I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1839 
To amend the Small Business Act to improve SCORE, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 1, 2009 
Mr. BUCHANAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Small Business 
A BILL 
To amend the Small Business Act to improve SCORE, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. EXPANSION OF VOLUNTEER REPRESENTATION 
AND BENCHMARK REPORTS. 
(a) EXPANSION
OF
VOLUNTEER
REPRESENTA-
TION.—Section 8(b)(1)(B) of the Small Business Act (15 
U.S.C. 637(b)(1)(B)) is amended by inserting ‘‘(i)’’ after 
‘‘(B)’’ and by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(ii) The Administrator shall ensure that 
SCORE, established under this subparagraph, car-
ries out a plan to increase the proportion of mentors 
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who are from socially or economically disadvantaged 
backgrounds and, on an annual basis, reports to the 
Administrator on the implementation of this sub-
paragraph.’’. 
(b) BENCHMARK REPORTS.—Section 8(b)(1)(B) of 
the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(b)(1)(B)), as 
amended, is further amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(iii) The Administrator shall ensure that 
SCORE, established under this subparagraph, estab-
lishes benchmarks for use in evaluating the perform-
ance of its activities and the performance of its vol-
unteers. The benchmarks shall include benchmarks 
relating to the demographic characteristics and the 
geographic characteristics of persons assisted by 
SCORE, benchmarks relating to the hours spent 
mentoring by volunteers, and benchmarks relating to 
the performance of the persons assisted by SCORE. 
SCORE shall report, on an annual basis, to the Ad-
ministrator the extent to which the benchmarks es-
tablished under this clause are being attained.’’. 
SEC. 2. MENTORING AND NETWORKING. 
Section 8(b)(1)(B) of the Small Business Act (15 
U.S.C. 637(b)(1)(B)), as amended, is further amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(iv) The Administrator shall ensure that 
SCORE, established under this subparagraph, estab-
lishes a mentoring program for small business con-
cerns that provides one-on-one advice to small busi-
ness concerns from qualified counselors. For pur-
poses of this clause, qualified counselors are coun-
selors with at least 10 years experience in the indus-
try sector or area of responsibility of the small busi-
ness concern seeking advice. 
‘‘(v) The Administrator shall carry out a net-
working program through SCORE, established 
under this subparagraph, that provides small busi-
ness concerns with the opportunity to make business 
contacts in their industry or geographic region.’’. 
SEC. 3. NAME OF PROGRAM CHANGED TO SCORE. 
(a) NAME CHANGE.—The Small Business Act is 
amended— 
(1) 
in 
section 
8(b)(1)(B) 
(15 
U.S.C. 
637(b)(1)(B)), by striking ‘‘Executives (SCORE)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Executives (in this Act referred to as 
‘SCORE’)’’; 
(2) in section 7(m)(3)(A)(i)(VIII) (15 U.S.C. 
636(m)(3)(A)(i)(VIII)), by striking ‘‘the Service 
Corps 
of 
Retired 
Executives’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘SCORE’’; 
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(3) in section 20 (15 U.S.C. 631 note)— 
(A) in subsection (d)(1)(E), by striking 
‘‘the Service Corps of Retired Executives pro-
gram’’ and inserting ‘‘SCORE’’; and 
(B) in subsection (e)(1)(E), by striking 
‘‘the Service Corps of Retired Executives pro-
gram’’ and inserting ‘‘SCORE’’; and 
(4) in section 33(b)(2) (15 U.S.C. 657c(b)(2), 
by striking ‘‘the Service Corps of Retired Executives 
program’’ and inserting ‘‘SCORE’’. 
(b) ELIMINATION OF ACE.—Section 8(b)(1)(B) of 
the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(b)(1)(B)), as 
amended, is further amended by striking ‘‘and an Active 
Corps of Executive (ACE)’’. 
SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Section 20 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631 
note) is amended by inserting the following new subsection 
after subsection (e): 
‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS
FOR 
SCORE.—There is authorized to be appropriated 
$7,000,000 for SCORE under section 8(b)(1) for each of 
the fiscal years 2010 and 2011.’’. 
Æ 
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