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112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3281 

To terminate the Federal authorization of the National Veterans Business 

Development Corporation. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 7, 2012 

Ms. SNOWE (for herself, Mr. KERRY, and Mr. COBURN) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Small 

Business and Entrepreneurship 

A BILL 

To terminate the Federal authorization of the National 

Veterans Business Development Corporation. 

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

3 SECTION 1. NATIONAL VETERANS BUSINESS DEVELOP4 MENT CORPORATION. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Small Business Act (15 

6 U.S.C. 631 et seq.) is amended by striking section 33 (15 

7 U.S.C. 657c). 

8 (b) CORPORATION.—On and after the date of enact9 ment of this Act, the National Veterans Business Develop10 ment Corporation and any successor thereto may not repVerDate Mar 15 2010 23:31 Jun 11, 2012 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S3281.IS S3281

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1 resent that the corporation is federally chartered or in any 

2 other manner authorized by the Federal Government. 

3 (c) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

4 (1) SMALL BUSINESS ACT.—The Small Busi5 ness Act (15 U.S.C. 631 et seq.), as amended by 

6 this section, is amended— 

7 (A) by redesignating sections 34 through 

8 45 as sections 33 through 44, respectively; 

9 (B) in section 9(k)(1)(D) (15 U.S.C. 

10 638(k)(1)(D)), by striking ‘‘section 34(d)’’ and 

11 inserting ‘‘section 33(d)’’; 

12 (C) in section 33 (15 U.S.C. 657d), as so 

13 redesignated— 

14 (i) by striking ‘‘section 35’’ each place 

15 it appears and inserting ‘‘section 34’’; 

16 (ii) in subsection (a)— 

17 (I) in paragraph (2), by striking 

18 ‘‘section 35(c)(2)(B)’’ and inserting 

19 ‘‘section 34(c)(2)(B)’’; 

20 (II) in paragraph (4), by striking 

21 ‘‘section 35(c)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘sec22 tion 34(c)(2)’’; and 

23 (III) in paragraph (5), by strik24 ing ‘‘section 35(c)’’ and inserting 

25 ‘‘section 34(c)’’; and 


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1 (iii) in subsection (h)(2), by striking 

2 ‘‘section 35(d)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 

3 34(d)’’; 

4 (D) in section 34 (15 U.S.C. 657e), as so 

5 redesignated— 

6 (i) by striking ‘‘section 34’’ each place 

7 it appears and inserting ‘‘section 33’’; and 

8 (ii) in subsection (c)(1), by striking 

9 section ‘‘34(c)(1)(E)(ii)’’ and inserting sec10 tion ‘‘33(c)(1)(E)(ii)’’; 

11 (E) in section 36(d) (15 U.S.C. 657i(d)), 

12 as so redesignated, by striking ‘‘section 43’’ and 

13 inserting ‘‘section 42’’; 

14 (F) in section 39(d) (15 U.S.C. 657l(d)), 

15 as so redesignated, by striking ‘‘section 43’’ and 

16 inserting ‘‘section 42’’; and 

17 (G) in section 40(b) (15 U.S.C. 657m(b)), 

18 as so redesignated, by striking ‘‘section 43’’ and 

19 inserting ‘‘section 42’’. 

20 (2) TITLE 10.—Section 1142(b)(13) of title 10, 

21 United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘and 

22 the National Veterans Business Development Cor23 poration’’. 

24 (3) TITLE 38.—Section 3452(h) of title 38, 

25 United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘any of 


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1 the’’ and all that follows and inserting ‘‘any small 

2 business development center described in section 21 

3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 648), insofar 

4 as such center offers, sponsors, or cosponsors an en5 trepreneurship course, as that term is defined in sec6 tion 3675(c)(2).’’. 

7 (4) FOOD, CONSERVATION, AND ENERGY ACT

8 OF 2008.—Section 12072(c)(2) of the Food, Con9 servation, and Energy Act of 2008 (15 U.S.C. 

10 636g(c)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘section 43 of 

11 the Small Business Act, as added by this Act’’ and 

12 inserting ‘‘section 42 of the Small Business Act (15 

13 U.S.C. 657o)’’. 

14 (5) VETERANS ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND

15 SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 1999.—Sec16 tion 203(c)(5) of the Veterans Entrepreneurship and 

17 Small Business Development Act of 1999 (15 U.S.C. 

18 657b note) is amended by striking ‘‘In cooperation 

19 with the National Veterans Business Development 

20 Corporation, develop’’ and inserting ‘‘Develop’’. 

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