[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 88 (Monday, June 6, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3448-S3449]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4412. Ms. AYOTTE (for herself and Mr. Coons) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 2943, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 for military activities 
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for 
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military 
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which 
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

         At the end of subtitle I of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1097. SCORE PROGRAM.

         (a) Reauthorization.--Section 20 of the Small Business 
     Act (15 U.S.C. 631 note) is amended--
         (1) by redesignating subsection (j) as subsection (f); 
     and
         (2) by adding at the end the following:
         ``(g) SCORE Program.--There are authorized to be 
     appropriated to the Administrator to carry out the SCORE 
     program authorized under section 8(b)(1) such sums as are 
     necessary for the Administrator to make grants or enter into 
     cooperative agreements in a total amount that does not exceed 
     $10,500,000 in each of fiscal years 2017 and 2018.''.
         (b) Program Amendments.--Section 8 of the Small Business 
     Act (15 U.S.C. 637) is amended--
         (1) in subsection (b)(1)(B), in the first sentence, by 
     striking ``a Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE)'' 
     and inserting ``the SCORE program described in subsection 
     (c)''; and
         (2) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the 
     following:
         ``(c)(1) In this subsection--
         ``(A) the term `SCORE Association' means any organization 
     that receives a grant from the Administrator to operate the 
     SCORE program under paragraph (2)(A); and
         ``(B) the term `SCORE program' means the SCORE program 
     authorized under subsection (b)(1)(B).
         ``(2)(A) The Administrator shall provide a grant to the 
     SCORE Association to manage the SCORE program.
         ``(B) A volunteer participating in the SCORE program 
     shall--
         ``(i) based on the business experience and knowledge of 
     the volunteer--
         ``(I) provide personal counseling, mentoring, and 
     coaching--
         ``(aa) at no cost;
         ``(bb) to individuals who own, or aspire to own, a small 
     business concern; and
         ``(cc) relating to the process of starting, expanding, 
     managing, buying, and selling a small business concern; and
         ``(II) facilitate low-cost education workshops for 
     individuals who own, or aspire to own, a small business 
     concern; and
         ``(ii) as appropriate, use tools, resources, and the 
     expertise of other organizations to carry out the SCORE 
     program.
         ``(3) The Administrator, in consultation with the SCORE 
     Association, shall ensure that the SCORE program and each 
     chapter of the SCORE program develop and implement plans and 
     goals to more effectively and efficiently provide services--
         ``(A) to individuals in--
         ``(i) rural areas;
         ``(ii) economically disadvantaged communities; and
         ``(iii) other traditionally underserved communities; and
         ``(B) that include plans for--
         ``(i) electronic initiatives;
         ``(ii) web-based initiatives;
         ``(iii) chapter expansion;
         ``(iv) partnerships; and
         ``(v) the development of new skills by volunteers 
     participating in the SCORE program.
         ``(4) The SCORE Association shall submit to the 
     Administrator an annual report that contains--
         ``(A) the number of individuals counseled or trained 
     under the SCORE program;
         ``(B) the number of hours of counseling provided under 
     the SCORE program; and
         ``(C) to the extent possible--
         ``(i) the number of small business concerns formed with 
     assistance from the SCORE program;
         ``(ii) the number of small business concerns expanded 
     with assistance from the SCORE program; and
         ``(iii) the number of jobs created with assistance from 
     the SCORE program.
         ``(5)(A) Neither the Administrator nor the SCORE 
     Association may disclose the name, address, or telephone 
     number of any individual or small business concern receiving 
     assistance from the SCORE Association without the consent of 
     the individual or small business concern, unless--
         ``(i) the Administrator is ordered to make such a 
     disclosure by a court in any civil or criminal enforcement 
     action initiated by a Federal or State agency; or
         ``(ii) the Administrator determines that such a 
     disclosure is necessary to conduct a financial audit of the 
     SCORE program, in which case disclosure shall be limited to 
     the information necessary for the audit.
         ``(B) This paragraph shall not--
         ``(i) restrict the access of the Administrator to program 
     activity data; or
         ``(ii) prevent the Administrator from using client 
     information to conduct client surveys.
         ``(C)(i) The Administrator shall, after the opportunity 
     for notice and comment, establish standards for--

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         ``(I) disclosures with respect to financial audits under 
     subparagraph (A)(ii); and
         ``(II) conducting client surveys, including standards for 
     oversight of the surveys and for dissemination and use of 
     client information.
         ``(ii) The standards issued under this subparagraph 
     shall, to the extent practicable, provide for the maximum 
     amount of privacy protection.''.
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