PUBLIC LAW 110–186—FEB. 14, 2008 122 STAT. 623 

Public Law 110–186 

110th Congress 

An Act 

To improve and expand small business assistance programs for veterans of the 

armed forces and military reservists, and for other purposes. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 

the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Military Reservist and Veteran 

Small Business Reauthorization and Opportunity Act of 2008’’. 

SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

The table of contents for this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title. 

Sec. 2. Table of contents. 

Sec. 3. Definitions. 

TITLE I—VETERANS BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT 

Sec. 101. Increased funding for the Office of Veterans Business Development. 

Sec. 102. Interagency task force. 

Sec. 103. Permanent extension of SBA Advisory Committee on Veterans Business 

Affairs. 

Sec. 104. Office of Veterans Business Development. 

Sec. 105. Increasing the number of outreach centers. 

Sec. 106. Independent study on gaps in availability of outreach centers. 

Sec. 107. Veterans assistance and services program. 

TITLE II—RESERVIST PROGRAMS 

Sec. 201. Reservist programs. 

Sec. 202. Reservist loans. 

Sec. 203. Noncollateralized loans. 

Sec. 204. Loan priority. 

Sec. 205. Relief from time limitations for veteran-owned small businesses. 

Sec. 206. Service-disabled veterans. 

Sec. 207. Study on options for promoting positive working relations between employers and their Reserve Component employees. 

Sec. 208. Increased Veteran Participation Program. 

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

In this Act— 

(1) the term ‘‘activated’’ means receiving an order placing 

a Reservist on active duty; 

(2) the term ‘‘active duty’’ has the meaning given that 

term in section 101 of title 10, United States Code; 

(3) the terms ‘‘Administration’’ and ‘‘Administrator’’ mean 

the Small Business Administration and the Administrator 

thereof, respectively; 

(4) the term ‘‘Reservist’’ means a member of a reserve 

component of the Armed Forces, as described in section 10101 

of title 10, United States Code; 

15 USC 636 note. 

Military 

Reservist and 

Veteran Small 

Business 

Reauthorization 

and Opportunity 

Act of 2008. 

15 USC 631 note. 

Feb. 14, 2008 

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(5) the term ‘‘Service Corps of Retired Executives’’ means 

the Service Corps of Retired Executives authorized by section 

8(b)(1) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(b)(1)); 

(6) the terms ‘‘service-disabled veteran’’ and ‘‘small business 

concern’’ have the meaning as in section 3 of the Small Business 

Act (15 U.S.C. 632); 

(7) the term ‘‘small business development center’’ means 

a small business development center described in section 21 

of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 648); and 

(8) the term ‘‘women’s business center’’ means a women’s 

business center described in section 29 of the Small Business 

Act (15 U.S.C. 656). 

TITLE I—VETERANS BUSINESS 

DEVELOPMENT 

SEC. 101. INCREASED FUNDING FOR THE OFFICE OF VETERANS BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appropriated to 

the Office of Veterans Business Development of the Administration, 

to remain available until expended— 

(1) $2,100,000 for fiscal year 2008; and 

(2) $2,300,000 for fiscal year 2009. 

(b) FUNDING OFFSET.—Amounts necessary to carry out subsection (a) shall be offset and made available through the reduction 

of the authorization of funding under section 20(e)(1)(B)(iv) of the 

Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631 note). 

(c) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress that 

any amounts provided pursuant to this section that are in excess 

of amounts provided to the Administration for the Office of Veterans 

Business Development in fiscal year 2007, should be used to support 

Veterans Business Outreach Centers. 

SEC. 102. INTERAGENCY TASK FORCE. 

Section 32 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 657b) is 

amended— 

(1) by redesignating subsection (c) as (f); and 

(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following: 

‘‘(c) INTERAGENCY TASK FORCE.— 

‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 90 days after the 

date of enactment of this subsection, the President shall establish an interagency task force to coordinate the efforts of Federal agencies necessary to improve capital and business development opportunities for, and ensure achievement of the preestablished Federal contracting goals for, small business concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans and 

small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans (in 

this section referred to as the ‘task force’). 

‘‘(2) MEMBERSHIP.—The members of the task force shall 

include— 

‘‘(A) the Administrator, who shall serve as chairperson 

of the task force; and 

‘‘(B) a senior level representative from— 

‘‘(i) the Department of Veterans Affairs; 

‘‘(ii) the Department of Defense; 

Deadline. 

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Appropriation 

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‘‘(iii) the Administration (in addition to the 

Administrator); 

‘‘(iv) the Department of Labor; 

‘‘(v) the Department of the Treasury; 

‘‘(vi) the General Services Administration; 

‘‘(vii) the Office of Management and Budget; and 

‘‘(viii) 4 representatives from a veterans service 

organization or military organization or association, 

selected by the President. 

‘‘(3) DUTIES.—The task force shall— 

‘‘(A) consult regularly with veterans service organizations and military organizations in performing the duties 

of the task force; and 

‘‘(B) coordinate administrative and regulatory activities 

and develop proposals relating to— 

‘‘(i) improving capital access and capacity of small 

business concerns owned and controlled by servicedisabled veterans and small business concerns owned 

and controlled by veterans through loans, surety 

bonding, and franchising; 

‘‘(ii) ensuring achievement of the pre-established 

Federal contracting goals for small business concerns 

owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans and 

small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans through expanded mentor-prote ́ge ́ assistance and 

matching such small business concerns with contracting opportunities; 

‘‘(iii) increasing the integrity of certifications of 

status as a small business concern owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans or a small business 

concern owned and controlled by veterans; 

‘‘(iv) reducing paperwork and administrative burdens on veterans in accessing business development 

and entrepreneurship opportunities; 

‘‘(v) increasing and improving training and counseling services provided to small business concerns 

owned and controlled by veterans; and 

‘‘(vi) making other improvements relating to the 

support for veterans business development by the Federal Government.’’. 

SEC. 103. PERMANENT EXTENSION OF SBA ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON 

VETERANS BUSINESS AFFAIRS. 

(a) ASSUMPTION OF DUTIES.—Section 33 of the Small Business 

Act (15 U.S.C. 657c) is amended— 

(1) by striking subsection (h); and 

(2) by redesignating subsections (i) through (k) as subsections (h) through (j), respectively. 

(b) PERMANENT EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY.—Section 203 of the 

Veterans Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development Act 

of 1999 (15 U.S.C. 657b note) is amended by striking subsection 

(h). 

SEC. 104. OFFICE OF VETERANS BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT. 

Section 32 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 657b) is 

amended by inserting after subsection (c) (as added by section 

102) the following: 

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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Associate Administrator shall 

increase veteran outreach by ensuring that Veteran Business 

Outreach Centers regularly participate, on a nationwide basis, 

in the workshops of the Transition Assistance Program of the 

Department of Labor. 

‘‘(2) PRESENTATIONS.—In carrying out paragraph (1), a Veteran Business Outreach Center may provide grants to entities 

located in Transition Assistance Program locations to make 

presentations on the opportunities available from the Administration for recently separating or separated veterans. Each 

presentation under this paragraph shall include, at a minimum, 

a description of the entrepreneurial and business training 

resources available from the Administration. 

‘‘(3) WRITTEN MATERIALS.—The Associate Administrator 

shall— 

‘‘(A) create written materials that provide comprehensive information on self-employment and veterans 

entrepreneurship, including information on resources available from the Administration on such topics; and 

‘‘(B) make the materials created under subparagraph 

(A) available to the Secretary of Labor for inclusion in 

the Transition Assistance Program manual. 

‘‘(4) REPORTS.—The Associate Administrator shall submit 

to Congress progress reports on the implementation of this 

subsection. 

‘‘(e) WOMEN VETERANS BUSINESS TRAINING.—The Associate 

Administrator shall— 

‘‘(1) compile information on existing resources available 

to women veterans for business training, including resources 

for— 

‘‘(A) vocational and technical education; 

‘‘(B) general business skills, such as marketing and 

accounting; and 

‘‘(C) business assistance programs targeted to women 

veterans; and 

‘‘(2) disseminate the information compiled under paragraph 

(1) through Veteran Business Outreach Centers and women’s 

business centers.’’. 

SEC. 105. INCREASING THE NUMBER OF OUTREACH CENTERS. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall use the authority 

in section 8(b)(17) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(b)(17)) 

to ensure that the number of Veterans Business Outreach Centers 

throughout the United States increases— 

(1) subject to subsection (b), by at least 2, for each of 

fiscal years 2008 and 2009; and 

(2) by the number that the Administrator considers appropriate, based on need, for each fiscal year thereafter. 

(b) LIMITATION.—Subsection (a)(1) shall apply in a fiscal year 

if, for that fiscal year, the amount made available for the Office 

of Veterans Business Development is more than the amount made 

available for the Office of Veterans Business Development for fiscal 

year 2007. 

SEC. 106. INDEPENDENT STUDY ON GAPS IN AVAILABILITY OF OUTREACH CENTERS. 

The Administrator shall sponsor an independent study on gaps 

in the availability of Veterans Business Outreach Centers across 

Applicability. 

15 USC 637 note. 

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the United States, to inform decisions on funding and on the allocation and coordination of resources. Not later than 6 months after 

the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit 

to Congress a report on the results of the study. 

SEC. 107. VETERANS ASSISTANCE AND SERVICES PROGRAM. 

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

by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(n) VETERANS ASSISTANCE AND SERVICES PROGRAM.— 

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A small business development center 

may apply for a grant under this subsection to carry out a 

veterans assistance and services program. 

‘‘(2) ELEMENTS OF PROGRAM.—Under a program carried 

out with a grant under this subsection, a small business 

development center shall— 

‘‘(A) create a marketing campaign to promote awareness and education of the services of the center that are 

available to veterans, and to target the campaign toward 

veterans, service-disabled veterans, military units, Federal 

agencies, and veterans organizations; 

‘‘(B) use technology-assisted online counseling and distance learning technology to overcome the impediments 

to entrepreneurship faced by veterans and members of 

the Armed Forces; and 

‘‘(C) increase coordination among organizations that 

assist veterans, including by establishing virtual integration of service providers and offerings for a one-stop point 

of contact for veterans who are entrepreneurs or owners 

of small business concerns. 

‘‘(3) AMOUNT OF GRANTS.—A grant under this subsection shall be for not less than $75,000 and not more than $250,000. 

‘‘(4) FUNDING.—Subject to amounts approved in advance 

in appropriations Acts, the Administration may make grants 

or enter into cooperative agreements to carry out the provisions 

of this subsection.’’. 

TITLE II—RESERVIST PROGRAMS 

SEC. 201. RESERVIST PROGRAMS. 

(a) APPLICATION PERIOD.—Section 7(b)(3)(C) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(b)(3)(C)) is amended— 

(1) by striking ‘‘90 days’’ and inserting ‘‘1 year’’; and 

(2) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘The Administrator 

may, when appropriate (as determined by the Administrator), 

extend the ending date specified in the preceding sentence 

by not more than 1 year.’’. 

(b) PRE-CONSIDERATION PROCESS.— 

(1) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘eligible 

Reservist’’ means a Reservist who— 

(A) has not been ordered to active duty; 

(B) expects to be ordered to active duty during a period 

of military conflict; and 

(C) can reasonably demonstrate that the small business 

concern for which that Reservist is a key employee will 

suffer economic injury in the absence of that Reservist. 

15 USC 636 note. 

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(2) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 6 months after the 

date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall establish 

a pre-consideration process, under which the Administrator— 

(A) may collect all relevant materials necessary for 

processing a loan to a small business concern under section 

7(b)(3) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(b)(3)) 

before an eligible Reservist employed by that small business concern is activated; and 

(B) shall distribute funds for any loan approved under 

subparagraph (A) if that eligible Reservist is activated. 

(c) OUTREACH AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 6 months after the date 

of enactment of this Act, the Administrator, in consultation 

with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Secretary of 

Defense, may develop a comprehensive outreach and technical 

assistance program (in this subsection referred to as the ‘‘program’’) to— 

(A) market the loans available under section 7(b)(3) 

of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(b)(3)) to Reservists, and family members of Reservists, that are on active 

duty and that are not on active duty; and 

(B) provide technical assistance to a small business 

concern applying for a loan under that section. 

(2) COMPONENTS.—The program shall— 

(A) incorporate appropriate websites maintained by the 

Administration, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and 

the Department of Defense; and 

(B) require that information on the program is made 

available to small business concerns directly through— 

(i) the district offices and resource partners of the 

Administration, including small business development 

centers, women’s business centers, and the Service 

Corps of Retired Executives; and 

(ii) other Federal agencies, including the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of 

Defense. 

(3) REPORT.— 

(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 6 months after the 

date of enactment of this Act, and every 6 months thereafter until the date that is 30 months after such date 

of enactment, the Administrator shall submit to Congress 

a report on the status of the program. 

(B) CONTENTS.—Each report submitted under subparagraph (A) shall include— 

(i) for the 6-month period ending on the date of 

that report— 

(I) the number of loans approved under section 

7(b)(3) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 

636(b)(3)); 

(II) the number of loans disbursed under that 

section; and 

(III) the total amount disbursed under that 

section; and 

(ii) recommendations, if any, to make the program 

more effective in serving small business concerns that 

employ Reservists. 

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SEC. 202. RESERVIST LOANS. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator and the Secretary of 

Defense shall develop a joint website and printed materials providing information regarding any program for small business concerns that is available to veterans or Reservists. 

(b) MARKETING.—The Administrator is authorized— 

(1) to advertise and promote the program under section 

7(b)(3) of the Small Business Act jointly with the Secretary 

of Defense and veterans’ service organizations; and 

(2) to advertise and promote participation by lenders in 

such program jointly with trade associations for banks or other 

lending institutions. 

SEC. 203. NONCOLLATERALIZED LOANS. 

Section 7(b)(3) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(b)(3)) 

is amended by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(G)(i) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

the Administrator may make a loan under this paragraph 

of not more than $50,000 without collateral. 

‘‘(ii) The Administrator may defer payment of principal 

and interest on a loan described in clause (i) during the 

longer of— 

‘‘(I) the 1-year period beginning on the date of 

the initial disbursement of the loan; and 

‘‘(II) the period during which the relevant essential 

employee is on active duty.’’. 

SEC. 204. LOAN PRIORITY. 

Section 7(b)(3) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(b)(3)), 

as amended by this Act, is amended by adding at the end the 

following: 

‘‘(H) The Administrator shall give priority to any 

application for a loan under this paragraph and shall 

process and make a determination regarding such applications prior to processing or making a determination on 

other loan applications under this subsection, on a rolling 

basis.’’. 

SEC. 205. RELIEF FROM TIME LIMITATIONS FOR VETERAN-OWNED 

SMALL BUSINESSES. 

Section 3(q) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632(q)) is 

amended by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(5) RELIEF FROM TIME LIMITATIONS.— 

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Any time limitation on any qualification, certification, or period of participation imposed 

under this Act on any program that is available to small 

business concerns shall be extended for a small business 

concern that— 

‘‘(i) is owned and controlled by— 

‘‘(I) a veteran who was called or ordered to 

active duty under a provision of law specified in 

section 101(a)(13)(B) of title 10, United States 

Code, on or after September 11, 2001; or 

‘‘(II) a service-disabled veteran who became 

such a veteran due to an injury or illness incurred 

or aggravated in the active military, naval, or air 

service during a period of active duty pursuant 

to a call or order to active duty under a provision 

Website. 

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of law referred to in subclause (I) on or after 

September 11, 2001; and 

‘‘(ii) was subject to the time limitation during such 

period of active duty. 

‘‘(B) DURATION.—Upon submission of proper documentation to the Administrator, the extension of a time 

limitation under subparagraph (A) shall be equal to the 

period of time that such veteran who owned or controlled 

such a concern was on active duty as described in that 

subparagraph. 

‘‘(C) EXCEPTION FOR PROGRAMS SUBJECT TO FEDERAL

CREDIT REFORM ACT OF 1990.—The provisions of subparagraphs (A) and (B) shall not apply to any programs subject 

to the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661 

et seq.).’’. 

SEC. 206. SERVICE-DISABLED VETERANS. 

Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this 

Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit 

to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the 

Senate and the Committee on Small Business of the House of 

Representatives a report describing— 

(1) the types of assistance needed by service-disabled veterans who wish to become entrepreneurs; and 

(2) any resources that would assist such service-disabled 

veterans. 

SEC. 207. STUDY ON OPTIONS FOR PROMOTING POSITIVE WORKING 

RELATIONS BETWEEN EMPLOYERS AND THEIR RESERVE 

COMPONENT EMPLOYEES. 

(a) STUDY REQUIRED.—The Comptroller General of the United 

States shall conduct a study on options for promoting positive 

working relations between employers and Reserve component 

employees of such employers, including assessing options for 

improving the time in which employers of Reservists are notified 

of the call or order of such members to active duty other than 

for training. 

(b) REPORT.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the date 

of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United 

States shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress 

a report on the study conducted under subsection (a). 

(2) CONTENTS.—The report submitted under paragraph (1) 

shall— 

(A) provide a quantitative and qualitative assessment 

of— 

(i) what measures, if any, are being taken to inform 

Reservists of the obligations and responsibilities of 

such members to their employers; 

(ii) how effective such measures have been; and 

(iii) whether there are additional measures that 

could be taken to promote positive working relations 

between Reservists and their employers, including any 

steps that could be taken to ensure that employers 

are timely notified of a call to active duty; and 

(B) assess whether there has been a reduction in the 

hiring of Reservists by business concerns because of— 

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(i) any increase in the use of Reservists after September 11, 2001; or 

(ii) any change in any policy of the Department 

of Defense relating to Reservists after September 11, 

2001. 

(c) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS DEFINED.—In this 

section, the term ‘‘appropriate committees of Congress’’ means— 

(1) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee 

on Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the Senate; and 

(2) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee 

on Small Business of the House of Representatives. 

SEC. 208. INCREASED VETERAN PARTICIPATION PROGRAM. 

Section 7(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)) is 

amended by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(32) INCREASED VETERAN PARTICIPATION PROGRAM.— 

‘‘(A) DEFINITIONS.—In this paragraph— 

‘‘(i) the term ‘cost’ has the meaning given that 

term in section 502 of the Federal Credit Reform Act 

of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661a); 

‘‘(ii) the term ‘pilot program’ means the pilot program established under subparagraph (B); and 

‘‘(iii) the term ‘veteran participation loan’ means 

a loan made under this subsection to a small business 

concern owned and controlled by veterans of the Armed 

Forces or members of the reserve components of the 

Armed Forces. 

‘‘(B) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Administrator shall establish and carry out a pilot program under which the 

Administrator shall reduce the fees for veteran participation loans. 

‘‘(C) DURATION.—The pilot program shall terminate at 

the end of the second full fiscal year after the date that 

the Administrator establishes the pilot program. 

‘‘(D) MAXIMUM PARTICIPATION.—A veteran participation 

loan shall include the maximum participation levels by 

the Administrator permitted for loans made under this 

subsection. 

‘‘(E) FEES.— 

‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The fee on a veteran participation loan shall be equal to 50 percent of the fee otherwise applicable to that loan under paragraph (18). 

‘‘(ii) WAIVER.—The Administrator may waive 

clause (i) for a fiscal year if— 

‘‘(I) for the fiscal year before that fiscal year, 

the annual estimated rate of default of veteran 

participation loans exceeds that of loans made 

under this subsection that are not veteran participation loans; 

‘‘(II) the cost to the Administration of making 

loans under this subsection is greater than zero 

and such cost is directly attributable to the cost 

of making veteran participation loans; and 

‘‘(III) no additional sources of revenue 

authority are available to reduce the cost of 

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LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 4253 (S. 1784): 

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: 

Vol. 153 (2007): Dec. 5, 6, considered and passed House. 

Dec. 19, considered and passed Senate, amended, in lieu of 

S. 1784. 

Vol. 154 (2008): Jan. 16, House concurred in Senate amendment with an 

amendment pursuant to H. Res. 921. 

Jan. 31, Senate concurred in House amendment. 

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‘‘(iii) EFFECT OF WAIVER.—If the Administrator 

waives the reduction of fees under clause (ii), the 

Administrator— 

‘‘(I) shall not assess or collect fees in an 

amount greater than necessary to ensure that the 

cost of the program under this subsection is not 

greater than zero; and 

‘‘(II) shall reinstate the fee reductions under 

clause (i) when the conditions in clause (ii) no 

longer apply. 

‘‘(iv) NO INCREASE OF FEES.—The Administrator 

shall not increase the fees under paragraph (18) on 

loans made under this subsection that are not veteran 

participation loans as a direct result of the pilot program. 

‘‘(F) GAO REPORT.— ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 

date that the pilot program terminates, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to 

the Committee on Small Business of the House of 

Representatives and the Committee on Small Business 

and Entrepreneurship of the Senate a report on the 

pilot program. 

‘‘(ii) CONTENTS.—The report submitted under 

clause (i) shall include— 

‘‘(I) the number of veteran participation loans 

for which fees were reduced under the pilot program; 

‘‘(II) a description of the impact of the pilot 

program on the program under this subsection; 

‘‘(III) an evaluation of the efficacy and potential fraud and abuse of the pilot program; and 

‘‘(IV) recommendations for improving the pilot 

program.’’. 

Approved February 14, 2008. 


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