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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1842 

To amend the Small Business Act to improve the Small Business Administration’s entrepreneurial development programs, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 1, 2009 

Mr. LUETKEMEYER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Small Business 

A BILL 

To amend the Small Business Act to improve the Small 

Business Administration’s entrepreneurial development 

programs, 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. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Expanding Entrepre5 neurship Act of 2009’’. 

6 SEC. 2. EXPANDING ENTREPRENEURSHIP. 

7 Section 4 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 633) 

8 is amended by adding at the end the following: 

9 ‘‘(g) MANAGEMENT AND DIRECTION.— 


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1 ‘‘(1) PLAN FOR ENTREPRENEURIAL DEVELOP2 MENT AND JOB CREATION STRATEGY.—The Admin3 istrator shall develop and submit to Congress a plan 

4 for using the Small Business Administration’s entre5 preneurial development programs as a catalyst for 

6 job creation for fiscal years 2009 and 2010. The 

7 plan shall include the Administration’s plan for 

8 drawing on existing programs, including Small Busi9 ness Development Centers, Women’s Business Cen10 ters, SCORE, Veterans Business Centers, Native 

11 American Outreach, and other appropriate pro12 grams. The Administrator shall identify a strategy 

13 for each Administration region to create or retain 

14 jobs through Administration programs. The Admin15 istrator shall identify, in consultation with appro16 priate personnel from entrepreneurial development 

17 programs, performance measures and criteria, in18 cluding job creation, job retention, and job retrain19 ing goals, to evaluate the success of the Administra20 tion’s actions regarding these efforts. 

21 ‘‘(2) DATA COLLECTION PROCESS.—The Ad22 ministrator shall develop and implement a consistent 

23 data collection process to cover all entrepreneurial 

24 development programs. Such data collection process 

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1 ance, and any other data determined appropriate by 

2 the Administrator with respect to the Administra3 tion’s entrepreneurial development programs. 

4 ‘‘(3) COORDINATION AND ALIGNMENT OF SBA

5 ENTREPRENEURIAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS.— 

6 The Administrator shall submit annually to Con7 gress, in consultation with other Federal depart8 ments and agencies as appropriate, a report on op9 portunities to foster coordination, limit duplication, 

10 and improve program delivery for Federal entrepre11 neurial development programs. 

12 ‘‘(4) DATABASE OF ENTREPRENEURIAL DEVEL13 OPMENT SERVICE PROVIDERS.—The Administrator 

14 shall establish a database of providers of entrepre15 neurial development services and make such data16 base available through the Administration’s Web 

17 site. The database shall be searchable by industry, 

18 geography, and service required. 

19 ‘‘(5) COMMUNITY SPECIALIST.—The Adminis20 trator shall designate not less than one staff member 

21 in each Administration district office as a commu22 nity specialist who has as their full-time responsi23 bility working with local entrepreneurial development 

24 service providers to increase coordination with Fed25 eral resources. The Administrator shall develop 


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1 benchmarks for measuring the performance of com2 munity specialists under this subsection. 

3 ‘‘(6) ENTREPRENEURIAL DEVELOPMENT POR4 TAL.—The Administrator shall establish a Web5 based portal that provides comprehensive informa6 tion on the Administration’s entrepreneurial develop7 ment programs. The Administrator shall— 

8 ‘‘(A) integrate under one Web portal, 

9 Small Business Development Centers, Women’s 

10 Business Centers, SCORE, Veterans Business 

11 Centers, the Administration’s distance learning 

12 program, and other programs as appropriate; 

13 ‘‘(B) revise the Administration’s primary 

14 Web site so that the Web portal described in 

15 subparagraph (A) is available as a link on the 

16 main Web page of the Web site; 

17 ‘‘(C) increase consumer-oriented content 

18 on the Administration’s Web site and focus on 

19 promoting access to business solutions, includ20 ing marketing, financing, and human resources 

21 planning; 

22 ‘‘(D) establish relevant Web content aggre23 gated by industry segment, stage of business 

24 development, level of need, and include referral 

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1 cluding financing, training and counseling, and 

2 procurement assistance; and 

3 ‘‘(E) provide style guidelines and links for 

4 visitors to the Administration’s Web site to be 

5 able to comment on and evaluate the materials 

6 in terms of their usefulness. 

7 ‘‘(7) PILOT PROGRAMS.—The Administrator 

8 may not conduct any pilot program for a period of 

9 greater than 3 years if the program conflicts with, 

10 or uses the resources of, any of the entrepreneurial 

11 development programs authorized under section 

12 8(b)(1)(B), 21, 29, 32, or any other provision of this 

13 Act.’’. 

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