SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘SCORE for Small 
Business Act of 2019’’. 
SEC. 2. SCORE PROGRAM PROVISIONS AND REQUIRE-
MENTS. 
Section 8 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637) 
is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)(1)(B)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘a Service Corps of Retired 
Executives (SCORE)’’ and inserting ‘‘the 
SCORE program described in subsection (c)’’; 
and 
(B) by striking ‘‘SCORE may’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘the SCORE Association (as defined in 
subsection (c)) may’’; and 
(2) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(c) SCORE PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
‘‘(A) SCORE 
ASSOCIATION.—The term 
‘SCORE Association’ means the Service Corps 
of Retired Executives Association or any suc-
cessor or other organization that enters into a 
cooperative agreement (as described under 
paragraph (2)) with the Administrator to oper-
ate the SCORE program.
‘‘(B) SCORE FOUNDATION.—The term 
‘SCORE Foundation’ means an organization 
with a mission to support the SCORE Associa-
tion and volunteers of the SCORE program. 
‘‘(C) 
SCORE 
PROGRAM.—The 
term 
‘SCORE program’ means the SCORE program 
authorized by subsection (b)(1)(B). 
‘‘(2) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT.—The Admin-
istrator shall enter into a cooperative agreement 
with the SCORE Association to carry out the 
SCORE program, which shall include the following 
requirements: 
‘‘(A) ADMINISTRATOR
DUTIES.—The Ad-
ministrator shall— 
‘‘(i) conduct an annual financial ex-
amination of the SCORE Association to 
ensure that any costs paid for with Federal 
funds are allowable, allocable, and reason-
able; 
‘‘(ii) for contracts entered into by the 
SCORE Association to provide goods or 
services for the SCORE program of a 
value greater than an amount determined 
by the Administrator, review and approve 
such contracts;
‘‘(iii) establish a system through 
which the SCORE Association can provide 
documentation relating to such contracts; 
and 
‘‘(iv) within 30 days of the receipt of 
a quarterly report on the achievements of 
the SCORE program submitted by the 
SCORE Association, reconcile and dif-
ferences between such report and the per-
formance results of the SCORE program 
reported in a management information sys-
tem of the Office of Entrepreneurial Devel-
opment. 
‘‘(B) SCORE ASSOCIATION DUTIES.—The 
SCORE Association shall— 
‘‘(i) manage nationwide chapters of 
the SCORE program; 
‘‘(ii) develop guidance and provide an-
nual training to employees of the SCORE 
Association on generating and using pro-
gram income from the SCORE program; 
‘‘(iii) submit documentation to the 
Administrator verifying such annual train-
ing is completed;
‘‘(iv) separate funds donated to the 
SCORE Association from program income 
and funds received pursuant to a coopera-
tive agreement; and 
‘‘(v) establish requirements for volun-
teers participating in the SCORE program, 
including requirements that each such vol-
unteer shall— 
‘‘(I) based on the business expe-
rience and knowledge of the volun-
teer— 
‘‘(aa) provide personal coun-
seling, mentoring, and coaching 
on the process of starting, ex-
panding, managing, buying, and 
selling a business at no cost to 
individuals who own, or aspire to 
own, small business concerns; 
and 
‘‘(bb) facilitate free or low- 
cost education workshops for in-
dividuals who own, or aspire to 
own, small business concerns; 
and
‘‘(II) as appropriate, use tools, 
resources, and expertise of other orga-
nizations to carry out the SCORE 
program. 
‘‘(C) JOINT DUTIES.—The Administrator, 
in consultation with the SCORE Association, 
shall ensure that the SCORE program and each 
chapter of the SCORE program— 
‘‘(i) develop and implement plans and 
goals to more effectively and efficiently 
provide services to individuals in rural 
areas, economically disadvantaged commu-
nities, or other traditionally underserved 
communities, including plans for electronic 
initiatives, web-based initiatives, chapter 
expansion, partnerships, and the develop-
ment of new skills by volunteers partici-
pating in the SCORE program; and 
‘‘(ii) reinforce an inclusive culture by 
recruiting diverse volunteers for the chap-
ters of the SCORE program. 
‘‘(3) ONLINE
COMPONENT.—In carrying out 
this subsection, the SCORE Association shall make 
use of online counseling, including by developing and 
implementing webinars and an electronic mentoring