Ownership Act of 1988. The Office shall be headed by a
director who shall be appointed by the Administrator.’’.
SEC. 608. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.
(a) Title IV of the table of contents of the Women’s
Business Ownership Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 631 note) is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘TITLE IV—DEVELOPMENT OF WOMEN’S BUSINESS ENTERPRISE
‘‘Sec. 401. Establishment of the Committee.
‘‘Sec. 402. Duties of the Committee.
‘‘Sec. 403. Membership of the Committee.
‘‘Sec. 404. Reports from the Committee.
‘‘Sec. 405. Establishment of the Council.
‘‘Sec. 406. Duties of the Council.
‘‘Sec. 407. Membership of the Council.
‘‘Sec. 408. Definitions.’’.
(b) The heading to title IV of the Women’s Business
Ownership Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 631 note) is amended
to read as follows:
‘‘TITLE IV—DEVELOPMENT OF WOMEN’S
BUSINESS ENTERPRISES’’.
SEC. 609. AUTHORIZATION.
There is authorized to be appropriated $200,000 in
each of fiscal years 1995 through 1997 to carry out the
provisions of title IV of the Women’s Business Ownership
Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 631 note).
TITLE VII—MISCELLANEOUS
AMENDMENTS
SEC. 701. HANDICAPPED PARTICIPATION IN SMALL BUSI-
NESS SET ASIDE CONTRACTS.
Section 15(c) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.
644(c)) is amended—
(1) by amending paragraph (2)(A) to read as
follows:
‘‘(2)(A) During each fiscal year, public or private or-
ganizations for the handicapped shall be eligible to partici-
pate in programs authorized under this section in an ag-
gregate amount not to exceed $50,000,000.’’; and
(2) by adding the following new paragraph at
the end thereof:
‘‘(7) Any contract awarded to such an organization
pursuant to the provisions of this subsection may be ex-
tended for up to two additional years.’’.
SEC. 702. SBA INTEREST PAYMENTS TO TREASURY.
Section 4(c)(5)(B)(ii) of the Small Business Act (15
U.S.C. 633(c)(5)(B)(ii)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(ii) The Administration shall pay into the mis-
cellaneous receipts of the Treasury following the close of
each fiscal year the actual interest it collects during that
fiscal year on all financings made under the authority of
this Act.’’.
SEC. 703. IMPOSITION OF FEES.
Section 5(b) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.
634(b)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (10) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the
end;
(2) in paragraph (11) by striking the period at
the end and inserting a semicolon; and
(3) by adding the following new paragraphs at
the end:
‘‘(12) impose, retain and use only those fees
which are specifically authorized by law or which are
in effect on September 30, 1994, and in the
amounts and at the rates in effect on such date. The
administrator is authorized to impose, retain and
utilize, subject to approval in appropriations Acts,
the following additional fees—
‘‘(A) not to exceed $100 for each loan
servicing action requested after disbursement of
the loan, including substitution of collateral,
loan assumptions, release or substitution of
guarantors, reamortizations or similar actions;
‘‘(B) to recover the direct, incremental cost
involved in the production and dissemination of
compilations of information produced by the
Administration under the authority of the Small
Business Act and the Small Business Invest-
ment Act of 1958; and
‘‘(13) to collect, retain and utilize, subject to
approval in appropriations Acts, any amounts col-
lected by fiscal transfer agents and not used by such
agent as payment of the cost of loan pooling or de-
benture servicing operations: Provided, That any
monies so collected shall be utilized solely to facili-
tate the administration of the program which gen-
erated the excess monies.’’.
SEC. 704. SBIR VENDORS.
Section 9(q)(2) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.
638(q)(2)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(2) VENDOR SELECTION.—Each agency may
select a vendor to assist small business concerns to
meet the goals listed in paragraph (1). Such selec-
tion shall be competitive using merit-based criteria,
for a term not to exceed 3 years.’’.
SEC. 705. MANUFACTURING CONTRACTS.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF PILOT PROGRAM.—Section
15 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644) is amended
by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(p) MANUFACTURING MODERNIZATION PILOT PRO-
GRAM.—
‘‘(1) 
ESTABLISHMENT.—The 
Administrator
may establish and carry out a manufacturing mod-
ernization pilot program (hereinafter in this section
referred to as the ‘program’) for the purpose of pro-
moting the award of Federal procurement contracts
to small business concerns that participate in manu-
facturing application and education centers that are
established or certified pursuant to paragraph (2).
‘‘(2) MANUFACTURING APPLICATION AND EDU-
CATION CENTERS.—The Administrator may estab-
lish manufacturing application and education centers
which will provide training to small business con-
cerns on new and innovative manufacturing prac-
tices in a shared-use production environment and
which will assist such concerns in carrying out Fed-
eral procurement contracts for the manufacture of
components and subsystems. The Administrator may
also certify existing manufacturing application and
education centers for participation in the program.
‘‘(3) USE
OF
PRIVATE
CENTERS
AS
EXAM-
PLES.—In establishing any manufacturing applica-
tion and education centers pursuant to paragraph
(2), the Administrator may use as examples manu-
facturing application and education centers in the
private sector that provide the following services:
technology demonstration, technology education,
technology application support, technology advance-
ment support, and technology awareness.
‘‘(4) IDENTIFICATION
OF
CONTRACTS.—The
Administrator and the head of a contracting agency
may identify for additional small business set-asides
pursuant to subsection (a) any procurement, and in
particular any procurement which is being foreign-
sourced or is considered critical, which is susceptible
to performance by a small business concern if the
concern is assisted by a manufacturing application
and education center under the program. Any such
procurement shall be subject to the requirements of
subsection (a), including requirements relating to
any failure of the Administrator and the head of the
contracting agency to agree on procurement meth-
ods.
‘‘(5) NONAPPLICABILITY OF PERFORMANCE RE-
QUIREMENT.—The 
requirement 
of 
subsection
(o)(1)(B) shall not apply with respect to any con-
tract carried out by a small business concern under
the program with the assistance of a manufacturing
application and education center.
‘‘(6) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 6 months
after the date of the enactment of this subsection,
the Administrator shall issue regulations to carry
out this subsection if he determines it appropriate to
carry out the program authorized by this subsection.
‘‘(7) REPORTS.—
‘‘(A) PROGRESS REPORT.—Not later than
3 months after the last day of the fiscal year
in which final regulations are issued pursuant
to paragraph (6), the Administrator shall trans-
mit to the Committees on Small Business of the
House of Representatives and the Senate a re-
port on the progress of the program.
‘‘(B) FINAL
REPORT.—If the Adminis-
trator establishes the program authorized here-
in, not later than March 31, 1999, he shall
transmit to the Committees on Small Business
of the House of Representatives and the Senate
a report on the success of the program in—
‘‘(i) enabling deployment of tech-
nology to small business concerns partici-
pating in the program, and
‘‘(ii) assisting manufacturing applica-
tion and education centers in achieving
self-sufficiency,
together with recommendations concerning con-
tinuation, modification, or discontinuance of the
program.
‘‘(8) PROGRAM TERM.—The Administrator may
carry out the program during the period beginning
on the date of issuance of final regulations under
paragraph (5) and ending on September 30, 1999.
‘‘(9) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—
There are authorized to be appropriated such sums
as may be necessary to carry out this subsection.’’.
SEC. 706. DENIAL OF USE OF FUNDS FOR INDIVIDUALS NOT
LAWFULLY WITHIN THE UNITED STATES.
The Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631 et seq.) is
amended by inserting after section 30, as added by section
304 of this Act, the following:
‘‘SEC. 31. DENIAL OF USE OF FUNDS FOR INDIVIDUALS NOT
LAWFULLY WITHIN THE UNITED STATES.
‘‘None of the funds made available pursuant to this
Act may be used to provide any direct benefit or assistance
to any individual in the United States when it is made
known to the Administrator of the Small Business Admin-
istration or the official to which the funds are made avail-
able that the individual is not lawfully within the United
States.’’.
SEC. 707. OFFICE OF ADVOCACY EMPLOYEES.
Section 204 of Public Law 94–305 (15 U.S.C. 634d)
is amended as follows—
(1) by striking ‘‘after consultation with and
subject to the approval of the Administrator,’’; and
(2) by striking from paragraph (1) ‘‘ten’’ and
by inserting ‘‘14’’.
(2) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘GS–15 of the
General Schedule’’ and all that follows and inserting
‘‘GS–15 of the General Schedule: Provided, however,
That not more than 14 staff personnel at any one
time may be employed and compensated at a rate in
excess of GS–15, step 10, of the General Schedule;’’.
SEC. 708. ADVOCACY STUDY OF PAPERWORK AND TAX IM-
PACT.
The Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small Busi-
ness Administration shall conduct a study of the impact
of all Federal regulatory paperwork and tax requirements
upon small business and report its findings to the Con-
gress within 1 year of the date of the enactment of this
Act.
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