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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2608 

To provide for an additional temporary extension of programs under the 

Small Business Act and the Small Business Investment Act of 1958, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 21, 2011 

Mr. GRAVES of Missouri (for himself and Ms. VELA ́ZQUEZ) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small Business 

A BILL 

To provide for an additional temporary extension of programs under the Small Business Act and the Small 

Business Investment Act of 1958, 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 ‘‘Small Business Pro5 gram Extension and Reform Act of 2011’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL TEMPORARY EXTENSION OF AUTHOR2 IZATION OF PROGRAMS UNDER THE SMALL 

3 BUSINESS ACT AND THE SMALL BUSINESS IN4 VESTMENT ACT OF 1958. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1 of the Act entitled ‘‘An 

6 Act to extend temporarily certain authorities of the Small 

7 Business Administration’’, approved October 10, 2006 

8 (Public Law 109–316; 120 Stat. 1742), as most recently 

9 amended by section 2 of the Small Business Additional 

10 Temporary Extension Act of 2011 (Public Law 112–17; 

11 125 Stat. 221), is amended by striking ‘‘July 31, 2011’’ 

12 each place it appears and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2011’’. 

13 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

14 subsection (a) shall take effect on July 30, 2011. 

15 SEC. 3. REPEALS AND OTHER TERMINATIONS. 

16 (a) GENERAL PROVISIONS.— 

17 (1) EFFECTIVE DATE.—A repeal or other ter18 mination of a provision of law made by this section 

19 shall take effect on the date of enactment of this 

20 Act. 

21 (2) RULE.—Nothing in this section shall affect 

22 any grant or assistance provided, contract or cooper23 ative agreement entered into, or loan made or guar24 anteed before the date of enactment of this Act 

25 under a provision of law repealed or otherwise termi26 nated by this section and any such grant, assistance, 


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1 contract, cooperative agreement, or loan shall be 

2 subject to the applicable repealed or otherwise termi3 nated provision, as in effect on the day before the 

4 date of enactment of this Act. 

5 (3) APPLICABILITY OF TEMPORARY EXTEN6 SIONS.—A repeal or other termination of a provision 

7 of law made by this section shall have effect notwith8 standing any temporary extension of programs, au9 thority, or provisions under the Act entitled ‘‘An Act 

10 to extend temporarily certain authorities of the 

11 Small Business Administration’’, approved October 

12 10, 2006 (Public Law 109–316; 120 Stat. 1742). 

13 (b) POLLUTION CONTROL LOANS.—Paragraph (12) 

14 of section 7(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 

15 636(a)) is amended— 

16 (1) by striking ‘‘(A) The Administration’’ and 

17 inserting ‘‘The Administration’’; and 

18 (2) by striking ‘‘research and development’’ and 

19 all that follows and inserting ‘‘research and develop20 ment.’’. 

21 (c) SMALL BUSINESS INSTITUTE.—Subparagraph 

22 (E) of section 8(b)(1) of the Small Business Act (15 

23 U.S.C. 637(b)(1)) is repealed. 


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1 (d) DRUG-FREE WORKPLACE GRANTS.—Paragraph 

2 (3) of section 21(c) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 

3 648(c)) is amended— 

4 (1) in subparagraph (R) by adding ‘‘and’’ at 

5 the end; 

6 (2) in subparagraph (S) by striking ‘‘; and’’ 

7 and inserting a period; and 

8 (3) by striking subparagraph (T). 

9 (e) CENTRAL EUROPEAN SMALL BUSINESS ENTER10 PRISE DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION.—Section 25 of the 

11 Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 652) is repealed. 

12 (f) PAUL D. COVERDELL DRUG-FREE WORKPLACE

13 PROGRAM.—Section 27 of the Small Business Act (15 

14 U.S.C. 654) is repealed. 

15 (g) PILOT TECHNOLOGY ACCESS PROGRAM.—Sec16 tion 28 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 655) is re17 pealed. 

18 (h) NATIONAL VETERANS BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

19 CORPORATION.— 

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 33 of the Small 

21 Business Act (15 U.S.C. 657c) is repealed. 

22 (2) CORPORATION.—Beginning on the date of 

23 enactment of this Act, the National Veterans Busi24 ness Development Corporation and any successor 

25 thereto may not represent that the corporation is 


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1 federally chartered or in any other manner author2 ized by the Federal Government. 

3 (i) LEASE GUARANTEES AND POLLUTION CON4 TROL.—Part A of title IV of the Small Business Invest5 ment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 692 et seq.) is repealed. 

6 (j) ALTERNATIVE LOSS RESERVE.—Paragraph (7) of 

7 section 508(c) of the Small Business Investment Act of 

8 1958 (15 U.S.C. 697e(c)) is repealed. 

9 (k) SMALL BUSINESS TELECOMMUTING PILOT PRO10 GRAM.—Subsection (d) of section 1203 of the Energy 

11 Independence and Security Act of 2007 (15 U.S.C. 657h) 

12 is repealed. 

13 (l) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

14 (1) SMALL BUSINESS INVESTMENT ACT OF

15 1958.—Section 411(i) of the Small Business Invest16 ment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 694b(i)) is amended 

17 to read as follows: 

18 ‘‘(i) Without limiting the authority conferred upon 

19 the Administrator and the Administration by section 201 

20 of this Act, the Administrator and the Administration 

21 shall have, in the performance of and with respect to the 

22 functions, powers, and duties conferred by this part, all 

23 the authority and be subject to the same conditions pre24 scribed in section 5(b) of the Small Business Act with re25 spect to loans, including the authority to execute subVerDate Mar 15 2010 05:18 Jul 22, 2011 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2608.IH H2608

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1 leases, assignments of lease and new leases with any per2 son, firm, organization, or other entity, in order to aid 

3 in the liquidation of obligations of the Administration 

4 hereunder.’’. 

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

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

7 the National Veterans Business Development Cor8 poration’’. 

9 (3) TITLE 38.—Subsection (h) of section 3452 

10 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by strik11 ing ‘‘any of the’’ and all that follows and inserting 

12 ‘‘any small business development center described in 

13 section 21 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 

14 648), insofar as such center offers, sponsors, or co15 sponsors an entrepreneurship course, as that term is 

16 defined in section 3675(c)(2).’’. 

17 (4) VETERANS ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND

18 SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 1999.—Sec19 tion 203(c)(5) of the Veterans Entrepreneurship and 

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

21 657b note) is amended by striking ‘‘In cooperation 

22 with the National Veterans Business Development 

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


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1 SEC. 4. TERMINATION OF EMERGING LEADERS PROGRAM. 

2 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Ad3 ministrator of the Small Business Administration may not 

4 carry out or otherwise support the program referred to 

5 as ‘‘Emerging Leaders’’ in the document of the Small 

6 Business Administration titled ‘‘FY 2012 Congressional 

7 Budget Justification and FY 2010 Annual Performance 

8 Report’’ (or any predecessor or successor document) and 

9 may not carry out or otherwise support any successor to 

10 that program with similar goals. 

11 SEC. 5. LIMITATION ON PILOT PROGRAMS. 

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi13 sion of law, including section 7(a)(25) of the Small Busi14 ness Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)(25)), the Administrator of the 

15 Small Business Administration may not carry out a cov16 ered pilot program unless that program relates to the au17 thority of the Administrator under section 7(b) of such 

18 Act (15 U.S.C. 636(b)). 

19 (b) COVERED PILOT PROGRAM DEFINED.—In this 

20 section, the term ‘‘covered pilot program’’ means any ini21 tiative, project, innovation, or other activity that— 

22 (1) is established during the period beginning 

23 on the date of enactment of this Act and ending on 

24 December 31, 2011; and 


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1 (2) is not specifically authorized by Federal 

2 statute. 

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