I 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5525 
To amend the Small Business Act to improve the National Veterans Business 
Development Corporation. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 4, 2008 
Mr. FILNER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Small Business 
A BILL 
To amend the Small Business Act to improve the National 
Veterans Business Development Corporation. 
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 ‘‘Inclusion of Veteran 
Service Organizations in the National Veterans Business 
Development Corporation Board Act’’. 
SEC. 2. IMPROVEMENT OF NATIONAL VETERANS BUSINESS 
DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. 
(a) IMPROVEMENT.—Section 33(c) of the Small Busi-
ness Act (15 U.S.C. 657c(c)) is amended— 
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(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘nine’’ and in-
serting ‘‘11’’; 
(2) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the 
following new paragraph (2): 
‘‘(2) APPOINTMENT OF VOTING MEMBERS.— 
‘‘(A) PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTMENTS.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—The President 
shall, after considering recommendations 
submitted under clause (ii), appoint 7 of 
the 11 voting members of the Board, all of 
whom shall be United States citizens, and 
not more than 5 of whom shall be mem-
bers of the same political party. 
‘‘(ii) 
RECOMMENDATIONS.—Rec-
ommendations shall be submitted to the 
President for appointments under this sub-
paragraph by the chairman or ranking 
member (or both) of the Committee on 
Small Business and Entrepreneurship or 
the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (or 
both) of the Senate or the Committee on 
Small Business or the Committee on Vet-
erans’ Affairs (or both) of the House of 
Representatives. 
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‘‘(B) CONGRESSIONAL
APPOINTMENTS.— 
The chairmen of the Committee on Small Busi-
ness and Entrepreneurship and the Committee 
on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and the 
Committee on Small Business and the Com-
mittee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of 
Representatives shall jointly appoint 4 of the 11 
voting members of the Board who shall be rep-
resentatives of a congressionally chartered vet-
erans’ service organization or military service 
organization. 
‘‘(C) LIMITATION
ON
INTERNAL
REC-
OMMENDATIONS.—No member of the Board 
may recommend an individual for appointment 
to a position on the Board.’’; 
(3) in paragraph (3), by adding at the end the 
following new sentences: ‘‘The president and direc-
tors of each of the 3 veterans business resource cen-
ters that have received grants from the Corporation 
that are located in Flint, Michigan, St. Louis, Mis-
souri, and Boston, Massachusetts, shall provide ex-
pertise and advice to the Board of Directors, as ap-
propriate.’’; 
(4) in paragraph (6)(C), by striking the second 
sentence and inserting the following new sentence: 
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‘‘No member of the Board may serve after the expi-
ration of the term for which that member is ap-
pointed.’’; and 
(5) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraphs: 
‘‘(12) REMOVAL OF MEMBERS.—With the ap-
proval of a majority of the Board of Directors and 
the approval of the chairmen and ranking members 
of the Committee on Small Business and Entrepre-
neurship and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of 
the Senate, the Corporation may remove a member 
of the Board who is determined to be unable to ful-
fill the member’s duties under this section. 
‘‘(13) MEETINGS.—All meetings of the Board 
of Directors shall be conducted in public and mem-
bers of the general public shall have access to such 
meetings. The Board shall record minutes for each 
meeting and make such minutes available on the 
Internet website of the Corporation. Two meetings 
shall be held in Washington, DC, each year. 
‘‘(14) NOTICE TO STAKEHOLDERS.—The Board 
of Directors shall establish a list of stakeholders in 
the Corporation and shall, to the extent possible, 
provide to each individual on the list notice of the 
meetings and agenda of the Board. If providing such 
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