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Union Calendar No. 115 

110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2366 

[Report No. 110–194] 

To reauthorize the veterans entrepreneurial development programs of the 

Small Business Administration, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 17, 2007 

Mr. BUCHANAN (for himself, Ms. VELA ́ZQUEZ, Mr. SHULER, and Mr. 

CHABOT) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small Business 

JUNE 15, 2007 

Additional sponsors: Mr. ELLSWORTH, Mr. BRALEY of Iowa, Mr. BARTLETT

of Maryland, Mr. GRAVES, Mr. DAVID DAVIS of Tennessee, Mr. JEFFERSON, Mr. GONZALEZ, Mr. CUELLAR, Mr. LIPINSKI, Ms. CLARKE, Mr. 

ALTMIRE, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Ms. GINNY BROWNWAITE of Florida, Mr. BILIRAKIS, and Mr. WYNN

JUNE 15, 2007 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 

and ordered to be printed 

A BILL 

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

other purposes. 


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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. 

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. 

8 TITLE I—OFFICE OF VETERANS 

9 BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT 

10 SEC. 101. OFFICE OF VETERANS BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT. 

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

12 657b) is amended— 

13 (1) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub14 section (e); and 

15 (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol16 lowing: 

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

18 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Associate Adminis19 trator shall increase veteran outreach by ensuring 


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1 that Veteran Business Outreach Centers regularly 

2 participate, on a nationwide basis, in the workshops 

3 of the Transition Assistance Program of the Depart4 ment of Labor. 

5 ‘‘(2) PRESENTATIONS.—In carrying out para6 graph (1), a Center may provide grants to eligible 

7 entities located in Transition Assistance Program lo8 cations to make presentations on the opportunities 

9 available from the Administration for recently sepa10 rating veterans. Each such presentation must in11 clude, at a minimum, the entrepreneurial and busi12 ness training resources available from the Adminis13 tration. 

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

15 shall submit to Congress progress reports on the im16 plementation of this subsection. 

17 ‘‘(d) WOMEN VETERANS BUSINESS TRAINING RE18 SOURCE PROGRAM.—The Associate Administrator shall 

19 establish a Women Veterans Business Training Resource 

20 Program. The program shall— 

21 ‘‘(1) compile information on resources available 

22 to women veterans for business training, including 

23 resources for— 

24 ‘‘(A) vocational and technical education; 


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1 ‘‘(B) general business skills, such as mar2 keting and accounting; and 

3 ‘‘(C) business assistance programs targeted 

4 to women veterans; and 

5 ‘‘(2) disseminate the information through Vet6 eran Business Outreach Centers and women’s busi7 ness centers.’’. 

8 TITLE II—VETERANS 

9 ASSISTANCE AND SERVICES 

10 SEC. 201. VETERANS ASSISTANCE AND SERVICES PRO11 GRAM. 

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

13 is amended by adding at the end the following: 

14 ‘‘(n) VETERANS ASSISTANCE AND SERVICES PRO15 GRAM.— 

16 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A Small Business Develop17 ment Center may apply for an additional grant to 

18 carry out a veterans assistance and services pro19 gram. 

20 ‘‘(2) ELEMENTS OF PROGRAM.—Under a pro21 gram under paragraph (1), the Center shall— 

22 ‘‘(A) create a marketing campaign to pro23 mote awareness and education of the services of 

24 the Center that are available to veterans, and to 

25 target the campaign toward veterans, disabled 


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1 veterans, military units, Federal agencies, and 

2 veterans organizations; 

3 ‘‘(B) use technology-assisted online coun4 seling and distance learning technology to over5 come the impediments to entrepreneurship 

6 faced by veterans and members of the Armed 

7 Forces; and 

8 ‘‘(C) increase coordination among organi9 zations that assist veterans, including by estab10 lishing virtual integration of service providers 

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

12 veterans who are entrepreneurs or small busi13 ness owners. 

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

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

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

17 subsection may not exceed $250,000. 

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

19 in advance in appropriations Acts, the Administra20 tion may make grants or enter into cooperative 

21 agreements to carry out the provisions of this sub22 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. 


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Union Calendar No. 115 

110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2366 

[Report No. 110

–194] 

A BILL 

To reauthorize the veterans entrepreneurial develistration, and for other purposes. opment programs of the Small Business AdminJUNE 15, 2007 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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