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111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4422 
To establish the Minority Entrepreneurship and Business Development 
Program, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 12, 2010 
Mr. SESTAK introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on Edu-
cation and Labor and Small Business, for a period to be subsequently 
determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provi-
sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To establish the Minority Entrepreneurship and Business 
Development Program, 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. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Minority Entrepre-
neurship and Business Development Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. MINORITY ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND BUSINESS 
ENTREPRISE CENTER GRANT PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director may make grants to 
an eligible educational institution or an eligible association 
or organization— 
(1) to assist in establishing an entrepreneurship 
curriculum for studies; and 
(2) for placement of a Minority Business 
Entreprise Center within the educational institution, 
association, or organization. 
(b) USE OF FUNDS.— 
(1) CURRICULUM AND CAPACITY TRAINING RE-
QUIREMENT.—An eligible educational institution, as-
sociation, or organization receiving a grant under 
this section shall develop a curriculum and capacity 
training requirement that includes training in var-
ious skill sets needed by successful entrepreneurs, 
including— 
(A) business management and marketing, 
financial management and accounting, mar-
keting analysis and competitive analysis, and 
innovation and strategic planning; and 
(B) additional entrepreneurial skill sets 
specific to the needs of the student population 
and the surrounding community, as determined 
by the institution. 
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(2) MINORITY BUSINESS ENTERPRISE CENTER 
REQUIREMENT.—Each eligible educational institu-
tion, association or organization receiving a grant 
under this section shall open a Minority Business 
Enterprise Center that follows the duties as 
prescibed by the Director of the Minority Business 
Development Agency. 
(c) GRANT AWARDS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director may not award 
a grant under this section to a single eligible edu-
cational institution, association or organization— 
(A) in excess of $1,500,000 in any fiscal 
year; or 
(B) for a term of more than 3 years. 
(2) LIMITATION
ON
USE
OF
FUNDS.—Funds 
made available under this section may not be used 
for— 
(A) any purpose other than those associ-
ated with the direct costs incurred by the eligi-
ble educational institution, association or orga-
nization to— 
(i) develop and implement the cur-
riculum described in subsection (b)(1); or 
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(ii) organize and operate a minority 
business enterprise center, as described 
subsection (b)(2); or 
(B) building expenses, administrative trav-
el budgets, or other expenses not directly re-
lated to the costs described in subparagraph 
(A). 
(d) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.—Grants made under 
this Act shall require a private matching grant of 15 per-
cent. 
(e) REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days fol-
lowing the end of the fiscal year of each year in 
which funds are made available for grants under this 
section, the Director shall submit to the Committee 
on Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the Sen-
ate and the Committee on Small Business of the 
House of Representatives, a report evaluating the 
success of the program under this section during the 
preceding fiscal year. 
(2) CONTENTS OF REPORT.—Each report under 
paragraph (1) shall include— 
(A) a description of each entrepreneurship 
program developed with grant funds, the date 
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of the award, and the number of participants in 
each such program; 
(B) the number of small business assisted 
through the minority business enterprise center 
with grant funds; and 
(C) data regarding the economic impact of 
minority business enterprise center with grant 
funds. 
(f) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$40,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2010 through 2012, 
to remain available until expended. 
(g) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS.—The Director 
shall carry out this section only with amounts appro-
priated in advance specifically to carry out this section. 
SEC. 3. OFFICE OF MINORITY ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND 
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT. 
(a) OFFICE OF MINORITY ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND 
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT.—There is established in the 
Minority Business Development Agency an Office of Mi-
nority Entrepreneurship and Business Development, 
which shall be administered by an Associate Director for 
Minority Entrepreneurship and Business Development ap-
pointed under section 3(b)(1) (in this section referred to 
as the ‘‘Associate Director’’). 
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(b) ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR FOR MINORITY ENTRE-
PRENEURSHIP AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT.—The As-
sociate Director shall— 
(1) be— 
(A) an appointee in the Senior Executive 
Service who is a career appointee; or 
(B) an employee in the competitive service; 
(2) increase the proportion of counseling and 
training that goes to minority start-ups and the 
Agency’s entrepreneurial development programs; 
(3) increase the proportion of the Agency’s con-
tracts to minority entrepreneur and new businesses; 
(4) work with the partners of the Agency, trade 
associations, and business groups to identify and 
carry out policies and procedures to more effectively 
market the resources of the Agency to new and 
small minority-owned businesses; 
(5) ensure that the Agency’s district offices and 
regional offices have adequate staff, funding, and 
other resources to market the grant program to 
newly formed and emerging minority-owned busi-
nesses and eligible institutions of higher education; 
(6) report to and be responsible directly to the 
Director. 
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(c) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this sec-
tion— 
(1) $7,000,000 for fiscal year 2010; 
(2) $7,000,000 for fiscal year 2011; and 
(3) $7,000,000 for fiscal year 2012. 
SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act— 
(1) the terms ‘‘Agency’’ and ‘‘Director’’ mean 
the Minority Small Business Development Agency 
and the Director thereof, respectively; 
(2) the term ‘‘eligible association or organiza-
tion’’ means an association or organization that— 
(A) is— 
(i) a minority business association de-
scribed under paragraph (3) or (6) of sec-
tion 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1986 and exempt from taxation under 
section 501(a) of such Code; or 
(ii) a foundation of minority business 
associations 
described 
under 
section 
501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 and exempt from taxation under sec-
tion 501(a) of such Code; and 
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(B) has been in existence for at least the 
5-year period before the date of awarding a 
grant under section 2; 
(3) the term ‘‘eligible educational institution’’ 
means an institution that is— 
(A) a public or private institution of higher 
education (including any land-grant college or 
university, any college or school of business, en-
gineering, commerce, or agriculture, or commu-
nity college or junior college) or any entity 
formed by 2 or more institutions of higher edu-
cation; and 
(B) a— 
(i) historically Black college; 
(ii) Hispanic-serving institution; 
(iii) Asian-serving institution; 
(iv) Native Hawaiian-serving institu-
tion; or 
(v) tribal college; 
(4) the term ‘‘historically Black college’’ means 
a part B institution, as that term is defined in sec-
tion 322 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1061); 
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(5) the term ‘‘Hispanic-serving institution’’ has 
the meaning given that term in section 502 of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1101a); 
(6) the term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ 
has the meaning given that term in section 101 of 
the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1001); 
(7) the term ‘‘small business concern’’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 3 of the Small 
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632); and 
(8) the term ‘‘tribal college’’ has the same 
meaning as the term ‘‘tribally controlled college or 
university’’ under section 2(a)(4) of the Tribally 
Controlled Community College Assistance Act of 
1978 (25 U.S.C. 1801(a)(4)). 
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