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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2594

To amend the Small Business Act, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JULY 1, 1993

Mr. LAFALCE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the

Committee on Small Business

A BILL

To amend the Small Business Act, 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 That this Act may be cited as the ‘‘Miscellaneous Small

4 Business Amendments Act of 1993’’.

5 CERTIFIED DEVELOPMENT COMPANY AUTHORIZATIONS

6 SEC. 2. Section 20 of the Small Business Act (15

7 U.S.C. 631 note) is amended—

8 (1) in subsection (g)(2) by striking

9 ‘‘$7,030,000,000’’ and by inserting in lieu thereof

10 ‘‘$7,155,000,000’’;
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1 (2) in subsection (g)(2) by striking

2 ‘‘$775,000,000’’ and by inserting in lieu thereof

3 ‘‘$900,000,000’’;

4 (3) in subsection (i)(2) by striking

5 ‘‘$8,083,000,000’’ and by inserting in lieu thereof

6 ‘‘$8,458,000,000’’; and

7 (4) in subsection (i)(2) by striking

8 ‘‘$825,000,000’’ and by inserting in lieu thereof

9 ‘‘$1,200,000,000’’.

10 WHITE HOUSE SMALL BUSINESS CONFERENCE

11 SEC. 3. The White House Conference on Small Busi12 ness Authorization Act (15 U.S.C. 631 note) is amend13 ed—

14 (1) in section 2 by striking from subsection (a)

15 ‘‘not earlier than January 1, 1994, and not later

16 than April 1, 1994’’ and by inserting in lieu thereof

17 ‘‘not earlier than October 1, 1995, and not later

18 than December 31, 1995’’;

19 (2) in section 2 by striking from subsection (a)

20 ‘‘December 1, 1992’’ and by inserting in lieu thereof

21 ‘‘November 15, 1994’’;

22 (3) in section 5 by striking the second sentence

23 of subsection (a) and by inserting in lieu thereof the

24 following: ‘‘Subsequent to the date of enactment of

25 the Miscellaneous Small Business Amendments Act

26 of 1993, but not later than thirty days after the date
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1 of enactment of such Act, the President shall select

2 and appoint eleven individuals to the Commission.’’;

3 and

4 (4) in section 9 by striking from subsection (a)

5 ‘‘$5,000,000’’ and by inserting in lieu thereof

6 ‘‘$7,000,000’’.

7 SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER PROGRAMS

8 SEC. 4. (a) Section 21(c)(7) of the Small Business

9 Act (15 U.S.C. 648) is amended by striking ‘‘system which

10 will’’ and by inserting in lieu thereof the following: ‘‘sys11 tem. Subject to amounts approved in advance in appro12 priations Acts, the Administration may make grants or

13 enter cooperative agreements with one or more centers to

14 carry out the provisions of this paragraph. The matching

15 funds provisions of subsection (a) shall not be applicable

16 to grants or cooperative agreements under this paragraph.

17 The system shall’’.

18 (b) Section 25(i) of the Small Business Act (15

19 U.S.C. 652) is amended by striking ‘‘$8,000,000 for fiscal

20 year 1993’’ and by inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘$2,000,000

21 for each of fiscal years 1993, 1994, 1995, and 1996’’.

22 (c) Section 223 of the Small Business Credit and

23 Business Opportunity Enhancement Act of 1992 (106

24 Stat. 986) is amended by striking the last sentence of sub25 section (b).

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