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‘‘(2) AWARD SIZE LIMIT.—The Administration 
may not award an entity more than $300,000 in 
grant funds under this subsection. 
‘‘(3) AUTHORITY.—Subject to amounts ap-
proved in advance in appropriations Acts and sepa-
rate from amounts approved to carry out the pro-
gram established in subsection (a)(1), the Adminis-
tration may make grants or enter into cooperative 
agreements to carry out this subsection. 
‘‘(4) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There is authorized to be appropriated not more 
than $2,500,000 for the purposes of carrying out 
this subsection for each of the fiscal years 2010 and 
2011.’’. 
SEC. 6. MAIN STREET STABILIZATION. 
Section 21 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
648), as amended, is further amended by adding the fol-
lowing new subsection at the end thereof: 
‘‘(r) MAIN STREET STABILIZATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administration shall 
establish a grant program for small business devel-
opment centers in accordance with this subsection. 
To be eligible for the program, a small business de-
velopment center must be in good standing and com-
ply with the other requirements of this section. 
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Funds made available through the program shall be 
used to— 
‘‘(A) establish a statewide small business 
helpline within every State and United States 
territory to provide immediate expert informa-
tion and assistance to small business concerns; 
‘‘(B) develop a portfolio of online survival 
and growth tools and resources that struggling 
small business concerns can utilize through the 
Internet; 
‘‘(C) develop business advisory capacity to 
provide expert consulting and education to as-
sist small businesses at-risk of failure and to, in 
areas of high demand, shorten the response 
time of small business development centers, 
and, in rural areas, support added outreach in 
remote communities; 
‘‘(D) deploy additional resources to help 
specific industry sectors with a high presence of 
small business concerns, which shall be targeted 
toward clusters of small businesses with similar 
needs and build upon best practices from earlier 
assistance; 
‘‘(E) develop a formal listing of financing 
options for small business capital access; and 
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‘‘(F) deliver services that help dislocated 
workers start new businesses. 
‘‘(2) AWARD SIZE LIMIT.—The Administration 
may not award an entity more than $250,000 in 
grant funds under this subsection. 
‘‘(3) AUTHORITY.—Subject to amounts ap-
proved in advance in appropriations Acts and sepa-
rate from amounts approved to carry out the pro-
gram established in subsection (a)(1), the Adminis-
tration may make grants or enter into cooperative 
agreements to carry out this subsection. 
‘‘(4) AUTHORIZATION.—There is authorized to 
be appropriated not more than $2,500,000 for the 
purposes of carrying out this subsection for each of 
the fiscal years 2010 and 2011.’’. 
SEC. 7. PROHIBITION ON PROGRAM INCOME BEING USED 
AS MATCHING FUNDS. 
Section 21(a)(4)(B) (15 U.S.C. 648(a)(4)(B)) is 
amended by inserting after ‘‘Federal program’’ the fol-
lowing: ‘‘and shall not include any funds obtained through 
the assessment of fees to small business clients’’. 
SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Section 20 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631 
note) is amended by inserting after subsection (e) the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
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‘‘(f) SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTERS.— 
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out the 
Small Business Development Center Program under sec-
tion 21 $150,000,000 for fiscal year 2010 and 
$160,000,000 for fiscal year 2011.’’. 
SEC. 9. SMALL MANUFACTURERS TRANSITION ASSISTANCE 
PROGRAM. 
Section 21 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
648), as amended, is further amended by adding at the 
end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(s) SMALL MANUFACTURERS TRANSITION ASSIST-
ANCE PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administration shall 
establish a grant program for small business devel-
opment centers in accordance with this subsection. 
To be eligible for the program, a small business de-
velopment center must be in good standing and com-
ply with the other requirements of this section. 
Funds made available through the program shall be 
used to— 
‘‘(A) provide technical assistance and ex-
pertise to small manufacturers with respect to 
changing operations to another industry sector 
or reorganizing operations to increase efficiency 
and profitability; 
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‘‘(B) assist marketing of the capabilities of 
small manufacturers outside the principal area 
of operations of such manufacturers; 
‘‘(C) facilitate peer-to-peer and mentor- 
protege relationships between small manufac-
turers and corporations and Federal agencies; 
and 
‘‘(D) conduct outreach activities to local 
small manufacturers with respect to the avail-
ability of the services described in subpara-
graphs (A), (B), and (C). 
‘‘(2) DEFINITION OF SMALL MANUFACTURER.— 
In this subsection, the term ‘small manufacturer’ 
means a small business concern engaged in an in-
dustry specified in sector 31, 32, or 33 of the North 
American Industry Classification System in section 
121.201 of title 13, Code of Federal Regulations. 
‘‘(3) AWARD SIZE LIMIT.—The Administration 
may not award an entity more than $250,000 in 
grant funds under this subsection. 
‘‘(4) AUTHORITY.—Subject to amounts ap-
proved in advance in appropriations Acts and sepa-
rate from amounts approved to carry out the pro-
gram established in subsection (a)(1), the Adminis-
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tration may make grants or enter into cooperative 
agreements to carry out this subsection. 
‘‘(5) AUTHORIZATION.—There is authorized to 
be appropriated not more than $2,500,000 for the 
purposes of carrying out this subsection for each of 
the fiscal years 2010 and 2011.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives November 7, 
2009. 
Attest: 
LORRAINE C. MILLER, 
Clerk. 
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