110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2366 

AN ACT 

To reauthorize the veterans entrepreneurial development programs of the Small Business Administration, and for 

other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

2 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

3 ‘‘SBA Veterans’ Programs Act of 2007’’. 

4 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 

5 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

TITLE I—OFFICE OF VETERANS BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT 

Sec. 101. Office of Veterans Business Development. 

TITLE II—VETERANS ASSISTANCE AND SERVICES 

Sec. 201. Veterans Assistance and Services program. 

TITLE III—EXPANDING VETERANS BUSINESS OUTREACH 

CENTERS 

Sec. 301. Increasing the number of outreach centers. 

Sec. 302. Independent study on gaps in availability of outreach centers. 

6 TITLE I—OFFICE OF VETERANS 

7 BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT 

8 SEC. 101. OFFICE OF VETERANS BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT. 

9 Section 32 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 

10 657b) is amended— 

11 (1) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub12 section (e); and 

13 (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol14 lowing: 

15 ‘‘(c) PARTICIPATION IN TAP WORKSHOPS.— 

16 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Associate Adminis17 trator shall increase veteran outreach by ensuring 

18 that Veteran Business Outreach Centers regularly 

19 participate, on a nationwide basis, in the workshops 
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1 of the Transition Assistance Program of the Depart2 ment of Labor. 

3 ‘‘(2) PRESENTATIONS.—In carrying out para4 graph (1), a Center may provide grants to eligible 

5 entities located in Transition Assistance Program lo6 cations to make presentations on the opportunities 

7 available from the Administration for recently sepa8 rating veterans. Each such presentation must in9 clude, at a minimum, the entrepreneurial and busi10 ness training resources available from the Adminis11 tration. 

12 ‘‘(3) REPORTS.—The Associate Administrator 

13 shall submit to Congress progress reports on the im14 plementation of this subsection. 

15 ‘‘(d) WOMEN VETERANS BUSINESS TRAINING RE16 SOURCE PROGRAM.—The Associate Administrator shall 

17 establish a Women Veterans Business Training Resource 

18 Program. The program shall— 

19 ‘‘(1) compile information on resources available 

20 to women veterans for business training, including 

21 resources for— 

22 ‘‘(A) vocational and technical education; 

23 ‘‘(B) general business skills, such as mar24 keting and accounting; and 
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1 ‘‘(C) business assistance programs targeted 

2 to women veterans; and 

3 ‘‘(2) disseminate the information through Vet4 eran Business Outreach Centers and women’s busi5 ness centers.’’. 

6 TITLE II—VETERANS 

7 ASSISTANCE AND SERVICES 

8 SEC. 201. VETERANS ASSISTANCE AND SERVICES PRO9 GRAM. 

10 Section 21 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 648) 

11 is amended by adding at the end the following: 

12 ‘‘(n) VETERANS ASSISTANCE AND SERVICES PRO13 GRAM.— 

14 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A Small Business Develop15 ment Center may apply for an additional grant to 

16 carry out a veterans assistance and services pro17 gram. 

18 ‘‘(2) ELEMENTS OF PROGRAM.—Under a pro19 gram under paragraph (1), the Center shall— 

20 ‘‘(A) create a marketing campaign to pro21 mote awareness and education of the services of 

22 the Center that are available to veterans, and to 

23 target the campaign toward veterans, disabled 

24 veterans, military units, Federal agencies, and 

25 veterans organizations; 
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1 ‘‘(B) use technology-assisted online coun2 seling and distance learning technology to over3 come the impediments to entrepreneurship 

4 faced by veterans and members of the Armed 

5 Forces; and 

6 ‘‘(C) increase coordination among organi7 zations that assist veterans, including by estab8 lishing virtual integration of service providers 

9 and offerings for a one-stop point of contact for 

10 veterans who are entrepreneurs or small busi11 ness owners. 

12 ‘‘(3) MINIMUM AMOUNT.—Each grant under 

13 this subsection shall be for at least $75,000. 

14 ‘‘(4) MAXIMUM AMOUNT.—A grant under this 

15 subsection may not exceed $250,000. 

16 ‘‘(5) FUNDING.—Subject to amounts approved 

17 in advance in appropriations Acts, the Administra18 tion may make grants or enter into cooperative 

19 agreements to carry out the provisions of this sub20 section.’’. 
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1 TITLE III—EXPANDING VET2 ERANS BUSINESS OUTREACH 

3 CENTERS 

4 SEC. 301. INCREASING THE NUMBER OF OUTREACH CEN5 TERS. 

6 The Administrator of the Small Business Administra7 tion shall use the authority in section 8(b)(17) of the 

8 Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 647(b)) to ensure that the 

9 number of Veterans Business Outreach Centers through10 out the United States increases— 

11 (1) by at least 2, for each of fiscal years 2008 

12 and 2009; and 

13 (2) by the number that the Administrator con14 siders appropriate, based on existing need, for each 

15 fiscal year thereafter. 

16 SEC. 302. INDEPENDENT STUDY ON GAPS IN AVAILABILITY 

17 OF OUTREACH CENTERS. 

18 The Administrator of the Small Business Administra19 tion shall sponsor an independent study on gaps in the 

20 availability of Veterans Business Outreach Centers across 

21 the United States. The purpose of the study shall be to 

22 identify the gaps that do exist so as to inform decisions 

23 on funding and on the allocation and coordination of re24 sources. Not later than 6 months after the date of the 
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1 enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit to 

2 Congress a report on the results of the study. 

Passed the House of Representatives June 18, 2007. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 
110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2366 

AN ACT 

To reauthorize the veterans entrepreneurial develistration, and for other purposes. opment programs of the Small Business Admin-