IIB 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6445 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
APRIL 27, 2022 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and 
Entrepreneurship 
AN ACT 
To amend the Small Business Act to require an annual 
report on entrepreneurial development programs, and for 
other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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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; 
‘‘(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 
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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-
lished under section 21 (in this section referred 
to as the ‘Program’)— 
‘‘(i) the number of individuals coun-
seled or trained through the Program; 
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‘‘(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, 
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 
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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 
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.’’. 
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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’’. 
(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 
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