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108TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4853

To amend the Small Business Act to modify the women’s business center 

program. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 19, 2004

Mrs. KELLY (for herself, Mr. FROST, Mrs. JOHNSON of Connecticut, Ms. 

MILLENDER-MCDONALD, Ms. GRANGER, Mr. SHAYS, Mr. KLECZKA, Ms. 

SLAUGHTER, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. MICHAUD, Mr. BONNER, Mr. MOORE, Mr. 

UDALL of New Mexico, Mrs. BIGGERT, Mr. MANZULLO, Mr. MCGOVERN, 

Ms. DEGETTE, Ms. NORTON, Mr. REHBERG, and Mr. CARDIN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small 

Business 

A BILL

To amend the Small Business Act to modify the women’s 

business center program.

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 ‘‘Women’s Business 

5 Sustainability Extension Act of 2004’’. 

6 SEC. 2. WOMEN’S BUSINESS CENTERS. 

7 (a) FUNDING PRIORITY.—Section 29(k) of the Small 

8 Business Act (15 U.S.C. 656(k)) is amended—
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1 (1) in paragraph (2), by adding at the end the 

2 following: 

3 ‘‘(C) FUNDING PRIORITY.—Subject to 

4 available funds, and reservation of funds, the 

5 Administration shall, for fiscal year 2004, allo6 cate—

7 ‘‘(i) $150,000 for each eligible wom8 en’s business center established under sub9 section (b), except for centers that request 

10 a lesser amount; 

11 ‘‘(ii) from the funds reserved under 

12 subsection (k)(4)(A), not more than 

13 $125,000 to each eligible women’s business 

14 center established under subsection (l); and 

15 ‘‘(iii) any funds remaining after allo16 cations are made under clauses (i) and (ii) 

17 to new eligible women’s business centers 

18 and eligible women’s business centers that 

19 did not receive funding in the prior fiscal 

20 year under subsection (b).’’; and 

21 (2) in paragraph (4)(A), by adding at the end 

22 the following: 

23 ‘‘(v) For fiscal year 2004, 48 per24 cent.’’. 
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1 (b) FUNDRAISING PLAN.—Section 29(l)(2) of the 

2 Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 656(l)(2)) is amended by 

3 adding at the end the following: 

4 ‘‘(F) for grants to be distributed after 

5 June 30, 2005, a plan that demonstrates a 

6 clear, fixed timeframe for fundraising and self7 sufficiency, unless the Administrator grants an 

8 exception for an organization that serves low-in9 come or other underserved areas.’’. 

10 (c) REALLOCATION OF UNUSED FUNDS.—Section 

11 29(l) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 656(l)) is 

12 amended by adding at the end the following: 

13 ‘‘(6) REALLOCATION OF UNUSED FUNDS.—If, 

14 at the beginning of the third quarter of a women’s 

15 business center funding year, the Administrator de16 termines, based on credible evidence, that any por17 tion of the amount made available to carry out this 

18 subsection is unlikely to be used by a women’s busi19 ness center, the Administration may use the unused 

20 portion to award supplemental grants of not more 

21 than $25,000 to any women’s business center estab22 lished under this section to carry out the purposes 

23 of this section, subject to the provisions of this sec24 tion.’’. 
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1 (d) PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS.—Section 29 of 

2 the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 656) is amended by 

3 adding at the end the following: 

4 ‘‘(m) INTERNAL PROGRAM PERFORMANCE EVALUA5 TIONS.—

6 ‘‘(1) ACCESS AND USE OF INFORMATION.—The 

7 Administrator of the Small Business Administration 

8 may access and use client contact information from 

9 women’s business centers established under this sec10 tion solely to conduct internal program performance 

11 evaluations and financial and programmatic audits. 

12 ‘‘(2) PRIVACY REQUIREMENT.—The Adminis13 trator of the Small Business Administration—

14 ‘‘(A) shall only use client information col15 lected under paragraph (1) for internal pro16 gram performance evaluations and financial and 

17 programmatic audits; and 

18 ‘‘(B) shall not disclose or distribute any of 

19 the collected information for any other purpose. 

20 ‘‘(3) NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.—A wom21 en’s business center shall notify each client—

22 ‘‘(A) that information about the client will 

23 be collected; 

24 ‘‘(B) the purposes for which the client in25 formation may be used; and 
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1 ‘‘(C) that the client, if contacted, will be 

2 contacted solely for program performance eval3 uation or audit purposes. 

4 ‘‘(4) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Adminis5 trator of the Small Business Administration shall in6 clude findings from any internal program perform7 ance evaluations in the Administration’s annual re8 port to the Committee on Small Business and Entre9 preneurship of the Senate and the Committee on 

10 Small Business of the House of Representatives.’’.

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