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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2008 

To strengthen resources for entrepreneurs by improving the SCORE program, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

FEBRUARY 10, 2014 

Ms. LANDRIEU (for herself and Mr. RISCH) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business 

and Entrepreneurship 

A BILL 

To strengthen resources for entrepreneurs by improving the 

SCORE program, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘SCORE for Small 

5 Business Act of 2014’’. 

6 SEC. 2. SCORE REAUTHORIZATION. 

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

8 note) is amended— 

9 (1) by redesignating subsection (j) as sub10 section (f); and 


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

2 ‘‘(g) SCORE PROGRAM.—There are authorized to be 

3 appropriated to the Administrator to carry out the 

4 SCORE program authorized by section 8(b)(1) such sums 

5 as are necessary for the Administrator to make grants or 

6 enter into cooperative agreements in a total amount that 

7 does not exceed— 

8 ‘‘(1) $9,100,000 in fiscal year 2015; 

9 ‘‘(2) $10,500,000 in fiscal year 2016; and 

10 ‘‘(3) $10,500,000 in fiscal year 2017.’’. 

11 SEC. 3. SCORE PROGRAM. 

12 Section 8 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637) 

13 is amended— 

14 (1) in subsection (b)(1)(B), by striking ‘‘a Serv15 ice Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE)’’ and in16 serting ‘‘the SCORE program described in sub17 section (c)’’; and 

18 (2) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the 

19 following: 

20 ‘‘(c) SCORE PROGRAM.— 

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

22 ‘SCORE program’ means the SCORE program au23 thorized by subsection (b)(1)(B). 

24 ‘‘(2) VOLUNTEERS.—A volunteer participating 

25 in the SCORE program shall— 


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1 ‘‘(A) based on the business experience and 

2 knowledge of the volunteer— 

3 ‘‘(i) provide at no cost to individuals 

4 who own, or aspire to own, small business 

5 concerns personal counseling, mentoring, 

6 and coaching relating to the process of 

7 starting, expanding, managing, buying, 

8 and selling a business; and 

9 ‘‘(ii) facilitate low-cost education 

10 workshops for individuals who own, or as11 pire to own, small business concerns; and 

12 ‘‘(B) as appropriate, use tools, resources, 

13 and expertise of other organizations to carry 

14 out the SCORE program. 

15 ‘‘(3) PLANS AND GOALS.—The Administrator, 

16 in consultation with the SCORE Association, shall 

17 ensure that the SCORE program and each chapter 

18 of the SCORE program develop and implement 

19 plans and goals to more effectively and efficiently 

20 provide services to individuals in rural areas, eco21 nomically disadvantaged communities, and other tra22 ditionally underserved communities, including plans 

23 for electronic initiatives, web-based initiatives, chap24 ter expansion, partnerships, and the development of 


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1 new skills by volunteers participating in the SCORE 

2 program. 

3 ‘‘(4) ANNUAL REPORT.—The SCORE Associa4 tion shall submit to the Administrator an annual re5 port that contains— 

6 ‘‘(A) the number of individuals counseled 

7 or trained under the SCORE program; 

8 ‘‘(B) the number of hours of counseling 

9 provided under the SCORE program; and 

10 ‘‘(C) to the extent possible— 

11 ‘‘(i) the number of small business con12 cerns formed with assistance from the 

13 SCORE program; 

14 ‘‘(ii) the number of small business 

15 concerns expanded with assistance from 

16 the SCORE program; and 

17 ‘‘(iii) the number of jobs created with 

18 assistance from the SCORE program. 

19 ‘‘(5) PRIVACY REQUIREMENTS.— 

20 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Neither the Adminis21 trator nor the SCORE Association may disclose 

22 the name, address, or telephone number of any 

23 individual or small business concern receiving 

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1 out the consent of such individual or small busi2 ness concern, unless— 

3 ‘‘(i) the Administrator is ordered to 

4 make such a disclosure by a court in any 

5 civil or criminal enforcement action initi6 ated by a Federal or State agency; or 

7 ‘‘(ii) the Administrator determines 

8 such a disclosure to be necessary for the 

9 purpose of conducting a financial audit of 

10 the SCORE program, in which case disclo11 sure shall be limited to the information 

12 necessary for the audit. 

13 ‘‘(B) ADMINISTRATOR USE OF INFORMA14 TION.—This paragraph shall not— 

15 ‘‘(i) restrict the access of the Adminis16 trator to program activity data; or 

17 ‘‘(ii) prevent the Administrator from 

18 using client information to conduct client 

19 surveys. 

20 ‘‘(C) REGULATIONS.— 

21 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator 

22 shall issue regulations to establish stand23 ards for— 


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1 ‘‘(I) disclosures with respect to 

2 financial audits under subparagraph 

3 (A)(II); and 

4 ‘‘(II) conducting client surveys, 

5 including standards for oversight of 

6 the surveys and for dissemination and 

7 use of client information. 

8 ‘‘(ii) MAXIMUM PRIVACY PROTEC9 TION.—The regulations issued under this 

10 subparagraph shall, to the extent prac11 ticable, provide for the maximum amount 

12 of privacy protection. 

13 ‘‘(iii) INSPECTOR GENERAL.—Until 

14 the effective date of the regulations issued 

15 under this subparagraph, any client survey 

16 and the use of any client information shall 

17 be approved by the Inspector General of 

18 the Administration, who shall include any 

19 such approval in the semi-annual report of 

20 the Inspector General.’’. 

21 SEC. 4. REPEAL OF AUTHORITY FOR THE PROGRAM FOR 

22 INVESTMENT IN MICROENTREPRENEURS. 

23 (a) REPEAL.—Subtitle C of title I of the Riegle Com24 munity Development and Regulatory Improvement Act of 

25 1994 (15 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.) is repealed. 


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1 (b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec2 tion shall affect any grant or assistance provided under 

3 subtitle C of title I of the Riegle Community Development 

4 and Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994 (15 U.S.C. 

5 6901 et seq.) before the date of enactment of this Act, 

6 and any such grant or assistance shall be subject to such 

7 subtitle C, as in effect on the day before the date of enact8 ment of this Act. 

9 SEC. 5. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 

10 (a) SMALL BUSINESS ACT.—The Small Business Act 

11 (15 U.S.C. 631 et seq.) is amended— 

12 (1) in section 7(m)(3)(A)(i)(VIII) (15 U.S.C. 

13 636(m)(3)(A)(i)(VIII)), by striking ‘‘Service Corps 

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

16 (2) in section 22 (15 U.S.C. 649)— 

17 (A) in subsection (b)— 

18 (i) in paragraph (1), by striking 

19 ‘‘Service Corps of Retired Executives’’ and 

20 inserting ‘‘SCORE program’’; and 

21 (ii) in paragraph (3), by striking 

22 ‘‘Service Corps of Retired Executives’’ and 

23 inserting ‘‘SCORE program’’; 


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1 (B) in subsection (c)(12), by striking 

2 ‘‘Service Corps of Retired Executives’’ and in3 serting ‘‘SCORE program’’. 

4 (b) OTHER LAWS.— 

5 (1) Section 621 of the Children’s Health Insur6 ance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 (15 

7 U.S.C. 657p) is amended— 

8 (A) in subsection (a), by striking para9 graph (4) and inserting the following: 

10 ‘‘(4) the term ‘SCORE program’ means the 

11 SCORE program authorized by section 8(b)(1)(B) 

12 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 

13 637(b)(1)(B));’’; and 

14 (B) in subsection (b)(4)(A)(iv), by striking 

15 ‘‘Service Corps of Retired Executives’’ and in16 serting ‘‘SCORE program’’. 

17 (2) Section 337(d)(2)(A) of the Energy Policy 

18 and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6307(d)(2)(A)) is 

19 amended by striking ‘‘Service Corps of Retired Ex20 ecutives (SCORE)’’ and inserting ‘‘SCORE pro21 gram’’. 

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