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(b) Increase economic growth;

(c) Assist more small businesses; and

(d) Broaden the delivery system to

more small businesses.

SBDC Program Organization

The lead SBDC operates a statewide

or regional network of SBDC subcenters.

An SBDC must have a full-time Director.

SBDCs must use at least 80 percent of

the Federal funds to provide services to

small businesses. SBDCs use volunteers

and other low cost resources as much as

possible.

SBDC Services

An SBDC must have a full range of

business development and technical

assistance services in its area of

operations, depending upon local needs,

SBA priorities and SBDC program

objectives. Services include training and

counseling to existing and prospective

small business owners in management,

marketing, finance, operations,

planning, taxes, and any other general

or technical area of assistance that

supports small business growth.

The SBA district office and the SBDC

must agree upon the specific mix of

services. They should give particular

attention to SBA’s priority and special

emphasis groups, including veterans,

women, exporters, the disabled, and

minorities.

SBDC Program Requirements

An SBDC must meet programmatic

and financial requirements imposed by

statute, regulations or its Cooperative

Agreement. The SBDC must:

(a) Locate subcenters so that they are

as accessible as possible to small

businesses;

(b) Open all subcenters at least 40

hours per week, or during the normal

business hours of its state or academic

Host Organization, throughout the year;

(c) Develop working relationships

with financial institutions, the

investment community, professional

associations, private consultants and

small business groups; and

(d) Maintain lists of private

consultants at each subcenter.

Dated: August 19, 1997.

Johnnie L. Albertson,

Associate Administrator for Small Business

Development Centers.

[FR Doc. 97–22529 Filed 8–22–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 8025–01–U

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

Surrender of License

Notice is hereby given that the

following (see list below) Small

Business Investment Companies have

surrendered their license to operate as a

small business investment company

under the Small Business Investment

Act of 1958, as amended (the Act). The

following Small Business Investment

Companies were licensed by the Small

Business Administration on (see

licensed date indicated).

License No. SBIC name Date licensed City and State Date surrendered

01/01–0309 ........... Alta Capital Corporation ................................................................ 11/24/1980 Boston, MA ................ 05/21/1986

01/02–0029 ........... Asset Capital & Management Corp .............................................. 09/14/1960 Stratford, CT .............. 04/07/1997

09/09–5222 ........... Associates Venture Capital Corp .................................................. 06/28/1978 San Francisco, CA .... 05/10/1990

06/06–0242 ........... BancTexas Capital, Inc ................................................................. 02/27/1981 Dallas, TX .................. 06/26/1988

09/09–0163 ........... Brantman Capital Corp ................................................................. 04/25/1973 Tiburn, CA ................. 09/29/1992

06/06–5177 ........... Business Capital Corp .................................................................. 06/16/1975 New Orleans, LA ....... 06/28/1984

06/06–0253 ........... Business Capital Corp. of Arlington .............................................. 09/30/1982 Dallas, TX .................. 01/24/1992

02/02–5296 ........... CEDC MESBIC, Inc ...................................................................... 12/29/1972 Hempstead, NY ......... 01/28/1992

05/07–5086 ........... CEDCO Capital Corporation ......................................................... 01/22/1976 Chicago, IL ................ 04/16/1992

04/05–0057 ........... CSRA Capital Corp ....................................................................... 05/01/1962 Augusta, GA .............. 09/27/1996

06/10–0150 ........... Capital Marketing Corp ................................................................. 06/24/1968 Keller, TX .................. 04/21/1997

02/02–0082 ........... Capital for Future, Inc ................................................................... 06/12/1961 New York, NY ........... 12/31/1984

02/02–0410 ........... Clinton Capital Corp ...................................................................... 10/22/1980 New York, NY ........... 01/20/1995

05/07–0070 ........... Commerce Capital Corp ............................................................... 11/17/1962 Milwaukee, WI ........... 09/23/1996

09/09–5298 ........... Dime Investment Corporation ....................................................... 07/07/1982 Los Angeles, CA ....... 05/13/1997

03/03–5114 ........... District of Columbia Investment Company ................................... 03/05/1973 Washington, DC ........ 08/10/1989

08/02–0395 ........... ES One Capital Corp .................................................................... 06/02/1980 Denver, CO ............... 11/13/1985

06/06–0231 ........... Energy Capital Corp ..................................................................... 09/09/1980 Houston, TX .............. 05/14/1987

04/05–5102 ........... Enterprises Now, Inc ..................................................................... 03/13/1972 Atlanta, GA ................ 10/08/1982

02/02–0016 ........... Equitable SBI Corp ....................................................................... 06/30/1960 New York, NY ........... 02/03/1984

04/05–0022 ........... First North Florida SBIC Company ............................................... 12/17/1980 Quincy, FL ................. 09/24/1989

06/06–0171 ........... First Venture Corporation ............................................................. 11/30/1979 Bartlesville, OK .......... 09/10/1992

09/09–0211 ........... Florists Capital Corporation .......................................................... 08/28/1978 Culver City, CA ......... 08/29/1995

09/09–0300 ........... Hamco Capital Corporation .......................................................... 03/01/1982 San Francisco, CA .... 09/26/1996

03/04–0100 ........... Hampton Roads SBIC .................................................................. 02/05/1965 Norfolk, VA ................ 11/12/1993

05/05–0154 ........... Heritage Venture Group, Inc ......................................................... 08/12/1981 Indianapolis, IN ......... 12/01/1987

06/05–0112 ........... Intercapco, Inc .............................................................................. 10/07/1976 St. Louis, MO ............ 09/29/1995

02/02–0354 ........... International Film Investors LP ..................................................... 11/22/1978 New York, NY ........... 03/12/1990

02/02–0305 ........... J.H. Foster & Co ........................................................................... 11/26/1973 New York, NY ........... 03/06/1987

03/03–5128 ........... LICO MESBIC Investment Co ...................................................... 05/31/1977 Beckley, WV .............. 07/06/1993

02/02–0314 ........... Lloyd Capital Corp ........................................................................ 12/10/1975 Edgewater, NJ ........... 12/02/1985

09/09–5194 ........... MCA New Ventures, Inc ............................................................... 07/22/1976 Universal City, CA ..... 09/30/1996

06/06–5217 ........... MESBIC of San Antonio, Inc ........................................................ 09/19/1979 San Antonio, TX ........ 07/26/1991

02/03–0056 ........... Main Capital Investment Corp ...................................................... 10/22/1964 Hackensack, NJ ........ 05/29/1985

09/09–0293 ........... Metropolitan Venture Company, Inc ............................................. 09/30/1981 Los Angeles, CA ....... 09/23/1996

02/02–0163 ........... Mid Atlantic Fund, Inc ................................................................... 10/12/1961 New York, NY ........... 02/20/1990

03/04–5111 ........... Minority Investments, Inc .............................................................. 06/04/1971 Silver Spring, MD ...... 02/08/1990

02/02–5474 ........... Monsey Capital Corp .................................................................... 01/17/1985 Monsey, NY ............... 09/24/1996

03/03–5116 ........... Norfolk Investment Company, Inc ................................................ 03/28/1974 Norfolk, VA ................ 04/24/1994

05/05–0190 ........... North Star Ventures II, Inc ............................................................ 05/17/1984 Minneapolis, MN ....... 08/01/1990

05/08–0018 ........... Northland Capital Venture Partnership ......................................... 06/30/1967 Duluth, MN ................ 04/08/1997

03/03–0062 ........... Osher Capital Corp ....................................................................... 04/09/1969 Wyncote, PA ............. 03/01/1985

02/02–0352 ........... Percival Capital Corp .................................................................... 01/15/1979 New York, NY ........... 02/02/1990
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License No. SBIC name Date licensed City and State Date surrendered

06/10–0057 ........... Rice Investment Company ............................................................ 08/23/1961 Houston, TX .............. 04/19/1991

01/02–0052 ........... SBIC of Connecticut Inc. (The) ..................................................... 01/31/1961 Turnbull, CT .............. 12/29/1995

02/02–0375 ........... Sherwood Business Capital Corp ................................................. 11/23/1979 Port Chester, NY ....... 12/18/1985

04/04–5133 ........... Southern Inv. & Funding Corp. Inc ............................................... 10/26/1977 Atlanta, GA ................ 10/19/1992

09/09–5176 ........... United Business Ventures, Inc ..................................................... 11/01/1974 Carson, CA ................ 08/31/1989

04/04–5104 ........... Urban Ventures, Inc ...................................................................... 06/09/1972 Miami, FL .................. 02/14/1990

09/09–0175 ........... Walden Capital Corp ..................................................................... 12/17/1974 San Francisco, CA .... 09/05/1990

03/03–0180 ........... Washington Ventures, Inc ............................................................. 12/03/1986 Washington, DC ........ 05/21/1997

09/09–0226 ........... West Coast Venture Capital ......................................................... 05/22/1979 Cupertino, CA ............ 12/03/1984

06/06–0248 ........... Western Venture Capital Corp ...................................................... 08/03/1981 Tulsa, OK .................. 04/05/1991

Under the authority vested by the Act

and pursuant to the regulations

promulgated thereunder, the surrender

of each license was accepted on (see

surrender date indicated) and

accordingly, all rights, privileges, and

franchises derived therefrom have been

terminated.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Program No. 59.011, Small Business

Investment Companies.)

Dated: August 19, 1997.

Don A. Christensen,

Associate Administrator for Investment.

[FR Doc. 97–22531 Filed 8–22–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 8025–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF STATE

Bureau of Consular Affairs

[Public Notice 2589]

Registration for the Diversity

Immigrant (DV–99) Visa Program

ACTION: Notice of registration period and

requirements for the fifth year of the

Diversity Immigrant Visa Program.

This public notice provides

information on the procedures for

obtaining an opportunity to apply for

one of the 55,000 immigrant visas to be

made available in the DV category

during Fiscal Year 1999. This notice is

issued pursuant to 22 CFR 42.33, which

implements sections 201(a)(3), 201(e),

203(c) and 204(a)(1)(G) of the

Immigration and Nationality Act (8

U.S.C. 1151(a)(3), 1153(c), and

1154(a)(1)(G)).

Entry Procedures for the 55,000

Immigrant Visas To Be Made Available

in the DV Category During Fiscal Year

1999

Sections 201(a)(3), 201(e), 203(c) and

204(a)(1)(G) of the Immigration and

Nationality Act, taken together

established, effective for Fiscal Year

1995 and thereafter, an annual

numerical limitation of 55,000 diversity

immigrant visas to be made available to

persons from countries that have had

low rates of immigration to the United

States. The DV–99 registration mail-in

period will last 31 days and will be held

from noon on October 24, 1997 through

noon on November 24, 1997. This will

give those eligible, both in the United

States and overseas, ample time to mail

in an entry.

How Visas Are Apportioned

The visas will be apportioned among

six geographic regions. A greater

number of visas will go to those regions

that have had lower immigration rates

as determined pursuant to INA 203(c).

There is, however, a limit of seven

percent (or 3,850) on the use of visas by

natives of any one foreign state. The

regions, along with their Fiscal Year

1999 allotments are:

Africa: 21,409; includes all countries

on the African continent and adjacent

islands.

Asia: 7,254; extends from Israel to the

northern Pacific Islands, including

Indonesia and Hong Kong, but excludes

China, both mainland and Taiwan born,

India, Philippines, South Korea, and

Vietnam.

Europe: 23,024; extends from

Greenland to Russia, including all

countries of the former USSR, but

excludes Great Britain (United

Kingdom) and its dependent territories

and Poland (Northern Ireland is

eligible).

North America: 8; the Bahamas is the

only eligible country this year (Canada

is not eligible).

Oceania: 837; includes Australia,

New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, and

all countries and islands in the South

Pacific.

South America, Central America, and

the Caribbean: 2,468; extends from

Central America (Guatemala) and the

Caribbean nations to Chile but excludes

Colombia, Dominican Republic, El

Salvador, Jamaica, and Mexico.

Eligibility

Natives of ‘‘high admission’’ countries

are not eligible for the program. ‘‘High

admission’’ countries are defined as

those from which the United States has

received more than 50,000 immigrants

during the last five fiscal years for

which data are available in the

immediate relative, or family or

employment preference categories. [See

INA 203(c)(1)(A)]. Each year the

Immigration and Naturalization Services

adds the family and employment

immigrant admission figures for the

previous five fiscal years to identify the

countries that must be excluded from

the annual diversity lottery. For 1999,

‘‘high admission’’ and therefore

ineligible countries are:

Canada,

China (mainland and Taiwan born),

Colombia,

The Dominican Republic,

El Salvador,

India,

Jamaica,

Mexico,

The Philippines,

Poland,

South Korea,

United Kingdom (except Northern Ireland),

and its dependent territories, and

Vietnam.

Note that the Hong Kong Administrative

Region (SAR) is eligible; it is treated

separately from China pursuant to the

1984 Sino-British Joint Declaration on

the Question of Hong Kong, the 1990

Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special

Administrative Region of the People’s

Republic of China, and the 1991 U.S.-

Hong Kong Policy Act, 22 U.S.C. 5701

et seq. Northern Ireland is treated

separately pursuant to INA 203(c)(1)(F).

Requirements

To apply for the 1999 Diversity

Immigrant Visa Program an applicant

must properly claim nativity in a

qualifying country AND meet either the

education or training requirement of the

DV program.

Nativity in most cases is determined

by place of birth. However, any alien

born in a nonqualifying country may

claim his or her spouse’s birthplace

(alternate chargeability) if the spousal

relationship was established at the time

the application for DV registration was