African Entrepreneurs Program, established pursu-
ant to section 22(g) of the Small Business Act, in 
qualified sub-Saharan African countries. 
‘‘(3) DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE.—Expendi-
tures related to personnel and technical assistance 
provided by the Secretary of Commerce for the pur-
pose of— 
‘‘(A) promoting business partnerships be-
tween entrepreneurs in the United States and 
in qualified sub-Saharan African countries, 
‘‘(B) hosting conferences and initiating 2- 
way trade missions to discover and encourage 
opportunities for private sector cooperation be-
tween the United States and qualified sub-Sa-
haran African countries, 
‘‘(C) helping United States firms fully un-
derstand the risks and benefits of doing busi-
ness in qualified sub-Saharan African countries 
and developing tools and mechanisms to reduce 
such risks and enhance such benefits, 
‘‘(D) facilitating the transfer of United 
States commercial and manufacturing tech-
nology to qualified sub-Saharan African coun-
tries for the purposes of expanding commercial 
opportunities, 
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‘‘(E) promoting the establishment of lend-
ing programs of financial institutions for quali-
fied small and medium African enterprises by 
establishing effective credit risk management 
systems to improve the quality of the assets of 
such financial institutions and the ability of 
such financial institutions to research and as-
sess overall credit risk, and 
‘‘(F) promoting the development of quali-
fied small and medium African enterprises that 
are located in rural and peri-urban areas by 
carrying out capacity-building activities for 
microenterprise 
business 
associations 
and 
microfinance networks. 
‘‘(4) U.S.-AFRICA
PRIVATE
SECTOR
ADVISORY 
COUNCIL AND AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK.—Ex-
penditures related to carrying out sections 7 and 8 
of the African Entrepreneurship Act of 2006. 
‘‘(5) UNITED
STATES
TRADE
REPRESENTA-
TIVE.—Expenditures related to activities by the 
United States Trade Representative to convene trade 
capacity building programs in qualified sub-Saharan 
African countries to provide technical assistance 
aimed to increase international trade under the Afri-
can Growth and Opportunity Act. 
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‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section— 
‘‘(1) QUALIFIED SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN COUN-
TRY.—The term ‘qualified sub-Saharan African 
country’ means a beneficiary sub-Saharan African 
country described in section 506A(c) of the Trade 
Act of 1974. 
‘‘(2) QUALIFIED SMALL AND MEDIUM AFRICAN 
ENTERPRISE.—The term ‘qualified small and me-
dium African enterprise’ means a business in a 
qualified sub-Saharan African country that meets 
the standards developed for such country by the Ad-
ministrator of the Small Business Administration, in 
cooperation with the Administrator of the United 
States Agency for International Development, pursu-
ant to section 22(g)(4) of the Small Business Act.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
for subchapter A of chapter 98 of such Code is amended 
by inserting at the end the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 9511. African Economic Diversification Fund.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
December 31, 2006. 
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SEC. 6. 21ST CENTURY AFRICAN ENTREPRENEURS PRO-
GRAM. 
Section 22 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 649) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(g) AFRICAN ENTREPRENEURS PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(1) 
ESTABLISHMENT.—The 
Administrator 
shall establish in the Office of International Trade 
a program to be known as the ‘21st Century African 
Entrepreneurs Program’ to provide assistance to 
qualified small and medium African enterprises. 
‘‘(2) AFRICAN ENTREPRENEURS PROGRAM CEN-
TERS.— 
‘‘(A) ESTABLISHMENT
OF
CENTERS.—As 
part of the program established under para-
graph (1), the Administrator shall establish not 
less than three African Entrepreneurs Program 
Centers during each of fiscal years 2007 
through 2012. The Administrator shall estab-
lish the Centers in central and accessible places 
in qualified sub-Saharan African countries. 
‘‘(B) FUNCTIONS.—The function of each 
African Entrepreneurs Program Center estab-
lished under subparagraph (A) is to provide in-
formation and guidance to qualified small and 
medium African enterprises, including— 
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‘‘(i) providing quality training, coun-
seling, and access to financial resources to 
enable qualified small and medium African 
enterprises to present well-developed busi-
ness plans to banks in qualified sub-Saha-
ran African countries for the purpose of 
accessing capital; 
‘‘(ii) providing counseling, training, 
and technical assistance in all aspects of 
small 
business 
management, 
including 
marketing and production, to qualified 
small and medium African enterprises; 
‘‘(iii) providing management assist-
ance to current and prospective owners of 
qualified small and medium African enter-
prises; 
‘‘(iv) partnering with banks in quali-
fied sub-Saharan African countries, the 
United States Agency for International 
Development (specifically the Development 
Credit Account), the Department of the 
Treasury, and international financial insti-
tutions, such as the World Bank and the 
African Development Bank, to provide loan 
guarantees to financial institutions in 
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qualified sub-Saharan African countries 
that make loans to qualified small and me-
dium African enterprises; 
‘‘(v) developing programs to help 
qualified small and medium African enter-
prises to understand export opportunities 
that may exist, an in particular, to under-
stand trade preferences available to busi-
nesses located in qualified sub-Saharan Af-
rican countries; and 
‘‘(vi) reaching out particularly to cur-
rent and prospective women entrepreneurs 
to provide assistance relating to launching 
or growing a small business, and imple-
menting the model of the women’s business 
centers under section 29, with regard to 
services and assistance provided. 
‘‘(C) PERSONNEL.— 
‘‘(i) DIRECTOR; STAFF.—Each Afri-
can Entrepreneurs Program Center estab-
lished under subparagraph (A) shall have a 
director and staff. 
‘‘(ii) 
VOLUNTEERS; 
PART-TIME 
STAFF.—The director of an African Entre-
preneurs Program Center may hire volun-
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teers or part-time staff, as the director 
finds appropriate. 
‘‘(iii) CONSULTANTS.—The director of 
an African Entrepreneurs Program Center 
may hire a consultant or engineer or pay 
for the use of a testing laboratory, if the 
consultant, engineer, or laboratory is nec-
essary to provide assistance to a qualified 
small and medium African enterprises that 
is in need of specialized expertise and that 
requests assistance from the Center. 
‘‘(D) ADVISORY
COMMITTEE.—For each 
country in which the Administrator establishes 
an African Entrepreneurs Program Center, the 
Administrator shall establish an advisory com-
mittee made up of members from the private 
sector for the purpose of obtaining input and 
advice from the members on how the Center 
may best serve the needs of qualified small and 
medium African enterprises in that country. 
‘‘(E) SELF-SUFFICIENCY.— 
‘‘(i) INITIAL FUNDING.—The Admin-
istrator should seek to obtain 30 percent of 
the funds required for each African Entre-
preneurs Program Center through partner-
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ships and in-kind support, including build-
ing space, instructor time, furniture dona-
tion, and co-funding from the public or pri-
vate sector, in the country in which the 
Center is located. 
‘‘(ii) 
LONG-TERM
FUNDING.—Not 
later than the date that is five years after 
the date on which the Center is estab-
lished, the Administrator should seek to 
obtain 100 percent of the funds required 
for each African Entrepreneurs Program 
Center through mechanisms, such as pub-
lic and private partnerships and small or 
modest fees-for-service. 
‘‘(3) 
AFRICAN
SMALL
BUSINESS 
ROUNDTABLES.—The Administrator shall convene 
two roundtables each year in each country in which 
an African Entrepreneurs Program Center is estab-
lished under paragraph (2) to promote cooperation 
between banks and entrepreneurs in the United 
States and in qualified sub-Saharan African coun-
tries and to identify problems in the delivery of fi-
nancial services to small businesses. Each roundtable 
should include representatives from banks in the 
United States with experience working with and ben-
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efitting from existing United States financial pro-
grams that support small businesses and farmers’ 
cooperatives. 
‘‘(4) SME CONGRESS OF SUB-SAHARAN AFRI-
CA.—The Administrator shall seek to establish the 
SME Congress of Sub-Saharan Africa. The SME 
Congress of Sub-Saharan Africa shall be modeled 
after the SME Congress of the Americas, a hemi-
sphere network of micro, small and medium enter-
prise service providers created to enhance the ability 
of small business to effectively participate in and 
benefit from international trade by seeking to reduce 
the time and costs associated with starting and 
growing a small or medium enterprise. The Adminis-
trator shall seek to coordinate SME Congress of 
Sub-Saharan Africa meetings with the annual meet-
ings described in section 105(c)(2)(B) of the African 
Growth and Opportunity Act (19 U.S.C. 3704). 
‘‘(5) QUALIFIED SMALL AND MEDIUM AFRICAN 
ENTERPRISE.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator, in 
cooperation with the Administrator of the 
United States Agency for International Devel-
opment, shall develop standards, specific to the 
qualified sub-Saharan African country in which 
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the business is located, for determining whether 
such business is a qualified small and medium 
African enterprise. 
‘‘(B) QUALIFIED
SUB-SAHARAN
AFRICAN 
COUNTRY.—For purposes of this subsection, the 
term ‘qualified sub-Saharan African country’ 
means a beneficiary sub-Saharan African coun-
try described in section 506A(c) of the Trade 
Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2466a).’’. 
SEC. 7. U.S.-AFRICA PRIVATE SECTOR ADVISORY COUNCIL. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Administrator of the 
Small Business Administration shall establish an advisory 
council to be known as the ‘‘U.S.-Africa Private Sector 
Advisory Council’’ (hereinafter referred to as the Council). 
(b) DUTIES.—The Council shall— 
(1) advise the Congress and Federal agencies 
on— 
(A) the use of expenditures made from 
amounts available in the African Economic Di-
versification Fund, established under section 
9511 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; 
and 
(B) the implementation of policies and pro-
grams described in subsection (c) of such sec-
tion; 
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(2) assist the private sector in the United 
States and qualified sub-Saharan African countries 
in carrying out the opportunities identified by— 
(A) conferences and 2-way trade missions 
organized by the Secretary of Commerce to dis-
cover and encourage opportunities for private 
sector cooperation between the United States 
and qualified sub-Saharan African countries, 
and 
(B) trade and investment missions to 
qualified sub-Saharan African countries ar-
ranged by the Secretary of Agriculture to gen-
erate joint venture investment and joint venture 
marketing agreements between farmers in the 
United States and in qualified sub-Saharan Af-
rican countries; 
(3) assist in the coordination of annual meet-
ings hosted by United States representatives of the 
private sector with representatives of the private sec-
tor from sub-Saharan Africa, as described in section 
105(c)(2)(B) of the African Growth and Opportunity 
Act (19 U.S.C. 3704); and 
(4) advise the President on providing assistance 
to qualified small and medium African enterprises in 
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accordance with section 496A of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961 (as amended by section 10). 
(c) APPOINTMENT.— 
(1) MEMBERS.—The Council shall be composed 
of 20 members, as follows: 
(A) 1 member, appointed jointly by the 
chair and ranking minority member of the 
Committee on Ways and Means of the House of 
Representatives and the chair and ranking mi-
nority member of the Committee on Finance of 
the Senate, from the private-sector business 
community in qualified sub-Saharan African 
countries, 
(B) 1 member, appointed jointly by the 
chair and ranking minority member of the 
Committee on Ways and Means of the House of 
Representatives and the chair and ranking mi-
nority member of the Committee on Finance of 
the Senate, from the private-sector business 
community in the United States, 
(C) 1 member, appointed by the President, 
from the private-sector business community in 
qualified sub-Saharan African countries, 
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(D) 1 member, appointed by the President, 
from the private-sector business community in 
the United States, 
(E) 8 members, appointed jointly by the 
Council members identified in subparagraphs 
(A) through (D), from the private-sector busi-
ness community in qualified sub-Saharan Afri-
can countries, and 
(F) 8 members, appointed jointly by the 
Council members identified in subparagraphs 
(A) through (D), from the private-sector busi-
ness community in the United States. 
(2) CONSULTATION
REQUIRED.—The Council 
members identified in subparagraphs (A) through 
(D) of paragraph (1) shall consult among themselves 
prior to the appointment of additional members of 
the Council in order to achieve, to the maximum ex-
tent possible, fair and equitable representation of 
various points of view with respect to the matters to 
be studied by the Council under subsection (b). 
(3) TERMS OF APPOINTMENT.—The members 
of the Council shall be appointed not more than 90 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
The members of the Council shall serve for the life 
of the Council. 
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(4) CO-CHAIRS.—The member of the Council 
identified in subparagraphs (A) through (D) of para-
graph (1) shall serve as Co-chairs of the Council. 
(d) MEETINGS.— 
(1) INITIAL
MEETING.—Not later than 180 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Council shall conduct its first meeting. 
(2) OPEN
MEETINGS.—Each meeting of the 
Council shall be open to the public. 
(e) VACANCIES.—A vacancy on the Council— 
(1) shall be filled in the same manner as the 
original appointment not later than 30 days after 
the Council is given notice of the vacancy, and 
(2) shall not affect the power of the remaining 
members to execute the duties of the Council. 
(f) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—Members of the Council 
shall receive travel expenses, including per diem in lieu 
of subsistence, in accordance with sections 5702 and 5703 
of title 5, United States Code. 
(g) DIRECTOR; STAFF.— 
(1) DIRECTOR.—The Co-chairs shall appoint a 
Director. 
(2) STAFF.—The Director, with the approval of 
the Council, may appoint and fix the pay of addi-
tional personnel. 
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(h) MANAGEMENT.—The Council shall be managed 
by the Council members, the director, and staff in a man-
ner consistent with the purposes of this section. 
(i) OTHER AUTHORITY.—The Council may lease 
space and acquire personal property to the extent that 
funds are available. 
(j) SELF-SUFFICIENCY.—Not later than the date 
that is 5 years after the date on which the Council is es-
tablished, the Council should seek to obtain 100 percent 
of the funds required to carry out this section through 
partnerships, cash contributions, membership fees, and in- 
kind support. 
(k) REPORTS.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
of the first meeting of the Council, and annually there-
after, the Council shall make public and transmit to the 
Congress and the Small Business Administration a re-
port— 
(1) detailing the actions the Council has taken 
during the previous year in fulfillment of the duties 
described in subsection (b), 
(2) making recommendations related to policies 
that would further encourage the development of the 
private sector in qualified sub-Saharan African coun-
tries, particularly with regard to qualified small and 
medium African enterprises, and 
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(3) including a budget proposal for the next fis-
cal year. 
SEC. 8. COORDINATION WITH AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT 
BANK. 
(a) AFRICAN ENTREPRENEURS PROGRAM.—The Ad-
ministrator of the Small Business Administration should 
provide the Secretary of the Treasury with information 
pertaining to how African Development Bank programs 
can be used to improve the 21st Century African Entre-
preneurs Program, established pursuant to section 22(g) 
of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 649(g)). The Sec-
retary of the Treasury should instruct the United States 
Executive Director at the African Development Bank to 
urge the African Development Bank to use programs of 
the African Development Bank in this manner. 
(b) VALUE-ADDED AGRICULTURE LOAN FACILITY.— 
The Secretary of Agriculture should provide the Secretary 
of the Treasury with information pertaining to how the 
establishment of a value-added agricultural loan facility 
can be used to support the development of qualified small 
and medium African enterprises devoted to the processing 
of agricultural commodities. The Secretary of the Treas-
ury should instruct the United States Executive Director 
at the African Development Bank to urge the African De-
velopment Bank to use loan programs of the African De-
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velopment Bank to foster the establishment of such a facil-
ity. 
(c) FEASIBILITY STUDIES.— 
(1) The Secretary of Agriculture, through the 
Foreign Agricultural Service, should provide tech-
nical assistance to farmers in qualified sub-Saharan 
African countries in the development of pre-feasi-
bility studies to identify potentially profitable 
projects for submission to the African Development 
Bank. 
(2) The United States Trade Development 
Agency should provide assistance in the preparation 
of final feasibility studies for projects to be sub-
mitted to African Development Bank under the 
United States Department of Agriculture-African 
Development Bank loan facility program. 
(d) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
FOR AGRICULTURAL 
FACILITIES.—The Secretary of Agriculture, through the 
Foreign Agricultural Service, should provide technical as-
sistance to farmers in qualified sub-Saharan African coun-
tries who are funded by the African Development Bank 
loan facility. 
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SEC. 
9. 
ACTIVITIES 
TO 
STRENGTHEN 
FUNDAMENTAL 
LABOR RIGHTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State should un-
dertake activities to strengthen internationally recognized 
labor rights and standards in qualified sub-Saharan Afri-
can countries by— 
(1) ensuring that governments and businesses 
in qualified sub-Saharan African countries are aware 
of their obligations (through membership in the 
International Labor Organization (ILO) as well as 
under United States trade preference programs such 
as the generalized system of preferences and the Af-
rican Growth and Opportunity Act) to respect, pro-
mote, and realize the international labor standards 
established by the ILO, 
(2) monitoring the enforcement of labor laws in 
qualified sub-Saharan African countries, including 
labor laws relating to workers’ rights to free associa-
tion, prohibitions on child labor, forced labor, and 
discrimination, safety in the work environment, 
workplace standards laws regulating minimum wage 
and hours of work, and collective bargaining, 
through ensuring, among other things, that report-
ing on labor rights at United States missions is a 
priority, and 
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(3) providing technical assistance to enhance 
enforcement of labor laws in qualified sub-Saharan 
African countries and for institutional capacity 
building of trade unions to increase their capabilities 
to represent workers at workplaces and with their 
governments. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of section 7, 8, and 
9 of this Act: 
(1) QUALIFIED SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN COUN-
TRY.—The term ‘‘qualified sub-Saharan African 
country’’ means a beneficiary sub-Saharan African 
country described in section 506A(c) of the Trade 
Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2466a). 
(2) QUALIFIED SMALL AND MEDIUM AFRICAN 
ENTERPRISE.—The term ‘‘qualified small and me-
dium African enterprise’’ means a business in a 
qualified sub-Saharan African country that meet the 
standards developed for such country by the Admin-
istrator of the Small Business Administration, in co-
operation with the Administrator of the United 
States Agency for International Development, pursu-
ant to section 22(g)(4) of the Small Business Act 
(15 U.S.C. 649). 
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SEC. 10. ASSISTANCE FOR QUALIFIED SMALL AND MEDIUM 
AFRICAN ENTERPRISES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 10 of part I of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2293 et seq.) is 
amended by inserting after section 496 the following new 
section: 
‘‘SEC. 496A. ASSISTANCE FOR QUALIFIED SMALL AND ME-
DIUM AFRICAN ENTERPRISES. 
‘‘(a) 
AUTHORIZATION.—The 
President, 
acting 
through the Administrator of the United States Agency 
for International Development, is authorized to provide as-
sistance, on such terms and conditions as the President 
may determine, for qualified small and medium African 
enterprises. 
‘‘(b) ACTIVITIES SUPPORTED.—Assistance provided 
under subsection (a) shall, to the maximum extent prac-
ticable, be used to carry out the following activities: 
‘‘(1) YOUTH ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAMS.— 
Activities to establish youth entrepreneurship train-
ing programs in schools or through community part-
nerships with business and youth organizations in 
qualified sub-Saharan African countries to promote 
economic skills, ethics, integrity, and healthy life 
skills among youth in such countries. Such activities 
may include providing assistance through United 
States and international youth organizations located 
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in qualified sub-Saharan African countries and min-
istries of education, local schools, businesses, and 
youth groups to— 
‘‘(A) teach basic concepts of business eco-
nomics and free enterprise and the relevance of 
education for such youth to improving the qual-
ity of their lives; 
‘‘(B) teach basic concepts of good govern-
ance, the rule of law, human rights, and citizen-
ship as they relate to national development; 
‘‘(C) assist youth to make decisions about 
their educational and professional future and 
develop communication skills that are vital to 
succeed in the domestic, regional, and inter-
national business world; 
‘‘(D) develop a specialized curriculum for 
youth in rural and peri-urban areas and utilize, 
whenever possible, business and community vol-
unteers to deliver such curriculum; and 
‘‘(E) organize student-led enterprises. 
‘‘(2) ANTI-CORRUPTION
INITIATIVES.—Activi-
ties that combat corruption, improve transparency 
and accountability, and promote other forms of good 
governance and management in qualified sub-Saha-
ran African countries. Such activities may include— 
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‘‘(A) providing technical assistance to gov-
ernments of qualified sub-Saharan African 
countries that are implementing the United Na-
tions Convention against Corruption, including 
assistance to combat anti-competitive, unethical, 
and corrupt activities, including protection 
against actions that may distort or inhibit 
transparency in market mechanisms and impair 
the development of qualified small and medium 
African enterprises; 
‘‘(B) providing assistance to develop a 
legal framework for commercial transactions 
that fosters business practices that promote 
transparent, ethical, and competitive behavior 
in the economic sector, such as commercial 
codes that incorporate international standards 
and protection of national and international in-
tellectual property rights and core labor stand-
ards; and 
‘‘(C) providing training and technical as-
sistance relating to drafting of anti-corruption, 
privatization, and competitive statutory and ad-
ministrative codes, and providing technical as-
sistance to ministries and agencies imple-
menting anti-corruption laws and regulations. 
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‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) QUALIFIED SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN COUN-
TRY.—The term ‘qualified sub-Saharan African 
country’ means a beneficiary sub-Saharan African 
country described in section 506A(c) of the Trade 
Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2466a). 
‘‘(2) QUALIFIED SMALL AND MEDIUM AFRICAN 
ENTERPRISE.—The term ‘qualified small and me-
dium African enterprise’ means a business in a 
qualified sub-Saharan African country that meet the 
standards developed for such country by the Admin-
istrator of the Small Business Administration, in co-
operation with the Administrator of the United 
States Agency for International Development, pursu-
ant to section 22(g)(4) of the Small Business Act 
(15 U.S.C. 649).’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 497 of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2294) is 
amended in the second sentence by adding at the end be-
fore the period the following: ‘‘or section 496A’’. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For pur-
poses of carrying out this section, there are authorized to 
be appropriated $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2007 
and 2008. 
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