I 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6171 
To authorize appropriations for the National Veterans Business Development 
Corporation, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 25, 2006 
Mrs. DAVIS of California (for herself, Mr. EVANS, and Ms. HERSETH) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small 
Business 
A BILL 
To authorize appropriations for the National Veterans 
Business Development Corporation, 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. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Veterans Corporation 
Reauthorization and Enhancement Act of 2006’’. 
SEC. 2. NATIONAL VETERANS BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT 
CORPORATION. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Para-
graph (1) of subsection (k) of section 33 of the Small 
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Business Act (15 U.S.C. 657c(k)(1)) is amended to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be 
appropriated to the Corporation to carry out this 
section— 
‘‘(A) $4,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; 
‘‘(B) $3,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
2009 and 2010; and 
‘‘(C) $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
2011 and 2012.’’. 
(b) PRIVATE FUNDING.—Such subsection is amended 
by striking paragraphs (2) and (3) and inserting the fol-
lowing new paragraph (2): 
‘‘(2) PRIVATE AND PUBLIC FUNDING PARTNER-
SHIP.—The Corporation shall seek to raise private 
funds in order to leverage funds appropriated by 
law.’’. 
(c) MEMBERS OF NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVE 
COMPONENT.—Subsection (b)(2) of such section is 
amended by inserting ‘‘members of the reserve compo-
nents,’’ after ‘‘service-disabled veterans,’’. 
(d) EXPANSION OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS.—Sub-
section (c) of such section is amended— 
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(1) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘three non-
voting ex officio members’’ and inserting ‘‘seven 
nonvoting ex officio members’’; 
(2) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘the Sec-
retary of Labor, the Secretary of Commerce, the 
Secretary of Education, the chief executive officer of 
the Corporation,’’ after ‘‘Secretary of Defense,’’; and 
(3) by striking paragraph (4) and redesignating 
paragraphs (5) through (11) as paragraphs (4) 
through (10), respectively. 
(e) ADVISORY COMMITTEE; USE OF MAILS.—Such 
section is further amended by striking subsections (h) and 
(i) and redesignating subsections (j) and (k) as sub-
sections (h) and (j), respectively. 
(f) VETERAN
NOTIFICATION.—Such section, as 
amended by subsections (c) and (e), is further amended 
by inserting after subsection (h), as redesignated by sub-
section (e), the following new subsection: 
‘‘(i) VETERAN NOTIFICATION.—The Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs and the Secretary of Labor shall make 
available to veterans information describing the services 
provided by the Corporation.’’. 
(g) GAO REPORT.— 
(1) AUDIT AND REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later 
than two years after the date of the enactment of 
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this Act, the Comptroller General shall conduct an 
audit, in accordance with generally accepted auditing 
standards, of the National Veterans Development 
Corporation and evaluate the effectiveness of the 
Corporation in carrying out the purposes under sec-
tion 33(b) of the Small Business Act, and submit to 
Congress a report on the results of the audit and 
evaluation. 
(2) ACCESS TO RECORDS.—In conducting the 
audit pursuant to paragraph (1), appropriate rep-
resentatives of the Comptroller General shall have 
access to all books, accounts, financial records, re-
ports, files and other papers, items, or property in 
use by the National Veterans Development Corpora-
tion, as necessary to facilitate such audit, and such 
representatives shall be afforded full facilities for 
verifying transactions with the balances. 
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