[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2633 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2633

 To require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to 
            submit a report on the Office of Rural Affairs.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 9, 2019

Mr. Cox of California (for himself, Ms. Finkenauer, and Mrs. Radewagen) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                             Small Business

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to 
            submit a report on the Office of Rural Affairs.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Study of Office of Rural Affairs, 
within the Small Business Administration''.

SEC. 2. REPORT ON THE OFFICE OF RURAL AFFAIRS.

    Not later than 6 months after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Administrator of the Small Business Administration shall 
submit to Congress a report analyzing the cost and potential benefits 
of creating a successor office to the Office of Rural Affairs, in 
accordance with the requirements under section 26 of the Small Business 
Act (15 U.S.C. 653). Such report shall include--
            (1) the dates on which the prior Office of Rural Affairs 
        was created and dismantled;
            (2) the rationale justifying the decision to dismantle the 
        Office;
            (3) a list of the year's funds that were appropriated to 
        the Office; and
            (4) the cost and potential benefits to establishing an 
        Associate Administrator for a successor office to the Office of 
        Rural Affairs.
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