111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2352 

AN ACT 

To amend the Small Business Act, 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. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

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

3 ‘‘Job Creation Through Entrepreneurship Act of 2009’’. 

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

5 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

TITLE I—ESTABLISHMENT OF VETERANS BUSINESS CENTER 

PROGRAM 

Sec. 101. Veterans Business Center program. 

Sec. 102. Reporting requirement for interagency task force. 

Sec. 103. Comptroller General study of small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans. 

TITLE II—EDUCATING AND NETWORKING ENTREPRENEURS 

THROUGH TODAY’S TECHNOLOGY 

Sec. 201. Educating entrepreneurs through technology. 

TITLE III—ENHANCING NATIVE AMERICAN ENTREPRENEURSHIP 

Sec. 301. Office of Native American Affairs; Tribal Business Information Centers program. 

Sec. 302. Small Business Development Center assistance to Indian tribe members, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians. 

TITLE IV—BROADENING THE WOMEN’S BUSINESS CENTER 

PROGRAM 

Sec. 401. Notification of grants; publication of grant amounts. 

Sec. 402. Communications. 

Sec. 403. Funding. 

Sec. 404. Performance and planning. 

Sec. 405. National Women’s Business Council. 

Sec. 406. Applicant evaluation criteria. 

TITLE V—SCORE PROGRAM IMPROVEMENTS 

Sec. 501. Expansion of volunteer representation and benchmark reports. 

Sec. 502. Mentoring and networking. 

Sec. 503. Name of program changed to SCORE. 

Sec. 504. Authorization of appropriations. 

TITLE VI—EXPANDING ENTREPRENEURSHIP 

Sec. 601. Expanding entrepreneurship. 

TITLE VII—MODERNIZING THE SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT 

CENTER PROGRAM 

Sec. 701. Small business development centers operational changes. 

Sec. 702. Access to credit and capital. 
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Sec. 703. Procurement training and assistance. 

Sec. 704. Green entrepreneurs training program. 

Sec. 705. Main street stabilization. 

Sec. 706. Prohibition on program income being used as matching funds. 

Sec. 707. Authorization of appropriations. 

Sec. 708. Small Manufacturers transition assistance program. 

TITLE VIII—MICROENTERPRISE TRAINING CENTER PROGRAM 

Sec. 801. Microenterprise training center program. 

TITLE IX—MILITARY ENTREPRENEURS PROGRAM 

Sec. 901. Military entrepreneurs program. 

TITLE X—RURAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP ADVISORY COUNCIL 

Sec. 1001. Rural Entrepreneurship Advisory Council. 

TITLE XI—ASSISTANCE RELATED TO CARBON EMISSION TAX 

Sec. 1101. Assistance related to carbon emission tax. 

1 TITLE I—ESTABLISHMENT OF 

2 VETERANS BUSINESS CENTER 

3 PROGRAM 

4 SEC. 101. VETERANS BUSINESS CENTER PROGRAM. 

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

6 657b) is amended— 

7 (1) in subsection (f), by inserting ‘‘(other than 

8 subsections (g), (h), and (i))’’ after ‘‘this section’’; 

9 and 

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

11 ‘‘(g) VETERANS BUSINESS CENTER PROGRAM.— 

12 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall es13 tablish a Veterans Business Center program within 

14 the Administration to provide entrepreneurial train15 ing and counseling to veterans in accordance with 

16 this subsection. 
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1 ‘‘(2) DIRECTOR.—The Administrator shall ap2 point a Director of the Veterans Business Center 

3 program, who shall implement and oversee such pro4 gram and who shall report directly to the Associate 

5 Administrator for Veterans Business Development. 

6 ‘‘(3) DESIGNATION OF VETERANS BUSINESS

7 CENTERS.—The Director shall establish by regula8 tion an application, review, and notification process 

9 to designate entities as veterans business centers for 

10 purposes of this section. The Director shall make 

11 publicly known the designation of an entity as a vet12 erans business center and the award of a grant to 

13 such center under this subsection. 

14 ‘‘(4) FUNDING FOR VETERANS BUSINESS CEN15 TERS.— 

16 ‘‘(A) INITIAL GRANTS.—The Director is 

17 authorized to make a grant (hereinafter in this 

18 subsection referred to as an ‘initial grant’) to 

19 each veterans business center each year for not 

20 more than 5 years in the amount of $200,000. 

21 ‘‘(B) GROWTH FUNDING GRANTS.—After a 

22 veterans business center has received 5 years of 

23 initial grants under subparagraph (A), the Di24 rector is authorized to make a grant (herein25 after in this subsection referred to as a ‘growth 
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1 funding grant’) to such center each year for not 

2 more than 3 years in the amount of $150,000. 

3 After such center has received 3 years of 

4 growth funding grants, the Director shall re5 quire such center to meet performance bench6 marks established by the Director to be eligible 

7 for growth funding grants in subsequent years. 

8 ‘‘(5) CENTER RESPONSIBILITIES.—Each vet9 erans business center receiving a grant under this 

10 subsection shall use the funds primarily on veteran 

11 entrepreneurial development, counseling of veteran12 owned small businesses through one-on-one instruc13 tion and classes, and providing government procure14 ment assistance to veterans. 

15 ‘‘(6) MATCHING FUNDS.—Each veterans busi16 ness center receiving a grant under this subsection 

17 shall be required to provide a non-Federal match of 

18 50 percent of the Federal funds such center receives 

19 under this subsection. The Director may issue to a 

20 veterans business center, upon request, a waiver 

21 from all or a portion of such matching requirement 

22 upon a determination of hardship. The Director may 

23 waive the matching funds requirement under this 

24 paragraph with respect to veterans business centers 

25 that serve communities with a per capita income less 
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1 than 75 percent of the national per capita income 

2 and an unemployment rate at least 150 percent 

3 higher than the national average. 

4 ‘‘(7) TARGETED AREAS.—The Director shall 

5 give priority to applications for designations and 

6 grants under this subsection that will establish a 

7 veterans business center in a geographic area, as de8 termined by the Director, that is not currently 

9 served by a veterans business center and in which— 

10 ‘‘(A) the population of veterans exceeds the 

11 national median of such measure; or 

12 ‘‘(B) the population of veterans of Oper13 ation Iraqi Freedom or Operation Enduring 

14 Freedom exceeds the national median of such 

15 measure. 

16 ‘‘(8) TRAINING PROGRAM.—The Director shall 

17 develop and implement, directly or by contract, an 

18 annual training program for the staff and personnel 

19 of designated veterans business centers to provide 

20 education, support, and information on best prac21 tices with respect to the establishment and operation 

22 of such centers. The Director shall develop such 

23 training program in consultation with veterans busi24 ness centers, the interagency task force established 
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1 under subsection (c), and veterans service organiza2 tions. 

3 ‘‘(9) INCLUSION OF OTHER ORGANIZATIONS IN

4 PROGRAM.—Upon the date of the enactment of this 

5 subsection, each Veterans Business Outreach Center 

6 established by the Administrator under the authority 

7 of section 8(b)(17) and each center that received 

8 funds during fiscal year 2006 from the National 

9 Veterans Business Development Corporation estab10 lished under section 33 and that remains in oper11 ation shall be treated as designated as a veterans 

12 business center for purposes of this subsection and 

13 shall be eligible for grants under this subsection. 

14 ‘‘(10) RURAL AREAS.—The Director shall sub15 mit annually to the Administrator a report on 

16 whether a sufficient percentage, as determined by 

17 the Director, of veterans in rural areas have ade18 quate access to a veterans business center. If the Di19 rector submits a report under this paragraph that 

20 does not demonstrate that a sufficient percentage of 

21 veterans in rural areas have adequate access to a 

22 veterans business center, the Director shall give pri23 ority during the 1-year period following the date of 

24 the submission of such report to applications for 

25 designations and grants under this subsection that 
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1 will establish veterans business centers in rural 

2 areas. 

3 ‘‘(11) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

4 There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

5 this subsection $12,000,000 for fiscal year 2010 and 

6 $14,000,000 for fiscal year 2011. 

7 ‘‘(h) ADDITIONAL GRANTS AVAILABLE TO VETERANS

8 BUSINESS CENTERS.— 

9 ‘‘(1) ACCESS TO CAPITAL GRANT PROGRAM.— 

10 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the 

11 Veterans Business Center program shall estab12 lish a grant program under which the Director 

13 is authorized to make, to veterans business cen14 ters designated under subsection (g), grants for 

15 the following: 

16 ‘‘(i) Developing specialized programs 

17 to assist veteran-owned small businesses to 

18 secure capital and repair damaged credit. 

19 ‘‘(ii) Providing informational seminars 

20 on securing loans to veteran-owned small 

21 businesses. 

22 ‘‘(iii) Providing one-on-one counseling 

23 to veteran-owned small businesses to im24 prove the financial presentations of such 

25 businesses to lenders. 
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1 ‘‘(iv) Facilitating the access of vet2 eran-owned small businesses to both tradi3 tional and non-traditional financing 

4 sources. 

5 ‘‘(v) Providing one-on-one or group 

6 counseling to owners of small business con7 cerns who are members of the reserve com8 ponents of the armed forces, as specified in 

9 section 10101 of title 10, United States 

10 Code, to assist such owners to effectively 

11 prepare their small businesses for periods 

12 when such owners are deployed in support 

13 of a contingency operation. 

14 ‘‘(vi) Developing specialized programs 

15 to assist unemployed veterans to become 

16 entrepreneurs. 

17 ‘‘(B) AWARD SIZE.—The Director may not 

18 award a veterans business center more than 

19 $75,000 in grants under this paragraph. 

20 ‘‘(C) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA21 TIONS.—There is authorized to be appropriated 

22 to carry out this paragraph $1,500,000 for each 

23 of fiscal years 2010 and 2011. 

24 ‘‘(2) PROCUREMENT ASSISTANCE GRANT PRO25 GRAM.— 
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1 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall es2 tablish a grant program under which the Direc3 tor is authorized to make, to veterans business 

4 centers designated under subsection (g), grants 

5 for the following: 

6 ‘‘(i) Assisting veteran-owned small 

7 businesses to identify contracts that are 

8 suitable to such businesses. 

9 ‘‘(ii) Preparing veteran-owned small 

10 businesses to be ready as subcontractors 

11 and prime contractors for contracts made 

12 available through the American Recovery 

13 and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public 

14 Law 111–5) through training and business 

15 advisement, particularly with respect to the 

16 construction trades. 

17 ‘‘(iii) Providing veteran-owned small 

18 businesses technical assistance with respect 

19 to the Federal procurement process, in20 cluding assisting such businesses to comply 

21 with Federal regulations and bonding re22 quirements. 

23 ‘‘(B) AWARD SIZE.—The Director may not 

24 award a veterans business center more than 

25 $75,000 in grants under this paragraph. 
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1 ‘‘(C) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA2 TIONS.—There is authorized to be appropriated 

3 to carry out this paragraph $1,500,000 for each 

4 of fiscal years 2010 and 2011. 

5 ‘‘(3) SERVICE-DISABLED VETERAN-OWNED

6 SMALL BUSINESS GRANT PROGRAM.— 

7 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall es8 tablish a grant program under which the Direc9 tor is authorized to make, to veterans business 

10 centers designated under subsection (g), grants 

11 for the following: 

12 ‘‘(i) Developing outreach programs for 

13 service-disabled veterans to promote self14 employment opportunities. 

15 ‘‘(ii) Providing training to service-dis16 abled veterans with respect to business 

17 plan development, marketing, budgeting, 

18 accounting, and merchandising. 

19 ‘‘(iii) Assisting service-disabled vet20 eran-owned small businesses to locate and 

21 secure business opportunities. 

22 ‘‘(B) AWARD SIZE.—The Director may not 

23 award a veterans business center more than 

24 $75,000 in grants under this paragraph. 
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1 ‘‘(C) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA2 TIONS.—There is authorized to be appropriated 

3 to carry out this paragraph $1,500,000 for each 

4 of fiscal years 2010 and 2011. 

5 ‘‘(i) VETERANS ENTREPRENEURIAL DEVELOPMENT

6 SUMMIT.— 

7 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Vet8 erans Business Center program is authorized to 

9 carry out an event, once every two years, for the 

10 purpose of providing networking opportunities, out11 reach, education, training, and support to veterans 

12 business centers funded under this section, veteran13 owned small businesses, veterans service organiza14 tions, and other entities as determined appropriate 

15 for inclusion by the Director. Such event shall in16 clude education and training with respect to improv17 ing outreach to veterans in areas of high unemploy18 ment. 

19 ‘‘(2) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

20 There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

21 this subsection $450,000 for fiscal years 2010 and 

22 2011. 

23 ‘‘(j) INCLUSION OF SURVIVING SPOUSES.—For pur24 poses of subsections (g), (h), and (i) the following apply: 
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1 ‘‘(1) The term ‘veteran’ includes a surviving 

2 spouse of the following: 

3 ‘‘(A) A member of the Armed Forces, in4 cluding a reserve component thereof. 

5 ‘‘(B) A veteran. 

6 ‘‘(2) The term ‘veteran-owned small business’ 

7 includes a small business owned by a surviving 

8 spouse of the following: 

9 ‘‘(A) A member of the Armed Forces, in10 cluding a reserve component thereof. 

11 ‘‘(B) A veteran. 

12 ‘‘(k) INCLUSION OF RESERVE COMPONENTS.—For 

13 purposes of subsections (g), (h), and (i) the following 

14 apply: 

15 ‘‘(1) The term ‘veteran’ includes a member of 

16 the reserve components of the armed forces as speci17 fied in section 10101 of title 10, United States 

18 Code. 

19 ‘‘(2) The term ‘veteran-owned small business’ 

20 includes a small business owned by a member of the 

21 reserve components of the armed forces as specified 

22 in section 10101 of title 10, United States Code.’’. 
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1 SEC. 102. REPORTING REQUIREMENT FOR INTERAGENCY 

2 TASK FORCE. 

3 Section 32(c) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 

4 657b(c)) is amended by adding at the end the following: 

5 ‘‘(4) REPORT.—The Administrator shall submit 

6 to Congress biannually a report on the appointments 

7 made to and activities of the task force.’’. 

8 SEC. 103. COMPTROLLER GENERAL STUDY OF SMALL BUSI9 NESS CONCERNS OWNED AND CONTROLLED 

10 BY VETERANS. 

11 The Comptroller General shall carry out a study on 

12 the effects of this Act and the amendments made by this 

13 Act on small business concerns owned and controlled by 

14 veterans and submit to Congress a report on the results 

15 of such study. Such report shall include the recommenda16 tions of the Comptroller General with respect to how this 

17 Act and the amendments made by this Act may be imple18 mented to more effectively serve small business concerns 

19 owned and controlled by veterans. 
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1 TITLE II—EDUCATING AND NET2 WORKING ENTREPRENEURS 

3 THROUGH TODAY’S TECH4 NOLOGY 

5 SEC. 201. EDUCATING ENTREPRENEURS THROUGH TECH6 NOLOGY. 

7 The Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631 et seq.) is 

8 amended by redesignating section 44 as section 47 and 

9 by inserting the following new section after section 43: 

10 ‘‘SEC. 44. EDUCATING AND NETWORKING ENTREPRENEURS 

11 THROUGH TECHNOLOGY. 

12 ‘‘(a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to 

13 provide distance learning and opportunities for the ex14 change of peer-to-peer technical assistance through online 

15 networking to potential and existing entrepreneurs 

16 through the use of technology. 

17 ‘‘(b) DEFINITION.—As used in this section, the term 

18 ‘qualified third-party vendor’ means an entity with experi19 ence in distance learning content or communications tech20 nology, or both, with the ability to utilize on-line, satellite, 

21 video-on-demand, and connected community-based organi22 zations to distribute and conduct distance learning and es23 tablish an online network for use by potential and existing 

24 entrepreneurs to facilitate the exchange of peer-to-peer 

25 technical assistance related to entrepreneurship, credit 
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1 management, financial literacy, and Federal small busi2 ness development programs. 

3 ‘‘(c) AUTHORITY.—The Administrator shall contract 

4 with qualified third-party vendors for entrepreneurial 

5 training content, the development of communications tech6 nology that can distribute content under this section 

7 throughout the United States, and the establishment of 

8 a nationwide, online network for the exchange of peer-to9 peer technical assistance. The Administrator shall con10 tract with at least two qualified third-party vendors to de11 velop content. 

12 ‘‘(d) CONTENT.—The Administrator shall ensure 

13 that the content referred to in subsection (c) is timely and 

14 relevant to entrepreneurial development and can be suc15 cessfully communicated remotely to an audience through 

16 the use of technology. The Administrator shall, to the 

17 maximum extent practicable, promote content that makes 

18 use of technologies that allow for remote interaction by 

19 the content provider with an audience. The Administrator 

20 shall ensure that the content is catalogued and accessible 

21 to small businesses on-line or through other remote tech22 nologies. 

23 ‘‘(e) COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY.—The Admin24 istrator shall ensure that the communications technology 

25 referred to in subsection (c) is able to distribute content 
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1 throughout all 50 States and the territories of the United 

2 States to small business concerns, home-based businesses, 

3 Small Business Development Centers, Women’s Business 

4 Centers, Veterans Business Centers, SCORE chapters, 

5 and the Small Business Administration and network en6 trepreneurs throughout all 50 States and the territories 

7 of the United States to allow for peer-to-peer learning 

8 through the creation of a location online that allows entre9 preneurs and small business owners the opportunity to ex10 change technical assistance through the sharing of infor11 mation. To the extent possible, the qualified third-party 

12 vendor should deliver the content and facilitate the net13 working using broadband technology. 

14 ‘‘(f) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—The Administrator 

15 shall submit a report to Congress 6 months after the date 

16 of the enactment of this section containing an analysis of 

17 the Small Business Administration’s progress in imple18 menting this section. The Administrator shall submit a re19 port to Congress 1 year after the date of the enactment 

20 of this section and annually thereafter containing the 

21 number of presentations made under this section, the 

22 number of small businesses served under this section, the 

23 extent to which this section resulted in the establishment 

24 of new businesses, and feedback on the usefulness of this 

25 medium in presenting entrepreneurial education and facili-
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1 tating the exchange of peer-to-peer technical assistance 

2 throughout the United States. 

3 ‘‘(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

4 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

5 $2,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2010 and 2011.’’. 

6 TITLE III—ENHANCING NATIVE 

7 AMERICAN ENTREPRENEURSHIP 

8 SEC. 301. OFFICE OF NATIVE AMERICAN AFFAIRS; TRIBAL 

9 BUSINESS INFORMATION CENTERS PRO10 GRAM. 

11 (a) ASSOCIATE ADMINISTRATOR.—Section 4(b)(1) of 

12 the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 633(b)(1)) is amend13 ed— 

14 (1) by striking ‘‘five Associate Administrators’’ 

15 and inserting ‘‘six Associate Administrators’’; and 

16 (2) by inserting after ‘‘vested in the Adminis17 tration.’’ the following: ‘‘One such Associate Admin18 istrator shall be the Associate Administrator for Na19 tive American Affairs, who shall administer the Of20 fice of Native American Affairs established under 

21 section 45.’’. 

22 (b) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Small Business Act (15 

23 U.S.C. 631 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 

24 44, as added by section 201 of this Act, the following: 
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1 ‘‘SEC. 45. OFFICE OF NATIVE AMERICAN AFFAIRS AND 

2 TRIBAL BUSINESS INFORMATION CENTERS 

3 PROGRAM. 

4 ‘‘(a) OFFICE OF NATIVE AMERICAN AFFAIRS.— 

5 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in 

6 the Administration an Office of Native American Af7 fairs (hereinafter referred to in this subsection as 

8 the ‘Office’). 

9 ‘‘(2) ASSOCIATE ADMINISTRATOR.—The Office 

10 shall be administered by an Associate Administrator 

11 appointed under section 4(b)(1). 

12 ‘‘(3) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Office shall have 

13 the following responsibilities: 

14 ‘‘(A) Developing and implementing tools 

15 and strategies to increase Native American en16 trepreneurship. 

17 ‘‘(B) Expanding the access of Native 

18 American entrepreneurs to business training, fi19 nancing, and Federal small business contracts. 

20 ‘‘(C) Expanding outreach to Native Amer21 ican communities and marketing entrepre22 neurial development services to such commu23 nities. 

24 ‘‘(D) Representing the Administration with 

25 respect to Native American economic develop26 ment matters. 
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1 ‘‘(4) COORDINATION AND OVERSIGHT FUNC2 TION.—The Office shall provide oversight with re3 spect to and assist the implementation of all Admin4 istration initiatives relating to Native American en5 trepreneurial development. 

6 ‘‘(5) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

7 To carry out this subsection, there is authorized to 

8 be appropriated to the Administrator $2,000,000 for 

9 each of fiscal years 2010 and 2011. 

10 ‘‘(b) TRIBAL BUSINESS INFORMATION CENTERS

11 PROGRAM.— 

12 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Administrator is 

13 authorized to operate, alone or in coordination with 

14 other Federal departments and agencies, a Tribal 

15 Business Information Centers program that provides 

16 Native American populations with business training 

17 and entrepreneurial development assistance. 

18 ‘‘(2) DESIGNATION OF CENTERS.—The Admin19 istrator shall designate entities as centers under the 

20 Tribal Business Information Centers program. 

21 ‘‘(3) ADMINISTRATION SUPPORT.—The Admin22 istrator may contribute agency personnel and re23 sources to the centers designated under paragraph 

24 (2) to carry out this subsection. 
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1 ‘‘(4) GRANT PROGRAM.—The Administrator is 

2 authorized to make grants of not more than 

3 $300,000 to centers designated under paragraph (2) 

4 for the purpose of providing Native Americans the 

5 following: 

6 ‘‘(A) Business workshops. 

7 ‘‘(B) Individualized business counseling. 

8 ‘‘(C) Entrepreneurial development train9 ing. 

10 ‘‘(D) Access to computer technology and 

11 other resources to start or expand a business. 

12 ‘‘(5) REGULATIONS.—The Administrator shall 

13 by regulation establish a process for designating cen14 ters under paragraph (2) and making the grants au15 thorized under paragraph (4). 

16 ‘‘(6) DEFINITION OF ADMINISTRATOR.—In this 

17 subsection, the term ‘Administrator’ means the Ad18 ministrator, acting through the Associate Adminis19 trator administering the Office of Native American 

20 Affairs. 

21 ‘‘(7) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

22 To carry out this subsection, there is authorized to 

23 be appropriated to the Administrator $15,000,000 

24 for fiscal year 2010 and $17,000,000 for fiscal year 

25 2011. 
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1 ‘‘(c) DEFINITION OF NATIVE AMERICAN.—The term 

2 ‘Native American’ means an Indian tribe member, Alaska 

3 Native, or Native Hawaiian as such are defined in section 

4 21(a)(8) of this Act.’’. 

5 SEC. 302. SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER AS6 SISTANCE TO INDIAN TRIBE MEMBERS, ALAS7 KA NATIVES, AND NATIVE HAWAIIANS. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 21(a) of the Small Busi9 ness Act (15 U.S.C. 648(a)) is amended by adding at the 

10 end the following: 

11 ‘‘(8) ADDITIONAL GRANT TO ASSIST INDIAN

12 TRIBE MEMBERS, ALASKA NATIVES, AND NATIVE HA13 WAIIANS.— 

14 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Any applicant in an 

15 eligible State that is funded by the Administra16 tion as a Small Business Development Center 

17 may apply for an additional grant to be used 

18 solely to provide services described in subsection 

19 (c)(3) to assist with outreach, development, and 

20 enhancement on Indian lands of small business 

21 startups and expansions owned by Indian tribe 

22 members, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawai23 ians. 

24 ‘‘(B) ELIGIBLE STATES.—For purposes of 

25 subparagraph (A), an eligible State is a State 
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1 that has a combined population of Indian tribe 

2 members, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawai3 ians that comprises at least 1 percent of the 

4 State’s total population, as shown by the latest 

5 available census. 

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

7 for a grant under subparagraph (A) shall sub8 mit to the Administration an application that is 

9 in such form as the Administration may re10 quire. The application shall include information 

11 regarding the applicant’s goals and objectives 

12 for the services to be provided using the grant, 

13 including— 

14 ‘‘(i) the capability of the applicant to 

15 provide training and services to a rep16 resentative number of Indian tribe mem17 bers, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawai18 ians; 

19 ‘‘(ii) the location of the Small Busi20 ness Development Center site proposed by 

21 the applicant; 

22 ‘‘(iii) the required amount of grant 

23 funding needed by the applicant to imple24 ment the program; and 
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1 ‘‘(iv) the extent to which the applicant 

2 has consulted with local tribal councils. 

3 ‘‘(D) APPLICABILITY OF GRANT REQUIRE4 MENTS.—An applicant for a grant under sub5 paragraph (A) shall comply with all of the re6 quirements of this section, except that the 

7 matching funds requirements under paragraph 

8 (4)(A) shall not apply. 

9 ‘‘(E) MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF GRANTS.—No 

10 applicant may receive more than $300,000 in 

11 grants under this paragraph for any fiscal year. 

12 ‘‘(F) REGULATIONS.—After providing no13 tice and an opportunity for comment and after 

14 consulting with the Association recognized by 

15 the Administration pursuant to paragraph 

16 (3)(A) (but not later than 180 days after the 

17 date of enactment of this paragraph), the Ad18 ministration shall issue final regulations to 

19 carry out this paragraph, including regulations 

20 that establish— 

21 ‘‘(i) standards relating to educational, 

22 technical, and support services to be pro23 vided by Small Business Development Cen24 ters receiving assistance under this para25 graph; and 
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1 ‘‘(ii) standards relating to any work 

2 plan that the Administration may require a 

3 Small Business Development Center receiv4 ing assistance under this paragraph to de5 velop. 

6 ‘‘(G) ADVICE OF LOCAL TRIBAL ORGANIZA7 TIONS.—A Small Business Development Center 

8 receiving a grant under this paragraph shall re9 quest the advice of a tribal organization on how 

10 best to provide assistance to Indian tribe mem11 bers, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians 

12 and where to locate satellite centers to provide 

13 such assistance. 

14 ‘‘(H) DEFINITIONS.—In this paragraph, 

15 the following definitions apply: 

16 ‘‘(i) INDIAN LANDS.—The term ‘In17 dian lands’ has the meaning given the term 

18 ‘Indian country’ in section 1151 of title 18, 

19 United States Code, the meaning given the 

20 term ‘Indian reservation’ in section 151.2 

21 of title 25, Code of Federal Regulations 

22 (as in effect on the date of enactment of 

23 this paragraph), and the meaning given 

24 the term ‘reservation’ in section 4 of the 
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1 Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 (25 

2 U.S.C. 1903). 

3 ‘‘(ii) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘In4 dian tribe’ means any band, nation, or or5 ganized group or community of Indians lo6 cated in the contiguous United States, and 

7 the Metlakatla Indian Community, whose 

8 members are recognized as eligible for the 

9 services provided to Indians by the Sec10 retary of the Interior because of their sta11 tus as Indians. 

12 ‘‘(iii) INDIAN TRIBE MEMBER.—The 

13 term ‘Indian tribe member’ means a mem14 ber of an Indian tribe (other than an Alas15 ka Native). 

16 ‘‘(iv) ALASKA NATIVE.—The term 

17 ‘Alaska Native’ has the meaning given the 

18 term ‘Native’ in section 3(b) of the Alaska 

19 Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 

20 1602(b)). 

21 ‘‘(v) NATIVE HAWAIIAN.—The term 

22 ‘Native Hawaiian’ means any individual 

23 who is— 

24 ‘‘(I) a citizen of the United 

25 States; and 
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1 ‘‘(II) a descendant of the aborigi2 nal people, who prior to 1778, occu3 pied and exercised sovereignty in the 

4 area that now constitutes the State of 

5 Hawaii. 

6 ‘‘(vi) TRIBAL ORGANIZATION.—The 

7 term ‘tribal organization’ has the meaning 

8 given that term in section 4(l) of the In9 dian Self-Determination and Education 

10 Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b(l)). 

11 ‘‘(I) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA12 TIONS.—There is authorized to be appropriated 

13 to carry out this paragraph $7,000,000 for each 

14 of fiscal years 2010 and 2011. 

15 ‘‘(J) FUNDING LIMITATIONS.— 

16 ‘‘(i) NONAPPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN

17 LIMITATIONS.—Funding under this para18 graph shall be in addition to the dollar 

19 program limitations specified in paragraph 

20 (4). 

21 ‘‘(ii) LIMITATION ON USE OF

22 FUNDS.—The Administration may carry 

23 out this paragraph only with amounts ap24 propriated in advance specifically to carry 

25 out this paragraph.’’. 
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1 TITLE IV—BROADENING THE 

2 WOMEN’S BUSINESS CENTER 

3 PROGRAM 

4 SEC. 401. NOTIFICATION OF GRANTS; PUBLICATION OF 

5 GRANT AMOUNTS. 

6 Section 29 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 656) 

7 is amended by adding at the end the following new sub8 section: 

9 ‘‘(o) NOTIFICATION OF GRANTS; PUBLICATION OF

10 GRANT AMOUNTS.—The Administrator shall disburse 

11 funds to a women’s business center not later than 1 month 

12 after the center’s application is approved under this sec13 tion. At the end of each fiscal year the Administrator (act14 ing through the Office of Women’s Business ownership) 

15 shall publish on the Administration’s website a report set16 ting forth the total amount of the grants made under this 

17 Act to each women’s business center in the fiscal year for 

18 which the report is issued, the total amount of such grants 

19 made in each prior fiscal year to each such center, and 

20 the total amount of private matching funds provided by 

21 each such center over the lifetime of the center.’’. 

22 SEC. 402. COMMUNICATIONS. 

23 Section 29 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 

24 656), as amended, is further amended by adding at the 

25 end the following new subsection: 
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1 ‘‘(p) COMMUNICATIONS.—The Administrator shall 

2 establish, by rule, a standardized process to communicate 

3 with women’s business centers regarding program admin4 istration matters, including reimbursement, regulatory 

5 matters, and programmatic changes. The Administrator 

6 shall notify each women’s business center of the oppor7 tunity for notice and comment on the proposed rule.’’. 

8 SEC. 403. FUNDING. 

9 (a) FORMULA.—Section 29(b) of the Small Business 

10 Act (15 U.S.C. 656(b)) is amended to read as follows: 

11 ‘‘(b) AUTHORITY.— 

12 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator may 

13 provide financial assistance to private nonprofit or14 ganizations to conduct projects for the benefit of 

15 small business concerns owned and controlled by 

16 women. The projects shall provide— 

17 ‘‘(A) financial assistance, including train18 ing and counseling in how to apply for and se19 cure business credit and investment capital, 

20 preparing and presenting financial statements, 

21 and managing cash flow and other financial op22 erations of a business concern; 

23 ‘‘(B) management assistance, including 

24 training and counseling in how to plan, orga25 nize, staff, direct, and control each major activ-
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1 ity and function of a small business concern, in2 cluding implementing cost-saving energy tech3 niques; and 

4 ‘‘(C) marketing assistance, including train5 ing and counseling in identifying and seg6 menting domestic and international market op7 portunities, preparing and executing marketing 

8 plans, developing pricing strategies, locating 

9 contract opportunities, negotiating contracts, 

10 and utilizing varying public relations and adver11 tising techniques. 

12 ‘‘(2) TIERS.—The Administrator shall provide 

13 assistance under paragraph (1) in 3 tiers of assist14 ance as follows: 

15 ‘‘(A) The first tier shall be to conduct a 5- 

16 year project in a situation where a project has 

17 not previously been conducted. Such a project 

18 shall be in a total amount of not more than 

19 $150,000 per year. Projects receiving assistance 

20 under this subparagraph that possess the ca21 pacity to train existing or potential business 

22 owners in the fields of green technology, clean 

23 technology, or energy efficiency shall receive the 

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1 ‘‘(B) The second tier shall be to conduct a 

2 3-year project in a situation where a first-tier 

3 project is being completed. Such a project shall 

4 be in a total amount of not more than 

5 $100,000 per year. 

6 ‘‘(C) The third tier shall be to conduct a 

7 3-year project in a situation where a second-tier 

8 project is being completed. Such a project shall 

9 be in a total amount of not more than 

10 $100,000 per year. Third-tier grants shall be 

11 renewable subject to established eligibility cri12 teria as well as criteria in subsection (b)(4). 

13 ‘‘(3) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.—Of the amounts 

14 made available for assistance under this subsection, 

15 the Administrator shall allocate— 

16 ‘‘(A) at least 40 percent for first-tier 

17 projects under paragraph (2)(A); 

18 ‘‘(B) 20 percent for second-tier projects 

19 under paragraph (2)(B); and 

20 ‘‘(C) the remainder for third-tier projects 

21 under paragraph (2)(C). 

22 ‘‘(4) BENCHMARKS FOR THIRD-TIER

23 PROJECTS.—In awarding third-tier projects under 

24 paragraph (2)(C), the Administrator shall use 

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1 community and on the performance of the applicant. 

2 The benchmarks shall include— 

3 ‘‘(A) the total number of women served by 

4 the project; 

5 ‘‘(B) the proportion of low income women 

6 and socio-economic distribution of clients served 

7 by the project; 

8 ‘‘(C) the proportion of individuals in the 

9 community that are socially or economically dis10 advantaged (based on median income); 

11 ‘‘(D) the future fund-raising and service 

12 coordination plans; 

13 ‘‘(E) the capacity of the project to train 

14 existing or potential business owners in the 

15 fields of green technology, clean technology, or 

16 energy efficiency; 

17 ‘‘(F) the diversity of services provided; and 

18 ‘‘(G) geographic distribution within and 

19 across the 10 regions of the Small Business Ad20 ministration.’’. 

21 (b) MATCHING.—Subparagraphs (A) and (B) of sec22 tion 29(c)(1) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 

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1 ‘‘(A) For the first and second years of the 

2 project, 1 non-Federal dollar for each 2 Federal 

3 dollars. 

4 ‘‘(B) Each year after the second year of 

5 the project— 

6 ‘‘(i) 1 non-Federal dollar for each 

7 Federal dollar; or 

8 ‘‘(ii) if the center is in a community 

9 at least 50 percent of the population of 

10 which is below the median income for the 

11 State or United States territory in which 

12 the center is located, 1 non-Federal dollar 

13 for each 2 Federal dollars.’’. 

14 (c) AUTHORIZATION.—Section 20 of the Small Busi15 ness Act (15 U.S.C. 631 note) is amended by inserting 

16 the following new subsection after subsection (e): 

17 ‘‘(f) WOMEN’S BUSINESS CENTERS.—There is au18 thorized to be appropriated for purposes of grants under 

19 section 29 to women’s business centers not more than 

20 $20,000,000 in fiscal year 2010 and not more than 

21 $22,000,000 in fiscal year 2011.’’. 

22 SEC. 404. PERFORMANCE AND PLANNING. 

23 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 29(h)(1) of the Small 

24 Business Act (15 U.S.C. 656(h)(1)) is amended— 
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1 (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara2 graph (A); 

3 (2) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as sub4 paragraph (D); and 

5 (3) by inserting the following new subpara6 graphs after subparagraph (A): 

7 ‘‘(B) establish performance measures, tak8 ing into account the demographic differences of 

9 populations served by women’s business centers, 

10 which measures shall include— 

11 ‘‘(i) outcome-based measures of the 

12 amount of job creation or economic activity 

13 generated in the local community as a re14 sult of efforts made and services provided 

15 by each women’s business center, and 

16 ‘‘(ii) service-based measures of the 

17 amount of services provided to individuals 

18 and small business concerns served by each 

19 women’s business center; 

20 ‘‘(C) require each women’s business center 

21 to submit an annual plan for the next year that 

22 includes the center’s funding sources and 

23 amounts, strategies for increasing outreach to 

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1 increasing job placement of women in nontradi2 tional occupations, and other content as deter3 mined by the Administrator; and’’. 

4 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 29(h)(1) of 

5 the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 656(h)(1)), as amend6 ed, is further amended by adding the following at the end 

7 thereof: 

8 ‘‘The Administrator’s evaluation of each women’s 

9 business center as required by this subsection shall 

10 be in part based on the performance measures under 

11 subparagraphs (B) and (C). These measures and the 

12 Administrator’s evaluations thereof shall be made 

13 publicly available.’’. 

14 SEC. 405. NATIONAL WOMEN’S BUSINESS COUNCIL. 

15 The Women’s Business Ownership Act of 1988 is 

16 amended as follows: 

17 (1) In section 409(a) (15 U.S.C. 7109(a)), by 

18 adding the following at the end thereof: ‘‘Such stud19 ies shall include a study on the impact of the 2008– 

20 2009 financial markets crisis on women-owned busi21 nesses, and a study of the use of the Small Business 

22 Administration’s programs by women-owned busi23 nesses.’’. 
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1 (2) In section 410(a) (15 U.S.C. 7110(a)), by 

2 striking ‘‘2001 through 2003’’ and insert ‘‘2010 and 

3 2011’’. 

4 SEC. 406. APPLICANT EVALUATION CRITERIA. 

5 Section 29(f) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 

6 656(f)) is amended— 

7 (1) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

8 end; 

9 (2) in paragraph (4) by striking the period and 

10 inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

11 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

12 ‘‘(5) whether the applicant has the capacity to 

13 train existing or potential business owners in the 

14 fields of green technology, clean technology, or en15 ergy efficiency.’’. 

16 TITLE V—SCORE PROGRAM 

17 IMPROVEMENTS 

18 SEC. 501. EXPANSION OF VOLUNTEER REPRESENTATION 

19 AND BENCHMARK REPORTS. 

20 (a) EXPANSION OF VOLUNTEER REPRESENTA21 TION.—Section 8(b)(1)(B) of the Small Business Act (15 

22 U.S.C. 637(b)(1)(B)) is amended— 

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

24 (2) by adding at the end the following: 
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1 ‘‘(ii) The Administrator shall ensure that 

2 SCORE, established under this subparagraph, car3 ries out a plan to increase the proportion of mentors 

4 who are from socially or economically disadvantaged 

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

6 Administrator on the implementation of this sub7 paragraph.’’. 

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

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

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

11 following: 

12 ‘‘(iii) The Administrator shall ensure that 

13 SCORE, established under this subparagraph, estab14 lishes benchmarks for use in evaluating the perform15 ance of its activities and of its volunteers. The 

16 benchmarks shall include benchmarks relating to the 

17 demographic characteristics and the geographic 

18 characteristics of persons assisted by SCORE, 

19 benchmarks related to the hours spent mentoring by 

20 volunteers, and benchmarks relating to the perform21 ance of the persons assisted by SCORE. SCORE 

22 shall report, on an annual basis, to the Adminis23 trator the extent to which the benchmarks estab24 lished under this clause are being attained.’’. 
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1 SEC. 502. MENTORING AND NETWORKING. 

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

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

4 adding at the end the following: 

5 ‘‘(iv) The Administrator shall ensure that 

6 SCORE, established under this subparagraph, estab7 lishes a mentoring program for small business con8 cerns that provides one-on-one advice to small busi9 ness concerns from qualified counselors. For pur10 poses of this clause, qualified counselors are coun11 selors with at least 10 years experience in the indus12 try sector or area of responsibility of the small busi13 ness concern seeking advice. 

14 ‘‘(v) The Administrator shall carry out a net15 working program through SCORE, established 

16 under this subparagraph, that provides small busi17 ness concerns with the opportunity to make business 

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

19 SEC. 503. NAME OF PROGRAM CHANGED TO SCORE. 

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

21 amended as follows: 

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

23 637(b)(1)(B)), by striking ‘‘Executives (SCORE)’’ 

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

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

2 636(m)(3)(A)(i)(VIII)), by striking ‘‘the Service 

3 Corps of Retired Executives’’ and inserting 

4 ‘‘SCORE’’. 

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

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

7 ‘‘the Service Corps of Retired Executives pro8 gram’’ and inserting ‘‘SCORE’’; and 

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

10 ‘‘the Service Corps of Retired Executives pro11 gram’’ and inserting ‘‘SCORE’’. 

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

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

14 and inserting ‘‘SCORE’’. 

15 (b) ELIMINATION OF ACE.—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 striking ‘‘and an Active 

18 Corps of Executive (ACE)’’. 

19 SEC. 504. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

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

21 note), as amended by section 403(c) of this Act, is further 

22 amended by inserting the following new subsection after 

23 subsection (f): 

24 ‘‘(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR

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

2 the fiscal years 2010 and 2011.’’. 

3 TITLE VI—EXPANDING 

4 ENTREPRENEURSHIP 

5 SEC. 601. EXPANDING ENTREPRENEURSHIP. 

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

7 is amended by adding at the end the following: 

8 ‘‘(g) MANAGEMENT AND DIRECTION.— 

9 ‘‘(1) PLAN FOR ENTREPRENEURIAL DEVELOP10 MENT AND JOB CREATION STRATEGY.—The Admin11 istrator shall develop and submit to Congress a plan, 

12 in consultation with a representative from each of 

13 the agency’s entrepreneurial development programs, 

14 for using the Small Business Administration’s entre15 preneurial development programs to create jobs dur16 ing fiscal years 2010 and 2011. The plan shall in17 clude the Administration’s plan for drawing on exist18 ing programs, including Small Business Develop19 ment Centers, Women’s Business Centers, SCORE, 

20 Veterans Business Centers, Native American Out21 reach, and other appropriate programs. The Admin22 istrator shall identify a strategy for each Adminis23 tration region to create or retain jobs through Ad24 ministration programs. The Administrator shall 

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1 from entrepreneurial development programs, per2 formance measures and criteria, including job cre3 ation, job retention, and job retraining goals, to 

4 evaluate the success of the Administration’s actions 

5 regarding these efforts. 

6 ‘‘(2) DATA COLLECTION PROCESS.—The Ad7 ministrator shall, after notice and opportunity for 

8 comment, promulgate a rule to develop and imple9 ment a consistent data collection process to cover all 

10 entrepreneurial development programs. Such data 

11 collection process shall include data relating to job 

12 creation, performance, and any other data deter13 mined appropriate by the Administrator with respect 

14 to the Administration’s entrepreneurial development 

15 programs. 

16 ‘‘(3) COORDINATION AND ALIGNMENT OF SBA

17 ENTREPRENEURIAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS.— 

18 The Administrator shall submit annually to Con19 gress, in consultation with other Federal depart20 ments and agencies as appropriate, a report on op21 portunities to foster coordination, limit duplication, 

22 and improve program delivery for Federal entrepre23 neurial development programs. 

24 ‘‘(4) DATABASE OF ENTREPRENEURIAL DEVEL25 OPMENT SERVICE PROVIDERS.—The Administrator 
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1 shall, after a period of 60 days for public comment, 

2 establish a database of providers of entrepreneurial 

3 development services and, make such database avail4 able through the Administration’s Web site. The 

5 database shall be searchable by industry, geography, 

6 and service required. 

7 ‘‘(5) COMMUNITY SPECIALIST.—The Adminis8 trator shall designate not less than one staff member 

9 in each Administration district office as a commu10 nity specialist who has as their full-time responsi11 bility working with local entrepreneurial development 

12 service providers to increase coordination with Fed13 eral resources. The Administrator shall develop 

14 benchmarks for measuring the performance of com15 munity specialists under this subsection. 

16 ‘‘(6) ENTREPRENEURIAL DEVELOPMENT POR17 TAL.—The Administrator shall publish a design for 

18 a Web-based portal to provide comprehensive infor19 mation on the Administration’s entrepreneurial de20 velopment programs. After a period of 60 days for 

21 public comment, the Administrator shall establish 

22 such portal and— 

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

24 Small Business Development Centers, Women’s 

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1 Centers, the Administration’s distance learning 

2 program, and other programs as appropriate; 

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

4 Web site so that the Web portal described in 

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

6 main Web page of the Web site; 

7 ‘‘(C) increase consumer-oriented content 

8 on the Administration’s Web site and focus on 

9 promoting access to business solutions, includ10 ing marketing, financing, and human resources 

11 planning; 

12 ‘‘(D) establish relevant Web content aggre13 gated by industry segment, stage of business 

14 development, level of need, and include referral 

15 links to appropriate Administration services, in16 cluding financing, training and counseling, and 

17 procurement assistance; and 

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

19 visitors to the Administration’s Web site to be 

20 able to comment on and evaluate the materials 

21 in terms of their usefulness. 

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

23 may not conduct any pilot program for a period of 

24 greater than 3 years if the program conflicts with, 

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1 development programs authorized under section 

2 8(b)(1)(B), 21, 29, 32, or any other provision of this 

3 Act.’’. 

4 TITLE VII—MODERNIZING THE 

5 SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOP6 MENT CENTER PROGRAM 

7 SEC. 701. SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTERS OPER8 ATIONAL CHANGES. 

9 (a) ACCREDITATION REQUIREMENT.—Section 

10 21(a)(1) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 648(a)(1)) 

11 is amended as follows: 

12 (1) In the proviso, by inserting before ‘‘institu13 tion’’ the following: ‘‘accredited’’. 

14 (2) In the sentence beginning ‘‘The Administra15 tion shall’’, by inserting before ‘‘institutions’’ the fol16 lowing: ‘‘accredited’’. 

17 (3) By adding at the end the following new sen18 tence: ‘‘In this paragraph, the term ‘accredited insti19 tution of higher education’ means an institution that 

20 is accredited as described in section 101(a)(5) of the 

21 Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

22 1001(a)(5)).’’. 

23 (b) PROGRAM NEGOTIATIONS.—Section 21(a)(3) of 

24 the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 648(a)(3)) is amended 
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1 in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting 

2 before ‘‘agreed’’ the following: ‘‘mutually’’. 

3 (c) CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS.—Section 21(a)(3)(A) 

4 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 648(a)(3)(A)) is 

5 amended by inserting after ‘‘uniform negotiated’’ the fol6 lowing: ‘‘mutually agreed to’’. 

7 (d) SBDC HIRING.—Section 21(c)(2)(A) of the 

8 Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 648(c)(2)(A)) is amended 

9 by inserting after ‘‘full-time staff’’ the following: ‘‘, the 

10 hiring of which shall be at the sole discretion of the center 

11 without the need for input or approval from any officer 

12 or employee of the Administration’’. 

13 (e) CONTENT OF CONSULTATIONS.—Section 

14 21(a)(7)(A) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 

15 648(a)(7)(A)) is amended in the matter preceding clause 

16 (i) by inserting after ‘‘under this section’’ the following: 

17 ‘‘, or the content of any consultation with such an indi18 vidual or small business concern,’’. 

19 (f) AMOUNTS FOR ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.— 

20 Section 21(a)(4)(C)(v)(I) of the Small Business Act (15 

21 U.S.C. 648(a)(4)(C)(v)(I)) is amended to read as follows: 

22 ‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—Of the amounts 

23 made available in any fiscal year to carry 

24 out this section, not more than $500,000 

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1 expenses enumerated in subparagraphs (B) 

2 through (D) of section 20(a)(1).’’. 

3 (g) NON-MATCHING PORTABILITY GRANTS.—Section 

4 21(a)(4)(C)(viii) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 

5 648(a)(4)(C)(viii)) is amended by adding at the end the 

6 following: ‘‘In the event of a disaster, the dollar limitation 

7 in the preceding sentence shall not apply.’’. 

8 (h) DISTRIBUTION TO SBDCS.—Section 21(b) of the 

9 Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 648(b)) is amended by 

10 adding at the end the following new paragraph: 

11 ‘‘(4) LIMITATION ON DISTRIBUTION TO SMALL BUSI12 NESS DEVELOPMENT CENTERS.— 

13 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise pro14 vided in this paragraph, the Administration shall not 

15 distribute funds to a Small Business Development 

16 Center if the State in which the Small Business De17 velopment Center is located is served by more than 

18 one Small Business Development Center. 

19 ‘‘(B) UNAVAILABILITY EXCEPTION.—The Ad20 ministration may distribute funds to a maximum of 

21 two Small Business Development Centers in any 

22 State if no applicant has applied to serve the entire 

23 State. 

24 ‘‘(C) GRANDFATHER CLAUSE.—The limitations 

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1 which more than one Small Business Development 

2 Center received funding prior to January 1, 2007. 

3 ‘‘(D) DEFINITION.—For the purposes of this 

4 paragraph, the term ‘Small Business Development 

5 Center’ means the entity selected by the Administra6 tion to receive funds pursuant to the funding for7 mula set forth in subsection (a)(4), without regard 

8 to the number of sites for service delivery such enti9 ty establishes or funds.’’. 

10 (i) WOMEN’S BUSINESS CENTERS.—Section 21(a)(1) 

11 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 648(a)(1)), as 

12 amended, is further amended— 

13 (1) by striking ‘‘and women’s business centers 

14 operating pursuant to section 29’’; and 

15 (2) by striking ‘‘or a women’s business center 

16 operating pursuant to section 29’’. 

17 SEC. 702. ACCESS TO CREDIT AND CAPITAL. 

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

19 is amended by adding at the end the following new sub20 section: 

21 ‘‘(o) ACCESS TO CREDIT AND CAPITAL PROGRAM.— 

22 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administration shall 

23 establish a grant program for small business devel24 opment centers in accordance with this subsection. 

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1 velopment center must be in good standing and com2 ply with the other requirements of this section. 

3 Funds made available through the program shall be 

4 used to— 

5 ‘‘(A) develop specialized programs to assist 

6 local small business concerns in securing capital 

7 and repairing damaged credit; 

8 ‘‘(B) provide informational seminars on se9 curing credit and loans; 

10 ‘‘(C) provide one-on-one counseling with 

11 potential borrowers to improve financial presen12 tations to lenders; and 

13 ‘‘(D) facilitate borrowers’ access to non14 traditional financing sources, as well as tradi15 tional lending sources. 

16 ‘‘(2) AWARD SIZE LIMIT.—The Administration 

17 may not award an entity more than $300,000 in 

18 grant funds under this subsection. 

19 ‘‘(3) AUTHORITY.—Subject to amounts ap20 proved in advance in appropriations Acts and sepa21 rate from amounts approved to carry out the pro22 gram established in subsection (a)(1), the Adminis23 tration may make grants or enter into cooperative 

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1 ‘‘(4) AUTHORIZATION.—There is authorized to 

2 be appropriated not more than $2,500,000 for the 

3 purposes of carrying out this subsection for each of 

4 the fiscal years 2010 and 2011.’’. 

5 SEC. 703. PROCUREMENT TRAINING AND ASSISTANCE. 

6 Section 21 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 

7 648), as amended, is further amended by adding at the 

8 end the following new subsection: 

9 ‘‘(p) PROCUREMENT TRAINING AND ASSISTANCE.— 

10 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administration shall 

11 establish a grant program for small business devel12 opment centers in accordance with this subsection. 

13 To be eligible for the program, a small business de14 velopment center must be in good standing and com15 ply with the other requirements of this section. 

16 Funds made available through the program shall be 

17 used to— 

18 ‘‘(A) work with local agencies to identify 

19 contracts that are suitable for local small busi20 ness concerns; 

21 ‘‘(B) prepare small businesses to be ready 

22 as subcontractors and prime contractors for 

23 contracts made available under the American 

24 Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public 

25 Law 111–5) through training and business ad-
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1 visement, particularly in the construction 

2 trades; and 

3 ‘‘(C) provide technical assistance regarding 

4 the Federal procurement process, including as5 sisting small business concerns to comply with 

6 federal regulations and bonding requirements. 

7 ‘‘(2) AWARD SIZE LIMIT.—The Administration 

8 may not award an entity more than $300,000 in 

9 grant funds under this subsection. 

10 ‘‘(3) AUTHORITY.—Subject to amounts ap11 proved in advance in appropriations Acts and sepa12 rate from amounts approved to carry out the pro13 gram established in subsection (a)(1), the Adminis14 tration may make grants or enter into cooperative 

15 agreements to carry out this subsection. 

16 ‘‘(4) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

17 There is authorized to be appropriated not more 

18 than $2,500,000 for the purposes of carrying out 

19 this subsection for each of the fiscal years 2010 and 

20 2011.’’. 

21 SEC. 704. GREEN ENTREPRENEURS TRAINING PROGRAM. 

22 Section 21 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 

23 648), as amended, is further amended by adding at the 

24 end the following new subsection: 
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1 ‘‘(q) GREEN ENTREPRENEURS TRAINING PRO2 GRAM.— 

3 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administration shall 

4 establish a grant program for small business devel5 opment centers in accordance with this subsection. 

6 To be eligible for the program, a small business de7 velopment center must be in good standing and com8 ply with the other requirements of this section. 

9 Funds made available through the program shall be 

10 used to— 

11 ‘‘(A) provide education classes and one-on12 one instruction in starting a business in the 

13 fields of energy efficiency, green technology, or 

14 clean technology and in adapting a business to 

15 include such fields; 

16 ‘‘(B) coordinate such classes and instruc17 tion, to the extent practicable, with local com18 munity colleges and local professional trade as19 sociations; 

20 ‘‘(C) assist and provide technical coun21 seling to individuals seeking to start a business 

22 in the fields of energy efficiency, green tech23 nology, or clean technology and to individuals 

24 seeking to adapt a business to include such 

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1 ‘‘(D) provide services that assist low-in2 come or dislocated workers to start businesses 

3 in the fields of energy efficiency, green tech4 nology, or clean technology. 

5 ‘‘(2) AWARD SIZE LIMIT.—The Administration 

6 may not award an entity more than $300,000 in 

7 grant funds under this subsection. 

8 ‘‘(3) AUTHORITY.—Subject to amounts ap9 proved in advance in appropriations Acts and sepa10 rate from amounts approved to carry out the pro11 gram established in subsection (a)(1), the Adminis12 tration may make grants or enter into cooperative 

13 agreements to carry out this subsection. 

14 ‘‘(4) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

15 There is authorized to be appropriated not more 

16 than $2,500,000 for the purposes of carrying out 

17 this subsection for each of the fiscal years 2010 and 

18 2011.’’. 

19 SEC. 705. MAIN STREET STABILIZATION. 

20 Section 21 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 

21 648), as amended, is further amended by adding the fol22 lowing new subsection at the end thereof: 

23 ‘‘(r) MAIN STREET STABILIZATION.— 

24 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administration shall 

25 establish a grant program for small business devel-
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1 opment centers in accordance with this subsection. 

2 To be eligible for the program, a small business de3 velopment center must be in good standing and com4 ply with the other requirements of this section. 

5 Funds made available through the program shall be 

6 used to— 

7 ‘‘(A) establish a statewide small business 

8 helpline within every State and United States 

9 territory to provide immediate expert informa10 tion and assistance to small business concerns; 

11 ‘‘(B) develop a portfolio of online survival 

12 and growth tools and resources that struggling 

13 small business concerns can utilize through the 

14 Internet; 

15 ‘‘(C) develop business advisory capacity to 

16 provide expert consulting and education to as17 sist small businesses at-risk of failure and to, in 

18 areas of high demand, shorten the response 

19 time of small business development centers, 

20 and, in rural areas, support added outreach in 

21 remote communities; 

22 ‘‘(D) deploy additional resources to help 

23 specific industry sectors with a high presence of 

24 small business concerns, which shall be targeted 

25 toward clusters of small businesses with similar 
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1 needs and build upon best practices from earlier 

2 assistance; 

3 ‘‘(E) develop a formal listing of financing 

4 options for small business capital access; and 

5 ‘‘(F) deliver services that help dislocated 

6 workers start new businesses. 

7 ‘‘(2) AWARD SIZE LIMIT.—The Administration 

8 may not award an entity more than $250,000 in 

9 grant funds under this subsection. 

10 ‘‘(3) AUTHORITY.—Subject to amounts ap11 proved in advance in appropriations Acts and sepa12 rate from amounts approved to carry out the pro13 gram established in subsection (a)(1), the Adminis14 tration may make grants or enter into cooperative 

15 agreements to carry out this subsection. 

16 ‘‘(4) AUTHORIZATION.—There is authorized to 

17 be appropriated not more than $2,500,000 for the 

18 purposes of carrying out this subsection for each of 

19 the fiscal years 2010 and 2011.’’. 

20 SEC. 706. PROHIBITION ON PROGRAM INCOME BEING USED 

21 AS MATCHING FUNDS. 

22 Section 21(a)(4)(B) (15 U.S.C. 648(a)(4)(B)) is 

23 amended by inserting after ‘‘Federal program’’ the fol24 lowing: ‘‘and shall not include any funds obtained through 

25 the assessment of fees to small business clients’’. 
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1 SEC. 707. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

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

3 note), as amended by sections 403(c) and 504 of this Act, 

4 is further amended by inserting after subsection (g) the 

5 following new subsection: 

6 ‘‘(h) SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTERS.— 

7 There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out the 

8 Small Business Development Center Program under sec9 tion 21 $150,000,000 for fiscal year 2010 and 

10 $160,000,000 for fiscal year 2011.’’. 

11 SEC. 708. SMALL MANUFACTURERS TRANSITION ASSIST12 ANCE PROGRAM. 

13 Section 21 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 

14 648), as amended, is further amended by adding at the 

15 end the following new subsection: 

16 ‘‘(s) SMALL MANUFACTURERS TRANSITION ASSIST17 ANCE PROGRAM.— 

18 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administration shall 

19 establish a grant program for small business devel20 opment centers in accordance with this subsection. 

21 To be eligible for the program, a small business de22 velopment center must be in good standing and com23 ply with the other requirements of this section. 

24 Funds made available through the program shall be 

25 used to— 
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1 ‘‘(A) provide technical assistance and ex2 pertise to small manufacturers with respect to 

3 changing operations to another industry sector 

4 or reorganizing operations to increase efficiency 

5 and profitability; 

6 ‘‘(B) assist marketing of the capabilities of 

7 small manufacturers outside the principal area 

8 of operations of such manufacturers; 

9 ‘‘(C) facilitate peer-to-peer and mentor10 protege relationships between small manufac11 turers and corporations and Federal agencies; 

12 and 

13 ‘‘(D) conduct outreach activities to local 

14 small manufacturers with respect to the avail15 ability of the services described in subpara16 graphs (A), (B), and (C). 

17 ‘‘(2) DEFINITION OF SMALL MANUFACTURER.— 

18 In this subsection, the term ‘small manufacturer’ 

19 means a small business concern engaged in an in20 dustry specified in sector 31, 32, or 33 of the North 

21 American Industry Classification System in section 

22 121.201 of title 13, Code of Federal Regulations. 

23 ‘‘(3) AWARD SIZE LIMIT.—The Administration 

24 may not award an entity more than $250,000 in 

25 grant funds under this subsection. 
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1 ‘‘(4) AUTHORITY.—Subject to amounts ap2 proved in advance in appropriations Acts and sepa3 rate from amounts approved to carry out the pro4 gram established in subsection (a)(1), the Adminis5 tration may make grants or enter into cooperative 

6 agreements to carry out this subsection. 

7 ‘‘(5) AUTHORIZATION.—There is authorized to 

8 be appropriated not more than $2,500,000 for the 

9 purposes of carrying out this subsection for each of 

10 the fiscal years 2010 and 2011.’’. 

11 TITLE VIII—MICROENTERPRISE 

12 TRAINING CENTER PROGRAM 

13 SEC. 801. MICROENTERPRISE TRAINING CENTER PRO14 GRAM. 

15 The Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631 et seq.) is 

16 amended by inserting after section 45, as added by section 

17 301(b) of this Act, the following: 

18 ‘‘SEC. 46. MICROENTERPRISE TRAINING CENTER PRO19 GRAM. 

20 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Administrator shall es21 tablish and carry out a microenterprise training center 

22 program for the purpose of providing low-income and un23 employed individuals with training and counseling with re24 spect to starting a microenterprise. 
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1 ‘‘(b) NUMBER AND LOCATION OF CENTERS.—In car2 rying out the program under subsection (a), the Adminis3 trator shall establish 10 microenterprise training centers, 

4 which, to the extent practicable, shall be located in a man5 ner that promotes the geographic diversity of such centers. 

6 The Administrator shall give priority in locating such cen7 ters to areas with high proportions of low-income and un8 employed individuals. 

9 ‘‘(c) FUNCTION.—In carrying out the program under 

10 subsection (a), the Administrator shall ensure that micro11 enterprise training centers provide training and resources 

12 to individuals seeking to start a new microenterprise, in13 cluding through the provision of classes, one-on-one in14 struction, and other services the Administrator determines 

15 appropriate. 

16 ‘‘(d) COORDINATION.—The Administrator shall co17 ordinate the program established under subsection (a) 

18 with other programs of the Administration that may pro19 vide support to microenterprises. 

20 ‘‘(e) DEFINITION OF MICROENTERPRISE.—In this 

21 section, the term ‘microenterprise’ means a business with 

22 not more than 6 employees and begun with an initial in23 vestment of not more than $40,000.’’. 
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1 TITLE IX—MILITARY 

2 ENTREPRENEURS PROGRAM 

3 SEC. 901. MILITARY ENTREPRENEURS PROGRAM. 

4 The Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631 et seq.) is 

5 amended by inserting after section 45, as added by section 

6 301(b) of this Act, the following: 

7 ‘‘SEC. 47. MILITARY ENTREPRENEURS PROGRAM. 

8 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Administrator shall es9 tablish and carry out a program to provide business coun10 seling and entrepreneurial development assistance to 

11 members of the Armed Forces to facilitate the develop12 ment of small business concerns. 

13 ‘‘(b) LIAISON.—In carrying out the program de14 scribed in subsection (a), the Administrator shall establish 

15 a liaison to facilitate outreach to members of the Armed 

16 Forces with respect to business counseling and entrepre17 neurial development assistance. 

18 ‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

19 is authorized to be appropriated to the Administrator to 

20 carry out this section $1,000,000 for fiscal years 2010 and 

21 2011.’’. 
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1 TITLE X—RURAL ENTREPRE2 NEURSHIP ADVISORY COUN3 CIL 

4 SEC. 1001. RURAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP ADVISORY COUN5 CIL. 

6 The Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631 et. seq.) is 

7 amended by inserting after section 45, as added by section 

8 301(b) of this Act, the following: 

9 ‘‘SEC. 48. RURAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP ADVISORY COUNCIL. 

10 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Administrator shall es11 tablish a rural entrepreneurship advisory council (herein12 after referred to in this section as the ‘council’). 

13 ‘‘(b) COMPOSITION.—The Administrator shall ensure 

14 that the council is composed of appropriate officials from 

15 the Administration, the rural development programs of the 

16 Department of Agriculture, and the Department of Com17 merce and of representatives, who volunteer for the coun18 cil, from the academic, small business, agriculture, and 

19 high-tech communities. 

20 ‘‘(c) FUNCTIONS.— 

21 ‘‘(1) INITIAL REPORT.—Not later than 90 days 

22 after the date of the enactment of this section, the 

23 council shall submit to the Administrator and to 

24 Congress a report on the following: 
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1 ‘‘(A) Entrepreneurship in rural commu2 nities compared to urban communities. 

3 ‘‘(B) Potential barriers to entrepreneurship 

4 for individuals in rural communities. 

5 ‘‘(C) Effective Federal policies that are ex6 panding entrepreneurship in rural communities. 

7 ‘‘(D) Recommendations for Federal poli8 cies to foster entrepreneurship in rural commu9 nities and to ensure that rural entrepreneurs 

10 have equal access to technical assistance, entre11 preneurial opportunities, and educational out12 reach. 

13 ‘‘(2) ADVICE.—The council shall provide ongo14 ing advice to the Administrator with respect to rural 

15 entrepreneurship and make recommendations to fos16 ter rural entrepreneurs, including through the effec17 tive use of broadband technology.’’. 

18 TITLE XI—ASSISTANCE RELATED 

19 TO CARBON EMISSION TAX 

20 SEC. 1101. ASSISTANCE RELATED TO CARBON EMISSION 

21 TAX. 

22 Section 21(c)(3) of the Small Business Act (15 

23 U.S.C. 648(c)(3)) is amended— 

24 (1) in subparagraph (S), by striking the final 

25 ‘‘and’’; 
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1 (2) in subparagraph (T), by striking the period 

2 and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

3 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub4 paragraph: 

5 ‘‘(U) providing information and technical 

6 assistance to any small business owner that 

7 faces an increase in costs as a result of the en8 actment of any program to impose a tax on car9 bon emissions, either directly or through the op10 eration of a cap and trade system on such emis11 sion limits.’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives May 20, 2009. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 

111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2352 

AN ACT 

To amend the Small Business Act, and for other 

purposes.