013</quote> after <quote>2010</quote>, and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id2DC86F0A27D544F89679A90F40FFC839"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">2012, and 2013</header-in-text></quote> in the heading thereof.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id57F271F761E4429EA9D9A2E877FFD683"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply to amounts paid or incurred in taxable years beginning after December 31, 2011.</text> </subsection></section><section id="idA5BA386067BF411DBF3B7AC303DB56B0"><enum>104.</enum><header>Extension of reduction in recognition period for built-in gains tax</header> <subsection id="id2744B32DC53C45C0A912FA69248EEC94"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Paragraph (7) of section 1374(d) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="id27B7660364B94004B052E4E8A703E727"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (D), and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="idFB8188146D4148D6A687718830149B8E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following new subparagraph:</text> <quoted-block act-name="" id="id96CAB879F35E484C95E5D1D6D68BCD32" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="id98826AF3E76E485EBBBD48E743180096"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Special rule for 2012 and 2013</header><text>For dispositions of property in taxable years beginning in 2012 or 2013, subparagraphs (A) and (D) shall be applied by substituting <quote>5-year</quote> for <quote>10-year</quote>.</text> </subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id8893BB1E6FBA47D995C940FDD1DBAF6E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Technical amendment</header><text>Subparagraph (B) of section 1374(d)(2) is amended by inserting <quote>described in subparagraph (A)</quote> after <quote>, for any taxable year</quote>.</text> </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id018E40D6BABB4E90AD8AC173799D129F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2011.</text> </subsection></section><section id="id4FE1772840384B40BEF61829C8FDF5BD"><enum>105.</enum><header>Extension of 5-year carryback of general business credits of eligible small businesses</header> <subsection id="id419A72C5FCA34F7E85894D485CDB0B25"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subparagraph (A) of section 39(a)(4) is amended by inserting <quote>or in taxable years beginning in 2012, or 2013</quote> after <quote>2010</quote>.</text> </subsection><subsection commented="no" id="idA59BB69C2EE64674B0F2B00E9F93BA87"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Technical amendment</header><text>Section 38(c)(5)(B) is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="id313911ACCEBB409B91208BE790550946"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>the sum of</quote>, and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id51E95CA75D0747238B39CCEB41CB1A25"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>for any taxable year to which subparagraph (A) applies</quote> after <quote>or (4)</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="idA59BF8A4E309448D8E234795EA3D7B4F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective date</header> <paragraph commented="no" id="id929131E9E4874EAD8E1E09A192BA41F7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply to credits determined in taxable years beginning after December 31, 2011.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id969E41FB48B3451D83858272D7B955C3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Technical amendments</header><text>The amendments made by subsection (b) shall take effect as if included in section 2013(a) of the Creating Small Business Jobs Act of 2010.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idC3D5BA34547F435BBB7BC49F43B386AB"><enum>106.</enum><header>Extension of increased expensing limitations and treatment of certain real property as section 179 property</header> <subsection id="id804864BE64624882B6BABAD507BC98C0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header> <paragraph id="id0C320AC1FE394E26BE61C8EE7A23A995"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Dollar limitation</header><text>Section 179(b)(1) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="idE03A584521A147BFADEB948850AE4668"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of subparagraph (C),</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1F58CE700BA34AA8BC1A29311268D2CB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraph (D) as subparagraph (E),</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id395D9657D80E40ABA0F213C14C4A58DE"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following new subparagraph:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCB28CDE4161A43F2BF548D76CD36D528" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="idB2142BC876AC408DA7C22F88B2AFEAC1"><enum>(D)</enum><text>$500,000 in the case of taxable years beginning in 2013, and</text> </subparagraph><after-quoted-block>, and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id67CB1B261CED475586D721933E7F783C"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in subparagraph (E), as so redesignated, by striking <quote>2012</quote> and inserting <quote>2013</quote>.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id5A55439269804286BBAAD1F363109085"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Reduction in limitation</header><text>Section 179(b)(2) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="idCABCE9C29CA140738B967AF28427C3D2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of subparagraph (C),</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="idAA4F07C0BE204EFEAB1EE2A35991E36F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraph (D) as subparagraph (E),</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8EA800469C6E495DA3A47E2CE5C19040"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following new subparagraph:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4E21F2AA7C98452DB371F62F32CC1270" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="id651A0CA5E94140CBBE8800F9293AFAC7"><enum>(D)</enum><text>$2,000,000 in the case of taxable years beginning in 2013, and</text> </subparagraph><after-quoted-block>, and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8ACE3FA985F5474A9EDFD21BC11F3FF0"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in subparagraph (E), as so redesignated, by striking <quote>2012</quote> and inserting <quote>2013</quote>.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id0435E31F3180491C91C57F2C11B369BD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Computer software</header><text>Section 179(d)(1)(A)(ii) is amended by striking <quote>2013</quote> and inserting <quote>2014</quote>.</text> </subsection><subsection id="idD51FC18CA50E47AAAEBB8007EA6D64E9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Election</header><text>Section 179(c)(2) is amended by striking <quote>2013</quote> and inserting <quote>2014</quote>.</text> </subsection><subsection id="id4976147CCAC946BCB2C9C9695552693E"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Special rules for treatment of qualified real property</header> <paragraph id="id60582D6F3E974102A42DF72687CD41A1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 179(f)(1) is amended by striking <quote>2010 or 2011</quote> and inserting <quote>2010, 2011, or 2013</quote>.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="idE897B0FCCCFB47B1974CBD07A9C46570"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Carryover limitation</header><text>Section 179(f)(4) is amended by striking subparagraphs (A) through (C) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEA7C3DAEA34E45AD8F00175721333EE3" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="idA05404231DDC48B6924FD1C9578B6876"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Notwithstanding subsection (b)(3)(B)—</text> <clause id="idB463BAA670034DF9A724BAA034BD01D7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>no amount attributable to qualified real property placed in service in any taxable year beginning in 2010 or 2011 may be carried over to any taxable year beginning after 2011, and</text> </clause><clause id="id17A88878D5D14E7B8474DABACE119F6B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>no amount attributable to qualified real property placed in service in any taxable year beginning in 2013 may be carried over to any taxable year beginning after 2013.</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idCCA7D98CA9DD469698FF7E66FB3DF1A3"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Treatment of disallowed amounts</header><text>Except as provided in subparagraph (C)—</text> <clause id="id7E9E26ADA9754C8BAD1ADB839D9B9779"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Taxable years beginning after 2011</header><text>To the extent that any amount is not allowed to be carried over to a taxable year beginning after 2011 by reason of subparagraph (A)(i), this title shall be applied as if no election under this section had been made with respect to such amount.</text> </clause><clause id="id60210DA937AA4A2B93D30B0A7C863075"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Taxable years beginning after 2013</header><text>To the extent that any amount is not allowed to be carried over to a taxable year beginning after 2013 by reason of subparagraph (A)(ii), this title shall be applied as if no election under this section had been made with respect to such amount.</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd01ebd2fb7984cc1a6e29b585a8a5b7e"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Amounts carried over from certain taxable years</header> <clause id="idEA2C2AB31BD34EF38C1763C1F0AE4D49"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Amounts carried over from 2010</header><text>If subparagraph (B)(i) applies to any amount (or portion of an amount) which is carried over from a taxable year other than the taxpayer's last taxable year beginning in 2011, such amount (or portion of an amount) shall be treated for purposes of this title as attributable to property placed in service on the first day of the taxpayer's last taxable year beginning in 2011.</text> </clause><clause id="id50E31E942149445B95AA0011FB2B20CA"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Amounts carried over from 2013</header><text>If subparagraph (B)(ii) applies to any amount (or portion of an amount) which is carried over from a taxable year other than the taxpayer's last taxable year beginning in 2013, such amount (or portion of an amount) shall be treated for purposes of this title as attributable to property placed in service on the first day of the taxpayer's last taxable year beginning in 2013.</text> </clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA6CF0572286B4D2C9540DDDD7BFAB5C0"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2012.</text> </subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header>Access to capital</header> <subtitle id="id154ECFFD815E4B1592428D6D502DB4C0"><enum>A</enum><header>Expanding Access to Capital for Entrepreneurial Leaders</header> <section id="idBF7BEB25BF414219BAF3C9332D3855EC" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>211.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This subtitle may be cited as the <quote>EXCEL Act of 2012</quote>.</text> </section><section id="id12974B3D15CD43CDBF7D3378DC7E55DC"><enum>212.</enum><header>Program authorization</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 303(b) of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 683(b)) is amended, in the matter preceding paragraph (1), in the first sentence, by inserting after <quote>issued by such companies</quote> the following: <quote>, in a total amount that does not exceed $4,000,000,000 each fiscal year (adjusted annually to reflect increases in the Consumer Price Index established by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor)</quote>.</text> </section><section id="ida02e3a1569c8469a8b7eff41da06eee7"><enum>213.</enum><header>Family of funds</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 303(b)(2)(B) of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 683(b)(2)(B)) is amended by striking <quote>$225,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$350,000,000</quote>.</text> </section><section id="idE678B3895AD245B593B39DED937D9718"><enum>214.</enum><header>Adjustment for inflation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 303(b)(2) of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 683(b)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFCF229FF3FBB43EA826525D6A7672416" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="idC65E39F0F9CE41CC85F3BBAEA683F58B"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Adjustments</header> <clause id="idFA6DD0B0B83B4B5C8A049ABBA8E937A4"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The dollar amounts in subparagraph (A)(ii), subparagraph (B), and subparagraph (C)(ii)(I) shall be adjusted annually to reflect increases in the Consumer Price Index established by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor (in this subparagraph referred to as the <quote>CPI</quote>).</text> </clause><clause id="id7B0A5672CB0E4CCCB70EA2CE5B00037F"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text>The adjustments required by clause (i)—</text> <subclause id="id3B086E7444B24A208B2BC74AA1185F20"><enum>(I)</enum><text>with respect to dollar amounts in subparagraphs (A)(ii) and (C)(ii)(I) shall initially reflect increases in the CPI during the period beginning on the effective date of section 505 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–5; 123 Stat. 156) through the date of enactment of this subparagraph and annually thereafter;</text> </subclause><subclause id="id4401C504DD88432982708B0EE82311A1"><enum>(II)</enum><text>with respect to dollar amounts in subparagraph (B) shall reflect increases in the CPI annually on and after the date of enactment of this subparagraph.</text> </subclause></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section><section id="idCDC573D0BD814A9AADFC0F8F56F2A113"><enum>215.</enum><header>Public availability of information</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 303 of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 683) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id913C0BB01DDC4615B92BC1B3180CC838" style="OLC"> <subsection id="ida9deb19f8fb34b4f9cd49ab7e9940843"><enum>(l)</enum><header>Access to fund information</header><text>Annually, the Administrator shall make public on its website the following information with respect to each small business investment company:</text> <paragraph id="id08bd47cf153648988c993be832ac14cd"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The amount of capital deployed since fund inception.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id7e186b4142624ff3b29eda1008d314dc"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The amount of leverage drawn since fund inception.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id856a570f696f43bf9c344292a3607951"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The number of investments since fund inception.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id0dae28bbfdb94dfeaf0dff70cd69af68"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The number of businesses receiving capital since fund inception.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id7ba026577751458aa0bca0d4ceba5286"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Industry sectors receiving investment since fund inception.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="ida22f47984c974d22806403a90289454c"><enum>(6)</enum><text>The amount of leverage principal repaid by the small business investment company since fund inception.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id4a4905018d8641bc8c891a20482e9030"><enum>(7)</enum><text>A basic description of investment strategy.</text> </paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section><section id="id59D5F289EB924C0E876B5BEEDDF3D41F"><enum>216.</enum><header>Authorized uses of licensing fees</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 301 of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 681) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="idE9B0D149E9EE4B7B9A8947E2F2D95D76"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (d); and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id4843A1B8FABF4F1B91B8F363C0EF2BF9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (d)(2)(B), as so redesignated, by inserting before the period at the end the following: <quote>and other small business investment company program needs</quote>.</text> </paragraph></section><section id="id7196933A73514CC98379ED9CB74AA248"><enum>217.</enum><header>Sense of Congress</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that—</text> <paragraph id="id857B9EB1231942C195406E191545CA06"><enum>(1)</enum><text>small business investment companies would benefit from partnerships with community banks and other lenders, and should work with community banks and other lenders, to ensure that if community banks and other lenders deny an application by a small business concern for a loan, the community banks or other lenders will refer the small business concern to small business investment companies; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id6A75855BA06944579613B5AC7610A1B1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (in this Act referred to as the <quote>Administrator</quote>) should—</text> <subparagraph id="id4E1E4B716B7D4EE183074CB20FED0B37"><enum>(A)</enum><text>increase outreach to community banks and other lenders to encourage community banks and other lenders to invest in small business investment companies;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id90E75F5514E44888A4E3D7FF63463A99"><enum>(B)</enum><text>use the Internet to make publicly available in a timely manner which small business investment companies are actively soliciting investments and making investments in small business concerns;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="idA696421FA959406C852C474A1C501701"><enum>(C)</enum><text>partner with governors, mayors, States, and municipalities to increase outreach by small business investment companies to underserved and rural areas; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="idE429786B97254D59BBB9EFD227D8629E"><enum>(D)</enum><text>continue to make changes to the webpage for the small business investment company program, to make the webpage—</text> <clause id="id71DB94753B6E4D399AD32B9581CE39AA"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a more prominent part of the website of the Administration; and</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBA5CD1BD023F497A8B0BBD5223E6E0FC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>more user-friendly.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph></section></subtitle><subtitle id="idC28A10BD33B343F784E7E610D96B2D22"><enum>B</enum><header>Low-Interest Refinancing</header> <section id="id6C94059B67184742A188B8CE223F9BBF" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>221.</enum><header>Low-interest refinancing under the local development business loan program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1122(b) of the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 (15 U.S.C. 696 note) is amended by striking <quote>2 years</quote> and inserting <quote>on the date that is 3 years and 6 months</quote>.</text> </section></subtitle><subtitle id="id599DEC7785494BBE88BD34E3064E9B53"><enum>C</enum><header>SBA lender activity index</header> <section id="idF157BE0C6BB841EB89E22CE53042E38B"><enum>231.</enum><header>SBA lender activity index</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 4 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 633) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF7EDF981384C4C0DA232A5E87A49A62C" style="OLC"> <subsection id="idBACB167BC462429F976D6B1D5153B936"><enum>(g)</enum><header>SBA lender activity index</header> <paragraph id="id69647A7EF2274CA3BB322CCFE3FE4DB6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>In this subsection, the term <term>covered loan</term> means a loan made or debenture issued under this Act or the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 661 et seq.) by a private individual or entity.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id43A31AC3B5054917AABB40FE3A0F3378"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Administrator shall make publicly available on the website of the Administration a user-friendly database of information relating to lenders making covered loans (to be known as the <quote>Lender Activity Index</quote>).</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="idCD2AF3B4FD974C00B4CB92100DD712AD"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Data included</header> <subparagraph id="id176E5D7C879E4916B2A2B3C25D08B087"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The database made available under paragraph (2) shall include, for each lender making a covered loan—</text> <clause id="id1cd4d346ffea45efbebd1693ce01b50d"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the name of the lender;</text> </clause><clause id="idd6c24abd36d54975a089fc627700d3da"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the number of covered loans made by the lender;</text> </clause><clause id="id0492f5adaf654d08ab4a5a906ea2f824"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the total dollar amount of covered loans made by the lender;</text> </clause><clause id="idfb380ed9211a4cd8b45886cf1a632d9a"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>a list of each ZIP code in which a recipient of a covered loan made by the lender is located;</text> </clause><clause id="id58eec98259e8436a86fad9fc24bb8dbb"><enum>(v)</enum><text>a list of the industries of the recipients to which the lender made a covered loan;</text> </clause><clause id="idfcdc64b441b049e38912376b0d549d7e"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>whether the covered loan is for an existing business or a new business;</text> </clause><clause id="idc9d32d9d8aa64fd6b7054687dc5e0d26"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>the number and total dollar amount of covered loans made by the lender to—</text> <subclause id="id7b9cb6f271884f78810bd39b1975b89b"><enum>(I)</enum><text>small business concerns owned and controlled by women;</text> </subclause><subclause id="ida6cfafc8f54f4db4a09605da3627a7d0"><enum>(II)</enum><text>socially and economically disadvantaged small business concerns (as defined in section 8(a)(4)(A)); and</text> </subclause><subclause id="id957dec3cb1734f66a5b67eb79729d0c8"><enum>(III)</enum><text>small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans; and</text> </subclause></clause><clause id="idB5B33F1E716340F4A352CB3DE6BA41AE"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>whether the covered loan was made under section 7(a) or under the program to provide financing to small business concerns through guarantees of loans under title V of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 695 et seq.).</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idB16E403E15FE430BB8718BD6158C2C92"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Incorporation of data</header><text>The Administrator shall—</text> <clause id="idEC76117288A44AA38A6869D26BA5A5FB"><enum>(i)</enum><text>include in the database made available under paragraph (2) information relating to covered loans made during fiscal years 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012; and</text> </clause><clause id="idF08B3EC94C944FBC930F96EEDD2E0488"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>incorporate information relating to covered loans on an ongoing basis.</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1B44E3A05DAE44CE88F0356C734BBF51"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Period of data availability</header><text>The Administrator shall retain information relating to a covered loan in the database made available under paragraph (2) until not earlier than the end of the third fiscal year beginning after the fiscal year during which the covered loan was made.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section></subtitle><enum>III</enum><header>Access to Global Markets</header> <section id="id93585103D734405584AF5A6ABE9241A6"><enum>301.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Small Business Export Growth Act of 2012</short-title></quote>.</text> </section><section id="id2BEE8CCC359C4025A912144A173B4AE7"><enum>302.</enum><header>Report on improvements to Export.gov as a single window for export information</header> <subsection id="id7649FDEA883646199E1DA47AC5AED823"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of International Trade of the Small Business Administration shall, after consultation with the entities specified in subsection (b), submit to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Small Business and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives a report that includes the recommendations of the Director for improving the experience provided by the website Export.gov (or a successor website) as—</text> <paragraph id="id2F3685BC734C4EE28FF93A16F2DB98FF"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a comprehensive resource for information about exporting articles from the United States; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id6015F25B032747A7B3935E157F67D4B6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a single website for exporters to submit all information required by the Federal Government with respect to the exportation of articles from the United States.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id65AABECAF87A4329A064DC4D325A51B5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Entities specified</header><text>The entities specified in this subsection are—</text> <paragraph id="id2698ECD2F92441AA8AE3B867E1BA50C5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>small business concerns (as defined in section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632)) that are exporters; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id4B70D34419BD4DD7AC8F768C0E0B85CD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the President's Export Council, State agencies with responsibility for export promotion or export financing, district export councils, and trade associations.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id315A7EB3BA3D4D2AAE6431440829BF31"><enum>303.</enum><header>Report on developing a single window for information about export control compliance</header> <subsection id="id8314B0506C454BDBA891C22C657656C3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small Business Administration shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report assessing the benefits of developing a website to serve as—</text> <paragraph id="id412F284815824B04BCEA8D800F7D1DC1"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a comprehensive resource for complying with and information about the export control laws and regulations of the United States; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id9ADCE55948324F749DE57203FCBADA71"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a single website for exporters to submit all information required by the Federal Government with respect to export controls.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idF24A21CE09C144F5AC22270EF202C300"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Appropriate congressional committees defined</header><text>In this section, the term <term>appropriate congressional committees</term> means—</text> <paragraph id="idE26A6F8EB883416F85404655C5B6B5D0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the Senate; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFDC6824577C14654A3EA412252F8DD6C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Committee on Energy and Commerce, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on Small Business of the House of Representatives.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id82E047C46B5E4B62BF488C568751D559"><enum>304.</enum><header>Promotion of exporting</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 22(c)(11) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 649(c)(11)) is amended by inserting <quote>, which shall include conducting not fewer than 1 outreach event each fiscal year in each State that promotes exporting as a business development opportunity for small business concerns</quote> before the semicolon.</text> </section><section id="id5763191BFB1D4632A133D703EAFD3A94"><enum>305.</enum><header>Export control education</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 22 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 649) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="id50A4CA770D4B4FD6BEE93F52DEF76FD2"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subsection (l) as subsection (n); and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id6ED7F3A3EDD542599943C3E5CD4A95F2"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after subsection (k) the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id404C1925F61144E4A01DF25438CC3579" style="OLC"> <subsection id="idF55B258393334C25A2AB2DE2C7ABA76C"><enum>(l)</enum><header>Export control education</header><text>The Associate Administrator shall ensure that all programs of the Administration to support exporting by small business concerns place a priority on educating small business concerns about Federal export control regulations.</text> </subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></section><section id="id03462CD17A7A4AD9A7508AF41596CFDE"><enum>306.</enum><header>Small Business Inter-Agency Task Force on Export Financing</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Administrator, in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture, the President of the Export-Import Bank of the United States, and the President of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation shall jointly establish a Small Business Inter-Agency Task Force on Export Financing to—</text> <paragraph id="idFBE478AD93EF49808D6129068908E777"><enum>(1)</enum><text>review and improve Federal export finance programs for small business concerns; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id20352760DF264368B64F52718C1F2D24"><enum>(2)</enum><text>coordinate the activities of the Federal Government to assist small business concerns seeking to export.</text> </paragraph></section><section id="IDd503120d7aad45818c89f76a0f31a347"><enum>307.</enum><header>Promotion of exports by rural small businesses</header> <subsection id="id77850E9AABC54814806E550FFF02E657"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Small Business Administration-United States Department of Agriculture interagency coordination</header> <paragraph id="id78A77D5248B74DC3BF0D3D236911E31F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Export financing programs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In coordination with the Secretary of Agriculture, the Administrator shall develop a program to cross-train export finance specialists and personnel from the Office of International Trade of the Administration on the export financing programs of the Department of Agriculture and the Foreign Agricultural Service.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5c689e52d75240a7a1b4d867dfd04dc3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Export assistance and business counseling programs</header><text>In coordination with the Secretary of Agriculture and the Foreign Agricultural Service, the Administrator shall develop a program to cross-train export finance specialists, personnel from the Office of International Trade of the Administration, Small Business Development Centers, women's business centers, the Service Corps of Retired Executives authorized by section 8(b)(1) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(b)(1)), Export Assistance Centers, and other resource partners of the Administration on the export assistance and business counseling programs of the Department of Agriculture.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idEDD4D86AC15B41F5BB01188D5E7CD088"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report on lenders</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 7(a)(16)(F) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)(16)(F)) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="id0F724BD4941A4ECD8CE738CFF57A4121"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (i)—</text> <subparagraph id="id6D25259F555E47C2A8B5F8830401EE30"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subclauses (I) through (III) as items (aa) through (cc), respectively, and adjusting the margins accordingly;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8B72D1889B1043348A9194C729EDBA3E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>list, have made</quote> and inserting the following: “list—</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFF63D60113F544B3885F7747BDB06EE7" style="OLC"> <subclause id="id154EF3B470564694984E1779B551BA2F"><enum>(I)</enum><text>have made</text> </subclause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id186394AF7DB94F63A7B0D3ED14BDE28C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in item (cc), as so redesignated, by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="idAEAAE25322E84524BC8EAFED437B7051"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id988BF7FDA49346849E25A68670C72C05" style="OLC"> <subclause id="idBF03F5271BE04C4BA0F530CD3BBA8C26"><enum>(II)</enum><text>were located in a rural area, as that term is defined in section 1393(a)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or a nonmetropolitan statistical area and have made—</text> <item id="id07C5F70728754F08A66B89FAB0CAC7BB"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>loans guaranteed by the Administration; or</text> </item><item id="id7BB7B5A6368A4D1795E2C49F3E257835"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>loans through the programs offered by the United States Department of Agriculture or the Foreign Agricultural Service.</text> </item></subclause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idCC7AA3B3360F410A8CF79979DA535AB4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in clause (ii)(II), by inserting <quote>and by resource partners of the Administration</quote> after <quote>the Administration</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idB202B1BF13EF4004AFD5BD83612EB316"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Cooperation with small business development centers</header><text>Section 21(c)(3)(M) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 648(c)(3)(M)) is amended by inserting after <quote>the Department of Commerce,</quote> the following: <quote>the Department of Agriculture,</quote>.</text> </subsection><subsection id="IDdbf788fbe8a6483bacbee8fc3d6d888f"><enum>(d)</enum><header>List of rural export assistance resources</header><text>Section 22(c)(7) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 649(c)(7)) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="id53C666557A7543F0977BB485F27A09C3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="idD3EB1FB40DE84BD0B4DA98274612CE6E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraph (D) as subparagraph (E); and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id96BBE982335A4E708226F5DBF0FEB42F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id20FFD0BF5B334BE5953DE356A6E954D0" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="ID95f76354a2e44d96b28e30110641318d"><enum>(D)</enum><text>publishing an annual list of relevant resources and programs of the district and regional offices of the Administration, other Federal agencies, the small business development center network, Export Assistance Centers, the network of women's business centers, chapters of the Service Corps of Retired Executives, State and local export promotion programs, and partners in the private sector, that—</text> <clause id="ID9f17df2a5823429b9b1d266d9121fb2a"><enum>(i)</enum><text>are administered or offered by entities located in rural or nonmetropolitan statistical areas; and</text> </clause><clause id="IDc51cfe221d5546c4b9292cd68bebf2c8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>offer export assistance or business counseling services to rural small businesses concerns; and</text> </clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection></section><section id="IDa644392b78d04e928a8971c8d24cdf86"><enum>308.</enum><header>Registry of export management and export trading companies</header> <subsection id="idE16B9BC70CA24EAFA38BDD4DC3A46996"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Coordination with export management companies and export trading companies</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall establish a program to register export management companies, as that term is defined by the Department of Commerce, and export trading companies, as that term is defined in section 103 of the Export Trading Company Act of 1982 (15 U.S.C. 4002).</text> </subsection><subsection id="ID0aabdb98657c4b38acb3f4d19fac8139"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>The program established under subsection (a) shall—</text> <paragraph id="idA36982F75CD74C67B2382A8C024E1146"><enum>(1)</enum><text>be similar to the program of the Administration for registering franchise companies, as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id691414CF7FA442D7B82782B28166FA27"><enum>(2)</enum><text>require that a list of the export management companies and export trading companies that register under the program, categorized by the type of product exported by the company, be made available on the website of the Administration.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ID2f348e1a696547878ea655400b20818b"><enum>309.</enum><header>Reverse trade missions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 22(c) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 649(c)) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="id84CC10A3CDA046BEB0C64723341C03C0"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (12), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id005CC0F706E74F979513D869FC434408"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (13), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id95A59C4D597B4A35A9F555D1EADDAAC1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id78D85A67FB9F490EB7E8E78230AC244B" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="idEBF06BBF71D74B539130E11D4BCD9336"><enum>(14)</enum><text>in coordination with other relevant Federal agencies, encourage the participation of employees and resource partners of the Administration in reverse trade missions hosted or sponsored by the Federal Government.</text> </paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></section><section id="H587DECC425EC449CB3A62767D8945F32"><enum>310.</enum><header>State Trade and Export Promotion Grant Program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1207(a)(5) of the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 (15 U.S.C. 649b note) is amended by inserting after <quote>Guam,</quote> the following: <quote>the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands,</quote>.</text> </section><section id="IDdae00947e582473dbd3304e792b39327"><enum>311.</enum><header>Promotion of interagency details</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that the Administrator should periodically detail staff of the Administration to other Federal agencies that are members of the Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee, to facilitate the cross training of the staff of the Administration on the export assistance programs of such other agencies.</text> </section><section id="IDc32339fcd8b14dd1b377a14884391f0e"><enum>312.</enum><header>Annual export strategy</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 22 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 649), as amended by section 305 of this Act, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9E4FD9EA875742658B23DFC13285B50E" style="OLC"> <subsection id="ID94d991c885c948b68eb18718d666d6f9"><enum>(m)</enum><header>Small business trade strategy</header> <paragraph id="ID8c97af8f2ede4b019c32e0767708b9aa"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Development of small business trade strategy</header><text>The Associate Administrator shall develop and maintain a small business trade strategy that is included in the report on the governmentwide strategic plan for Federal trade promotion required to be submitted to Congress by the Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee under section 2312(f)(1) of the Export Enhancement Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 4727(f)(1)) that includes, at a minimum—</text> <subparagraph id="ID5dd9d4b528e04309bd4d4215c864ffe9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>strategies to increase export opportunities for small business concerns, including a specific strategy to increase opportunities for small business concerns that are new to exporting;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDa72a6caded9c43469e34d33e907fff44"><enum>(B)</enum><text>recommendations to increase the competitiveness in the global economy of small business concerns in the United States that are part of industries in which small business concerns account for a high proportion of participating businesses;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDecdce6f8ad644883b0c47dbcb60e1af5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>recommendations to protect small business concerns from unfair trade practices, including intellectual property violations;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="idE7252096DFD44218B918B85E7F5C4E8A"><enum>(D)</enum><text>recommendations for strategies to promote and facilitate opportunities in the foreign markets that are most accessible for small business concerns that are new to exporting; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID3ddd3edc6ce149da8fbdab1c4128598b"><enum>(E)</enum><text>strategies to expand the representation of small business concerns in the formation and implementation of United States trade policy.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID9276f44234f14b8986f04ebbecfbb564"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Annual report to Congress</header><text>At the beginning 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 small business trade strategy required under paragraph (1), which shall contain, at a minimum—</text> <subparagraph id="id0B1EBFB67E344246AF95AED18A46E399"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a description of each strategy and recommendation described in paragraph (1);</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id86D084B96F8A467D9B3E1282577EB00F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>specific policies and objectives, together with timelines for the implementation of such policies and objectives; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id37B7DCA4920844E8A94294B9B78288A1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a description of the progress of the Administration in implementing the strategies and recommendations contained in the report submitted for the preceding fiscal year.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section><enum>IV</enum><header>Access to Mentoring, Education, and Strategic Partnerships</header> <subtitle id="idFFBDE2AC108C465D8681EC07E07C8C69"><enum>A</enum><header>Measuring the Effectiveness of Resource Partners</header> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDF96C4ECE09C4CE498ABF4F38E42DEDF" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>411.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Expanding entrepreneurship</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 4 of the Small Business Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/633">15 U.S.C. 633</external-xref>), as amended by this Act, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD83A9EA45530450AA00BB950096F052F" style="OLC"> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF55FFF2DF5A44A26AD4D4938D614BEE0"><enum>(h)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Management and direction</header> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB3371D25C7BE432DB33BA28D161FFD57"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Plan for entrepreneurial development and job creation strategy</header> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5FFAC5E68776418DB926A3AD87577A54"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Plan required</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator, in consultation with a representative from each entrepreneurial development program of the Administration, shall develop and submit to Congress a plan for using the entrepreneurial development programs of the Administration to create jobs during fiscal years 2013 and 2014.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6F72897F942149E9BEFF5B7E320B1115"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Contents of plan</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The plan required under subparagraph (A) shall—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD3A2C0331A734ACBBD72C90A6BEA971E"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">include the plan of the Administrator for using existing programs, including small business development centers, women’s business centers, the Service Corps of Retired Executives authorized by section 8(b)(1), Veterans Business Outreach Centers, and programs of the Office of Native American Affairs, to create jobs;</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id823EE46FD7984FEF8ED51F6D754C3857"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">identify a strategy for each region of the Administration to use programs of the Administration to create or retain jobs in the region; and</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC35E96DA73DF445EBDF1D5D20D8B8085"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">establish performance measures and criteria, including goals for job creation, job retention, and job retraining, to evaluate the success of the plan.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF93CA8A0900842A6B809CB7479600675"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Data collection process</header> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id476214C9F7A044ACA41023EAE238A90E"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator shall, after notice and opportunity for comment, promulgate a rule to develop and implement a consistent data collection process for the entrepreneurial development programs.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id99DAABD63BB0455C8A9CA6319E57DD5B"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Contents</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The data collection process developed under subparagraph (A) shall collect data relating to job creation and performance and any other data determined appropriate by the Administrator.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H261E80E59A7B46639ED64E4D3E538F3C"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Coordination and Alignment of SBA Entrepreneurial Development Programs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator, in consultation with other Federal departments and agencies as the Administrator determines is appropriate, shall submit an annual report to Congress describing opportunities to foster coordination of, limit duplication among, and improve program delivery for Federal entrepreneurial development programs.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB744BC288234434B8DD34406D8D33245"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Database of Entrepreneurial Development Service Providers</header> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEE1B77F4993E47CCBD6B9461B08E5713"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">After providing a period of 60 days for public comment, the Administrator shall—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7994B48BC6C64AE4932152E9AF301D1C"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">establish a database of providers of entrepreneurial development services; and</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF07EFBE615D8457B9FA93BA889ABA405"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">make the database available through the website of the Administration.</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3884225420C64759B08B1AFC6B8E223C"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Searchability</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The database established under subparagraph (A) shall be searchable by industry, geographic location, and service required.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4311EFDD4AF74F2BB953632846B328E4"><enum>(5)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Community specialist</header> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id51F86D690AAC46A7BC86F132795B73C1"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Designation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator shall designate not fewer than 1 staff member in each district office of the Administration as a community specialist whose full-time responsibility is working with local providers of entrepreneurial development services to increase coordination with Federal entrepreneurial development programs.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id87F4D0D25FE3463FBC97C37C090B5A64"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Performance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator shall develop benchmarks for measuring the performance of community specialists under this paragraph.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section></subtitle><subtitle id="id1C28D3CDFDD240A0B633291C0BE2901D"><enum>B</enum><header>Women's Small Business Ownership</header> <section id="id9AA76A6C262A4B6AB58154866E5AF332"><enum>421.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This subtitle may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Women's Small Business Ownership Act of 2012</short-title></quote>.</text> </section><section id="id9AB95986052540759C2C9242C60310E5"><enum>422.</enum><header>Definition</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this subtitle, the term <term>Administrator</term> means the Administrator of the Small Business Administration.</text> </section><section id="id1ac43ebc-261e-4c7d-8430-7d213a4f1730"><enum>423.</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)—</text> <clause id="id3958573C5B9645DDA679BC51D44A405E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in clause (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 id="id0c522e1f-e2d1-4777-9b2e-3c638f3d9c32" 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> </clause><clause id="id0DCAFE7453E2455A8D453CB59476C611"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in clause (ii), by striking <quote>Women's Business Center program</quote> each place that term appears and inserting <quote>women's business center program</quote>; and</text> </clause></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 id="id48bf4a22-38a0-49bf-b382-aeff44e823b0" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="id3a5b2996-06cf-4f6a-9c2d-49641fd92df4"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Training</header><text>The Administrator may provide annual programmatic and financial examination 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 examination process by—</text> <subparagraph id="id66c3be8e-178e-43e7-a5a6-ea317ceca83c"><enum>(A)</enum><text>providing public notice of any announcement for financial assistance under subsection (b) or a grant 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 programmatic and financial examination process; 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 to the women's business center (whether conducted for an audit, performance review, or other reason), a copy of any site visit reports or 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 display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida5ab61e4-8c9e-427a-a2b4-a044113801ab" 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 that term 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>424.</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), as amended by section 423(b) of this Act—</text> <subparagraph id="id10708542-3767-4209-b668-e543353dfd27"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting before paragraph (2) the following:</text> <quoted-block id="ide044b36a-5dc1-4f84-b8ce-89f8fa3a5646" 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) the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfcc0cf66-c772-49c7-a632-c0a29aef52fb" 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 junior or community college, as defined in section 312(f) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1058(f)); 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) the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id485fea0d-e944-4eb5-9923-734ac112fdc2" 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 projects</quote> and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id46529329-53ca-4f0d-97d3-76bc96dace27" 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 display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf66a8170-b531-4e4e-885b-f0571b5bdc73" 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</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 display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbf685923-a2e6-46d3-af21-9613a70fa560" 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 $100,000 and not more than $150,000 per year.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1DF92A94D6D1464E972A4130EDE2E318"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Lower amount</header><text>The Administrator may award financial assistance under this subsection to a recipient in an amount that is less than $100,000 if the Administrator determines that the recipient is unable to make a non-Federal contribution of $100,000 or more, as required under subsection (c).</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="iddabbdb26-4a27-469d-b4bf-93acffc2400e"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Equal allocations</header><text>If the Administration has insufficient funds to provide financial assistance of not less than $100,000 for each recipient of financial assistance under this subsection in any fiscal year, the Administrator shall provide an equal amount of financial assistance to each recipient in the fiscal year, 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)(4).</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 of assistance</quote> and inserting <quote>eligible entity</quote>;</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><clause id="id8CE2E17407894FA99CAC534F740470ED"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>recipient</quote> and inserting <quote>eligible entity</quote>; and</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5E03F7A6D7844AF8A149FA8226EEF026"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph (5)—</text> <clause id="idE231AD3AC1584E80BC2809B03563BE17"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>a recipient organization</quote> and inserting <quote>an eligible entity</quote>; and</text> </clause><clause id="id0ECADEB2386D4E1A938E1AB6A4E125D3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>the recipient organization</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>the eligible entity</quote>; and</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id39D6A2C220C3490AAB45FFDFED219FD4"><enum>(E)</enum><text>by adding at end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id062339C242C14866A904892235AAA407" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="id2989779A4B884FBBBB3A91528696E740"><enum>(6)</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 display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida20e9c86-ac0e-4f06-bac2-93de99ccb51e" 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 using financial assistance under subsection (b) or other sources, to manage the center on a full-time basis;</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 examination; 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 examination under subclause (I) or (II); and</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 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 in 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>working with 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 business 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 to 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 begin 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 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)—</text> <subparagraph id="id2784C54184FD4BB892254D3DD184EAD1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfd293125-7c7a-481e-8381-87077d35fb52" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="idde04663d-db06-4ac4-8e46-f84a8a09a865"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Application and approval for renewal grants</header> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD9FCE61885954AE6BA984F875EFFB6E7"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Solicitation of applications</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator shall solicit applications and award grants under this subsection for the first fiscal year beginning after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Women's Small Business Ownership Act of 2012</short-title>, and every third fiscal year thereafter.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="idbeb23d75-4497-4612-ad8b-229615e3257c"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Contents of 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 an eligible entity;</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 examination 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 examination 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 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 in the area served by the women's business center for which a grant under this subsection is sought;</text> </clause><clause id="id2427438d-b576-4a84-96e1-b3d33d44c99c"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>information demonstrating that the applicant has worked with 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>(C)</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 (B), 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 to 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 startup companies assisted by the applicant;</text> </item><item id="ida319d649-280a-4d81-a2c7-f768ce48050b"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>the percentage of 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>(D)</enum><header>Notification</header><text>Not later than 60 days after the date of each deadline to submit applications, the Administrator shall approve or deny any application under this paragraph and notify the applicant for each such application of the approval or denial.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4178aca4-83d0-45a6-ba8f-5686117e9893"><enum>(E)</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>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id14883A02C0834A08A88A9CD9A31FCFA2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (5) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id73214792D546468B86105DC7BE68BB67" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="id54058253FB454B53B05EBE078A6AE463"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Award to previous recipients</header><text>There shall be no limitation on the number of times the Administrator may award a grant to an applicant under this subsection.</text> </paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id2128f39e-c8db-434a-b011-406a2477b5e1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Technical and conforming amendments</header> <paragraph id="id18A4202C1C92478E8F1428905BD82FD9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 29 of the <act-name parsable-cite="SBA">Small Business Act</act-name> (15 U.S.C. 656) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="idb9bd44d4-aa82-4940-8cfd-8ac80a3e64b1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (h)(2), by striking <quote>to award a contract (as a sustainability grant) under subsection (l) or</quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc7dbb429-c6c0-4d6a-a166-25c7a03ae6ff"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (j)(1), by striking <quote>The Administration</quote> and inserting <quote>Not later than November 1 of each year, the Administrator</quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0c86ab5c-e86e-4c76-abce-b349e88e296b"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subsection (k)—</text> <clause id="id18e7e896-7900-4102-9681-9223eacfdf8a"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking paragraphs (1), (2), and (4);</text> </clause><clause id="idfa0f86fc-b72e-403a-820f-b45aa8d5145a"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4); and</text> </clause><clause id="idc0dc4ec2-e19a-4de7-8652-f42b2e2cf866"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by inserting before paragraph (4), as so redesignated, the following:</text> <quoted-block id="idfe3668f6-5f61-436f-910d-948f1cd73aaa" 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, $14,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2013, 2014, and 2015.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id87ae9c43-f537-4f05-b142-4c0a5ceb55d9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Use of funds</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>(3)</enum><header>Continuing grant and cooperative agreement authority</header> <subparagraph id="idc3b9cf34-6363-42d9-890a-a8f30519921f"><enum>(A)</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>(B)</enum><header>Suspension or termination</header><text>If the Administrator has entered into a grant or cooperative agreement with a women's business center under this section, the Administrator may not suspend or terminate the 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 women's business 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> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id11478395-be47-407f-85f9-2ce9239d9727"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in subsection (m)—</text> <clause id="idE87BBA49C86048C58540A975CDB467E7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>subsection (b) or (l)</quote> and inserting <quote>this subsection or subsection (b)</quote>; and</text> </clause><clause id="idB64BEA27916E4385A472C901DCE634A3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in paragraph (4)(D), by striking <quote>or subsection (l)</quote>; and</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id263d412d-2f99-4ab4-ad68-5e4225addd47"><enum>(E)</enum><text>by redesignating subsections (m) and (n), as amended by this Act, as subsections (l) and (m), respectively.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id9DBEEAC130AD40B889B2FAAC1534C591"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Prospective repeal</header><text>Section 1401(c)(2) of the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 (15 U.S.C. 636 note) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="id0ECF16C05F16441A976A42FA91C4520A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2145EAE1D3B947199BE8736267ED1EDA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8ED07921998940699880DFC354F62850"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEE0D0B813D8E4F1F8172D1BC088E8CE3" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="id0CB43F6CA1414BE1BE1E34832101737A"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (6), as added by section 424(a)(3)(E) of the <short-title>Women's Small Business Ownership Act of 2012</short-title>, as paragraph (5).</text> </subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idF317177F95784400A4792242594744E5"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effect on existing grants</header> <paragraph id="idC2D6DFCE8AB24EC98F42EDD4F65B5C3C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Terms and conditions</header><text>A nonprofit organization receiving a grant under section 29(m) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 656(m)), as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this Act, shall continue to receive the grant under the terms and conditions in effect for the grant on the day before the date of enactment of this Act, except that the nonprofit organization may not apply for a renewal of the grant under section 29(m)(5) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 656(m)(5)), as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this Act.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id6C392927E2C845BFB327FF06E026E980"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Length of renewal grant</header><text>The Administrator may award a grant under section 29(l) of the Small Business Act, as so redesignated by subsection (b)(1)(E) of this section, to a nonprofit organization receiving a grant under section 29(m) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 656(m)), as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this Act, for the period—</text> <subparagraph id="idDB2A2C6B9FD64F3D89F57D33AC03C74B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>beginning on the day after the last day of the grant agreement under such section 29(m); and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id470851F4FC2243B987637E10694C8E3D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>ending at the end of the third fiscal year beginning after the date of enactment of this Act.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id3e217445-6f42-448b-a36c-ea4e2bc13707"><enum>425.</enum><header>Study and report on economic issues facing women's business centers</header> <subsection id="idc0107c34-4a69-40d0-a2ca-1b127a77e675"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Study</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 in 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 containing the results of the study 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><section id="id50373050B3A543E28AD970EE0DF454BE"><enum>426.</enum><header>Study and report on oversight of women's business centers</header> <subsection id="id0D07111175AA45238B9203FF7513925D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Study</header><text>The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study of the oversight of women's business centers by the Administrator, which shall include—</text> <paragraph id="id8FE966911CFB4AC6A1D732B6E8C38241"><enum>(1)</enum><text>an analysis of the coordination by the Administrator of the activities of women's business centers with the activities of small business development centers, the Service Corps of Retired Executives, and Veterans Business Outreach Centers;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="idFEA2CCC53A58486F96D422E2B875A84B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a comparison of the types of individuals and small business concerns served by women's business centers and the types of individuals and small business concerns served by small business development centers, the Service Corps of Retired Executives, and Veterans Business Outreach Centers; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id2560C375707F4E5BAAEFF96972194D49"><enum>(3)</enum><text>an analysis of performance data for women's business centers that evaluates how well women's business centers are carrying out the mission of women's business centers and serving individuals and small business concerns.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id44C219D966D942D7A10D962C39AB795F"><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 containing the results of the study under subsection (a), which shall include recommendations, if any, for eliminating the duplication of services provided by women's business centers, small business development centers, the Service Corps of Retired Executives, and Veterans Business Outreach Centers.</text> </subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="id2190417418EE48E290EA0F3A83E1D081"><enum>C</enum><header>Strengthening America's Small Business Development Centers</header> <section id="id3D8DB74FF1504B1EA5FB2E4C94127C49"><enum>431.</enum><header>Institutions of higher education</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 21 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 648) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="idCE141E2160AE4081803C9632606FE27B"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)(1), 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, 2013, the Administrator 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).</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="idECBDAD029EFC45C2B4E3C1EC8E5D30E2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (c)(3)(K), by inserting <quote>public and private institutions of higher education (including universities, community colleges, and junior colleges),</quote> before <quote>local and regional private consultants</quote>.</text> </paragraph></section><section id="id2CEB17463F2646AEA461160764F38FB8"><enum>432.</enum><header>Updating funding levels for small business development centers</header> <subsection id="id36539D3B858C4DB9ABAC78088118DBE7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Minimum funding levels</header><text>Section 21(a)(4)(C) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 648(a)(4)(C)) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="id3C37F106739844D1A3FE443F885FAC6C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in clause (iii)—</text> <subparagraph id="id93492BC26DA144FB92ED59E41D232932"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>$90,000,000</quote> each place that term appears and inserting <quote>$98,500,000</quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id89731A8867484AFEAD15BF7903E6E642"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>$81,500,000</quote> each place that term appears and inserting <quote>$90,000,000</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="idCF576D16B74B444990F70D62EA02D706"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking <quote>$500,000</quote> each place that term appears and inserting <quote>$600,000</quote>;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id5CCFDCA5CEE34649B16E1EE935C2B037"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in clause (v)(II), by striking <quote>if the usage</quote> and all that follows through the end of the subclause and inserting a period; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id70f2b8d520f448a1958aff85a04deeef"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in clause (v), by striking subclause (I) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id78360628BBDC449B9F9CC5E71C80CE4A" style="OLC"> <subclause id="idaeb77251510546b38584c5d9dbebc81e"><enum>(I)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Of the amounts made available in any fiscal year to carry out this section—</text> <item id="ide50bbb478821418c8b2995b67afcca30"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>not more than $50,000 may be used by the Administration to pay the expenses enumerated in subparagraph (B) of section 20(a)(1);</text> </item><item id="idb62b81d9886444dca9d90ead861b6752"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>not more than $500,000 may be used by the Administration to pay the expenses enumerated in subparagraph (C) of section 20(a)(1); and</text> </item><item id="id3906d5e90c604d5fa60778374eba9aed"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>not more than $250,000 may be used by the Administration to pay the expenses enumerated in subparagraph (D) of section 20(a)(1).</text> </item></subclause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id9732A2D486D24A04B88A2181C72B07D3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd3891413-237e-4802-8ea0-ae3a75da3328" 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>$135,000,000 for fiscal year 2013;</text> </subclause><subclause id="id983e2b1e-1153-4942-821c-9fc082e02b74"><enum>(II)</enum><text>$135,000,000 for fiscal year 2014; and</text> </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1699b261-5cd6-40dd-8d8c-8d3100e5fd58"><enum>(III)</enum><text>$135,000,000 for fiscal year 2015.</text> </subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id97a50746-d8e6-423d-8364-cdbef03e5528"><enum>433.</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 display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc96babd9-ed34-4be1-a6f5-cc2825ad66b8" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="id14ACB7A8C333432D8D5150C81A3BE132"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Assistance to out-of-state small businesses</header> <subparagraph id="id96B928524A664D3783C223835FD97520"><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 display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd861042a-1dd5-4812-a3c6-0fb9a0f5e2a0" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="idc38833b8-ce47-4bdb-93e9-67c125d3c8b6"><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 under section 401 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170), 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 id="id8B55BB0627FB4735AC07419DC2CAC950"><enum>434.</enum><header>Termination of small business development center defense economic transition assistance</header> <subsection id="id1627D69E3A4F4BC0A5FCE9CB773D2C79"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 21(c)(3) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 648(c)(3)) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="idA768F892A6DB4F718FEC62A13A9F1EBE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (G); and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id96F58CC4C15043458C557D3AFA0E8C79"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraphs (H) through (T) as subparagraphs (G) through (S), respectively.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id2A941217E9DD4A628D4DFB2EDE20C91B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Technical and conforming amendments</header><text>Section 21(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 648(a)) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="id42D6BF984919489189C88FA2B5CFC2DF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (4)(C)(vi), by striking <quote>or (c)(3)(G)</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id41FE43E97E46478E91990647376052AD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (6), by striking <quote>subparagraphs (B) through (G) of subsection (c)(3)</quote> and inserting <quote>subparagraphs (B) through (F) of subsection (c)(3)</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id1292BD40FA1B40908CA52A7841AD4C81"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Existing grants</header><text>Nothing in this section shall affect any grant made to a small business development center before the date of enactment of this Act under section 21(c)(3)(G) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 648(c)(3)(G)), as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this Act, and any such grant shall be subject to such section 21(c)(3)(G), as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this Act.</text> </subsection></section><section id="ida256736e-6238-4753-ba86-6c42c14e1fa2"><enum>435.</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—</text> <subparagraph id="id4C5B516C366D46E5ACB032DBFF8E76B4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Succeeding Boards</quote> and inserting <quote>The members of the Board</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD75CF15359C4468380C47890F400AC72"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>not less than</quote> before <quote>one-third</quote>.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4b5c08b8-b2ad-4d61-b8cd-ad90be90bd6c"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Incumbents</header><text>An individual serving as a member of the National Small Business Development Center Advisory 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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFBF35F2334D645619B6D4DB689519E6F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>436.</enum><header>Repeal of Paul D. Coverdell drug-free workplace program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 27 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 654) is repealed.</text> </section></subtitle><subtitle id="idEC129397743549249B06D5C42200D6A2"><enum>D</enum><header>Terminating the National Veterans Business Development Corporation</header> <section id="id0AC4F72D91824951BC32907DB0EA28D8"><enum>441.</enum><header>National Veterans Business Development Corporation</header> <subsection id="id4A33E17275D240CABD7FB39830842142"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631 et seq.) is amended by striking section 33 (15 U.S.C. 657c).</text> </subsection><subsection id="id2C1437C3CFCF49DEAF9730DAAAAD287D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Corporation</header><text>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.</text> </subsection><subsection id="idCCA284D25D3C424FB555D35B181C6DBF"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Technical and conforming amendments</header> <paragraph id="id9334D3A5449D479F8E4CB5A41A0599F4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Small Business Act</header><text>The Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631 et seq.), as amended by this section, is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="idF33DEC88B39342BD8CB5D260A1BEEE9E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating sections 34 through 45 as sections 33 through 44, respectively;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD8A912874CA14279A16A46166E36D4E8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in section 9(k)(1)(D) (15 U.S.C. 638(k)(1)(D)), by striking <quote>section 34(d)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 33(d)</quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9244C7FA42F14FF18FA0AA4DE3AFD854"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in section 33 (15 U.S.C. 657d), as so redesignated—</text> <clause id="id20EFC24AAA994E9F88A74C7B8FBF3F5A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>section 35</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>section 34</quote>;</text> </clause><clause id="idA64E4F4CE9734638BCA979C76A0B67D5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text> <subclause id="id69CFE1E2DDFC40E2928A3EBEB57DEEAD"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>section 35(c)(2)(B)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 34(c)(2)(B)</quote>;</text> </subclause><subclause id="idC0DECCE4495D42719FEB10B44E0B77EC"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in paragraph (4), by striking <quote>section 35(c)(2)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 34(c)(2)</quote>; and</text> </subclause><subclause id="idE22FA33B57D74F14BB9F67DE7559EED7"><enum>(III)</enum><text>in paragraph (5), by striking <quote>section 35(c)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 34(c)</quote>; and</text> </subclause></clause><clause id="id9CC666ADDF4440A899CAA79D779BD14A"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in subsection (h)(2), by striking <quote>section 35(d)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 34(d)</quote>;</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idC25E6DBB9C7C4981A07E2FCBD33AEC02"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in section 34 (15 U.S.C. 657e), as so redesignated—</text> <clause id="id56DEB249A2C14113A1369D0585B92641"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>section 34</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>section 33</quote>; and</text> </clause><clause id="idC99462A5D2E14EEBBDD26995BAFF1091"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subsection (c)(1), by striking section <quote>34(c)(1)(E)(ii)</quote> and inserting section <quote>33(c)(1)(E)(ii)</quote>;</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDe77176cfd4224d08997d9a6620f3f8e6"><enum>(E)</enum><text>in section 36(d) (15 U.S.C. 657i(d)), as so redesignated, by striking <quote>section 43</quote> and inserting <quote>section 42</quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID11d22464d19b4aa3ad7c305538f9a1be"><enum>(F)</enum><text>in section 39(d) (15 U.S.C. 657l(d)), as so redesignated, by striking <quote>section 43</quote> and inserting <quote>section 42</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID454e16b206d34e7786354dd5c92f6760"><enum>(G)</enum><text>in section 40(b) (15 U.S.C. 657m(b)), as so redesignated, by striking <quote>section 43</quote> and inserting <quote>section 42</quote>.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id87AF614D1B8C45D794F29CB9A11D4F1E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Title 10</header><text>Section 1142(b)(13) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>and the National Veterans Business Development Corporation</quote>.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id49946A2703574C65BD8DF28007E033C7"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Title 38</header><text>Section 3452(h) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>any of the</quote> and all that follows and inserting <quote>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).</quote>.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="idC0721E745F16408798E1E43EB683536E"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008</header><text>Section 12072(c)(2) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (15 U.S.C. 636g(c)(2)) is amended by striking <quote>section 43 of the Small Business Act, as added by this Act</quote> and inserting <quote>section 42 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 657o)</quote>.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7990E0E143A44D92B3772E27065D844F"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Veterans Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development Act of 1999</header><text>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 <quote>In cooperation with the National Veterans Business Development Corporation, develop</quote> and inserting <quote>Develop</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><enum>V</enum><header>Access to Government Contracting</header> <subtitle id="id7F0D9DC693D244A08A9EE2217097467D"><enum>A</enum><header>Bonds</header> <section id="id4771EB32490C497EA255358E48C68991"><enum>511.</enum><header>Removal of sunset dates for certain provisions of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958</header> <subsection id="id0C86C78DA92247CB97CCA75ABC1F175F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Maximum bond amount</header><text>Section 411(a)(1) of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 694b(a)(1)) is amended by striking <quote>does not exceed</quote> and all that follows and inserting <quote>does not exceed $5,000,000.</quote>.</text> </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id02CF801C27514A8FACC1970250DE92C7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Denial of liability</header><text>Section 411(e)(2) of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 694b(e)(2)) is amended by striking <quote>bonds exceeds</quote> and all that follows and inserting <quote>bonds exceeds $5,000,000,</quote>.</text> </subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="idD1A651B3582E46D0852AED559E481C42"><enum>B</enum><header>Small Business Contracting Fraud Prevention</header> <section id="idE91975E55C4C45CC8EF0DC2892BA46D8"><enum>521.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This subtitle may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Small Business Contracting Fraud Prevention Act of 2012</short-title></quote>.</text> </section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5E03C93D3F784417B0F05E904D942864" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>522.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this subtitle—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9CF6532AF4DF4651A034942B2DD4EDA9"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <term>8(a) program</term> means the program under section 8(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(a));</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA62D6F60C6D24CE4BFC9C9109BB25E16"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the terms <term>Administration</term> and <term>Administrator</term> mean the Small Business Administration and the Administrator thereof, respectively;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7C76DCF12E3B4D95AB227E29C5436552"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the terms <term>HUBZone</term> and <term>HUBZone small business concern</term> and <term>HUBZone map</term> have the meanings given those terms in section 3(p) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632(p)), as amended by this Act; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1DDA3EB3910643FCB38E39FA504C95D9"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <term>recertification</term> means a determination by the Administrator that a business concern that was previously determined to be a qualified HUBZone small business concern is a qualified HUBZone small business concern under section 3(p)(5) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632(p)(5)).</text> </paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id67D60D14D234426A91A26FC614440862" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>523.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Fraud deterrence at the Small Business Administration</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 16 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 645) is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4755867569D64D56866C70AF15DABC55"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (d)—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7C5599D54BF840B296108F542D371B53"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1)—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB7E376671C1546C7A5D42CC1892CB7E8"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>Whoever</quote> and all that follows through <quote>oneself or another</quote> and inserting the following: <quote>A person shall be subject to the penalties and remedies described in paragraph (2) if the person misrepresents the status of any concern or person as a small business concern, a qualified HUBZone small business concern, a small business concern owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals, a small business concern owned and controlled by women, or a small business concern owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans, in order to obtain for any person</quote>;</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id28ABEAA46BBA4EE9B9678647A78FF5E0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by amending subparagraph (A) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD5B0622E190D4B458061D91E48250832" style="OLC"> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFB97AF590B8C420B85891C5F6DA07817" indent="up1"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">prime contract, subcontract, grant, or cooperative agreement to be awarded under subsection (a) or (m) of section 8, or section 9, 15, 31, or 35;</text> </subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3F857568D4CD4A0E9A8E10363305C549"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subparagraph (B);</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCC05BC1533964554973B2977564E7F64"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subparagraphs (C) and (D) as subparagraphs (B) and (C), respectively; and</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id27D8BED3540A4758B3860E7FA49F9E9B"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (C), as so redesignated, by striking <quote>, shall be</quote> and all that follows and inserting a period;</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD8D21C460E434920B7D81559E57A55E1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2)—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id229BDD92300A4795AE7BB147D30F394E"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subparagraphs (C) and (D) as subparagraphs (D) and (E), respectively; and</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCF7BE757386644D6AD31AE4B0769C873"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id85438E43DC3E4C88897FB56090501966" style="OLC"> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEACAC3DBE02642908EE5A63E9A239E9F" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">be subject to the civil remedies under subchapter III of chapter 37 of title 31, United States Code (commonly known as the <quote><act-name>False Claims Act</act-name></quote>);</text> </subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id52168F1DA83A4823BC917A0924C1F86A"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF7A3C684EECA444BA1F6CDE53A2597DD" style="OLC"> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFA50B90DA7C946E8B5330B364B870ABF" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id97AB3A960FC442CB99B978EFE344CB40"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of a violation of paragraph (1)(A) or subsection (g) or (h), for purposes of a proceeding described in subparagraph (A) or (C) of paragraph (2), the amount of the loss to the Federal Government or the damages sustained by the Federal Government, as applicable, shall be an amount equal to the amount that the Federal Government paid to the person that received a contract, grant, or cooperative agreement described in paragraph (1)(A), (g), or (h), respectively.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2107A7C99B2F4E7ABCA7362E1477C6E8" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of a violation of subparagraph (B) or (C) of paragraph (1), for the purpose of a proceeding described in subparagraph (A) or (C) of paragraph (2), the amount of the loss to the Federal Government or the damages sustained by the Federal Government, as applicable, shall be an amount equal to the portion of any payment by the Federal Government under a prime contract that was used for a subcontract described in subparagraph (B) or (C) of paragraph (1), respectively.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA3C1286647164D7DAC7A7720C114B82F" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In a proceeding described in subparagraph (A) or (B), no credit shall be applied against any loss or damages to the Federal Government for the fair market value of the property or services provided to the Federal Government.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE22350BB2EBB43B6AC11EC3A3915746E"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subsection (e) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id248BA52478A74A58BB1A341906A0D661" style="OLC"> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB646DB9DC4A1443786CA4ACA749BECD6"><enum>(e)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any representation of the status of any concern or person as a small business concern, a HUBZone small business concern, a small business concern owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals, a small business concern owned and controlled by women, or a small business concern owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans, in order to obtain any prime contract, subcontract, grant, or cooperative agreement described in subsection (d)(1) shall be made in writing or through the Online Representations and Certifications Application process required under section 4.1201 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation, or any successor thereto.</text> </subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5512A414D94949A1B206F45C1BF210FF"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1D7552A5364F41C4B74A2983E7E6BC0C" style="OLC"> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAE6EA44EEDB646D78618033721272DB5"><enum>(g)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A person shall be subject to the penalties and remedies described in subsection (d)(2) if the person misrepresents the status of any concern or person as a small business concern, a qualified HUBZone small business concern, a small business concern owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals, a small business concern owned and controlled by women, or a small business concern owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9C6E1366F9034E33B32B0DD437544C0F"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in order to allow any person to participate in any program of the Administration; or</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA704639FE567426C858B3FBC139AC931"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in relation to a protest of a contract award or proposed contract award made under regulations issued by the Administration.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1D8AB923BB214300B1732B45F780699A"><enum>(h)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id46900635EE304C9A9F69A841D226EFAF"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A person that submits a request for payment on a contract or subcontract that is awarded under subsection (a) or (m) of section 8, or section 9, 15, 31, or 35, shall be deemed to have submitted a certification that the person complied with regulations issued by the Administration governing the percentage of work that the person is required to perform on the contract or subcontract, unless the person states, in writing, that the person did not comply with the regulations.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF6DB17D1C03540A7B58A6D3BFEAA9628" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A person shall be subject to the penalties and remedies described in subsection (d)(2) if the person—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id06C0E9D162BA46D3B12942B7B05108D6"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">uses the services of a business other than the business awarded the contract or subcontract to perform a greater percentage of work under a contract than is permitted by regulations issued by the Administration; or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id14FDEDD4EDD94D5096704D680B45FA19"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">willfully participates in a scheme to circumvent regulations issued by the Administration governing the percentage of work that a contractor is required to perform on a contract.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCDD6AB92D66646E39259EFA4D818E191" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>524.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Veterans integrity in contracting</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3411756557F741DFB4A529675B8C875F"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 3(q)(1) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632(q)(1)) is amended by striking <quote>means a veteran</quote> and all that follows and inserting the following: “means—</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0A708ED8F62F4FF2B834F693E34CC741" style="OLC"> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC206F37B68544C569D58C85CCE65AB0E"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a veteran with a service-connected disability rated by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs as zero percent or more disabling; or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD2E886133C23482DB2D623208D2CA56A"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a former member of the Armed Forces who is retired, separated, or placed on the temporary disability retired list for physical disability under chapter 61 of title 10, United States Code.</text> </subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id89FE8CC5C04F46AB9E573E3000C08702"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Veterans contracting</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 4 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 633), as amended by this Act, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3E357747E2744958AD7FC38E9E559E37" style="OLC"> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEA992039971246AE877E4D594E8368A5"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Veteran status</header> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC8B37C02A6CE46A293A5F9587A6E4D17"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A business concern seeking status as a small business concern owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans shall—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id936621329B9B4E299435F4B7D802DD33"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">submit an annual certification indicating that the business concern is a small business concern owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans by means of the Online Representations and Certifications Application process required under section 4.1201 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation, or any successor thereto; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id77C1E579F68748FFB72A078A351082EA"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">register with—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFDA628A5A23D415AB8FCD7B67DA7FAFA"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Central Contractor Registration database maintained under subpart 4.11 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation, or any successor thereto; and</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id237AE9ED08DF4F24989AD83C267EACC9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the VetBiz database of the Department of Veterans Affairs, or any successor thereto.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id68CE56450A274EA883B577C7502DDE86"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Verification of status</header> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3426348DD08743D0BD8042DB7A3FAA35"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Veterans Affairs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall determine whether a business concern registered with the VetBiz database of the Department of Veterans Affairs, or any successor thereto, as a small business concern owned and controlled by veterans or a small business concern owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans is owned and controlled by a veteran or a service-disabled veteran, as the case may be.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id36CD32CE05244C8F8C83B8FF8D75EC36"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Federal agencies generally</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The head of each Federal agency shall—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7DBB39AB54D740D2B0BF37FC3ABA4A95"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for a sole source contract awarded to a small business concern owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans or a contract awarded with competition restricted to small business concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans under section 35, determine whether a business concern submitting a proposal for the contract is a small business concern owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans; and</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0AADA49C083F4F2BA27027CE1E2EA8AA"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">use the VetBiz database of the Department of Veterans Affairs, or any successor thereto, in determining whether a business concern is a small business concern owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idADEA30456C0343CCB1CDCFF546AE937D"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Debarment and suspension</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Administrator determines that a business concern knowingly and willfully misrepresented that the business concern is a small business concern owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans, the Administrator may debar or suspend the business concern from contracting with the United States.</text> </paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id626F6BDE56C34F95BB7EEA1F048BB416"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Integration of databases</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall ensure that data is shared on an ongoing basis between the VetBiz database of the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Central Contractor Registration database maintained under subpart 4.11 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation.</text> </subsection><subsection id="idC5FBFB67912E41C19C07A8EB294C01CB"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Effective date</header> <paragraph id="idC1B41A00E88F4224B92D21334A47DA30"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The amendment made by subsection (b) and the requirements under subsection (c) shall take effect on the date on which the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (referred to in this subsection as the <quote>Secretary</quote>) publishes in the Federal Register a determination that the Department of Veterans Affairs has the necessary resources and capacity to carry out the additional responsibility of determining whether small business concerns registered with the VetBiz database of the Department of Veterans Affairs are owned and controlled by a veteran or a service-disabled veteran, as the case may be, in accordance with subsection (i) of section 4 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 633), as added by subsection (b).</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id0B687BDBCC2F411A9320E448AE0D5B42"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Timeline</header><text>If the Secretary determines that the Secretary is not able to publish the determination under paragraph (1) before the date that is 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall, not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, submit a report containing an estimate of the date on which the Secretary will publish the determination under paragraph (1) to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Small Business and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6C081F40101D41EB8DF30EBA2A819A1C" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>525.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 8<enum-in-header>(a)</enum-in-header> program improvements</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id668064F4A20D45049886F8BD649CEB1C"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Review of effectiveness</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 8(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2C2133CDFA204036B672E10340F0FA98" style="OLC"> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD03BAA81695D4117A0ED66F338ABEE83" indent="up1"><enum>(22)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this paragraph, and every 3 years thereafter, the Comptroller General of the United States shall—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8C4E40E29A7640F1952F7ED8F21CC5D7"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">conduct an evaluation of the effectiveness of the program under this subsection, including an examination of—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFCF5052037734A939A054608EF13B531"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number and size of contracts applied for, as compared to the number received by, small business concerns after successfully completing the program;</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF848E1236D244711B226D7D034360A66"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the percentage of small business concerns that continue to operate during the 3-year period beginning on the date on which the small business concerns successfully complete the program;</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5B0A0A00DD0C4F92B3C52E26052A36AE"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">whether the business of small business concerns increases during the 3-year period beginning on the date on which the small business concerns successfully complete the program; and</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE426264E57FC4DE98392A0A12AA50F3D"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number of training sessions offered under the program; and</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAAE180155E0C4DDA8A086DF02946E2E3"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 regarding each evaluation under subparagraph (A).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5C3C6BE0D8764F769D88E95D1A8CE2EF"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Other improvements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In order to improve the 8(a) program, the Administrator shall—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB433F763C5DE496E89165F1187620A65"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, begin to—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id56AB6B2E323A419DAD5A9EA6E5F050E4"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">evaluate the feasibility of—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC5D4657ED8DF471997B3454837FDF6F0"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">using additional third-party data sources;</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD43F47553030428FB96B9868ADAB8E1A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">making unannounced visits of sites that are selected randomly or using risk-based criteria;</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9FB25277F31E41178DE2B068C2AF101F"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">using fraud detection tools, including data-mining techniques; and</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5E807E54DA5640D8902B85A6BAE3B6C0"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">conducting financial and analytical training for the business opportunity specialists of the Administration;</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id88201492C96A4E678523922F3D211A05"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">evaluate the feasibility and advisability of amending regulations applicable to the 8(a) program to require that calculations of the adjusted net worth or total assets of an individual include assets held by the spouse of the individual; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id52072058ADB8459B9E12751656349289"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">develop a more consistent enforcement strategy that includes the suspension or debarment of contractors that knowingly make misrepresentations in order to qualify for the 8(a) program; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0EA228EBA0974D7191A3DEFB1495540D"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not later than 1 year after the date on which the Comptroller General submits the report under section 8(a)(22)(B) of the Small Business Act, as added by subsection (c), issue, in final form, proposed regulations of the Administration that—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC1427C12FA324570A55BDCDFBDF26F58"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">determine the economic disadvantage of a participant in the 8(a) program based on the income and asset levels of the participant at the time of application and annual recertification for the 8(a) program; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4D534569EB15435FAC9E88B57A132E11"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">limit the ability of a small business concern to participate in the 8(a) program if an immediate family member of an owner of the small business concern is, or has been, a participant in the 8(a) program, in the same industry.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id14F75EF363654CC2B2C11DE23F24C6DF" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>526.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">HUBZone improvements</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID22dd438a2b2642349f1e25a30641b479"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Purpose</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The purpose of this section is to reform and improve the HUBZone program of the Administration.</text> </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id74497F77891E4667B5E0B9BB4115C924"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator shall—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDecc252dc32a94bda99ca5cda06a78684"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ensure the HUBZone map is—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id87B220122FA64029B987191F7FE808BC"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">accurate and up-to-date; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC4DD8657C3794E0C87FD3838E8F246FF"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">revised as new data is made available to maintain the accuracy and currency of the HUBZone map;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDfbb91bc9979d4bee82933720e6ec54ab"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">implement policies for ensuring that only HUBZone small business concerns determined to be qualified under section 3(p)(5) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632(p)(5)) are participating in the HUBZone program, including through the appropriate use of technology to control costs and maximize, among other benefits, uniformity, completeness, simplicity, and efficiency;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID410f499289a84d8d8870ee8cbd379cbb"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 regarding any application to be designated as a HUBZone small business concern or for recertification for which the Administrator has not made a determination as of the date that is 60 days after the date on which the application was submitted or initiated, which shall include a plan and timetable for ensuring the timely processing of the applications; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID17e9196638f94b618b9b0f56432ddf4c"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">develop measures and implement plans to assess the effectiveness of the HUBZone program that—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEF0C5C3385DE46DD833EF117D6A366D1"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">require the identification of a baseline point in time to allow the assessment of economic development under the HUBZone program, including creating additional jobs; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id72DACE381CAE42E99F5DCD0FCDA74B71"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">take into account—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDD5B57BD945640A2BFC60A501C842812"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the economic characteristics of the HUBZone; and</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF279644068BD4F9DBBE8496FB4CF2457"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">contracts being counted under multiple socioeconomic subcategories.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE53C8DF39BD449A7A006E44C019A09BD"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Employment percentage</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 3(p) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632(p)) is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5DB54A5988464B3CB69AA5A2DF60140B"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (5), by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC7891606D6E54C4FBF8DA9EAC206F0ED" style="OLC"> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF8704FA170F840C99FF57FC88079038C"><enum>(E)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Employment percentage during interim period</header> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7B092DD13FA3429E9A037D936F8C040B"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this subparagraph, the term <term>interim period</term> means the period beginning on the date on which the Administrator determines that a HUBZone small business concern is qualified under subparagraph (A) and ending on the day before the date on which a contract under the HUBZone program for which the HUBZone small business concern submits a bid is awarded.</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF122639991584E2D9CF1E52411C14AA6"><enum>(ii)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Interim period</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">During the interim period, the Administrator may not determine that the HUBZone small business is not qualified under subparagraph (A) based on a failure to meet the applicable employment percentage under subparagraph (A)(i)(I), unless the HUBZone small business concern—</text> <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id84D51A26145E4532A8D198A1E297D838"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has not attempted to maintain the applicable employment percentage under subparagraph (A)(i)(I); or</text> </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAA16BB9B5A744096AA9098EF862D7889"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">does not meet the applicable employment percentage—</text> <item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4093549B971E421394019A50DCE60D01"><enum>(aa)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">on the date on which the HUBZone small business concern submits a bid for a contract under the HUBZone program; or</text> </item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id66568AF5B6154996ACE0CA729CE4C4E8"><enum>(bb)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">on the date on which the HUBZone small business concern is awarded a contract under the HUBZone program.</text> </item></subclause></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA020D70CCB7849E49AD57ECEE265C904"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7704C367FAB34EBB96721F0709FD4B3A" style="OLC"> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id88C4FE6BA3ED4691896BE45CA1124EC2"><enum>(8)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">HUBZone program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>HUBZone program</term> means the program established under section 31.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id843CD8B69E934C11963DDE168FCEC115"><enum>(9)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">HUBZone map</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>HUBZone map</term> means the map used by the Administration to identify HUBZones.</text> </paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4CE70EFAF246423780153C93B4470D72"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Redesignated areas</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 3(p)(4)(C)(i) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632(p)(4)(C)(i)) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF245B0165966402ABD956B10906ED671" style="OLC"> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF33D127FA6C2441FA438869CE6A39AD4"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">3 years after the first date on which the Administrator publishes a HUBZone map that is based on the results from the 2010 decennial census; or</text> </clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0714E65956F14D4C9ACE181F118FE07A" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>527.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Annual report on suspension, debarment, and prosecution</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Administrator shall submit an annual report to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the Senate and the Committee on Small Business of the House of Representatives that contains—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id14A2DA6FFE0E4DBD86C36254270B3D5C"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number of debarments from participation in programs of the Administration issued by the Administrator during the 1-year period preceding the date of the report, including—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB30B8D9C337E4E6CB260A14D39859958"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number of debarments that were based on a conviction; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id58E6999D279C4367ACABE122F8828219"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number of debarments that were fact-based and did not involve a conviction;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id60133F69035E4BA48E5CCC7D6235AFCD"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number of suspensions from participation in programs of the Administration issued by the Administrator during the 1-year period preceding the date of the report, including—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF67515D5EB10444195875ABB132D3BEA"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number of suspensions issued that were based upon indictments; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9E25B65074ED438BAECDEC213D8777D5"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number of suspensions issued that were fact-based and did not involve an indictment;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1E6F2FBE5EBD4F0CBD698E93014FF6D8"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number of suspension and debarments issued by the Administrator during the 1-year period preceding the date of the report that were based upon referrals from offices of the Administration, other than the Office of Inspector General;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id083B9BBE9DF04C3C8211E05565921ED9"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number of suspension and debarments issued by the Administrator during the 1-year period preceding the date of the report based upon referrals from the Office of Inspector General; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2A15A54B51E64994A6891FAA8204D341"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number of persons that the Administrator declined to debar or suspend after a referral described in paragraph (8), and the reason for each such decision.</text> </paragraph></section></subtitle><subtitle id="idAE1179D0BE0F4B34A8F459A37DAD2930"><enum>C</enum><header>Fairness in Women-Owned Small Business Contracting</header> <section id="idE76CACF992484D70A768BE7AC2CBC0FF"><enum>531.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This subtitle may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Fairness in Women-Owned Small Business Contracting Act of 2012</short-title></quote>.</text> </section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEB13758246AC4A2AB5245182FE9B46B8" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>532.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Procurement program for women-owned small business concerns</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 8(m) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(m)) is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id845FDAEE2C9945EFB8CE89CA4A2F9834"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2)—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id711AFC70E358429B8503051C32854355"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>who are economically disadvantaged</quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF03B855245AD4D3AB5172F9CFF3A6ACE"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (C), by striking <quote>paragraph (3)</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraph (4)</quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id80263B187E5545C198B5E2B4199A7D4D"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subparagraph (D); and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9B6181D4DEDA4C779CDB356D7D991D72"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subparagraphs (E) and (F) as subparagraphs (D) and (E), respectively; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8CB9C062791F40F497FFA6EB59CF03ED"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE3D251D2ED1347238876C388DBB6D714" style="OLC"> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id71C621808D1E4A1EAE39FFEC02B609F2"><enum>(7)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Sole source contracts</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A contracting officer may award a sole source contract under this subsection to a small business concern owned and controlled by women under the same conditions as a sole source contract may be awarded to a qualified HUBZone small business concern under section 31(b)(2)(A).</text> </paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id458A7C480A764E018C42E016F4E309E1" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>533.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Study and report on representation of women</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 29 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 656), as amended by section 424 of this Act, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBD8A54ED1A8B48C781390BDFDDC91F51" style="OLC"> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE389C5485BB147A7B813A91DB3BFFAF7"><enum>(n)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Study and report on representation of women</header> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id48300A067B584724BFAFC1CC67E0CA65"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Study</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator shall periodically conduct a study to identify any United States industry, as defined under the North American Industry Classification System, in which women are underrepresented.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8B45B7A52EB94590AB113A9CA6F3D9EA"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 5 years after the date of enactment of this subsection, and every 5 years thereafter, the 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 results of each study under paragraph (1) conducted during the 5-year period ending on the date of the report.</text> </paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section></subtitle><subtitle id="id56E5D27F8E954CA798EF1B7CF1C15C67"><enum>D</enum><header>Small Business Champion</header> <section id="idDA68856E4F304D1C9809FA92E0A13CEE" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>541.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This subtitle may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Small Business Champion Act of 2012</short-title></quote>.</text> </section><section id="HC756135BB5864D099DCB3CD9AAC89DA9"><enum>542.</enum><header>Offices of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization</header> <subsection id="H1A7926C697DC4849B190E61DFD472BC1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Appointment and position of Director</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 15(k)(2) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644(k)(2)) is amended by striking <quote>such agency,</quote> and inserting <quote>such agency to a position that is a Senior Executive Service position (as such term is defined under section 3132(a) of title 5, United States Code), except that, for any agency in which the positions of Chief Acquisition Officer and senior procurement executive (as such terms are defined under section 43(a) of this Act) are not Senior Executive Service positions, the Director of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization may be appointed to a position compensated at not less than the minimum rate of basic pay payable for grade GS–15 of the General Schedule under section 5332 of such title (including comparability payments under section 5304 of such title);</quote>.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H95D348BAB42F4190AB2702378B287EF2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Performance appraisals</header><text>Section 15(k)(3) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644(k)(3)) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H06BD4CD28E094FC7B1FFF1E20CA0E2EC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>be responsible only to, and report directly to, the head</quote> and inserting <quote>shall be responsible only to (including with respect to performance appraisals), and report directly and exclusively to, the head</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HCEBC06E8478D44AA86D5EB5A1E52A63A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>be responsible only to, and report directly to, such Secretary</quote> and inserting <quote>be responsible only to (including with respect to performance appraisals), and report directly and exclusively to, such Secretary</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HDB943956F0A44FD7AB2E4DE4C58CC48D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Small business technical advisers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 15(k)(8)(B) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644(k)(8)(B)) is amended by striking <quote>and 15 of this Act,</quote> and inserting <quote>, 15, and 43 of this Act;</quote>.</text> </subsection><subsection id="HD2C17BC0BEE64B8BB1A32467C4384480"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Additional requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 15(k) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644(k)) is amended by inserting after paragraph (10) the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF8DF86D2B2174C58B9BDC61B762BA85D" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H7056A8D66B0A446EA90EE54B00D2E4C7"><enum>(11)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall review and advise such agency on any decision to convert an activity performed by a small business concern to an activity performed by a Federal employee;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H0E97827825D14A7A8673ABB219947F48"><enum>(12)</enum><text>shall provide to the Chief Acquisition Officer and senior procurement executive of such agency advice and comments on acquisition strategies, market research, and justifications related to section 43 of this Act;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H5366D865F96A40D9A74E6145B97AF8C8"><enum>(13)</enum><text>may provide training to small business concerns and contract specialists, except that such training may only be provided to the extent that the training does not interfere with the Director carrying out other responsibilities under this subsection;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H8287C08D7BB04E7D8973637646183065"><enum>(14)</enum><text>shall carry out exclusively the duties enumerated in this Act, and shall, while the Director, not hold any other title, position, or responsibility, except as necessary to carry out responsibilities under this subsection;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HE4CBD9F62CF5400C9BC89D62CCE8061A"><enum>(15)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall submit, each fiscal year, to the Committee on Small Business of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the Senate a report describing—</text> <subparagraph id="H2A177796C38B4AD398C620CD917203BD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the training provided by the Director under paragraph (13) in the most recently completed fiscal year;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H12CEDCE110194FED972D42646DCD3A19"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the percentage of the budget of the Director used for such training in the most recently completed fiscal year; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7B2B3FE73FE44F3D9F9CD105EF45DD94"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the percentage of the budget of the Director used for travel in the most recently completed fiscal year; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idF997FA3E263D4199B7CBB1A26B2E4A57"><enum>(16)</enum><text>shall have not less than 10 years of relevant procurement experience.</text> </paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection><subsection id="H9F3E57D313854209BDBB311DDA412888"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Technical amendments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 15(k) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644(k)), as amended by subsection (d), is further amended—</text> <paragraph id="H6182485C0C9D4206A942B963C5775DDE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by striking <quote>who shall</quote> and inserting <quote>who</quote>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H98B2B8D41BF74010A78A03727CE108C4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text> <subparagraph id="H52BB722B8EDC49498D8D703FE4E2852F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>be known</quote> and inserting <quote>shall be known</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H275AFD8D46944BEEA69B45675364C8B5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>such agency,</quote> and inserting <quote>such agency;</quote>;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HFA4A5B92D150477A843F3349480E0E3C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (2) by striking <quote>be appointed by</quote> and inserting <quote>shall be appointed by</quote>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H7BC14964604C4C9A946429BA3F670D95"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)—</text> <subparagraph id="H7F1B8159E41A4493940F30289B8D9C52"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>director</quote> and inserting <quote>Director</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD2DF8B5A794E4F12827C719B5BA07087"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Secretary's designee,</quote> and inserting <quote>Secretary's designee;</quote>;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H93452BDAD79E4663987F544DC047BA61"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in paragraph (4)—</text> <subparagraph id="H73C915E4D6EB4AE094CB2251E838D4DF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>be responsible</quote> and inserting <quote>shall be responsible</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0333A366F46D4065AA21AA9AC13DDC17"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>such agency,</quote> and inserting <quote>such agency;</quote>;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7463A44388C249399FF63281C08BAD4F"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in paragraph (5) by striking <quote>identify proposed</quote> and inserting <quote>shall identify proposed</quote>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H31C1DE7253174224B544A1EA62D77B54"><enum>(7)</enum><text>in paragraph (6) by striking <quote>assist small</quote> and inserting <quote>shall assist small</quote>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HAFA2E287BB9E46A59919F517C9174A8E"><enum>(8)</enum><text>in paragraph (7)—</text> <subparagraph id="H8927F3EDD1DF4F2EA5798967DD0E4F4A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>have supervisory</quote> and inserting <quote>shall have supervisory</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H58591A1460284B67935C83CA6B1485D4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>this Act,</quote> and inserting <quote>this Act;</quote>;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HB1DD6A0B0F8141CDAE661922F6F7F966"><enum>(9)</enum><text>in paragraph (8)—</text> <subparagraph id="H83E86A5529BF4FE5B7CA9FAB860C46E0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>assign a</quote> and inserting <quote>shall assign a</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5A926C455854428FA3116D1777243609"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>the activity, and</quote> and inserting <quote>the activity; and</quote>;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HA66B425C0E734B21B9B41AE688185D02"><enum>(10)</enum><text>in paragraph (9)—</text> <subparagraph id="H7FAAC71A930C4A0DBAEDE62E4570E921"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>cooperate, and</quote> and inserting <quote>shall cooperate, and</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF582E3D132FD47EEBDDBAEF09F14214B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>subsection, and</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection;</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7986C4871B4442DD892B1CF454EB29A3"><enum>(11)</enum><text>in paragraph (10)—</text> <subparagraph id="HDC574D2BBA8543D487688D0659E55FE1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>make recommendations</quote> and inserting <quote>shall make recommendations</quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HD9DFABB386E04340BA888518D08E676F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>subsection (a), or section</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (a), section</quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H2493E57798F749D18C562CFA0C32EC4E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Act or section 2323</quote> and inserting <quote>Act, or section 2323</quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H3DA0FBD916154FF68AAAE0D6C5CA6F24"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Code. Such recommendations shall</quote> and inserting <quote>Code, which shall</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5EDA6D6ABAF64F6898CEEADECFD83490"><enum>(E)</enum><text>by striking <quote>contract file.</quote> and inserting <quote>contract file;</quote>.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HC683B6E4565243D9998C056892FCFCA1"><enum>543.</enum><header>Small Business Procurement Advisory Council</header> <subsection id="HBBF19BAF227D4CBFAABF4FE5E1C5E097"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Duties</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 7104(b) of the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994 (15 U.S.C. 644 note) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H09E119040600492D80EF9D71EFE91B5C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1) by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HA37D69F70AC645AE9FB3753E9219E8B9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2) by striking <quote>authorities.</quote> and inserting <quote>authorities;</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H68A073EAB96F4CE081B612F7A6CAAB24"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1D07CAA7E59F42C0BEB1C42127567D10" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="HB79A30EA888A4779BE73E47FA9D884DD"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to conduct reviews of each Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization established under section 15(k) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644(k)) to determine the compliance of each Office with requirements under such section;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H19B5DB52B4D74DEBAE58C3BE0888B9CE"><enum>(4)</enum><text>to identify best practices for maximizing small business utilization in Federal contracting that may be implemented by Federal agencies having procurement powers; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H04E654A6658441DAAA1882F5A3B1791F"><enum>(5)</enum><text>to submit, annually, to the Committee on Small Business of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the Senate a report describing—</text> <subparagraph id="H60867D2091144CFA9CDC519D8DFF612F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the comments submitted under paragraph (2) during the 1-year period ending on the date on which the report is submitted, including any outcomes related to the comments;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H93E984EC9BEA495C9F413243073CA0FF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the results of reviews conducted under paragraph (3) during such 1-year period; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4B2F3D1ED9BE4AE7AE24DEB98D4D9C35"><enum>(C)</enum><text>best practices identified under paragraph (4) during such 1-year period.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H2DD5A1C2133A48C2A9F7B6C343DEF3E6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Membership</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 7104(c) of the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994 (15 U.S.C. 644 note) is amended by striking <quote>(established under section 15(k) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644(k))</quote>.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H72249AB4D9F24CC689CD89154FAA299E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Chairman</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 7104(d) of the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994 (15 U.S.C. 644 note) is amended by inserting after <quote>Small Business Administration</quote> the following: <quote>(or the designee of the Administrator)</quote>.</text> </subsection></section></subtitle><enum>VI</enum><header>Transparency, accountability, and effectiveness</header> <subtitle id="id8B07AA9307D14823B3B2136410BB4F68"><enum>A</enum><header>Small business common application</header> <section id="id981B26D44D12443BBE7C0031089CAA64"><enum>611.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this subtitle—</text> <paragraph id="id0FCC8B9902294D5FAA484E934C6F1299"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the terms <term>Administration</term> and <term>Administrator</term> mean the Small Business Administration and the Administrator thereof, respectively;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="idECACCBFCC21A4EF2BB16DFF86C20FC2D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the term <term>Executive agency</term> has the meaning given that term under section 105 of title 5, United States Code;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id7716D9C12F28469283CFC59D0034021D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the term <term>Executive Committee</term> means the Executive Committee on a Small Business Common Application established under section 613(a); and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id2FFAFFD64A5E4B9D8B245B61BADBD777"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the term <term>small business concern</term> has the meaning given that term under section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632).</text> </paragraph></section><section id="id10917AD0C1E7483487008802FCAE7D98"><enum>612.</enum><header>Sense of Congress</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that Executive agencies should—</text> <paragraph id="id0634d8db164a48ec9abdf3a29dd79e67"><enum>(1)</enum><text>reduce paperwork burdens on small business concerns pursuant to section 3501 of title 44, United States Code;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="idaa18df567761480abc16c640a961d941"><enum>(2)</enum><text>maximize the ability of small business concerns to use common applications, where practicable, and use consolidated web portals to interact with Executive agencies;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id7f021fc4c61d4ee8a2d7ed7ef232b0a4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>maintain high standards for data privacy and security;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id7681a67c358a4bc5a5aef239ec02b790"><enum>(4)</enum><text>increase the degree and ease of information sharing and coordination among programs serving small business concerns that are carried out by Executive agencies, including State and local offices of Executive agencies; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="idad12e569e9bf49189bac9447f9ab4038"><enum>(5)</enum><text>minimize redundancy in the administration of programs that can utilize common applications, where practicable, and consolidated web portals.</text> </paragraph></section><section id="id7baf5a1c49464e79a28ae53ef8a4788f"><enum>613.</enum><header>Executive Committee On a Small Business Common Application</header> <subsection id="id7fea216cd7094738b4714a5275dde4d6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>There is established in the Administration an Executive Committee on a Small Business Common Application, which shall make recommendations regarding the establishment, if practicable, of a small business common application and web portal.</text> </subsection><subsection id="id6f2119c864884c7c823c1f3549dd9dca"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Membership</header> <paragraph id="id974b705686f348a7a0ae8b28a5780bed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The members of the Executive Committee shall consist of—</text> <subparagraph id="idc52f1c16bbed45bc8c313a395563363a"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Administrator;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id743c22ecb55c46b3a689df6d4667dbaa"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb626eb2de6df443cb184695d47c11d4b"><enum>(C)</enum><text>1 senior officer or employee having policy and technical expertise appointed by each of—</text> <clause id="id13594fc8bb594b32a957ca2a97bdf2e4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the Administrator of the General Services Administration;</text> </clause><clause id="idadfaa5c36d5d4d95afc9f1acc391e5c6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the Director of the National Institutes of Health;</text> </clause><clause id="ide06e3cd0fc154feb90effcbf2981e4d6"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the Director of the National Science Foundation;</text> </clause><clause id="id2db996ef8e7d422e861f2970933205be"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the President of the Export-Import Bank;</text> </clause><clause id="idb64afcfcc3244e7bb0469ed0ab457016"><enum>(v)</enum><text>the Secretary of Agriculture;</text> </clause><clause id="idd8e52b62fe2142a19d51815827063b69"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>the Secretary of Defense;</text> </clause><clause id="id8a72057a894446a4a5dc3cac0defd4dd"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>the Secretary of Health and Human Services;</text> </clause><clause id="id89b8f0c01b76422ba350c52605d0c111"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>the Secretary of Labor;</text> </clause><clause id="id46d2d5518f5548318bc22a56b21c79a0"><enum>(ix)</enum><text>the Secretary of State;</text> </clause><clause id="id42f19f7529f2428dbd6d02a0ed8f69f1"><enum>(x)</enum><text>the Secretary of the Treasury; and</text> </clause><clause id="idd433b163c5ab4543ba9894aa3b7e96cd"><enum>(xi)</enum><text>the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id7bd53efd5b214cf6b883956980580438"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Chairperson</header><text>The Administrator shall serve as chairperson of the Executive Committee.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id9d504435255940c3b081b15d95199efd"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Period of appointment</header><text>Members of the Executive Committee shall be appointed for a term of 1 year.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id2b75ce9789814622bde8d67aba4a8979"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Vacancies</header><text>A vacancy in the Executive Committee shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment, not later than 30 days after the date on which the vacancy occurs.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idb352d63e4d684a36a067ae8d5e08e13f"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Meetings</header> <paragraph id="id1fe526ed9aa94b47a80d8aea75e88b4a"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Executive Committee shall meet at the call of the chairperson of the Executive Committee.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id9fe1d114191440ef81159b617c0d408e"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Quorum</header><text>A majority of the members of the Executive Committee shall constitute a quorum.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id2e6237da7ac64f5e9b066d63a4af477e"><enum>(3)</enum><header>First meeting</header><text>The first meeting of the Executive Committee shall take place not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this subtitle.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="ida3b01dbf34d04b44b87fd1701fd1771d"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Public meeting</header><text>The Executive Committee shall hold at least 1 public meeting before the date described in subsection (d)(1) to receive comments from small business concerns and other interested parties.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id4dc585afb6f944e3a9fe4d3b3950b105"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Duties</header> <paragraph id="id17bc2195c7444fe6b859c26d8889f1ac"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Recommendations</header><text>Not later than 270 days after the date of enactment of this Act, upon a vote of the majority of members of the Executive Committee then serving, the Executive Committee shall submit to the Administrator recommendations relating to the feasibility of establishing a small business common application and web portal in order to meet the goals described in section 612.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="idf9e7a17d28e342c2b16d8791191fb647"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Transmission to executive agencies</header><text>The Executive Committee shall transmit to each Executive agency a complete copy of the recommendations submitted under paragraph (1).</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id6824e08ad75747dd82c6875149ea3294"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Transmission to Congress</header><text>The Executive Committee shall transmit to each relevant committee of Congress a complete copy of the recommendations submitted under paragraph (1).</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="idb537abb429a549c4867aae8246030314"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Recommendations by executive agencies</header><text>Not later than 30 days after the date on which the Executive Committee transmits recommendations to the Executive agency under paragraph (2), each Executive agency that provides Federal assistance to small business concerns shall submit to Congress recommendations, if any, for legislative changes necessary for the Executive agency to carry out the recommendations under paragraph (1).</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ide44ebec0f93442b1a8ae630de8fddc20"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Personnel matters</header> <paragraph id="id841e734f209d48f3848ee69a7aa78c68"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Compensation of members</header><text>The members of the Executive Committee shall serve without compensation in addition to that received for their services as officers or employees of the United States.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id76d3ad550bf3405982bdcdbdfc8e8fe1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Detail of employees</header><text>The Administrator may detail to the Executive Committee any employee of the Economic Development Administration, and such detail shall be without interruption or loss of civil service status or privilege.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id2ccda038b2fc49f383fa3693752ac6e3"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Federal advisory committee Act</header><text>Section 14 of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply with respect to the Executive Committee.</text> </subsection></section><section id="ide0fd07eaa60741438ce814191a7d3de7"><enum>614.</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated to the Administrator such sums as may be necessary to carry out this subtitle.</text> </section></subtitle><subtitle id="id8C50315EC78B4264903D81A15D19FBD9"><enum>B</enum><header>Government Accountability Office review</header> <section id="id4541FA7D76264A7494CE8D00F698E276"><enum>621.</enum><header>Government Accountability Office review</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States 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 that evaluates the status of the programs authorized under this Act and the amendments made by this Act, including the extent to which such programs have been funded and implemented and have contributed to promoting job creation among small business concerns.</text> </section></subtitle>