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Union Calendar No. 182 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5265 
[Report No. 118–223] 
To amend the Small Business Act to require a report on the performance 
of the Office of Rural Affairs, to require a report on the memorandum 
of understanding between the Small Business Administration and the 
Department of Agriculture entered into on April 4, 2018, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 25, 2023 
Mr. ALFORD (for himself, Mr. LUETKEMEYER, Mr. ELLZEY, and Mr. BEAN 
of Florida) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Small Business 
SEPTEMBER 26, 2023 
Additional sponsors: Mr. STAUBER and Mr. PAPPAS 
SEPTEMBER 26, 2023 
Reported from the Committee on Small Business; 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 a report on 
the performance of the Office of Rural Affairs, to require 
a report on the memorandum of understanding between 
the Small Business Administration and the Department 
of Agriculture entered into on April 4, 2018, 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 Admin-
istration Rural Performance Report Act’’. 
SEC. 2. SMALL BUSINESS RURAL PERFORMANCE REPORTS. 
(a) OFFICE OF RURAL AFFAIRS ANNUAL PERFORM-
ANCE REPORT.—Section 26 of the Small Business Act (15 
U.S.C. 653) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(d) REPORTS.— 
‘‘(1) INITIAL REPORT.—Not later than 90 days 
after the date of the enactment of this subsection, 
the Administrator shall make available on a website 
of the Administration, and submit to the Committee 
on Small Business of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Small Business and Entrepre-
neurship of the Senate, a report on the activities of 
the Office during the year preceding the date of the 
report that includes the following elements: 
‘‘(A) How the Office is promoting financial 
assistance pursuant to subsection (c)(1). 
‘‘(B) Annual statistics compiled pursuant 
to subsection (c)(2). 
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‘‘(C) How the Office is providing informa-
tion pursuant to subsection (c)(3). 
‘‘(D) How the Office is providing informa-
tion pursuant to subsection (c)(4). 
‘‘(E) The number of outreach events con-
ducted by the Office to provide information de-
scribed in paragraphs (3) and (4) of subsection 
(c). 
‘‘(F) Details of any partnerships that the 
Office engaged in to provide the outreach de-
scribed in paragraph (5), including any partner-
ships with the National Travel and Tourism Of-
fice of the Department of Commerce. 
‘‘(G) The name of the director of the Of-
fice and the number of staff employed by the 
Office. 
‘‘(2) ANNUAL
REPORT.—The Administrator 
shall annually submit, along with the budget the 
budget justification materials submitted in support 
of the Small Business Administration budget for a 
fiscal year (as submitted with the budget of the 
President under section 1105(a) of title 31), a re-
port that includes the elements described in para-
graph (1).’’. 
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