II 

110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1671 

To reauthorize and improve the entrepreneurial development programs of 

the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 20, 2007 

Mr. KERRY (for himself and Ms. SNOWE) introduced the following bill; which 

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

A BILL 

To reauthorize and improve the entrepreneurial development 

programs of the Small Business Administration, 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 ‘‘Entrepreneurial Devel5 opment Act of 2007’’. 

6 SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

7 The table of contents of this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title. 

Sec. 2. Table of contents. 

Sec. 3. Definitions. 


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TITLE I—REAUTHORIZATION 

Sec. 101. Reauthorization. 

TITLE II—WOMEN’S SMALL BUSINESS OWNERSHIP PROGRAMS 

Sec. 201. Office of Women’s Business Ownership. 

Sec. 202. Women’s Business Center Program. 

Sec. 203. National Women’s Business Council. 

Sec. 204. Interagency Committee on Women’s Business Enterprise. 

Sec. 205. Preserving the independence of the National Women’s Business 

Council. 

TITLE III—INTERNATIONAL TRADE 

Sec. 301. Small Business Administration Associate Administrator for International Trade. 

Sec. 302. Office of International Trade. 

TITLE IV—NATIVE AMERICAN SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT 

PROGRAM 

Sec. 401. Short title. 

Sec. 402. Native American Small Business Development Program. 

Sec. 403. Pilot programs. 

TITLE V—NATIONAL SMALL BUSINESS REGULATORY ASSISTANCE 

Sec. 501. Short title. 

Sec. 502. Purpose. 

Sec. 503. Small Business Regulatory Assistance Pilot Program. 

Sec. 504. Rulemaking. 

TITLE VI—OTHER PROVISIONS 

Sec. 601. Minority Entrepreneurship and Innovation Pilot Program. 

Sec. 602. Institutions of higher education. 

Sec. 603. Health insurance options information for small business concerns. 

Sec. 604. National Small Business Development Center Advisory Board. 

Sec. 605. Office of Native American Affairs pilot program. 

Sec. 606. Privacy requirements for SCORE chapters. 

Sec. 607. National Small Business Summit. 

1 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

2 In this Act— 

3 (1) the terms ‘‘Administration’’ and ‘‘Adminis4 trator’’ mean the Small Business Administration 

5 and the Administrator thereof, respectively; and 


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1 (2) the term ‘‘small business concern’’ has the 

2 meaning given that term in section 3 of the Small 

3 Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632). 

4 TITLE I—REAUTHORIZATION 

5 SEC. 101. REAUTHORIZATION. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 20 of the Small Business 

7 Act (15 U.S.C. 631 note) is amended— 

8 (1) by striking subsections (d), (e), and (j); and 

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

10 ‘‘(d) SCORE PROGRAM.—There are authorized to be 

11 appropriated to the Administrator to carry out the Service 

12 Corps of Retired Executives program authorized by sec13 tion 8(b)(1) such sums as are necessary for the Adminis14 trator to make grants or enter into cooperative agreements 

15 for a total of— 

16 ‘‘(1) $7,000,000 in fiscal year 2008; 

17 ‘‘(2) $8,000,000 in fiscal year 2009; and 

18 ‘‘(3) $9,000,000 in fiscal year 2010’’. 

19 (b) SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTERS.— 

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

21 amended— 

22 (1) in subsection (a)(4)(C), by amending clause 

23 (vii) to read as follows: 


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1 ‘‘(vii) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA2 TIONS.—There are authorized to be appro3 priated to carry out this subparagraph— 

4 ‘‘(I) $135,000,000 for fiscal year 

5 2008; 

6 ‘‘(II) $140,000,000 for fiscal 

7 year 2009; and 

8 ‘‘(III) $145,000,000 for fiscal 

9 year 2010.’’; and 

10 (2) in subsection (c)(3)(T), by striking ‘‘Octo11 ber 1, 2006’’ and inserting ‘‘October 1, 2010’’. 

12 (3) PAUL D. COVERDELL DRUG-FREE WORK13 PLACE PROGRAM.— 

14 (A) IN GENERAL.—Section 27(g) of the 

15 Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 654(g)) is 

16 amended— 

17 (i) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘fis18 cal years 2005 and 2006’’ and inserting 

19 ‘‘fiscal years 2008 through 2010’’; and 

20 (ii) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘fis21 cal years 2005 and 2006’’ and inserting 

22 ‘‘fiscal years 2008 through 2010’’. 

23 (B) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 

24 21(c)(3)(T) of the Small Business Act (15 

25 U.S.C. 648(c)(3)(T)) is amended by striking 


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1 ‘‘October 1, 2006’’ and inserting ‘‘October 1, 

2 2010’’. 

3 TITLE II—WOMEN’S SMALL BUSI4 NESS OWNERSHIP PROGRAMS 

5 SEC. 201. OFFICE OF WOMEN’S BUSINESS OWNERSHIP. 

6 Section 29(g) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 

7 656(g)) is amended— 

8 (1) in paragraph (2)— 

9 (A) in subparagraph (B)(i), by striking ‘‘in 

10 the areas’’ and all that follows through the end 

11 of subclause (I), and inserting the following: ‘‘to 

12 address issues concerning management, oper13 ations, manufacturing, technology, finance, re14 tail and product sales, international trade, and 

15 other disciplines required for— 

16 ‘‘(I) starting, operating, and 

17 growing a small business concern;’’; 

18 and 

19 (B) in subparagraph (C), by inserting be20 fore the period at the end the following: ‘‘, the 

21 National Women’s Business Council, and any 

22 association of women’s business centers’’; and 

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

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1 istrator, in consultation with the National Women’s 

2 Business Council, the Interagency Committee on 

3 Women’s Business Enterprise, and 1 or more asso4 ciations of women’s business centers, shall develop 

5 programs and services for women-owned businesses 

6 (as defined in section 408 of the Women’s Business 

7 Ownership Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 631 note)) in 

8 business areas, which may include— 

9 ‘‘(A) manufacturing; 

10 ‘‘(B) technology; 

11 ‘‘(C) professional services; 

12 ‘‘(D) retail and product sales; 

13 ‘‘(E) travel and tourism; 

14 ‘‘(F) international trade; and 

15 ‘‘(G) Federal Government contract busi16 ness development. 

17 ‘‘(4) TRAINING.—The Administrator shall pro18 vide annual programmatic and financial oversight 

19 training for women’s business ownership representa20 tives and district office technical representatives of 

21 the Administration to enable representatives to carry 

22 out their responsibilities under this section. 

23 ‘‘(5) GRANT PROGRAM AND TRANSPARENCY IM24 PROVEMENTS.—The Administrator shall improve the 

25 transparency of the women’s business center grant 


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1 proposal process and the programmatic and financial 

2 oversight process by— 

3 ‘‘(A) providing notice to the public of each 

4 women’s business center grant announcement 

5 for an initial and renewal grant, not later than 

6 6 months before awarding such grant; 

7 ‘‘(B) providing notice to grant applicants 

8 and recipients of program evaluation and award 

9 criteria, not later than 12 months before any 

10 such evaluation; 

11 ‘‘(C) reducing paperwork and reporting re12 quirements for grant applicants and recipients; 

13 ‘‘(D) standardizing the oversight and re14 view process of the Administration; and 

15 ‘‘(E) providing to each women’s business 

16 center, not later than 30 days after the comple17 tion of a site visit at that center, a copy of site 

18 visit reports and evaluation reports prepared by 

19 district office technical representatives or Ad20 ministration officials.’’. 

21 SEC. 202. WOMEN’S BUSINESS CENTER PROGRAM. 

22 (a) WOMEN’S BUSINESS CENTER GRANTS PRO23 GRAM.—Section 29 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 

24 656) is amended— 

25 (1) in subsection (a)— 


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1 (A) by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), 

2 and (4), as paragraphs (3), (4), and (5), re3 spectively; and 

4 (B) by inserting after paragraph (1) the 

5 following: 

6 ‘‘(2) the term ‘association of women’s business 

7 centers’ means an organization that represents not 

8 fewer than 30 percent of the women’s business cen9 ters that are participating in a program under this 

10 section, and whose primary purpose is to represent 

11 women’s business centers;’’; 

12 (2) in subsection (b)— 

13 (A) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), 

14 and (3) as subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C), 

15 and adjusting the margins accordingly; 

16 (B) by striking ‘‘The Administration’’ and 

17 inserting the following: 

18 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administration’’; 

19 (C) by striking ‘‘The projects shall’’ and 

20 inserting the following: 

21 ‘‘(2) USE OF FUNDS.—The projects shall’’; and 

22 (D) by adding at the end the following: 

23 ‘‘(3) AMOUNT OF GRANTS.— 


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1 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator 

2 may award a grant under this subsection of not 

3 more than $150,000 per year. 

4 ‘‘(B) EQUAL ALLOCATIONS.—In the event 

5 that the Administration has insufficient funds 

6 to provide grants of $150,000 for each grant 

7 recipient under this subsection in any fiscal 

8 year, available funds shall be allocated equally 

9 to grant recipients, unless any recipient re10 quests a lower amount than the allocable 

11 amount. 

12 ‘‘(4) ASSOCIATIONS OF WOMEN’S BUSINESS

13 CENTERS.— 

14 ‘‘(A) RECOGNITION.—The Administrator 

15 shall recognize the existence and activities of 

16 any association of women’s business centers es17 tablished to address matters of common con18 cern. 

19 ‘‘(B) CONSULTATION.—The Administrator 

20 shall consult with each association of women’s 

21 business centers to develop— 

22 ‘‘(i) a training program for the staff 

23 of the women’s business centers and the 

24 Administration; and 


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1 ‘‘(ii) recommendations to improve the 

2 policies and procedures for governing the 

3 general operations and administration of 

4 the Women’s Business Center Program, in5 cluding grant program improvements 

6 under subsection (g)(5).’’. 

7 (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 29 of the Small 

9 Business Act (15 U.S.C. 656) is amended— 

10 (A) in subsection (h)(2), by striking ‘‘to 

11 award a contract (as a sustainability grant) 

12 under subsection (l) or’’; 

13 (B) in subsection (j)(1), by striking ‘‘The 

14 Administration’’ and inserting ‘‘Not later than 

15 November 1st of each year, the Administrator’’; 

16 and 

17 (C) in subsection (k)— 

18 (i) by striking paragraphs (1) and (2) 

19 and inserting the following: 

20 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be 

21 appropriated to the Administration to carry out this 

22 section, to remain available until expended— 

23 ‘‘(A) $15,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; 

24 ‘‘(B) $16,000,000 for fiscal year 2009; and 

25 ‘‘(C) $17,500,000 for fiscal year 2010. 


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1 ‘‘(2) ALLOCATION.—Of amounts made available 

2 pursuant to paragraph (1), the Administrator shall 

3 use not less than 60 percent for grants under sub4 section (m). 

5 ‘‘(3) USE OF AMOUNTS.—Amounts made avail6 able under this subsection may only be used for 

7 grant awards and may not be used for costs incurred 

8 by the Administration in connection with the man9 agement and administration of the program under 

10 this section.’’; and 

11 (ii) by striking paragraph (4). 

12 (2) RENEWAL GRANTS.— 

13 (A) IN GENERAL.—Section 29 of the Small 

14 Business Act (15 U.S.C. 656) is amended by 

15 redesignating subsections (m) and (n) as sub16 sections (l) and (m), respectively. 

17 (B) REFERENCE.—Subsection (l)(4)(D) of 

18 section 29 of the Small Business Act (15 

19 U.S.C. 656), as redesignated by subparagraph 

20 (A) of this paragraph, is amended by striking 

21 ‘‘or subsection (l)’’. 

22 (C) ALLOCATION.—Section 29(k)(2) of the 

23 Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 656(k)(2)), as 

24 amended by this Act, is amended by striking 


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1 ‘‘subsection (m)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection 

2 (l)’’. 

3 (D) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments 

4 made by this paragraph shall take effect on the 

5 day after the effective date of the amendments 

6 made by section 8305(b) of the Small Business 

7 and Work Opportunity Act of 2007 (Public 

8 Law 110–28) (striking subsection (l)). 

9 SEC. 203. NATIONAL WOMEN’S BUSINESS COUNCIL. 

10 (a) COSPONSORSHIP AUTHORITY.—Section 406 of 

11 the Women’s Business Ownership Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 

12 7106) is amended by adding at the end the following: 

13 ‘‘(f) COSPONSORSHIP AUTHORITY.—The Council is 

14 authorized to enter into agreements as a cosponsor with 

15 public and private entities, in the same manner as is pro16 vided in section 8(b)(1)(A) of the Small Business Act (15 

17 U.S.C. 637(b)(1)(A)), to carry out its duties under this 

18 section.’’. 

19 (b) MEMBERSHIP.—Section 407(f) of the Women’s 

20 Business Ownership Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 7107(f)) is 

21 amended by adding at the end the following: 

22 ‘‘(3) REPRESENTATION OF MEMBER ORGANIZA23 TIONS.—In consultation with the chairperson of the 

24 Council and the Administrator, a national women’s 

25 business organization or small business concern that 


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1 is represented on the Council may replace its rep2 resentative member on the Council during the serv3 ice term to which that member was appointed.’’. 

4 (c) ESTABLISHMENT OF WORKING GROUPS.—Title 

5 IV of the Women’s Business Ownership Act of 1988 (15 

6 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 

7 410, the following new section: 

8 ‘‘SEC. 411. WORKING GROUPS. 

9 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There are established within 

10 the Council, working groups, as directed by the chair11 person. 

12 ‘‘(b) DUTIES.—The working groups established 

13 under subsection (a) shall perform such duties as the 

14 chairperson shall direct.’’. 

15 (d) CLEARINGHOUSE FOR HISTORICAL DOCU16 MENTS.—Section 409 of the Women’s Business Owner17 ship Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 7109) is amended by adding 

18 at the end the following: 

19 ‘‘(c) CLEARINGHOUSE FOR HISTORICAL DOCU20 MENTS.—The Council shall serve as a clearinghouse for 

21 information on small businesses owned and controlled by 

22 women, including research conducted by other organiza23 tions and individuals relating to ownership by women of 

24 small business concerns in the United States.’’. 


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1 (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

2 410(a) of the Women’s Business Ownership Act of 1988 

3 (15 U.S.C. 7110(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘2001 

4 through 2003, of which $550,000’’ and inserting ‘‘2008 

5 through 2010, of which not less than 30 percent’’. 

6 SEC. 204. INTERAGENCY COMMITTEE ON WOMEN’S BUSI7 NESS ENTERPRISE. 

8 (a) CHAIRPERSON.—Section 403(b) of the Women’s 

9 Business Ownership Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 7103(b)) is 

10 amended— 

11 (1) by striking ‘‘Not later’’ and inserting the 

12 following: 

13 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later’’; and 

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

15 ‘‘(2) VACANCY.—In the event that a chair16 person is not appointed under paragraph (1), the 

17 Deputy Administrator of the Small Business Admin18 istration shall serve as acting chairperson of the 

19 Interagency Committee until a chairperson is ap20 pointed under paragraph (1).’’. 

21 (b) POLICY ADVISORY GROUP.—Section 401 of the 

22 Women’s Business Ownership Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 

23 7101) is amended— 

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1 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There’’; and 

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

3 ‘‘(b) POLICY ADVISORY GROUP.— 

4 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established a 

5 Policy Advisory Group to assist the chairperson in 

6 developing policies and programs under this Act. 

7 ‘‘(2) MEMBERSHIP.—The Policy Advisory 

8 Group shall be composed of 7 policy making offi9 cials, of whom— 

10 ‘‘(A) 1 shall be a representative of the 

11 Small Business Administration; 

12 ‘‘(B) 1 shall be a representative of the De13 partment of Commerce; 

14 ‘‘(C) 1 shall be a representative of the De15 partment of Labor; 

16 ‘‘(D) 1 shall be a representative of the De17 partment of Defense; 

18 ‘‘(E) 1 shall be a representative of the De19 partment of the Treasury; and 

20 ‘‘(F) 2 shall be representatives of the 

21 Council.’’. 

22 SEC. 205. PRESERVING THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE NA23 TIONAL WOMEN’S BUSINESS COUNCIL. 

24 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 


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1 (1) The National Women’s Business Council 

2 provides an independent source of advice and policy 

3 recommendations regarding women’s business devel4 opment and the needs of women entrepreneurs in 

5 the United States to— 

6 (A) the President; 

7 (B) Congress; 

8 (C) the Interagency Committee on Wom9 en’s Business Enterprise; and 

10 (D) the Administrator. 

11 (2) The members of the National Women’s 

12 Business Council are small business owners, rep13 resentatives of business organizations, and rep14 resentatives of women’s business centers. 

15 (3) The chair and ranking member of the Com16 mittee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship of 

17 the Senate and the Committee on Small Business of 

18 the House of Representatives make recommenda19 tions to the Administrator to fill 8 of the positions 

20 on the National Women’s Business Council. Four of 

21 the positions are reserved for small business owners 

22 who are affiliated with the political party of the 

23 President and 4 of the positions are reserved for 

24 small business owners who are not affiliated with the 

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1 pointment ensures that the National Women’s Busi2 ness Council will provide Congress with nonpartisan, 

3 balanced, and independent advice. 

4 (4) In order to maintain the independence of 

5 the National Women’s Business Council and to en6 sure that the Council continues to provide Congress 

7 with advice on a nonpartisan basis, it is essential 

8 that the Council maintain the bipartisan balance es9 tablished under section 407 of the Women’s Busi10 ness Ownership Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 7107). 

11 (b) MAINTENANCE OF PARTISAN BALANCE.—Section 

12 407(f) of the Women’s Business Ownership Act of 1988 

13 (15 U.S.C. 7107(f)), as amended by this Act, is amended 

14 by adding at the end the following: 

15 ‘‘(4) PARTISAN BALANCE.—When filling a va16 cancy under paragraph (1) of this subsection of a 

17 member appointed under paragraph (1) or (2) of 

18 subsection (b), the Administrator shall, to the extent 

19 practicable, ensure that there are an equal number 

20 of members on the Council from each of the 2 major 

21 political parties. 

22 ‘‘(5) ACCOUNTABILITY.—If a vacancy is not 

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1 ceeding 30 days, the Administrator shall submit a 

2 report, not later than 10 days after the expiration 

3 of either such 30-day deadline, to the Committee on 

4 Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the Senate 

5 and the Committee on Small Business of the House 

6 of Representatives, that explains why the respective 

7 deadline was not met and provides an estimated date 

8 on which any vacancies will be filled, as applicable.’’. 

9 TITLE III—INTERNATIONAL 

10 TRADE 

11 SEC. 301. SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION ASSOCIATE 

12 ADMINISTRATOR FOR INTERNATIONAL 

13 TRADE. 

14 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Section 22(a) of the Small 

15 Business Act (15 U.S.C. 649(a)) is amended by adding 

16 at the end the following: ‘‘The head of the Office shall 

17 be the Associate Administrator for International Trade, 

18 who shall be responsible to the Administrator.’’. 

19 (b) AUTHORITY FOR ADDITIONAL ASSOCIATE AD20 MINISTRATOR.—Section 4(b)(1) of the Small Business Act 

21 (15 U.S.C. 633(b)(1)) is amended— 

22 (1) in the fifth sentence, by striking ‘‘five Asso23 ciate Administrators’’ and inserting ‘‘Associate Ad24 ministrators’’; and 


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1 (2) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘One of 

2 the Associate Administrators shall be the Associate 

3 Administrator for International Trade, who shall be 

4 the head of the Office of International Trade estab5 lished under section 22.’’. 

6 (c) DISCHARGE OF ADMINISTRATION INTER7 NATIONAL TRADE RESPONSIBILITIES.—Section 22 of the 

8 Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 649) is amended by adding 

9 at the end the following: 

10 ‘‘(h) DISCHARGE OF ADMINISTRATION INTER11 NATIONAL TRADE RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Adminis12 trator shall ensure that— 

13 ‘‘(1) the responsibilities of the Administration 

14 regarding international trade are carried out 

15 through the Associate Administrator for Inter16 national Trade; 

17 ‘‘(2) the Associate Administrator for Inter18 national Trade has sufficient resources to carry out 

19 such responsibilities; and 

20 ‘‘(3) the Associate Administrator for Inter21 national Trade has direct supervision and control 

22 over the staff of the Office of International Trade, 

23 and over any employee of the Administration whose 

24 principal duty station is a United States Export As25 sistance Center or any successor entity.’’. 


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1 (d) ROLE OF ASSOCIATE ADMINISTRATOR IN CAR2 RYING OUT INTERNATIONAL TRADE POLICY.—Section 

3 2(b)(1) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631(b)(1)) 

4 is amended in the matter preceding subparagraph (A)— 

5 (1) by inserting ‘‘the Administrator of’’ before 

6 ‘‘the Small Business Administration’’; and 

7 (2) by inserting ‘‘through the Associate Admin8 istrator for International Trade, and’’ before ‘‘in co9 operation with’’. 

10 (e) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 22(c)(5) of 

11 the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 649(c)(5)) is amended 

12 by striking the period at the end and inserting a semi13 colon. 

14 (f) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Not later than 90 days after 

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

16 appoint an Associate Administrator for International 

17 Trade under section 22 of the Small Business Act (15 

18 U.S.C. 649), as amended by this section. 

19 SEC. 302. OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE. 

20 Section 22 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 649) 

21 is amended— 

22 (1) by striking ‘‘SEC. 22. (a) There’’ and in23 serting the following: 

24 ‘‘SEC. 22. OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE. 

25 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There’’. 


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1 (2) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘(referred to 

2 in this section as the ‘Office’),’’ after ‘‘Trade’’; 

3 (3) in subsection (b)— 

4 (A) by striking ‘‘The Office’’ and inserting 

5 the following: 

6 ‘‘(b) TRADE DISTRIBUTION NETWORK.—The Office, 

7 including United States Export Assistance Centers (re8 ferred to as ‘one-stop shops’ in section 2301(b)(8) of the 

9 Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 (15 

10 U.S.C. 4721(b)(8)) and as ‘export centers’ in this sec11 tion)’’; and 

12 (B) by amending paragraph (1) to read as 

13 follows: 

14 ‘‘(1) assist in maintaining a distribution net15 work using regional and local offices of the Adminis16 tration, the small business development center net17 work, the women’s business center network, and ex18 port centers for— 

19 ‘‘(A) trade promotion; 

20 ‘‘(B) trade finance; 

21 ‘‘(C) trade adjustment; 

22 ‘‘(D) trade remedy assistance; and 

23 ‘‘(E) trade data collection.’’; 

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1 (A) by redesignating paragraphs (1) 

2 through (8) as paragraphs (2) through (9), re3 spectively; 

4 (B) by inserting before paragraph (2), as 

5 so redesignated, the following: 

6 ‘‘(1) establish annual goals for the Office relat7 ing to— 

8 ‘‘(A) enhancing the exporting capability of 

9 small business concerns and small manufactur10 ers; 

11 ‘‘(B) facilitating technology transfers; 

12 ‘‘(C) enhancing programs and services to 

13 assist small business concerns and small manu14 facturers to compete effectively and efficiently 

15 against foreign entities; 

16 ‘‘(D) increasing the access to capital by 

17 small business concerns; 

18 ‘‘(E) disseminating information concerning 

19 Federal, State, and private programs and initia20 tives; and 

21 ‘‘(F) ensuring that the interests of small 

22 business concerns are adequately represented in 

23 trade negotiations;’’; 

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1 lows through ‘‘(D)’’ and inserting the following: 

2 ‘‘mechanism for— 

3 ‘‘(A) identifying subsectors of the small 

4 business community with strong export poten5 tial; 

6 ‘‘(B) identifying areas of demand in for7 eign markets; 

8 ‘‘(C) prescreening foreign buyers for com9 mercial and credit purposes; and 

10 ‘‘(D)’’; and 

11 (D) in paragraph (9), as so redesignated— 

12 (i) in the matter preceding subpara13 graph (A)— 

14 (I) by striking ‘‘full-time export 

15 development specialists to each Ad16 ministration regional office and as17 signing’’; and 

18 (II) by striking ‘‘office. Such spe19 cialists’’ and inserting ‘‘office and pro20 viding each Administration regional 

21 office with a full-time export develop22 ment specialist, who’’; 

23 (ii) in subparagraph (D), by striking 

24 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 


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1 (iii) in subparagraph (E), by striking 

2 the period at the end and inserting a semi3 colon; and 

4 (iv) by adding at the end the fol5 lowing: 

6 ‘‘(F) participate jointly with employees of 

7 the Office in an annual training program that 

8 focuses on current small business needs for ex9 porting; and 

10 ‘‘(G) jointly develop and conduct training 

11 programs for exporters and lenders in coopera12 tion with the United States Export Assistance 

13 Centers, the Department of Commerce, small 

14 business development centers, and other rel15 evant Federal agencies.’’; 

16 (5) in subsection (d)— 

17 (A) by inserting ‘‘EXPORT FINANCING

18 PROGRAMS.—’’ after ‘‘(d)’’; 

19 (B) by redesignating paragraphs (1) 

20 through (5) as clauses (i) through (v), respec21 tively, and adjusting the margins accordingly; 

22 (C) by striking ‘‘The Office shall work in 

23 cooperation’’ and inserting the following: 

24 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Office shall work in 

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1 (D) by striking ‘‘To accomplish this goal, 

2 the Office shall work’’ and inserting the fol3 lowing: 

4 ‘‘(2) TRADE FINANCIAL SPECIALIST.—To ac5 complish the goal established under paragraph (1), 

6 the Office shall— 

7 ‘‘(A) designate at least 1 individual within 

8 the Administration as a trade financial spe9 cialist to oversee international loan programs 

10 and assist Administration employees with trade 

11 finance issues; and 

12 ‘‘(B) work’’; 

13 (6) in subsection (e), by inserting ‘‘TRADE

14 REMEDIES.—’’ after ‘‘(e)’’; 

15 (7) by amending subsection (f) to read as fol16 lows: 

17 ‘‘(f) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—The Office shall 

18 submit an annual report to the Committee on Small Busi19 ness and Entrepreneurship of the Senate and the Com20 mittee on Small Business of the House of Representatives 

21 that contains— 

22 ‘‘(1) a description of the progress of the Office 

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1 ‘‘(2) the destinations of travel by Office staff 

2 and benefits to the Administration and to small 

3 business concerns therefrom; and 

4 ‘‘(3) a description of the participation by the 

5 Office in trade negotiations.’’; 

6 (8) in subsection (g), by inserting ‘‘STUD7 IES.—’’ after ‘‘(g)’’; and 

8 (9) by adding at the end the following: 

9 ‘‘(i) EXPORT ASSISTANCE CENTERS.— 

10 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—During the period begin11 ning on October 1, 2007, and ending on September 

12 30, 2010, the Administrator shall ensure that the 

13 number of full-time equivalent employees of the Of14 fice assigned to the one-stop shops referred to in 

15 section 2301(b) of the Omnibus Trade and Competi16 tiveness Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 4721 (b)) is not less 

17 than the number of such employees so assigned on 

18 January 1, 2003. 

19 ‘‘(2) PRIORITY OF PLACEMENT.—Priority shall 

20 be given, to the maximum extent practicable, to 

21 placing employees of the Administration at any Ex22 port Assistance Center that— 

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1 ‘‘(B) has not had an Administration em2 ployee assigned to such center during the period 

3 beginning January 2003, and ending on the 

4 date of enactment of this subsection, either 

5 through retirement or reassignment. 

6 ‘‘(3) NEEDS OF EXPORTERS.—The Adminis7 trator shall, to the maximum extent practicable, 

8 strategically assign Administration employees to Ex9 port Assistance Centers, based on the needs of ex10 porters. 

11 ‘‘(4) GOALS.—The Office shall work with the 

12 Department of Commerce and the Export-Import 

13 Bank to establish shared annual goals for the Ex14 port Centers. 

15 ‘‘(5) OVERSIGHT.—The Office shall designate 

16 an individual within the Administration to oversee 

17 all activities conducted by Administration employees 

18 assigned to Export Centers.’’. 

19 TITLE IV—NATIVE AMERICAN 

20 SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOP21 MENT PROGRAM 

22 SEC. 401. SHORT TITLE. 

23 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Native American 

24 Small Business Development Act of 2007’’. 


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1 SEC. 402. NATIVE AMERICAN SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOP2 MENT PROGRAM. 

3 The Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631 et seq.) is 

4 amended— 

5 (1) by redesignating section 37 as section 38; 

6 and 

7 (2) by inserting after section 36 the following: 

8 ‘‘SEC. 37. NATIVE AMERICAN SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOP9 MENT PROGRAM. 

10 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 

11 ‘‘(1) the term ‘Alaska Native’ has the same 

12 meaning as the term ‘Native’ in section 3(b) of the 

13 Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 

14 1602(b)); 

15 ‘‘(2) the term ‘Alaska Native corporation’ has 

16 the same meaning as the term ‘Native Corporation’ 

17 in section 3(m) of the Alaska Native Claims Settle18 ment Act (43 U.S.C. 1602(m)); 

19 ‘‘(3) the term ‘Assistant Administrator’ means 

20 the Assistant Administrator of the Office of Native 

21 American Affairs established under subsection (b); 

22 ‘‘(4) the terms ‘center’ and ‘Native American 

23 business center’ mean a center established under 

24 subsection (c); 

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1 development assistance to federally recognized tribes 

2 and Native Americans under a grant from the Mi3 nority Business Development Agency of the Depart4 ment of Commerce; 

5 ‘‘(6) the term ‘Native American small business 

6 concern’ means a small business concern that is 

7 owned and controlled by— 

8 ‘‘(A) a member of an Indian tribe or tribal 

9 government; 

10 ‘‘(B) an Alaska Native or Alaska Native 

11 corporation; or 

12 ‘‘(C) a Native Hawaiian or Native Hawai13 ian Organization; 

14 ‘‘(7) the term ‘Native Hawaiian’ has the same 

15 meaning as in section 625 of the Older Americans 

16 Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3057k); 

17 ‘‘(8) the term ‘Native Hawaiian Organization’ 

18 has the same meaning as in section 8(a)(15); 

19 ‘‘(9) the term ‘tribal college’ has the same 

20 meaning as the term ‘tribally controlled college or 

21 university’ has in section 2(a)(4) of the Tribally 

22 Controlled Community College Assistance Act of 

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1 ‘‘(10) the term ‘tribal government’ has the 

2 same meaning as the term ‘Indian tribe’ has in sec3 tion 7501(a)(9) of title 31, United States Code; and 

4 ‘‘(11) the term ‘tribal lands’ means all lands 

5 within the exterior boundaries of any Indian reserva6 tion. 

7 ‘‘(b) OFFICE OF NATIVE AMERICAN AFFAIRS.— 

8 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established 

9 within the Administration the Office of Native 

10 American Affairs, which, under the direction of the 

11 Assistant Administrator, shall implement the Admin12 istration’s programs for the development of business 

13 enterprises by Native Americans. 

14 ‘‘(2) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the Office of 

15 Native American Affairs is to assist Native Amer16 ican entrepreneurs to— 

17 ‘‘(A) start, operate, and grow small busi18 ness concerns; 

19 ‘‘(B) develop management and technical 

20 skills; 

21 ‘‘(C) seek Federal procurement opportuni22 ties; 

23 ‘‘(D) increase employment opportunities 

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1 ‘‘(E) increase the access of Native Ameri2 cans to capital markets. 

3 ‘‘(3) ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR.— 

4 ‘‘(A) APPOINTMENT.—The Administrator 

5 shall appoint a qualified individual to serve as 

6 Assistant Administrator of the Office of Native 

7 American Affairs in accordance with this para8 graph. 

9 ‘‘(B) QUALIFICATIONS.—The Assistant 

10 Administrator appointed under subparagraph 

11 (A) shall have— 

12 ‘‘(i) knowledge of the Native Amer13 ican culture; and 

14 ‘‘(ii) experience providing culturally 

15 tailored small business development assist16 ance to Native Americans. 

17 ‘‘(C) EMPLOYMENT STATUS.—The Assist18 ant Administrator shall be a Senior Executive 

19 Service position under section 3132(a)(2) of 

20 title 5, United States Code, and shall serve as 

21 a noncareer appointee, as defined in section 

22 3132(a)(7) of title 5, United States Code. 

23 ‘‘(D) RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES.— 

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1 ‘‘(i) administer and manage the Na2 tive American Small Business Development 

3 program established under this section; 

4 ‘‘(ii) recommend the annual adminis5 trative and program budgets for the Office 

6 of Native American Affairs; 

7 ‘‘(iii) consult with Native American 

8 business centers in carrying out the pro9 gram established under this section; 

10 ‘‘(iv) recommend appropriate funding 

11 levels; 

12 ‘‘(v) review the annual budgets sub13 mitted by each applicant for the Native 

14 American Small Business Development 

15 program; 

16 ‘‘(vi) select applicants to participate in 

17 the program under this section; 

18 ‘‘(vii) implement this section; and 

19 ‘‘(viii) maintain a clearinghouse to 

20 provide for the dissemination and exchange 

21 of information between Native American 

22 business centers. 

23 ‘‘(E) CONSULTATION REQUIREMENTS.—In 

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1 istrator shall confer with and seek the advice 

2 of— 

3 ‘‘(i) Administration officials working 

4 in areas served by Native American busi5 ness centers and Native American business 

6 development centers; 

7 ‘‘(ii) representatives of tribal govern8 ments; 

9 ‘‘(iii) tribal colleges; 

10 ‘‘(iv) Alaska Native corporations; and 

11 ‘‘(v) Native Hawaiian Organizations. 

12 ‘‘(c) NATIVE AMERICAN SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOP13 MENT PROGRAM.— 

14 ‘‘(1) AUTHORIZATION.— 

15 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Administration, 

16 through the Office of Native American Affairs, 

17 shall provide financial assistance to tribal gov18 ernments, tribal colleges, Native Hawaiian Or19 ganizations, and Alaska Native corporations to 

20 create Native American business centers in ac21 cordance with this section. 

22 ‘‘(B) USE OF FUNDS.—The financial and 

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1 sion of small business concerns, in accordance 

2 with this section, by— 

3 ‘‘(i) reservation-based American Indi4 ans; 

5 ‘‘(ii) Alaska Natives; and 

6 ‘‘(iii) Native Hawaiians. 

7 ‘‘(2) 5-YEAR PROJECTS.— 

8 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Each Native Amer9 ican business center that receives assistance 

10 under paragraph (1)(A) shall conduct a 5-year 

11 project that offers culturally tailored business 

12 development assistance in the form of— 

13 ‘‘(i) financial education, including 

14 training and counseling in— 

15 ‘‘(I) applying for and securing 

16 business credit and investment cap17 ital; 

18 ‘‘(II) preparing and presenting fi19 nancial statements; and 

20 ‘‘(III) managing cash flow and 

21 other financial operations of a busi22 ness concern; 

23 ‘‘(ii) management education, including 

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1 each major activity and function of a small 

2 business concern; and 

3 ‘‘(iii) marketing education, including 

4 training and counseling in— 

5 ‘‘(I) identifying and segmenting 

6 domestic and international market op7 portunities; 

8 ‘‘(II) preparing and executing 

9 marketing plans; 

10 ‘‘(III) developing pricing strate11 gies; 

12 ‘‘(IV) locating contract opportu13 nities; 

14 ‘‘(V) negotiating contracts; and 

15 ‘‘(VI) utilizing varying public re16 lations and advertising techniques. 

17 ‘‘(B) BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT ASSIST18 ANCE RECIPIENTS.—The business development 

19 assistance under subparagraph (A) shall be of20 fered to prospective and current owners of small 

21 business concerns that are owned by— 

22 ‘‘(i) American Indians or tribal gov23 ernments, and located on or near tribal 

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1 ‘‘(ii) Alaska Natives or Alaska Native 

2 corporations; or 

3 ‘‘(iii) Native Hawaiians or Native Ha4 waiian Organizations. 

5 ‘‘(3) FORM OF FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSIST6 ANCE.— 

7 ‘‘(A) DOCUMENTATION.— 

8 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The financial as9 sistance to Native American business cen10 ters authorized under this subsection may 

11 be made by grant, contract, or cooperative 

12 agreement. 

13 ‘‘(ii) EXCEPTION.—Financial assist14 ance under this subsection to Alaska Na15 tive corporations or Native Hawaiian Or16 ganizations may only be made by grant. 

17 ‘‘(B) PAYMENTS.— 

18 ‘‘(i) TIMING.—Payments made under 

19 this subsection may be disbursed in an an20 nual lump sum or in periodic installments, 

21 at the request of the recipient. 

22 ‘‘(ii) ADVANCE.—The Administration 

23 may disburse not more than 25 percent of 

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1 small business center after notice of the 

2 award has been issued. 

3 ‘‘(iii) NO MATCHING REQUIREMENT.— 

4 The Administration shall not require a 

5 grant recipient to match grant funding re6 ceived under this subsection with non-Fed7 eral resources as a condition of receiving 

8 the grant. 

9 ‘‘(4) CONTRACT AND COOPERATIVE AGREE10 MENT AUTHORITY.—A Native American business 

11 center may enter into a contract or cooperative 

12 agreement with a Federal department or agency to 

13 provide specific assistance to Native American and 

14 other underserved small business concerns located on 

15 or near tribal lands, to the extent that such contract 

16 or cooperative agreement is consistent with the 

17 terms of any assistance received by the Native 

18 American business center from the Administration. 

19 ‘‘(5) APPLICATION PROCESS.— 

20 ‘‘(A) SUBMISSION OF A 5-YEAR PLAN.— 

21 Each applicant for assistance under paragraph 

22 (1) shall submit a 5-year plan to the Adminis23 tration on proposed assistance and training ac24 tivities. 

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1 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Administra2 tion shall evaluate and rank applicants in 

3 accordance with predetermined selection 

4 criteria that shall be stated in terms of rel5 ative importance. 

6 ‘‘(ii) PUBLIC NOTICE.—The criteria 

7 required by this paragraph and their rel8 ative importance shall be made publicly 

9 available, within a reasonable time, and 

10 stated in each solicitation for applications 

11 made by the Administration. 

12 ‘‘(iii) CONSIDERATIONS.—The criteria 

13 required by this paragraph shall include— 

14 ‘‘(I) the experience of the appli15 cant in conducting programs or ongo16 ing efforts designed to impart or up17 grade the business skills of current or 

18 potential owners of Native American 

19 small business concerns; 

20 ‘‘(II) the ability of the applicant 

21 to commence a project within a min22 imum amount of time; 

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1 ices to a significant number of Native 

2 Americans; 

3 ‘‘(IV) previous assistance from 

4 the Administration to provide services 

5 in Native American communities; and 

6 ‘‘(V) the proposed location for 

7 the Native American business center 

8 site, with priority given based on the 

9 proximity of the center to the popu10 lation being served and to achieve a 

11 broad geographic dispersion of the 

12 centers. 

13 ‘‘(6) PROGRAM EXAMINATION.— 

14 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Each Native Amer15 ican business center established pursuant to 

16 this subsection shall annually provide the Ad17 ministration with an itemized cost breakdown of 

18 actual expenditures incurred during the pre19 ceding year. 

20 ‘‘(B) ADMINISTRATION ACTION.—Based on 

21 information received under subparagraph (A), 

22 the Administration shall— 

23 ‘‘(i) develop and implement an annual 

24 programmatic and financial examination of 


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1 each Native American business center as2 sisted pursuant to this subsection; and 

3 ‘‘(ii) analyze the results of each exam4 ination conducted under clause (i) to deter5 mine the programmatic and financial via6 bility of each Native American business 

7 center. 

8 ‘‘(C) CONDITIONS FOR CONTINUED FUND9 ING.—In determining whether to renew a grant, 

10 contract, or cooperative agreement with a Na11 tive American business center, the Administra12 tion— 

13 ‘‘(i) shall consider the results of the 

14 most recent examination of the center 

15 under subparagraph (B), and, to a lesser 

16 extent, previous examinations; and 

17 ‘‘(ii) may withhold such renewal, if 

18 the Administration determines that— 

19 ‘‘(I) the center has failed to pro20 vide adequate information required to 

21 be provided under subparagraph (A), 

22 or the information provided by the 

23 center is inadequate; or 

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1 be provided by the center for purposes 

2 of the report of the Administration 

3 under subparagraph (E). 

4 ‘‘(D) CONTINUING CONTRACT AND COOP5 ERATIVE AGREEMENT AUTHORITY.— 

6 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The authority of 

7 the Administrator to enter into contracts 

8 or cooperative agreements in accordance 

9 with this subsection shall be in effect for 

10 each fiscal year only to the extent and in 

11 the amounts as are provided in advance in 

12 appropriations Acts. 

13 ‘‘(ii) RENEWAL.—After the Adminis14 trator has entered into a contract or coop15 erative agreement with any Native Amer16 ican business center under this subsection, 

17 it shall not suspend, terminate, or fail to 

18 renew or extend any such contract or coop19 erative agreement unless the Administrator 

20 provides the center with written notifica21 tion setting forth the reasons therefore and 

22 affords the center an opportunity for a 

23 hearing, appeal, or other administrative 

24 proceeding under chapter 5 of title 5, 

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1 ‘‘(E) MANAGEMENT REPORT.— 

2 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Administra3 tion shall prepare and submit to the Com4 mittee on Small Business and Entrepre5 neurship of the Senate and the Committee 

6 on Small Business of the House of Rep7 resentatives an annual report on the effec8 tiveness of all projects conducted by Native 

9 American business centers under this sub10 section and any pilot programs adminis11 tered by the Office of Native American Af12 fairs. 

13 ‘‘(ii) CONTENTS.—Each report sub14 mitted under clause (i) shall include, with 

15 respect to each Native American business 

16 center receiving financial assistance under 

17 this subsection— 

18 ‘‘(I) the number of individuals re19 ceiving assistance from the Native 

20 American business center; 

21 ‘‘(II) the number of startup busi22 ness concerns created; 

23 ‘‘(III) the number of existing 

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1 ‘‘(IV) jobs created or maintained, 

2 on an annual basis, by Native Amer3 ican small business concerns assisted 

4 by the center since receiving funding 

5 under this Act; 

6 ‘‘(V) to the maximum extent 

7 practicable, the capital investment and 

8 loan financing utilized by emerging 

9 and expanding businesses that were 

10 assisted by a Native American busi11 ness center; and 

12 ‘‘(VI) the most recent examina13 tion, as required under subparagraph 

14 (B), and the subsequent determina15 tion made by the Administration 

16 under that subparagraph. 

17 ‘‘(7) ANNUAL REPORT.—Each entity receiving 

18 financial assistance under this subsection shall annu19 ally report to the Administration on the services pro20 vided with such financial assistance, including— 

21 ‘‘(A) the number of individuals assisted, 

22 categorized by ethnicity; 

23 ‘‘(B) the number of hours spent providing 

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1 ‘‘(C) the number of startup small business 

2 concerns created or maintained; 

3 ‘‘(D) the gross receipts of assisted small 

4 business concerns; 

5 ‘‘(E) the number of jobs created or main6 tained at assisted small business concerns; and 

7 ‘‘(F) the number of Native American jobs 

8 created or maintained at assisted small business 

9 concerns. 

10 ‘‘(8) RECORD RETENTION.— 

11 ‘‘(A) APPLICATIONS.—The Administration 

12 shall maintain a copy of each application sub13 mitted under this subsection for not less than 

14 7 years. 

15 ‘‘(B) ANNUAL REPORTS.—The Administra16 tion shall maintain copies of the information 

17 collected under paragraph (6)(A) indefinitely. 

18 ‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

19 are authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 for each of 

20 the fiscal years 2008 through 2010, to carry out the Na21 tive American Small Business Development Program, au22 thorized under subsection (c).’’. 

23 SEC. 403. PILOT PROGRAMS. 

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1 (1) INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE.—The 

2 terms defined in section 37(a) of the Small Business 

3 Act (as added by this title) have the same meanings 

4 as in that section 37(a) when used in this section. 

5 (2) JOINT PROJECT.—The term ‘‘joint project’’ 

6 means the combined resources and expertise of 2 or 

7 more distinct entities at a physical location dedi8 cated to assisting the Native American community. 

9 (b) NATIVE AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT GRANT PILOT

10 PROGRAM.— 

11 (1) AUTHORIZATION.— 

12 (A) IN GENERAL.—There is established a 

13 4-year pilot program under which the Adminis14 tration is authorized to award Native American 

15 development grants to provide culturally tai16 lored business development training and related 

17 services to Native Americans and Native Amer18 ican small business concerns. 

19 (B) ELIGIBLE ORGANIZATIONS.—The 

20 grants authorized under subparagraph (A) may 

21 be awarded to— 

22 (i) any small business development 

23 center; or 

24 (ii) any private, nonprofit organization 

25 that— 


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1 (I) has members of an Indian 

2 tribe comprising a majority of its 

3 board of directors; 

4 (II) is a Native Hawaiian Orga5 nization; or 

6 (III) is an Alaska Native cor7 poration. 

8 (C) AMOUNTS.—The Administration shall 

9 not award a grant under this subsection in an 

10 amount which exceeds $100,000 for each year 

11 of the project. 

12 (D) GRANT DURATION.—Each grant under 

13 this subsection shall be awarded for not less 

14 than a 2-year period and not more than a 4- 

15 year period. 

16 (2) CONDITIONS FOR PARTICIPATION.—Each 

17 entity desiring a grant under this subsection shall 

18 submit an application to the Administration that 

19 contains— 

20 (A) a certification that the applicant— 

21 (i) is a small business development 

22 center or a private, nonprofit organization 

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1 (ii) employs an executive director or 

2 program manager to manage the facility; 

3 and 

4 (iii) agrees— 

5 (I) to a site visit as part of the 

6 final selection process; 

7 (II) to an annual programmatic 

8 and financial examination; and 

9 (III) to the maximum extent 

10 practicable, to remedy any problems 

11 identified pursuant to that site visit or 

12 examination; 

13 (B) information demonstrating that the 

14 applicant has the ability and resources to meet 

15 the needs, including cultural needs, of the Na16 tive Americans to be served by the grant; 

17 (C) information relating to proposed assist18 ance that the grant will provide, including— 

19 (i) the number of individuals to be as20 sisted; and 

21 (ii) the number of hours of counseling, 

22 training, and workshops to be provided; 

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1 (i) conducting financial, management, 

2 and marketing assistance programs de3 signed to impart or upgrade the business 

4 skills of current or prospective Native 

5 American business owners; 

6 (ii) providing training and services to 

7 a representative number of Native Ameri8 cans; 

9 (iii) using resource partners of the 

10 Administration and other entities, includ11 ing universities, tribal governments, or 

12 tribal colleges; and 

13 (iv) the prudent management of fi14 nances and staffing; 

15 (E) the location where the applicant will 

16 provide training and services to Native Ameri17 cans; and 

18 (F) a multiyear plan, corresponding to the 

19 length of the grant, that describes— 

20 (i) the number of Native Americans 

21 and Native American small business con22 cerns to be served by the grant; 

23 (ii) in the continental United States, 

24 the number of Native Americans to be 

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1 (iii) the training and services to be 

2 provided to a representative number of Na3 tive Americans. 

4 (3) REVIEW OF APPLICATIONS.—The Adminis5 tration shall— 

6 (A) evaluate and rank applicants under 

7 paragraph (2) in accordance with predeter8 mined selection criteria that is stated in terms 

9 of relative importance; 

10 (B) include such criteria in each solicita11 tion under this subsection and make such infor12 mation available to the public; and 

13 (C) approve or disapprove each completed 

14 application submitted under this subsection not 

15 later than 60 days after the date of submission. 

16 (4) ANNUAL REPORT.—Each recipient of a Na17 tive American development grant under this sub18 section shall annually report to the Administration 

19 on the impact of the grant funding, including— 

20 (A) the number of individuals assisted, cat21 egorized by ethnicity; 

22 (B) the number of hours spent providing 

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1 (C) the number of startup small business 

2 concerns created or maintained with assistance 

3 from a Native American business center; 

4 (D) the gross receipts of assisted small 

5 business concerns; 

6 (E) the number of jobs created or main7 tained at assisted small business concerns; and 

8 (F) the number of Native American jobs 

9 created or maintained at assisted small business 

10 concerns. 

11 (5) RECORD RETENTION.— 

12 (A) APPLICATIONS.—The Administration 

13 shall maintain a copy of each application sub14 mitted under this subsection for not less than 

15 7 years. 

16 (B) ANNUAL REPORTS.—The Administra17 tion shall maintain copies of the information 

18 collected under paragraph (4) indefinitely. 

19 (c) AMERICAN INDIAN TRIBAL ASSISTANCE CENTER

20 GRANT PILOT PROGRAM.— 

21 (1) AUTHORIZATION.— 

22 (A) IN GENERAL.—There is established a 

23 4-year pilot program, under which the Adminis24 tration shall award not less than 3 American 

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1 tablish joint projects to provide culturally tai2 lored business development assistance to pro3 spective and current owners of small business 

4 concerns located on or near tribal lands. 

5 (B) ELIGIBLE ORGANIZATIONS.— 

6 (i) CLASS 1.—Not fewer than 1 grant 

7 shall be awarded to a joint project per8 formed by a Native American business cen9 ter, a Native American business develop10 ment center, and a small business develop11 ment center. 

12 (ii) CLASS 2.—Not fewer than 2 

13 grants shall be awarded to joint projects 

14 performed by a Native American business 

15 center and a Native American business de16 velopment center. 

17 (C) AMOUNTS.—The Administration shall 

18 not award a grant under this subsection in an 

19 amount which exceeds $200,000 for each year 

20 of the project. 

21 (D) GRANT DURATION.—Each grant under 

22 this subsection shall be awarded for a 3-year 

23 period. 

24 (2) CONDITIONS FOR PARTICIPATION.—Each 

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1 submit to the Administration a joint application that 

2 contains— 

3 (A) a certification that each participant of 

4 the joint application— 

5 (i) is either a Native American busi6 ness center, a Native American business 

7 development center, or a small business de8 velopment center; 

9 (ii) employs an executive director or 

10 program manager to manage the center; 

11 and 

12 (iii) as a condition of receiving an 

13 American Indian Tribal Assistance Center 

14 grant, agrees— 

15 (I) to an annual programmatic 

16 and financial examination; and 

17 (II) to the maximum extent prac18 ticable, to remedy any problems iden19 tified pursuant to that examination; 

20 (B) information demonstrating an historic 

21 commitment to providing assistance to Native 

22 Americans— 

23 (i) residing on or near tribal lands; or 

24 (ii) operating a small business concern 

25 on or near tribal lands; 


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1 (C) information demonstrating that each 

2 participant of the joint application has the abil3 ity and resources to meet the needs, including 

4 the cultural needs, of the Native Americans to 

5 be served by the grant; 

6 (D) information relating to proposed as7 sistance that the grant will provide, including— 

8 (i) the number of individuals to be as9 sisted; and 

10 (ii) the number of hours of counseling, 

11 training, and workshops to be provided; 

12 (E) information demonstrating the effec13 tive experience of each participant of the joint 

14 application in— 

15 (i) conducting financial, management, 

16 and marketing assistance programs, de17 signed to impart or upgrade the business 

18 skills of current or prospective Native 

19 American business owners; and 

20 (ii) the prudent management of fi21 nances and staffing; and 

22 (F) a plan for the length of the grant, that 

23 describes— 


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1 (i) the number of Native Americans 

2 and Native American small business con3 cerns to be served by the grant; and 

4 (ii) the training and services to be 

5 provided. 

6 (3) REVIEW OF APPLICATIONS.—The Adminis7 tration shall— 

8 (A) evaluate and rank applicants under 

9 paragraph (2) in accordance with predeter10 mined selection criteria that is stated in terms 

11 of relative importance; 

12 (B) include such criteria in each solicita13 tion under this subsection and make such infor14 mation available to the public; and 

15 (C) approve or disapprove each application 

16 submitted under this subsection not later than 

17 60 days after the date of submission. 

18 (4) ANNUAL REPORT.—Each recipient of an 

19 American Indian tribal assistance center grant 

20 under this subsection shall annually report to the 

21 Administration on the impact of the grant funding 

22 received during the reporting year, and the cumu23 lative impact of the grant funding received since the 

24 initiation of the grant, including— 


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1 (A) the number of individuals assisted, cat2 egorized by ethnicity; 

3 (B) the number of hours of counseling and 

4 training provided and workshops conducted; 

5 (C) the number of startup business con6 cerns created or maintained with assistance 

7 from a Native American business center; 

8 (D) the gross receipts of assisted small 

9 business concerns; 

10 (E) the number of jobs created or main11 tained at assisted small business concerns; and 

12 (F) the number of Native American jobs 

13 created or maintained at assisted small business 

14 concerns. 

15 (5) RECORD RETENTION.— 

16 (A) APPLICATIONS.—The Administration 

17 shall maintain a copy of each application sub18 mitted under this subsection for not less than 

19 7 years. 

20 (B) ANNUAL REPORTS.—The Administra21 tion shall maintain copies of the information 

22 collected under paragraph (4) indefinitely. 

23 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

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1 (1) $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 

2 through 2010, to carry out the Native American De3 velopment Grant Pilot Program, authorized under 

4 subsection (b); and 

5 (2) $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 

6 through 2010, to carry out the American Indian 

7 Tribal Assistance Center Grant Pilot Program, au8 thorized under subsection (c). 

9 TITLE V—NATIONAL SMALL 

10 BUSINESS REGULATORY AS11 SISTANCE 

12 SEC. 501. SHORT TITLE. 

13 This title may be cited as the ‘‘National Small Busi14 ness Regulatory Assistance Act of 2007’’. 

15 SEC. 502. PURPOSE. 

16 The purpose of this title is to establish a 4-year pilot 

17 program to— 

18 (1) provide confidential assistance to small 

19 business concerns; 

20 (2) provide small business concerns with the in21 formation necessary to improve their rate of compli22 ance with Federal and State regulations derived 

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1 (3) create a partnership among Federal agen2 cies to increase outreach efforts to small business 

3 concerns with respect to regulatory compliance; 

4 (4) provide a mechanism for unbiased feedback 

5 to Federal agencies on the regulatory environment 

6 for small business concerns; and 

7 (5) expand the services delivered by the small 

8 business development centers under section 

9 21(c)(3)(H) of the Small Business Act to improve 

10 access to programs to assist small business concerns 

11 with regulatory compliance. 

12 SEC. 503. SMALL BUSINESS REGULATORY ASSISTANCE 

13 PILOT PROGRAM. 

14 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

15 (1) ASSOCIATION.—The term ‘‘association’’ 

16 means the association established pursuant to sec17 tion 21(a)(3)(A) of the Small Business Act (15 

18 U.S.C. 648(a)(3)(A)) representing a majority of 

19 small business development centers. 

20 (2) PARTICIPATING SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOP21 MENT CENTER.—The term ‘‘participating small 

22 business development center’’ means a small busi23 ness development center participating in the pilot 

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1 (3) REGULATORY COMPLIANCE ASSISTANCE.— 

2 The term ‘‘regulatory compliance assistance’’ means 

3 assistance provided by a small business development 

4 center to a small business concern to assist and fa5 cilitate the concern in complying with Federal and 

6 State regulatory requirements derived from Federal 

7 law. 

8 (4) SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CEN9 TER.—The term ‘‘small business development cen10 ter’’ means a small business development center de11 scribed in section 21 of the Small Business Act (15 

12 U.S.C. 648). 

13 (5) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of 

14 the several States, the District of Columbia, the 

15 Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, 

16 American Samoa, and Guam. 

17 (b) AUTHORITY.—In accordance with this section, 

18 the Administrator shall establish a pilot program to pro19 vide regulatory compliance assistance to small business 

20 concerns through participating small business develop21 ment centers. 

22 (c) SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTERS.— 

23 (1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out the pilot 

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1 pating small business development centers under 

2 which such centers shall— 

3 (A) provide access to information and re4 sources, including current Federal and State 

5 nonpunitive compliance and technical assistance 

6 programs similar to those established under 

7 section 507 of the Clean Air Act Amendments 

8 of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 7661f); 

9 (B) conduct training and educational ac10 tivities; 

11 (C) offer confidential, free of charge, one12 on-one, in-depth counseling to the owners and 

13 operators of small business concerns regarding 

14 compliance with Federal and State regulations 

15 derived from Federal law, provided that such 

16 counseling is not considered to be the practice 

17 of law in a State in which a small business de18 velopment center is located or in which such 

19 counseling is conducted; 

20 (D) provide technical assistance; 

21 (E) give referrals to experts and other pro22 viders of compliance assistance who meet such 

23 standards for educational, technical, and profes24 sional competency as are established by the Ad25 ministrator; and 


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1 (F) form partnerships with Federal compli2 ance programs. 

3 (2) REPORTS.—Each participating small busi4 ness development center shall transmit to the Ad5 ministrator and the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of 

6 the Administration, as the Administrator may direct, 

7 a quarterly report that includes— 

8 (A) a summary of the regulatory compli9 ance assistance provided by the center under 

10 the pilot program; 

11 (B) the number of small business concerns 

12 assisted under the pilot program; and 

13 (C) for every fourth report, any regulatory 

14 compliance information based on Federal law 

15 that a Federal or State agency has provided to 

16 the center during the preceding year and re17 quested that it be disseminated to small busi18 ness concerns. 

19 (d) ELIGIBILITY.—A small business development cen20 ter shall be eligible to receive assistance under the pilot 

21 program established under this section only if such center 

22 is certified under section 21(k)(2) of the Small Business 

23 Act (15 U.S.C. 648(k)(2)). 

24 (e) SELECTION OF PARTICIPATING SMALL BUSINESS

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1 (1) GROUPINGS.— 

2 (A) CONSULTATION.—The Administrator 

3 shall select the small business development cen4 ter programs of 2 States from each of the 

5 groups of States described in subparagraph (B) 

6 to participate in the pilot program established 

7 under this section. 

8 (B) GROUPS.—The groups described in 

9 this subparagraph as follows: 

10 (i) GROUP 1.—Group 1 shall consist 

11 of Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, 

12 Connecticut, Vermont, and Rhode Island. 

13 (ii) GROUP 2.—Group 2 shall consist 

14 of New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico, 

15 and the Virgin Islands. 

16 (iii) GROUP 3.—Group 3 shall consist 

17 of Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia, 

18 Virginia, the District of Columbia, and 

19 Delaware. 

20 (iv) GROUP 4.—Group 4 shall consist 

21 of Georgia, Alabama, North Carolina, 

22 South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Ken23 tucky, and Tennessee. 


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1 (v) GROUP 5.—Group 5 shall consist 

2 of Illinois, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Wis3 consin, and Minnesota. 

4 (vi) GROUP 6.—Group 6 shall consist 

5 of Texas, New Mexico, Arkansas, Okla6 homa, and Louisiana. 

7 (vii) GROUP 7.—Group 7 shall consist 

8 of Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, and Kansas. 

9 (viii) GROUP 8.—Group 8 shall consist 

10 of Colorado, Wyoming, North Dakota, 

11 South Dakota, Montana, and Utah. 

12 (ix) GROUP 9.—Group 9 shall consist 

13 of California, Guam, American Samoa, 

14 Hawaii, Nevada, and Arizona. 

15 (x) GROUP 10.—Group 10 shall con16 sist of Washington, Alaska, Idaho, and Or17 egon. 

18 (2) DEADLINE FOR SELECTION.—The Adminis19 trator shall make selections under this subsection 

20 not later than 6 months after the date of publication 

21 of final regulations under section 1704. 

22 (f) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.—Subparagraphs (A) 

23 and (B) of section 21(a)(4) of the Small Business Act (15 

24 U.S.C. 648(a)(4)) shall apply to assistance made available 

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1 (g) GRANT AMOUNTS.—Each State program selected 

2 to receive a grant under subsection (e) shall be eligible 

3 to receive a grant in an amount equal to— 

4 (1) not less than $150,000 per fiscal year; and 

5 (2) not more than $300,000 per fiscal year. 

6 (h) EVALUATION AND REPORT.—The Comptroller 

7 General of the United States shall— 

8 (1) not later than 30 months after the date of 

9 disbursement of the first grant under the pilot pro10 gram established under this section, initiate an eval11 uation of the pilot program; and 

12 (2) not later than 6 months after the date of 

13 the initiation of the evaluation under paragraph (1), 

14 transmit to the Administrator, the Chief Counsel for 

15 Advocacy, the Committee on Small Business and 

16 Entrepreneurship of the Senate, and the Committee 

17 on Small Business of the House of Representatives, 

18 a report containing— 

19 (A) the results of the evaluation; and 

20 (B) any recommendations as to whether 

21 the pilot program, with or without modification, 

22 should be extended to include the participation 

23 of all small business development centers. 

24 (i) POSTING OF INFORMATION.—Not later than 90 

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1 trator shall post on the website of the Administration and 

2 publish in the Federal Register a guidance document de3 scribing the requirements of an application for assistance 

4 under this section. 

5 (j) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be 

7 appropriated to carry out this section— 

8 (A) $5,000,000 for the first fiscal year be9 ginning after the date of enactment of this Act; 

10 and 

11 (B) $5,000,000 for each of the 3 fiscal 

12 years following the fiscal year described in sub13 paragraph (A). 

14 (2) LIMITATION ON USE OF OTHER FUNDS.— 

15 The Administrator may carry out the pilot program 

16 established under this section only with amounts ap17 propriated in advance specifically to carry out this 

18 section. 

19 (k) TERMINATION.—The Small Business Regulatory 

20 Assistance Pilot Program established under this section 

21 shall terminate 4 years after the date of disbursement of 

22 the first grant under the pilot program. 

23 SEC. 504. RULEMAKING. 

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1 later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this 

2 Act), the Administrator shall promulgate final regulations 

3 to carry out this title, including regulations that estab4 lish— 

5 (1) priorities for the types of assistance to be 

6 provided under the pilot program established under 

7 this title; 

8 (2) standards relating to educational, technical, 

9 and support services to be provided by participating 

10 small business development centers; 

11 (3) standards relating to any national service 

12 delivery and support function to be provided by the 

13 association under the pilot program; 

14 (4) standards relating to any work plan that 

15 the Administrator may require a participating small 

16 business development center to develop; and 

17 (5) standards relating to the educational, tech18 nical, and professional competency of any expert or 

19 other assistance provider to whom a small business 

20 concern may be referred for compliance assistance 

21 under the pilot program. 

22 TITLE VI—OTHER PROVISIONS 

23 SEC. 601. MINORITY ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INNOVA24 TION PILOT PROGRAM. 

25 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 


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1 (1) the terms ‘‘Alaska Native-serving institu2 tion’’ and ‘‘Native Hawaiian-serving institution’’ 

3 have the meanings given those terms in section 317 

4 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

5 1059d); 

6 (2) the term ‘‘Hispanic serving institution’’ has 

7 the meaning given the term in section 502 of the 

8 Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1101a); 

9 (3) the term ‘‘historically Black college and uni10 versity’’ has the meaning given the term ‘‘part B in11 stitution’’ in section 322 of the Higher Education 

12 Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1061); 

13 (4) the term ‘‘small business development cen14 ter’’ has the same meaning as in section 21 of the 

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

16 (5) the term ‘‘Tribal College’’ has the meaning 

17 given the term ‘‘tribally controlled college or univer18 sity’’ in section 2 of the Tribally Controlled College 

19 or University Assistance Act of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 

20 1801). 

21 (b) MINORITY ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INNOVA22 TION GRANTS.— 

23 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall 

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1 tions, Alaska Native-serving institutions, and Native 

2 Hawaiian-serving institutions, or to any entity 

3 formed by a combination of such institutions— 

4 (A) to assist in establishing an entrepre5 neurship curriculum for undergraduate or grad6 uate studies; and 

7 (B) for placement of small business devel8 opment centers on the physical campus of the 

9 institution. 

10 (2) CURRICULUM REQUIREMENT.—An institu11 tion of higher education receiving a grant under this 

12 subsection shall develop a curriculum that includes 

13 training in various skill sets needed by successful en14 trepreneurs, including— 

15 (A) business management and marketing, 

16 financial management and accounting, market 

17 analysis and competitive analysis, innovation 

18 and strategic planning; and 

19 (B) additional entrepreneurial skill sets 

20 specific to the needs of the student population 

21 and the surrounding community, as determined 

22 by the institution. 

23 (3) SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER

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1 under this subsection shall open a small business de2 velopment center that— 

3 (A) performs studies, research, and coun4 seling concerning the management, financing, 

5 and operation of small business concerns; 

6 (B) performs management training and 

7 technical assistance regarding the participation 

8 of small business concerns in international mar9 kets, export promotion and technology transfer, 

10 and the delivery or distribution of such services 

11 and information; 

12 (C) offers referral services for entre13 preneurs and small business concerns to busi14 ness development, financing, and legal experts; 

15 and 

16 (D) promotes market-specific innovation, 

17 niche marketing, capacity building, inter18 national trade, and strategic planning as keys 

19 to long-term growth for its small business con20 cern and entrepreneur clients. 

21 (4) GRANT LIMITATIONS.—A grant under this 

22 subsection— 

23 (A) may not exceed $500,000 for any fis24 cal year for any 1 institution of higher edu25 cation; 


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1 (B) may not be used for any purpose other 

2 than those associated with the direct costs in3 curred to develop and implement a curriculum 

4 that fosters entrepreneurship and the costs in5 curred to organize and run a small business de6 velopment center on the grounds of the institu7 tion; and 

8 (C) may not be used for building expenses, 

9 administrative travel budgets, or other expenses 

10 not directly related to the implementation of the 

11 curriculum or activities authorized by this sec12 tion. 

13 (5) EXCEPTION FROM SMALL BUSINESS ACT

14 REQUIREMENT.—Subparagraphs (A) and (B) of sec15 tion 21(a)(4) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 

16 648(a)(4)) do not apply to assistance made available 

17 under this subsection. 

18 (6) REPORT.—Not later than November 1 of 

19 each year, the Associate Administrator of Entrepre20 neurial Development of the Administration shall sub21 mit to the Committee on Small Business and Entre22 preneurship of the Senate and the Committee on 

23 Small Business of the House of Representatives, a 

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1 this subsection during the preceding fiscal year, 

2 which shall include— 

3 (A) a description of each entrepreneurship 

4 program developed with grant funds, the date 

5 of the award of such grant, and the number of 

6 participants in each such program; 

7 (B) the number of small business concerns 

8 assisted by each small business development 

9 center established with a grant under this sub10 section; and 

11 (C) data regarding the economic impact of 

12 the small business development center coun13 seling provided under a grant under this sub14 section. 

15 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

16 authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

17 $10,000,000, to remain available until expended, for each 

18 of fiscal years 2008 and 2010. 

19 (d) LIMITATION ON USE OF OTHER FUNDS.—The 

20 Administrator shall carry out this section only with 

21 amounts appropriated in advance specifically to carry out 

22 this section. 

23 SEC. 602. INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION. 

24 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 21(a)(1) of the Small 

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1 ing ‘‘: Provided, That’’ and all that follows through ‘‘on 

2 such date.’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘On and after De3 cember 31, 2007, the Administration may only make a 

4 grant under this paragraph to an applicant that is an in5 stitution of higher education, as defined in section 101(a) 

6 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a)) 

7 that is accredited (and not merely in preaccreditation sta8 tus) by a nationally recognized accrediting agency or asso9 ciation, recognized by the Secretary of Education for such 

10 purpose in accordance with section 496 of that Act (20 

11 U.S.C. 1099b), or to a women’s business center operating 

12 pursuant to section 29 as a small business development 

13 center, unless the applicant was receiving a grant (includ14 ing a contract or cooperative agreement) on December 31, 

15 2007.’’. 

16 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 

17 subsection (a) shall take effect on December 31, 2007. 

18 SEC. 603. HEALTH INSURANCE OPTIONS INFORMATION FOR 

19 SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS. 

20 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following defi21 nitions shall apply: 

22 (1) ASSOCIATION.—The term ‘‘association’’ 

23 means an association established under section 

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1 648(a)(3)(A)) representing a majority of small busi2 ness development centers. 

3 (2) PARTICIPATING SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOP4 MENT CENTER.—The term ‘‘participating small 

5 business development center’’ means a small busi6 ness development center described in section 21 of 

7 the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 648) that— 

8 (A) is certified under section 21(k)(2) of 

9 the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 648(k)(2)); 

10 and 

11 (B) receives a grant under the pilot pro12 gram. 

13 (3) PILOT PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘pilot pro14 gram’’ means the small business health insurance in15 formation pilot program established under this sec16 tion. 

17 (4) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of 

18 the several States of the United States, the District 

19 of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the 

20 Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and Guam. 

21 (b) SMALL BUSINESS HEALTH INSURANCE INFOR22 MATION PILOT PROGRAM.—The Administrator shall es23 tablish a pilot program to make grants to small business 

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1 ance options, including coverage options within the small 

2 group market, to small business concerns. 

3 (c) APPLICATIONS.— 

4 (1) POSTING OF INFORMATION.—Not later than 

5 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 

6 Administrator shall post on the website of the Ad7 ministration and publish in the Federal Register a 

8 guidance document describing— 

9 (A) the requirements of an application for 

10 a grant under the pilot program; and 

11 (B) the types of informational and edu12 cational materials regarding health insurance 

13 options to be created under the pilot program, 

14 including by referencing materials and re15 sources developed by the National Association 

16 of Insurance Commissioners, the Kaiser Family 

17 Foundation, and the Healthcare Leadership 

18 Council. 

19 (2) SUBMISSION.—A small business develop20 ment center desiring a grant under the pilot pro21 gram shall submit an application at such time, in 

22 such manner, and accompanied by such information 

23 as the Administrator may reasonably require. 

24 (d) SELECTION OF PARTICIPATING SMALL BUSINESS

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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall se2 lect not more than 20 small business development 

3 centers to receive a grant under the pilot program. 

4 (2) SELECTION OF PROGRAMS.—In selecting 

5 small business development centers under paragraph 

6 (1), the Administrator may not select— 

7 (A) more than 2 programs from each of 

8 the groups of States described in paragraph 

9 (3); and 

10 (B) more than 1 program in any State. 

11 (3) GROUPINGS.—The groups of States de12 scribed in this paragraph are the following: 

13 (A) GROUP 1.—Group 1 shall consist of 

14 Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Con15 necticut, Vermont, and Rhode Island. 

16 (B) GROUP 2.—Group 2 shall consist of 

17 New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico, and the 

18 Virgin Islands. 

19 (C) GROUP 3.—Group 3 shall consist of 

20 Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia, Vir21 ginia, the District of Columbia, and Delaware. 

22 (D) GROUP 4.—Group 4 shall consist of 

23 Georgia, Alabama, North Carolina, South Caro24 lina, Mississippi, Florida, Kentucky, and Ten25 nessee. 


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1 (E) GROUP 5.—Group 5 shall consist of Il2 linois, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Wisconsin, and 

3 Minnesota. 

4 (F) GROUP 6.—Group 6 shall consist of 

5 Texas, New Mexico, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and 

6 Louisiana. 

7 (G) GROUP 7.—Group 7 shall consist of 

8 Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, and Kansas. 

9 (H) GROUP 8.—Group 8 shall consist of 

10 Colorado, Wyoming, North Dakota, South Da11 kota, Montana, and Utah. 

12 (I) GROUP 9.—Group 9 shall consist of 

13 California, Guam, American Samoa, Hawaii, 

14 Nevada, and Arizona. 

15 (J) GROUP 10.—Group 10 shall consist of 

16 Washington, Alaska, Idaho, and Oregon. 

17 (4) DEADLINE FOR SELECTION.—The Adminis18 trator shall make selections under this subsection 

19 not later than 6 months after the later of the date 

20 on which the information described in subsection 

21 (c)(1) is posted on the website of the Administration 

22 and the date on which the information described in 

23 subsection (c)(1) is published in the Federal Reg24 ister. 

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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—A participating small busi2 ness development center shall use funds provided 

3 under the pilot program to— 

4 (A) create and distribute informational 

5 materials; and 

6 (B) conduct training and educational ac7 tivities. 

8 (2) CONTENT OF MATERIALS.— 

9 (A) IN GENERAL.—In creating materials 

10 under the pilot program, a participating small 

11 business development center shall evaluate and 

12 incorporate relevant portions of existing infor13 mational materials regarding health insurance 

14 options, including materials and resources de15 veloped by the National Association of Insur16 ance Commissioners, the Kaiser Family Foun17 dation, and the Healthcare Leadership Council. 

18 (B) HEALTH INSURANCE OPTIONS.—In in19 corporating information regarding health insur20 ance options under subparagraph (A), a partici21 pating small business development center shall 

22 provide neutral and objective information re23 garding health insurance options in the geo24 graphic area served by the participating small 

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1 tional employer sponsored health insurance for 

2 the group insurance market, such as the health 

3 insurance options defined in section 2791 of the 

4 Public Health Services Act (42 U.S.C. 300gg– 

5 91) or section 125 of the Internal Revenue 

6 Code of 1986, and Federal and State health in7 surance programs. 

8 (f) GRANT AMOUNTS.—Each participating small 

9 business development center program shall receive a grant 

10 in an amount equal to— 

11 (1) not less than $150,000 per fiscal year; and 

12 (2) not more than $300,000 per fiscal year. 

13 (g) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.—Subparagraphs (A) 

14 and (B) of section 21(a)(4) of the Small Business Act (15 

15 U.S.C. 648(a)(4)) shall apply to assistance made available 

16 under the pilot program. 

17 (h) REPORTS.—Each participating small business de18 velopment center shall transmit to the Committee on 

19 Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the Senate and 

20 the Committee on Small Business of the House of Rep21 resentatives, a quarterly report that includes— 

22 (1) a summary of the information and edu23 cational materials regarding health insurance op24 tions provided by the participating small business 

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1 (2) the number of small business concerns as2 sisted under the pilot program. 

3 (i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be 

5 appropriated to carry out this section— 

6 (A) $5,000,000 for the first fiscal year be7 ginning after the date of enactment of this Act; 

8 and 

9 (B) $5,000,000 for each of the 3 fiscal 

10 years following the fiscal year described in sub11 paragraph (A). 

12 (2) LIMITATION ON USE OF OTHER FUNDS.— 

13 The Administrator may carry out the pilot program 

14 only with amounts appropriated in advance specifi15 cally to carry out this section. 

16 SEC. 604. NATIONAL SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CEN17 TER ADVISORY BOARD. 

18 Section 21(i)(1) of the Small Business Act (15 

19 U.S.C. 648(i)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘nine members’’ 

20 and inserting ‘‘10 members’’. 

21 SEC. 605. OFFICE OF NATIVE AMERICAN AFFAIRS PILOT 

22 PROGRAM. 

23 (a) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘Indian 

24 tribe’’ means any band, nation, or organized group or 

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1 States, and the Metlakatla Indian Community, whose 

2 members are recognized as eligible for the services pro3 vided to Indians by the Secretary of the Interior because 

4 of their status as Indians. 

5 (b) AUTHORIZATION.—The Office of Native Amer6 ican Affairs of the Administration may conduct a pilot 

7 program— 

8 (1) to develop and publish a self-assessment 

9 tool for Indian tribes that will allow such tribes to 

10 evaluate and implement best practices for economic 

11 development; and 

12 (2) to provide assistance to Indian tribes, 

13 through the Inter-Agency Working Group, in identi14 fying and implementing economic development op15 portunities available from the Federal Government 

16 and private enterprise, including— 

17 (A) the Administration; 

18 (B) the Department of Energy; 

19 (C) the Environmental Protection Agency; 

20 (D) the Department of Commerce; 

21 (E) the Federal Communications Commis22 sion; 

23 (F) the Department of Justice; 

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1 (H) the Office of National Drug Control 

2 Policy; and 

3 (I) the Department of Agriculture. 

4 (c) TERMINATION OF PROGRAM.—The authority to 

5 conduct a pilot program under this section shall terminate 

6 on September 30, 2009. 

7 (d) REPORT.—Not later than September 30, 2009, 

8 the Office of Native American Affairs shall submit a re9 port to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepre10 neurship of the Senate and the Committee on Small Busi11 ness of the House of Representatives regarding the effec12 tiveness of the self-assessment tool developed under sub13 section (b)(1). 

14 SEC. 606. PRIVACY REQUIREMENTS FOR SCORE CHAPTERS. 

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

16 is amended by inserting after subsection (b) the following 

17 ‘‘(c) PRIVACY REQUIREMENTS.— 

18 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A chapter of the Service 

19 Corps of Retired Executives program authorized by 

20 subsection (b)(1) or an agent of such a chapter may 

21 not disclose the name, address, or telephone number 

22 of any individual or small business concern receiving 

23 assistance from that chapter or agent without the 

24 consent of such individual or small business concern, 

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1 ‘‘(A) the Administrator is ordered to make 

2 such a disclosure by a court in any civil or 

3 criminal enforcement action initiated by a Fed4 eral or State agency; or 

5 ‘‘(B) the Administrator considers such a 

6 disclosure to be necessary for the purpose of 

7 conducting a financial audit of a chapter of the 

8 Service Corps of Retired Executives program 

9 authorized by subsection (b)(1), but a disclo10 sure under this subparagraph shall be limited 

11 to the information necessary for such audit. 

12 ‘‘(2) ADMINISTRATOR USE OF INFORMATION.— 

13 This subsection shall not— 

14 ‘‘(A) restrict Administrator access to pro15 gram activity data; or 

16 ‘‘(B) prevent the Administrator from using 

17 client information to conduct client surveys. 

18 ‘‘(3) REGULATIONS.— 

19 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator 

20 shall issue regulations to establish standards— 

21 ‘‘(i) for disclosures with respect to fi22 nancial audits under paragraph (1)(B); 

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1 sight of such surveys and for dissemination 

2 and use of client information. 

3 ‘‘(B) MAXIMUM PRIVACY PROTECTION.— 

4 Regulations under this paragraph shall, to the 

5 extent practicable, provide for the maximum 

6 amount of privacy protection. 

7 ‘‘(C) INSPECTOR GENERAL.—Until the ef8 fective date of regulations under this para9 graph, any client survey and the use of such in10 formation shall be approved by the Inspector 

11 General who shall include such approval in the 

12 semi-annual report of the Inspector General.’’. 

13 SEC. 607. NATIONAL SMALL BUSINESS SUMMIT. 

14 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than December 31, 

15 2009, the President shall convene a National Small Busi16 ness Summit to examine the present conditions and future 

17 of the community of small business concerns in the United 

18 States. The summit shall include owners of small business 

19 concerns, representatives of small business groups, labor, 

20 academia, State and Federal government, Federal re21 search and development agencies, and nonprofit policy 

22 groups concerned with the issues of small business con23 cerns. 

24 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date 

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1 (a), the President shall issue a report on the results of 

2 the summit. The report shall identify key challenges and 

3 recommendations for promoting entrepreneurship and the 

4 growth of small business concerns. 

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