[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7104 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7104

  To require the National Small Business Development Center Advisory 
  Board to submit an annual report on the activities of the Board and 
               other information, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 29, 2024

Mr. Mann (for himself and Mr. Golden of Maine) introduced the following 
      bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small Business

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                                 A BILL


 
  To require the National Small Business Development Center Advisory 
  Board to submit an annual report on the activities of the Board and 
               other information, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``National SBDC Advisory Board 
Improvement Act''.

SEC. 2. NATIONAL SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER ADVISORY BOARD 
              ANNUAL REPORT.

    (a) In General.--Section 21(i) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
648(i)) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(3) The Board shall annually submit to the Associate 
        Administrator for Small Business Development Centers, the 
        Committee on Small Business of the House of Representatives, 
        and the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship of 
        Senate a report on the activities of the Board during the year 
        covered by the report, including--
                    ``(A) any recommendations of the Board for 
                improving the small business development center 
                program; and
                    ``(B) such other information with respect to such 
                program that the Board determines appropriate.''.
    (b) Compliance With Cutgo.--No additional amounts are authorized to 
be appropriated to carry out this Act or the amendments made by this 
Act.
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