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108TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2922

To amend the Small Business Act to provide additional grants to small 

business development centers located in high unemployment districts. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 25, 2003

Mr. ACEVEDO-VILA ́ introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Small Business 

A BILL

To amend the Small Business Act to provide additional 

grants to small business development centers located in 

high unemployment districts.

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. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Small Business Out5 reach Act of 2003’’. 
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1 SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL GRANT TO ASSIST SMALL BUSINESS 

2 DEVELOPMENT CENTERS IN HIGH UNEM3 PLOYMENT DISTRICTS. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 21(a) of the Small Busi5 ness Act (15 U.S.C. 648(a)) is amended by adding at the 

6 end the following: 

7 ‘‘(7) ADDITIONAL GRANT TO ASSIST SMALL

8 BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTERS IN HIGH UNEM9 PLOYMENT DISTRICTS.—

10 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Any applicant that is 

11 funded by the Administration as a Small Busi12 ness Development Center and that is located in 

13 a high unemployment district may apply for an 

14 additional grant to be used solely to promote 

15 programs of the Small Business Administration 

16 and programs of other government agencies 

17 that promote the growth and development of 

18 small businesses. 

19 ‘‘(B) HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT AREAS.—For 

20 purposes of subparagraph (A), an applicant 

21 shall be considered to be located in a high un22 employment district if the applicant is located 

23 in a district of the Small Business Administra24 tion in which the unemployment rate is greater 

25 than the national average (as determined by the 

26 Administrator using the Bureau of Labor Sta-
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1 tistics’ most recent local area unemployment 

2 statistics or the official unemployment statistics 

3 of a State government). 

4 ‘‘(C) GRANT APPLICATIONS.—An applicant 

5 for a grant under subparagraph (A) shall sub6 mit to the Administrator an application in the 

7 form and containing the information that the 

8 Administrator requires. The Administrator may 

9 establish a deadline for the submission of such 

10 applications. 

11 ‘‘(D) APPLICABILITY OF GRANT REQUIRE12 MENTS.—An applicant for a grant under sub13 paragraph (A) shall comply with all of the re14 quirements of this section, except that the 

15 matching funds requirements of paragraph 

16 (4)(A) shall not apply. 

17 ‘‘(E) MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF GRANTS.—No 

18 applicant may receive more than $100,000 in 

19 grants under this paragraph in a fiscal year. 

20 ‘‘(F) PRIORITY FOR APPLICANTS IN HIGH

21 UNEMPLOYMENT DISTRICTS.—In selecting 

22 among applicants for grants under this para23 graph, the Administrator shall give priority to 

24 applicants located in the districts with the high25 est unemployment rates. 
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1 ‘‘(G) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA2 TIONS.—There is authorized to be appropriated 

3 to carry out this paragraph $5,000,000 for fis4 cal year 2003. 

5 ‘‘(H) FUNDING LIMITATIONS.—

6 ‘‘(i) NONAPPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN

7 LIMITATIONS.—Funding under this para8 graph shall be in addition to the dollar 

9 program limitations specified in paragraph 

10 (4). 

11 ‘‘(ii) LIMITATION ON USE OF

12 FUNDS.—The Administration may carry 

13 out this paragraph only with amounts ap14 propriated in advance specifically to carry 

15 out this paragraph.’’.

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