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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may charge 
a fee that does not exceed $500 with respect to any 
guarantee or grant issued under this section. 
‘‘(2) TRUST
CERTIFICATE.—Notwithstanding 
paragraph (1), the Secretary shall not collect a fee 
for any guarantee of a trust certificate under sub-
section (f), except that any agent of the Secretary 
may collect a fee that does not exceed $500 for the 
functions described in subsection (f)(5)(B). 
‘‘(3) LICENSE.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subparagraph (C), the Secretary may prescribe 
fees to be paid by each applicant for a license 
to operate as a rural business investment com-
pany under this section. 
‘‘(B) USE
OF
AMOUNTS.—Fees collected 
under this paragraph— 
‘‘(i) shall be deposited in the account 
for salaries and expenses of the Secretary; 
‘‘(ii) are authorized to be appropriated 
solely to cover the costs of licensing exami-
nations; and 
‘‘(iii) shall— 
‘‘(I) in the case of a license 
issued before the date of enactment of 
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the Agriculture Reform, Food, and 
Jobs Act of 2013, not exceed $500 for 
any fee collected under this para-
graph; and 
‘‘(II) in the case of a license 
issued after the date of enactment of 
the Agriculture Reform, Food, and 
Jobs Act of 2013, be a rate as deter-
mined by the Secretary. 
‘‘(C) PROHIBITION
ON
COLLECTION
OF 
CERTAIN FEES.—In the case of a license de-
scribed in subparagraph (A) that was approved 
before July 1, 2007, the Secretary shall not col-
lect any fees due on or after the date of enact-
ment of the Agriculture Reform, Food, and 
Jobs Act of 2013. 
‘‘(h) OPERATIONAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—In accordance with this 
subsection, the Secretary may make grants to rural 
business investment companies and to other entities, 
as authorized by this section, to provide operational 
assistance to smaller enterprises financed, or ex-
pected to be financed, by the entities. 
‘‘(2) TERMS.—Grants made under this sub-
section shall be made over a multiyear period (not 
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to exceed 10 years) under such terms as the Sec-
retary may require. 
‘‘(3) USE OF FUNDS.—The proceeds of a grant 
made under this subsection may be used by the rural 
business investment company receiving the grant 
only to provide operational assistance in connection 
with an equity or prospective equity investment in a 
business located in a rural area. 
‘‘(4) SUBMISSION OF PLANS.—A rural business 
investment company shall be eligible for a grant 
under this subsection only if the rural business in-
vestment company submits to the Secretary, in such 
form and manner as the Secretary may require, a 
plan for use of the grant. 
‘‘(5) GRANT AMOUNT.— 
‘‘(A) RURAL BUSINESS INVESTMENT COM-
PANIES.—The amount of a grant made under 
this subsection to a rural business investment 
company shall be equal to the lesser of— 
‘‘(i) 10 percent of the private capital 
raised by the rural business investment 
company; or 
‘‘(ii) $1,000,000. 
‘‘(6) OTHER
ENTITIES.—The amount of a 
grant made under this subsection to any entity other 
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