IIB 

111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1839 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

NOVEMBER 19, 2009 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and 

Entrepreneurship 

AN ACT 

To amend the Small Business Act to improve SCORE, 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. EXPANSION OF VOLUNTEER REPRESENTATION 

2 AND BENCHMARK REPORTS. 

3 (a) EXPANSION OF VOLUNTEER REPRESENTA4 TION.—Section 8(b)(1)(B) of the Small Business Act (15 

5 U.S.C. 637(b)(1)(B)) is amended— 

6 (1) by inserting ‘‘(i)’’ after ‘‘(B)’’; and 

7 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

8 ‘‘(ii) The Administrator shall ensure that 

9 SCORE, established under this subparagraph, car10 ries out a plan to increase the proportion of mentors 

11 who are from socially or economically disadvantaged 

12 backgrounds and, on an annual basis, reports to the 

13 Administrator on the implementation of this sub14 paragraph.’’. 

15 (b) BENCHMARK REPORTS.—Section 8(b)(1)(B) of 

16 the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(b)(1)(B)), as 

17 amended, is further amended by adding at the end the 

18 following: 

19 ‘‘(iii) The Administrator shall ensure that 

20 SCORE, established under this subparagraph, estab21 lishes benchmarks for use in evaluating the perform22 ance of its activities and of its volunteers. The 

23 benchmarks shall include benchmarks relating to the 

24 demographic characteristics and the geographic 

25 characteristics of persons assisted by SCORE, 

26 benchmarks related to the hours spent mentoring by 


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1 volunteers, and benchmarks relating to the perform2 ance of the persons assisted by SCORE. SCORE 

3 shall report, on an annual basis, to the Adminis4 trator the extent to which the benchmarks estab5 lished under this clause are being attained.’’. 

6 SEC. 2. MENTORING AND NETWORKING. 

7 Section 8(b)(1)(B) of the Small Business Act (15 

8 U.S.C. 637(b)(1)(B)), as amended, is further amended by 

9 adding at the end the following: 

10 ‘‘(iv) The Administrator shall ensure that 

11 SCORE, established under this subparagraph, estab12 lishes a mentoring program for small business con13 cerns that provides one-on-one advice to small busi14 ness concerns from qualified counselors. For pur15 poses of this clause, qualified counselors are coun16 selors with at least 10 years experience in the indus17 try sector or area of responsibility of the small busi18 ness concern seeking advice. 

19 ‘‘(v) The Administrator shall carry out a net20 working program through SCORE, established 

21 under this subparagraph, that provides small busi22 ness concerns with the opportunity to make business 

23 contacts in their industry or geographic region.’’. 


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1 SEC. 3. NAME OF PROGRAM CHANGED TO SCORE. 

2 (a) NAME CHANGE.—The Small Business Act is 

3 amended as follows: 

4 (1) In section 8(b)(1)(B) (15 U.S.C. 

5 637(b)(1)(B)), by striking ‘‘Executives (SCORE)’’ 

6 and inserting ‘‘Executives (in this Act referred to as 

7 ‘SCORE’)’’. 

8 (2) In section 7(m)(3)(A)(i)(VIII) (15 U.S.C. 

9 636(m)(3)(A)(i)(VIII)), by striking ‘‘the Service 

10 Corps of Retired Executives’’ and inserting 

11 ‘‘SCORE’’. 

12 (3) In section 20 (15 U.S.C. 631 note)— 

13 (A) in subsection (d)(1)(E), by striking 

14 ‘‘the Service Corps of Retired Executives pro15 gram’’ and inserting ‘‘SCORE’’; and 

16 (B) in subsection (e)(1)(E), by striking 

17 ‘‘the Service Corps of Retired Executives pro18 gram’’ and inserting ‘‘SCORE’’. 

19 (4) In section 33(b)(2) (15 U.S.C. 657c(b)(2)), 

20 by striking ‘‘Service Corps of Retired Executives’’ 

21 and inserting ‘‘SCORE’’. 

22 (b) ELIMINATION OF ACE.—Section 8(b)(1)(B) of 

23 the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(b)(1)(B)), as 

24 amended, is further amended by striking ‘‘and an Active 

25 Corps of Executive (ACE)’’. 


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1 SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

2 Section 20 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631 

3 note) is amended by inserting the following new subsection 

4 after subsection (e): 

5 ‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR

6 SCORE.—There is authorized to be appropriated 

7 $7,000,000 for SCORE under section 8(b)(1) for each of 

8 the fiscal years 2010 and 2011.’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives November 18, 

2009. 

Attest: LORRAINE C. MILLER, 

Clerk. 


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