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Calendar No. 217 

110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2366 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 19, 2007 

Received 

JUNE 20, 2007 

Read the first time 

JUNE 21, 2007 

Read the second time and placed on the calendar 

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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

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

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

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

7 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 


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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. 

1 TITLE I—OFFICE OF VETERANS 

2 BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT 

3 SEC. 101. OFFICE OF VETERANS BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT. 

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

5 657b) is amended— 

6 (1) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub7 section (e); and 

8 (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol9 lowing: 

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

11 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Associate Adminis12 trator shall increase veteran outreach by ensuring 

13 that Veteran Business Outreach Centers regularly 

14 participate, on a nationwide basis, in the workshops 

15 of the Transition Assistance Program of the Depart16 ment of Labor. 

17 ‘‘(2) PRESENTATIONS.—In carrying out para18 graph (1), a Center may provide grants to eligible 

19 entities located in Transition Assistance Program lo20 cations to make presentations on the opportunities 


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1 available from the Administration for recently sepa2 rating veterans. Each such presentation must in3 clude, at a minimum, the entrepreneurial and busi4 ness training resources available from the Adminis5 tration. 

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

7 shall submit to Congress progress reports on the im8 plementation of this subsection. 

9 ‘‘(d) WOMEN VETERANS BUSINESS TRAINING RE10 SOURCE PROGRAM.—The Associate Administrator shall 

11 establish a Women Veterans Business Training Resource 

12 Program. The program shall— 

13 ‘‘(1) compile information on resources available 

14 to women veterans for business training, including 

15 resources for— 

16 ‘‘(A) vocational and technical education; 

17 ‘‘(B) general business skills, such as mar18 keting and accounting; and 

19 ‘‘(C) business assistance programs targeted 

20 to women veterans; and 

21 ‘‘(2) disseminate the information through Vet22 eran Business Outreach Centers and women’s busi23 ness centers.’’. 


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1 TITLE II—VETERANS 

2 ASSISTANCE AND SERVICES 

3 SEC. 201. VETERANS ASSISTANCE AND SERVICES PRO4 GRAM. 

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

6 is amended by adding at the end the following: 

7 ‘‘(n) VETERANS ASSISTANCE AND SERVICES PRO8 GRAM.— 

9 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A Small Business Develop10 ment Center may apply for an additional grant to 

11 carry out a veterans assistance and services pro12 gram. 

13 ‘‘(2) ELEMENTS OF PROGRAM.—Under a pro14 gram under paragraph (1), the Center shall— 

15 ‘‘(A) create a marketing campaign to pro16 mote awareness and education of the services of 

17 the Center that are available to veterans, and to 

18 target the campaign toward veterans, disabled 

19 veterans, military units, Federal agencies, and 

20 veterans organizations; 

21 ‘‘(B) use technology-assisted online coun22 seling and distance learning technology to over23 come the impediments to entrepreneurship 

24 faced by veterans and members of the Armed 

25 Forces; and 


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1 ‘‘(C) increase coordination among organi2 zations that assist veterans, including by estab3 lishing virtual integration of service providers 

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

5 veterans who are entrepreneurs or small busi6 ness owners. 

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

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

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

10 subsection may not exceed $250,000. 

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

12 in advance in appropriations Acts, the Administra13 tion may make grants or enter into cooperative 

14 agreements to carry out the provisions of this sub15 section.’’. 

16 TITLE III—EXPANDING VET17 ERANS BUSINESS OUTREACH 

18 CENTERS 

19 SEC. 301. INCREASING THE NUMBER OF OUTREACH CEN20 TERS. 

21 The Administrator of the Small Business Administra22 tion shall use the authority in section 8(b)(17) of the 

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

24 number of Veterans Business Outreach Centers through25 out the United States increases— 


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

2 and 2009; and 

3 (2) by the number that the Administrator con4 siders appropriate, based on existing need, for each 

5 fiscal year thereafter. 

6 SEC. 302. INDEPENDENT STUDY ON GAPS IN AVAILABILITY 

7 OF OUTREACH CENTERS. 

8 The Administrator of the Small Business Administra9 tion shall sponsor an independent study on gaps in the 

10 availability of Veterans Business Outreach Centers across 

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

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

13 on funding and on the allocation and coordination of re14 sources. Not later than 6 months after the date of the 

15 enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit to 

16 Congress a report on the results of the study. 

Passed the House of Representatives June 18, 2007. 

Attest: LORRAINE C. MILLER, 

Clerk. 


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Calendar No. 217 

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 AdminJUNE 21, 2007 

Read the second time and placed on the calendar 


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