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Union Calendar No. 114 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2359 
[Report No. 110–193] 
To reauthorize programs to assist small business concerns, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 17, 2007 
Mr. SESTAK (for himself, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, and Mr. SHULER) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small Business 
JUNE 15, 2007 
Additional sponsor: Mr. BRALEY of Iowa 
JUNE 15, 2007 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
and ordered to be printed 
A BILL 
To reauthorize programs to assist small business concerns, 
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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘SBA Entrepreneurial Development Programs Act of 
2007’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
TITLE I—REVISIONS TO SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT 
CENTERS 
Sec. 101. Small Business Development Centers operational changes. 
TITLE II—GRANT INITIATIVES 
Sec. 201. Capital Access Initiative. 
Sec. 202. Disaster Recovery Program. 
Sec. 203. Innovation and Competitiveness Services to Manufacturers Initiative. 
Sec. 204. Mature Entrepreneurs Assistance Program. 
Sec. 205. Small Business Sustainability Initiative. 
Sec. 206. Grants to small business development centers to provide assistance in 
securing affordable health insurance. 
Sec. 207. National regulatory assistance. 
Sec. 208. Report. 
TITLE III—SCORE 
Sec. 301. Repeal of Active Corporation of Executives. 
Sec. 302. Increasing the proportion of SCORE volunteers from socially and 
economically disadvantaged backgrounds. 
Sec. 303. Benchmark reporting. 
TITLE I—REVISIONS TO SMALL 
BUSINESS 
DEVELOPMENT 
CENTERS 
SEC. 101. SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTERS OPER-
ATIONAL CHANGES. 
(a) 
ACCREDITATION
REQUIREMENT.—Section 
21(a)(1) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 648(a)(1)) 
is amended— 
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(1) in the proviso, by inserting before ‘‘institu-
tion’’ the following: ‘‘accredited’’; 
(2) in the sentence beginning ‘‘The Administra-
tion shall’’, by inserting before ‘‘institutions’’ the fol-
lowing: ‘‘accredited’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sen-
tence: ‘‘As used in this paragraph, the term ‘accred-
ited institution of higher education’ means an insti-
tution that is accredited as described in section 
101(a)(5) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1001(a)(5)).’’ 
(b) PROGRAM NEGOTIATIONS.—Section 21(a)(3) of 
the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 648(a)(3)) is amended, 
in the matter before subparagraph (A), by inserting before 
‘‘agreed’’ the following: ‘‘mutually’’. 
(c) CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS.—Section 21(a)(3)(A) 
of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 648(a)(3)(A)) is 
amended by inserting after ‘‘uniform negotiated’’ the fol-
lowing: ‘‘mutually agreed to’’. 
(d) NO SBA INTERFERENCE IN SBDC HIRING.— 
Section 21(c)(2)(A) of that Act (15 U.S.C. 648(c)(2)(A)) 
is amended by inserting after ‘‘full-time staff’’ the fol-
lowing: ‘‘, the hiring of which is carried out by the center 
without interference from, and without influence by, any 
officer or employee of the Administration,’’. 
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(e) CONTENT OF CONSULTATIONS COVERED BY PRI-
VACY REQUIREMENTS.—Section 21(a)(7)(A) of that Act 
(15 U.S.C. 648(a)(7)(A)) is amended by inserting after 
‘‘under this section’’ the following: ‘‘, or the content of 
any consultation with such an individual or small business 
concern,’’. 
(f) REPEAL OF AUTHORITY TO USE AUTHORIZED 
AMOUNTS
FOR
ADMINISTRATIVE
EXPENSES.—Section 
21(a)(4)(C)(v) of that Act (15 U.S.C. 648(a)(4)(C)(v)) is 
amended by amending subclause (I) to read as follows: 
‘‘(I) 
IN
GENERAL.—Of 
the 
amounts made available in any fiscal 
year to carry out this section, not 
more than $500,000 may be used by 
the Administration to pay expenses 
enumerated in subparagraphs (B) 
through (D) of section 20(a)(1).’’. 
(g) NO
CAP
ON
NON-MATCHING
PORTABILITY 
GRANTS
IN
THE
EVENT
OF
A
DISASTER.—Section 
21(a)(4)(C)(viii) 
of 
that 
Act 
(15 
U.S.C. 
648(a)(4)(C)(viii)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: ‘‘However, in the event of a disaster, the dollar 
limitation in the preceding sentence does not apply.’’. 
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(h) DEFINITION OF SBDC.—Section 21(a) of that 
Act (15 U.S.C. 648(a)) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(8) DEFINITION.—For the purposes of this section, 
a Small Business Development Center is— 
‘‘(A) the entity selected by the Administrator to 
receive funds pursuant to the funding formula set 
forth in paragraph (4); or 
‘‘(B) the site at which the services specified by 
this section are delivered.’’. 
(i) LIMITATION ON DISTRIBUTION TO SBDCS.—Sec-
tion 21(b) of that Act (15 U.S.C. 648(b)) is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) LIMITATION ON DISTRIBUTION TO SMALL BUSI-
NESS DEVELOPMENT CENTERS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in this 
paragraph, the Administrator shall not distribute 
funds to a Small Business Development Center if 
the State in which the Small Business Development 
Center is located is served by more than one Small 
Business Development Center. For purposes of this 
limitation, the term Small Business Development 
Center shall have the meaning set forth in sub-
section (a)(8). 
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‘‘(B) UNAVAILABILITY
EXCEPTION.—The Ad-
ministrator may distribute funds to two Small Busi-
ness Development Centers, as that term is defined 
in subsection (a)(8)(A), if no applicant has applied 
to serve the entire State. Except as provided in sub-
paragraph (C), the Administrator is prohibited from 
distributing funds to more than two Small Business 
Development Centers. 
‘‘(C) GRANDFATHER CLAUSE.—The limitations 
in this paragraph shall not apply for any State in 
which more than one Small Business Development 
Center received funding prior to January 1, 2007.’’. 
(j) REPORTING
OF
BROADBAND
SERVICE
PUR-
CHASES.—Section 21(c) of that Act (15 U.S.C. 648(c)) 
is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(9) REPORTING OF BROADBAND SERVICE PUR-
CHASES.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Pursuant to policies 
adopted by the Administrator, Small Business 
Development Centers shall report information 
to the Administrator by nine-digit zip code— 
‘‘(i) whether the individual seeking 
counseling purchases broadband service at 
the address reported to the Small Business 
Development Center; 
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