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‘‘(2) APPLICATIONS.—Not later than 60 days
after the date on which the notice is published under
paragraph (1), each small business development cen-
ter seeking to participate in the pilot program under
this section shall submit to the Administration an ap-
plication that meets the requirements described in
paragraph (1).
‘‘(3) SELECTION OF PARTICIPATING SMALL BUSI-
NESS DEVELOPMENT CENTERS.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days
after the date on which the notice is published
under paragraph (1), the Administration shall
select, from among applicants under paragraph
(2), 10 small business development centers to
participate in the demonstration program under
this section.
‘‘(B) ADDITIONAL SELECTION CRITERIA.—
In carrying out subparagraph (A), the Adminis-
tration shall—
‘‘(i) give highest priority to applicants
that—
‘‘(I) form a partnership between
small business development centers and
State small business stationary source
technical and compliance assistance
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programs (established under section
507 of the Clean Air Act) or other en-
vironmental assistance providers, in-
cluding trade associations; and
‘‘(II) demonstrate a cooperative
approach 
utilizing 
the 
relative
strengths of each; and
‘‘(ii) to the extent practicable, select 1
small business development center from each
region of the United States for which there
is a regional office of the Environmental
Protection Agency.
‘‘(d) GRANTS
TO PARTICIPATING SMALL BUSINESS
DEVELOPMENT CENTERS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after
the date on which the Administration selects a small
business development center to receive a grant, the
Administration shall make a grant to the participat-
ing small business development center.
‘‘(2) GRANT AMOUNT.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-
graph (B), the total amount made available
under this subsection to a participating small
business development center for any fiscal year
shall be not more than $400,000.
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‘‘(B) EXCEPTION.—Amounts made available
to a small business development center by the
Administration or another agency to carry out
section 21(c)(3)(G) shall not be included in the
calculation of maximum funding of a small busi-
ness development center under subparagraph (A).
‘‘(C) NO
MATCHING
REQUIREMENT.—Not-
withstanding section 21(a)(4), the Administra-
tion shall not require, as a condition of any
grant made to a small business development cen-
ter under this subsection, that a matching
amount be provided from sources other than the
Federal Government.
‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be ap-
propriated to carry out this section—
‘‘(A) $500,000 for fiscal year 1999, which
shall be used for direct support and reimburse-
ment for costs of the Advisory Committee; and
‘‘(B) $4,000,000 for each of fiscal years
2000 through 2003, of which not more than 6
percent may be used for administrative expenses.
‘‘(2) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not more than 6 per-
cent of the amount made available under para-
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graph (1)(B) in each fiscal year may be used by
the Administration for the costs of administra-
tion, evaluation, and reporting under this sec-
tion, which shall include costs associated with
the employee designated under subparagraph
(B).
‘‘(B) FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE.—The Admin-
istration shall designate an employee of the Ad-
ministration to assist in administering the pilot
program under this section on a full-time
basis.’’.
Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘An Act to amend the
Small Business Act and the Small Business Investment
Act of 1958 to provide for a pilot loan guarantee pro-
gram to address Year 2000 problems of small business
concerns and to improve the programs of the Small Busi-
ness Administration, and for other purposes.’’.
Attest:
Secretary.
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