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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3939 
To direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to establish 
Veterans Business Outreach Centers and Technical Mentoring Assistance 
Committees. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 29, 2005 
Mr. AKIN (for himself and Mr. CASE) introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Small Business 
A BILL 
To direct the Administrator of the Small Business Adminis-
tration to establish Veterans Business Outreach Centers 
and Technical Mentoring Assistance Committees. 
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 ‘‘Entrepreneur Soldiers 
Empowerment Act’’.
SEC. 2. VETERANS BUSINESS OUTREACH CENTERS AND 
TECHNICAL AND MENTORING ASSISTANCE 
COMMITTEES. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Section 32 of the Small Busi-
ness Act (15 U.S.C. 657c) is amended by adding at the 
end the following new subsections: 
‘‘(c) VETERANS BUSINESS OUTREACH CENTERS.— 
‘‘(1) 
ESTABLISHMENT.—The 
Administrator, 
acting through the Associate Administrator for Vet-
erans Business Development, shall establish Vet-
erans Business Outreach Centers to offer business 
planning assistance to veterans. 
‘‘(2) NUMBER AND LOCATION.—The Adminis-
trator shall establish not less than one Veterans 
Business Outreach Center in each geographic region. 
‘‘(3) DUTIES.—The duties of each Veterans 
Business Outreach Center are as follows: 
‘‘(A) To provide business planning assist-
ance to veterans. 
‘‘(B) To offer information about continuity 
planning for small businesses in the event of an 
owner or essential employee who is a member of 
the National Guard or Reserve Components of 
the Armed Forces being called to serve on ac-
tive duty.
‘‘(d) TECHNICAL
AND
MENTORING
ASSISTANCE 
COMMITTEES.— 
‘‘(1) 
ESTABLISHMENT.—The 
Administrator, 
acting through the Associate Administrator for Vet-
erans Business Development, shall establish a Tech-
nical and Mentoring Assistance Committee in each 
District Office service location where no Veterans 
Business Outreach Center has been established. 
‘‘(2) RESPONSIBILITIES.—A Technical and 
Mentoring Assistance Committee established pursu-
ant to paragraph (1) shall— 
‘‘(A) identify and recruit local volunteers 
to serve as veterans business mentors to provide 
assistance and guidance to members of the Re-
serve Component who own small businesses or 
are entrepreneurs and to the family members of 
such members and the caretakers of such mem-
ber’s businesses while such members are serving 
on active duty; 
‘‘(B) plan and initiate training and out-
reach seminars and programs designed to sup-
port small business ownership among members 
of the Reserve Component, their family mem-
bers, veterans, and service-disabled veterans;
‘‘(C) prepare a plan every five years and 
submit such plan to the Administrator for ap-
proval; and 
‘‘(D) prepare and submit to the Adminis-
trator an annual budget request based on the 
plan and the State veteran population. 
‘‘(3) MEMBERSHIP.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Each Technical and 
Mentoring Assistance Committee shall be com-
posed of members appointed by the Adminis-
trator and shall include the following individ-
uals: 
‘‘(i) The District Director of the Ad-
ministration or the Regional Adminis-
trator. 
‘‘(ii) The Director of Veterans Affairs 
for each State served by the Committee. 
‘‘(iii) The Director of the Small Busi-
ness Development Center for each State 
served by the Committee. 
‘‘(B) VOLUNTEER MEMBERS.—The Admin-
istrator shall consult with and encourage the 
voluntary participation as members of the Com-
mittee of the following individuals:
‘‘(i) The Director of Economic Devel-
opment for each State served by the Com-
mittee. 
‘‘(ii) The Director of the Employer 
Support of the Guard and Reserve for each 
State served by the Committee. 
‘‘(iii) The Adjutant General of the 
National Guard for each State served by 
the Committee. 
‘‘(iv) The Director of the Service 
Corps of Retired Executives for each State 
served by the Committee. 
‘‘(v) Small business owners who are 
veterans and members of the Reserve Com-
ponent. 
‘‘(vi) Representatives of State and 
local small business associations. 
‘‘(vii) The State adjutants of Congres-
sionally chartered veterans service organi-
zations. 
‘‘(viii) Small business owners and 
mentors who are veterans and who have 
expertise in the following areas: 
‘‘(I) Lending. 
‘‘(II) Accounting.
‘‘(III) Insurance. 
‘‘(IV) Taxation. 
‘‘(V) Legal service. 
‘‘(VI) Business planning. 
‘‘(VII) Marketing. 
‘‘(4) NO
COMPENSATION.—Members of the 
Technical and Mentoring Assistance Committees 
shall serve without pay.’’. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out subparagraphs 
(c) and (d) of section 32 of the Small Business Act (15 
U.S.C. 657c), as added by subsection (a)— 
(1) $200,000 for each Veterans Business Out-
reach Center established pursuant to section 32(c) 
of such Act for fiscal year 2006 and each subse-
quent fiscal year; and 
(2) $20,000 for each Technical and Mentoring 
Assistance Committee established pursuant to sec-
tion 32(d) of such Act for fiscal year 2006 and each 
subsequent fiscal year. 
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