I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4253 
To improve and expand small business assistance programs for veterans 
of the armed forces and military reservists, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 4, 2007 
Mr. ALTMIRE (for himself, Mr. BUCHANAN, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, and Mr. 
CHABOT) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Small Business 
A BILL 
To improve and expand small business assistance programs 
for veterans of the armed forces and military reservists, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Military Reservist and Veteran Small Business Reau-
thorization and Opportunity Act of 2007’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Definitions. 
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TITLE I—VETERANS BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT 
Sec. 101. Increased funding for the Office of Veterans Business Development. 
Sec. 102. Interagency task force. 
Sec. 103. Permanent extension of SBA Advisory Committee on Veterans Busi-
ness Affairs. 
Sec. 104. Office of Veterans Business Development. 
Sec. 105. Increasing the number of outreach centers. 
Sec. 106. Independent study on gaps in availability of outreach centers. 
TITLE II—NATIONAL RESERVIST ENTERPRISE TRANSITION AND 
SUSTAINABILITY 
Sec. 201. Short title. 
Sec. 202. Purpose. 
Sec. 203. National Guard and Reserve business assistance. 
Sec. 204. Veterans Assistance and Services program. 
TITLE III—RESERVIST PROGRAMS 
Sec. 301. Reservist programs. 
Sec. 302. Reservist loans. 
Sec. 303. Noncollateralized loans. 
Sec. 304. Loan priority. 
Sec. 305. Relief from time limitations for veteran-owned small businesses. 
Sec. 306. Service-disabled veterans. 
Sec. 307. Study on options for promoting positive working relations between 
employers and their Reserve Component employees. 
Sec. 308. Increased Veteran Participation Program. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act— 
(1) the term ‘‘activated’’ means receiving an 
order placing a Reservist on active duty; 
(2) the term ‘‘active duty’’ has the meaning 
given that term in section 101 of title 10, United 
States Code; 
(3) the terms ‘‘Administration’’ and ‘‘Adminis-
trator’’ mean the Small Business Administration 
and the Administrator thereof, respectively; 
(4) the term ‘‘Reservist’’ means a member of a 
reserve component of the Armed Forces, as de-
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scribed in section 10101 of title 10, United States 
Code; 
(5) the term ‘‘Service Corps of Retired Execu-
tives’’ means the Service Corps of Retired Execu-
tives authorized by section 8(b)(1) of the Small 
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(b)(1)); 
(6) the terms ‘‘service-disabled veteran’’ and 
‘‘small business concern’’ have the meaning as in 
section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
632); 
(7) the term ‘‘small business development cen-
ter’’ means a small business development center de-
scribed in section 21 of the Small Business Act (15 
U.S.C. 648); and 
(8) the term ‘‘women’s business center’’ means 
a women’s business center described in section 29 of 
the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 656). 
TITLE I—VETERANS BUSINESS 
DEVELOPMENT 
SEC. 101. INCREASED FUNDING FOR THE OFFICE OF VET-
ERANS BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated to the Office of Veterans Business Development 
of the Administration, to remain available until ex-
pended— 
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(1) $2,100,000 for fiscal year 2008; and 
(2) $2,300,000 for fiscal year 2009. 
(b) FUNDING OFFSET.—Amounts necessary to carry 
out subsection (a) shall be offset and made available 
through the reduction of the authorization of funding 
under section 20(e)(1)(B)(iv) of the Small Business Act 
(15 U.S.C. 631 note). 
(c) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that any amounts provided pursuant to this section 
that are in excess of amounts provided to the Administra-
tion for the Office of Veterans Business Development in 
fiscal year 2007, should be used to support Veterans Busi-
ness Outreach Centers. 
SEC. 102. INTERAGENCY TASK FORCE. 
Section 32 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
657b) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (c) as (f); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(c) INTERAGENCY TASK FORCE.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 90 days 
after the date of enactment of this subsection, the 
President shall establish an interagency task force to 
coordinate the efforts of Federal agencies necessary 
to increase capital and business development oppor-
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tunities for, and increase the award of Federal con-
tracting and subcontracting opportunities to, small 
business concerns owned and controlled by service- 
disabled veterans and small business concerns owned 
and controlled by veterans (in this section referred 
to as the ‘task force’). 
‘‘(2) MEMBERSHIP.—The members of the task 
force shall include— 
‘‘(A) the Administrator, who shall serve as 
chairperson of the task force; 
‘‘(B) a senior level representative from— 
‘‘(i) the Department of Veterans Af-
fairs; 
‘‘(ii) the Department of Defense; 
‘‘(iii) the Administration (in addition 
to the Administrator); 
‘‘(iv) the Department of Labor; 
‘‘(v) the Department of the Treasury; 
‘‘(vi) the General Services Administra-
tion; and 
‘‘(vii) the Office of Management and 
Budget; and 
‘‘(C) 4 representatives from a veterans 
service organization or military organization or 
association, selected by the President. 
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‘‘(3) DUTIES.—The task force shall coordinate 
administrative and regulatory activities and develop 
proposals relating to— 
‘‘(A) increasing capital access and capacity 
of small business concerns owned and controlled 
by service-disabled veterans and small business 
concerns owned and controlled by veterans 
through loans, surety bonding, and franchising; 
‘‘(B) increasing access to Federal con-
tracting and subcontracting for small business 
concerns owned and controlled by service-dis-
abled veterans and small business concerns 
owned and controlled by veterans through ex-
panded mentor-prote´ge´ assistance and matching 
such small business concerns with contracting 
opportunities; 
‘‘(C) increasing the integrity of certifi-
cations of status as a small business concern 
owned and controlled by service-disabled vet-
erans or a small business concern owned and 
controlled by veterans; 
‘‘(D) reducing paperwork and administra-
tive burdens on veterans in accessing business 
development and entrepreneurship opportuni-
ties; 
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