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Union Calendar No. 190 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6445 
[Report No. 117–260, Part I] 
To amend the Small Business Act to require an annual report on 
entrepreneurial development programs, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 20, 2022 
Mr. GOLDEN (for himself and Mr. HAGEDORN) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition 
to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently deter-
mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
MARCH 8, 2022 
Additional sponsors: Mr. MFUME and Miss GONZA´LEZ-COLO´N 
MARCH 8, 2022 
Reported from the Committee on Small Business 
MARCH 8, 2022 
Committee on the Budget discharged; committed to the Committee of the 
Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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A BILL 
To amend the Small Business Act to require an annual 
report on entrepreneurial development programs, and for 
other purposes. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Small Business Devel-
opment Centers Improvement Act of 2022’’. 
SEC. 2. ANNUAL REPORT ON ENTREPRENEURIAL DEVELOP-
MENT PROGRAMS. 
Section 10 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 639) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(i) ANNUAL REPORT ON ENTREPRENEURIAL DE-
VELOPMENT PROGRAMS.— 
‘‘(1) REPORT
REQUIRED.—The Administrator 
shall include in the comprehensive annual report re-
quired under subsection (a) the following data: 
‘‘(A) A list of all entrepreneurial develop-
ment activities undertaken during the fiscal 
year preceding the date of the report through a 
covered program, including— 
‘‘(i) a description and operating de-
tails for each such covered program and 
the activities performed under each such 
covered program; 
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‘‘(ii) operating circulars, manuals, and 
standard operating procedures for each 
such covered program; 
‘‘(iii) a description of the process used 
to make awards relating to the provision of 
entrepreneurial 
development 
activities 
under each such covered program; 
‘‘(iv) a list of all recipients of awards 
under each such covered program and the 
amount of each such award; and 
‘‘(v) a list of contractors, including 
the name and location of such contractor, 
of an award recipient. 
‘‘(B) The total amount of funding obli-
gated for a covered program and the entrepre-
neurial development activities conducted under 
each such covered program for the fiscal year 
preceding the date of the report. 
‘‘(C) The names and titles of the individ-
uals responsible for carrying out a covered pro-
gram. 
‘‘(D) For entrepreneurial development ac-
tivities undertaken during the fiscal year pre-
ceding the date of the report through the Small 
Business Development Center Program estab-
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lished under section 21 (in this section referred 
to as the ‘Program’)— 
‘‘(i) the number of individuals coun-
seled or trained through the Program; 
‘‘(ii) the total number of hours of 
counseling and training services provided 
through the Program; 
‘‘(iii) the demographics of participants 
in the Program, which shall include the 
gender, race, and age of each such partici-
pant; 
‘‘(iv) the number of participants in 
the Program who are veterans; 
‘‘(v) the number of new businesses 
started by participants in the Program; 
‘‘(vi) to the extent practicable, the 
number of jobs supported, created, or re-
tained with assistance from the Program; 
‘‘(vii) the amount of capital secured 
by participants in the Program, including 
through loans and equity investment; 
‘‘(viii) the number of participants in 
the Program receiving financial assistance, 
including the type and dollar amount, 
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under a loan program of the Administra-
tion; 
‘‘(ix) an estimate of gross receipts, in-
cluding (to the extent practicable) a de-
scription of any change in revenue, of 
small business concerns assisted through 
the Program; 
‘‘(x) the number of referrals of indi-
viduals to other resources and programs of 
the Administration; 
‘‘(xi) the results of satisfaction sur-
veys of participants in the Program, in-
cluding a summary of any comments re-
ceived from such participants; and 
‘‘(xii) any recommendations by the 
Administrator to improve the delivery of 
services by the Program. 
‘‘(2) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
‘‘(A) COVERED PROGRAM.—The term ‘cov-
ered program’ means a program authorized 
under section 7(j), 7(m), 8(a), 8(b)(1), 21, 22, 
29, 32, or 34 of this Act. 
‘‘(B) ENTREPRENEURIAL
DEVELOPMENT 
ACTIVITY.—The term ‘entrepreneurial develop-
ment activity’ means an activity related to the 
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delivery of entrepreneurial development services, 
entrepreneurial education, or support for the 
development and maintenance of business train-
ing services carried out through a covered pro-
gram.’’. 
SEC. 3. MARKETING OF SERVICES. 
Section 21 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 648) 
is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(o) NO PROHIBITION OF MARKETING OF SERV-
ICES.—An applicant receiving a grant under this section 
may use up to 10 percent of their budget to market and 
advertise the services of such applicant to individuals and 
small business concerns.’’. 
SEC. 4. DATA COLLECTION BY THE SMALL BUSINESS DE-
VELOPMENT CENTER ASSOCIATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 21(a)(3)(A) of the Small 
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 648(a)(3)(A)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘as provided in this section 
and’’ and inserting ‘‘as provided in this section,’’; 
and 
(2) by inserting before the period at the end the 
following: ‘‘, and (iv) governing data collection ac-
tivities related to applicants receiving grants under 
this section’’. 
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(b) ANNUAL REPORT ON DATA COLLECTION.—Sec-
tion 21 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 648), as 
amended by section 3 of this Act, is further amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(p) ANNUAL REPORT ON DATA COLLECTION.—The 
Administrator shall annually submit to the Committee on 
Small Business of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship of 
the Senate a report on any data collection activities related 
to the Small Business Development Center Program.’’. 
(c) WORKING GROUP TO IMPROVE DATA COLLEC-
TION.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT AND STUDY.—The Admin-
istrator of the Small Business Administration shall 
establish a group to be known as the ‘‘Data Collec-
tion Working Group’’ consisting of entrepreneurial 
development grant recipients, the associations and 
organizations representing such recipients, and offi-
cials from the Small Business Administration, to 
carry out a study to determine the best methods for 
conducting data collection activities and create or re-
vise existing systems dedicated to data collection. 
(2) REPORT.—Not later than the end of the 
180-day period beginning on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Data Collection Working 
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Group shall issue a report to the Committee on 
Small Business of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Small Business and Entrepre-
neurship of the Senate containing the findings and 
determinations made in carrying out the study re-
quired under paragraph (1), including— 
(A) recommendations for revising existing 
data collection practices for the Small Business 
Development Center Program; and 
(B) a proposed plan for the Administrator 
of the Small Business Administration to imple-
ment such recommendations. 
SEC. 5. FEES FROM PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS AND CO-
SPONSORSHIPS. 
Section 21(a)(3) of the Small Business Act (15 
U.S.C. 648(a)(3)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(D) FEES FROM PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS AND 
COSPONSORSHIPS.—A small business development 
center that participates in a private partnership or 
cosponsorship, in which the Administrator or des-
ignee of the Administrator also participates, may 
collect fees or other income related to the operation 
of such private partnership or cosponsorship.’’. 
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SEC. 6. EQUITY FOR SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CEN-
TERS. 
Subclause (I) of section 21(a)(4)(C)(v) of the Small 
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 648(a)(4)(C)(v)(I)) is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—Of the amounts made 
available in any fiscal year to carry out this sec-
tion, not more than $600,000 may be used by 
the Administration to pay expenses enumerated 
in subparagraphs (B) through (D) of section 
20(a)(1).’’. 
SEC. 7. CONFIDENTIALITY REQUIREMENTS. 
Section 21(a)(7)(A) of the Small Business Act (15 
U.S.C. 648(a)(7)(A)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘or telephone number’’ and in-
serting ‘‘, telephone number, or email address’’; and 
(2) by inserting ‘‘, or the nature or content of 
such assistance, to any State, local, or Federal agen-
cy, or to any third party’’ after ‘‘receiving assistance 
under this section’’. 
SEC. 8. LIMITATION ON AWARD OF GRANTS TO SMALL 
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 21 of the Small Business 
Act (15 U.S.C. 648), as amended by section 4, is further 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(1)— 
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(A) by striking ‘‘any women’s business 
center operating pursuant to section 29,’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘or a women’s business 
center operating pursuant to section 29’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘and women’s business 
centers operating pursuant to section 29’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(q) LIMITATION ON AWARD OF GRANTS.—Except 
for not-for-profit institutions of higher education, and not-
withstanding any other provision of law, the Administrator 
may not award a grant or contract to, or enter into a coop-
erative agreement with, an entity under this section unless 
that entity— 
‘‘(1) received a grant or contract from, or en-
tered into a cooperative agreement with, the Admin-
istrator under this section before the date of the en-
actment of this subsection; and 
‘‘(2) seeks to renew such a grant, contract, or 
cooperative agreement after such date.’’. 
(b) RULE
OF CONSTRUCTION.—The amendments 
made by this section may not be construed as prohibiting 
a women’s business center (as described under section 29 
of the Small Business Act) from receiving a subgrant from 
an entity receiving a grant under section 21 of the Small 
Business Act. 
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SEC. 9. MANAGEMENT OF PROGRAM ACTIVITIES. 
Section 21(a)(3) of the Small Business Act (15 
U.S.C. 648(a)(3)), as amended by section 4, is further 
amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), 
by striking ‘‘upon, with full participation of both 
parties,’’ and inserting ‘‘upon with the full participa-
tion of all parties (including the association author-
ized in subparagraph (A)), and carried out’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘and de-
velop’’ and inserting ‘‘and negotiate the development 
of’’; and 
(3) in subparagraph (C)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Whereas’’; 
(B) by inserting ‘‘Program’’ after ‘‘Cen-
ter’’; 
(C) by striking ‘‘National’’ and inserting 
‘‘national’’; and 
(D) by moving such subparagraph 2 ems 
to the left. 
SEC. 10. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR FOR-
MULA GRANTS RECEIVED BY STATES. 
Section 21(a)(4)(C) of the Small Business Act (15 
U.S.C. 648(a)(4)(C)) is amended— 
(1) in clause (vii), by striking ‘‘subparagraph’’ 
and all that follows through the period at the end 
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and inserting ‘‘subparagraph $175,000,000 for each 
of fiscal years 2022 through 2025.’’; and 
(2) in clause (viii), by striking ‘‘shall reserve 
not less than $1,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘shall re-
serve not more than $2,000,000’’. 
SEC. 11. REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO MATCHING FUNDS. 
Section 21(a)(4)(A) of the Small Business Act (15 
U.S.C. 648(a)(4)(A)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new sentence: ‘‘Such matching funds shall be 
evidenced by good faith assertions from the applicant, and 
the expenditure of matching funds shall not be made a 
prerequisite of the reimbursement of Federal funds, not-
withstanding the final reconciliation payment for the close- 
out of each award.’’. 
SEC. 12. CONTRACT PREREQUISITES. 
Section 21(a)(5)(B) of the Small Business Act (15 
U.S.C. 648(a)(5)(B)) is amended by striking the second 
sentence and inserting the following: ‘‘Each contract shall 
be deemed approved under subparagraph (A) unless the 
Associate Administrator certifies in writing within 15 
business days after award of the contract that the contract 
will not provide assistance to small business concerns and 
that performance of the contract will hinder the small 
business development center in carrying out the terms of 
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the grant received by the small business development cen-
ter under this section.’’. 
SEC. 13. DUTIES OF THE ASSOCIATE ADMINISTRATOR FOR 
SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTERS. 
Section 21(h)(2) of the Small Business Act (15 
U.S.C. 648(h)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(C) MARKETING.—The Associate Admin-
istrator for Small Business Development Cen-
ters shall market and advertise the Small Busi-
ness Development Center Program and partici-
pants in such Program as a resource available 
to any Federal program providing assistance to 
small business concerns, including the FAST 
program established under section 34.’’. 
SEC. 14. DETERMINATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS. 
The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of 
complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, 
shall be determined by reference to the latest statement 
titled ‘‘Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation’’ for this 
Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional Record 
by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, pro-
vided that such statement has been submitted prior to the 
vote on passage. 
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Union Calendar No. 190 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6445 
[Report No. 117–260, Part I] 
A BILL 
To amend the Small Business Act to require an an-
nual report on entrepreneurial development pro-
grams, and for other purposes. 
MARCH 8, 2022 
Reported from the Committee on Small Business 
MARCH 8, 2022 
Committee on the Budget discharged; committed to the 
Committee of the Whole House on the State of the 
Union and ordered to be printed 
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