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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5265 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

FEBRUARY 29, 2024 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and 

Entrepreneurship 

AN ACT 

To amend the Small Business Act to require a report on 

the performance of the Office of Rural Affairs, to require 

a report on the memorandum of understanding between 

the Small Business Administration and the Department 

of Agriculture entered into on April 4, 2018, 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. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Small Business Admin3 istration Rural Performance Report Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. SMALL BUSINESS RURAL PERFORMANCE REPORTS. 

5 (a) OFFICE OF RURAL AFFAIRS ANNUAL PERFORM6 ANCE REPORT.—Section 26 of the Small Business Act (15 

7 U.S.C. 653) is amended by adding at the end the fol8 lowing: 

9 ‘‘(d) REPORTS.— 

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

11 after the date of the enactment of this subsection, 

12 the Administrator shall make available on a website 

13 of the Administration, and submit to the Committee 

14 on Small Business of the House of Representatives 

15 and the Committee on Small Business and Entrepre16 neurship of the Senate, a report on the activities of 

17 the Office during the year preceding the date of the 

18 report that includes the following elements: 

19 ‘‘(A) How the Office is promoting financial 

20 assistance pursuant to subsection (c)(1). 

21 ‘‘(B) Annual statistics compiled pursuant 

22 to subsection (c)(2). 

23 ‘‘(C) How the Office is providing informa24 tion pursuant to subsection (c)(3). 

25 ‘‘(D) How the Office is providing informa26 tion pursuant to subsection (c)(4). 


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1 ‘‘(E) The number of outreach events con2 ducted by the Office to provide information de3 scribed in paragraphs (3) and (4) of subsection 

4 (c). 

5 ‘‘(F) Details of any partnerships that the 

6 Office engaged in to provide the outreach de7 scribed in paragraph (5), including any partner8 ships with the National Travel and Tourism Of9 fice of the Department of Commerce. 

10 ‘‘(G) The name of the director of the Of11 fice and the number of staff employed by the 

12 Office. 

13 ‘‘(2) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Administrator 

14 shall annually submit, along with the budget the 

15 budget justification materials submitted in support 

16 of the Small Business Administration budget for a 

17 fiscal year (as submitted with the budget of the 

18 President under section 1105(a) of title 31), a re19 port that includes the elements described in para20 graph (1).’’. 

21 (b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 26(c)(5) of 

22 the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 653(c)(5)) is amended 

23 by striking ‘‘United States Tourism and Travel Adminis24 tration’’ and inserting ‘‘National Travel and Tourism Of25 fice of the Department of Commerce’’. 


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1 (c) MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH DE2 PARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE REPORT.—Not later than 

3 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

4 Administrator shall make available on a website of the Ad5 ministration and submit to the Committee on Small Busi6 ness of the House of Representatives and the Committee 

7 on Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the Senate a 

8 report on the MOU. Such report shall include a descrip9 tion of the following: 

10 (1) How many working groups convened pursu11 ant to the MOU the Administration was part of and 

12 if the Administration is still part of any such work13 ing groups. 

14 (2) How many staff employed by the Adminis15 tration were and are still involved with a working 

16 group convened pursuant to the MOU. 

17 (3) The findings specified in clauses (i) through 

18 (iv) of paragraph (1) of part 2 of the MOU. 

19 (4) The findings specified in clauses (i) through 

20 (iv) of paragraph (2) of part 2 of the MOU. 

21 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

22 In this Act: 

23 (1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis24 trator’’ means the Administrator of the Small Busi25 ness Administration. 


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1 (2) ADMINISTRATION.—The term ‘‘Administra2 tion’’ means the Small Business Administration. 

3 (3) MOU.—The term ‘‘MOU’’ means the 

4 memorandum of understanding between the Depart5 ment of Agriculture and the Small Business Admin6 istration entered into on April 4, 2018, about col7 laborative efforts to promote stronger businesses and 

8 agricultural economies in rural America. 

9 SEC. 4. COMPLIANCE WITH CUTGO. 

10 No additional amounts are authorized to be appro11 priated to carry out this Act or the amendments made 

12 by this Act. 

Passed the House of Representatives February 28, 

2024. 

Attest: KEVIN F. MCCUMBER, 

Clerk. 


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