I 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4853
To amend the Small Business Act to modify the women’s business center 
program. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 19, 2004
Mrs. KELLY (for herself, Mr. FROST, Mrs. JOHNSON of Connecticut, Ms. 
MILLENDER-MCDONALD, Ms. GRANGER, Mr. SHAYS, Mr. KLECZKA, Ms. 
SLAUGHTER, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. MICHAUD, Mr. BONNER, Mr. MOORE, Mr. 
UDALL of New Mexico, Mrs. BIGGERT, Mr. MANZULLO, Mr. MCGOVERN, 
Ms. DEGETTE, Ms. NORTON, Mr. REHBERG, and Mr. CARDIN) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small 
Business 
A BILL 
To amend the Small Business Act to modify the women’s 
business center program.
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 ‘‘Women’s Business 
Sustainability Extension Act of 2004’’. 
SEC. 2. WOMEN’S BUSINESS CENTERS. 
(a) FUNDING PRIORITY.—Section 29(k) of the Small 
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 656(k)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (2), by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(C) 
FUNDING
PRIORITY.—Subject 
to 
available funds, and reservation of funds, the 
Administration shall, for fiscal year 2004, allo-
cate—
‘‘(i) $150,000 for each eligible wom-
en’s business center established under sub-
section (b), except for centers that request 
a lesser amount; 
‘‘(ii) from the funds reserved under 
subsection 
(k)(4)(A), 
not 
more 
than 
$125,000 to each eligible women’s business 
center established under subsection (l); and 
‘‘(iii) any funds remaining after allo-
cations are made under clauses (i) and (ii) 
to new eligible women’s business centers 
and eligible women’s business centers that 
did not receive funding in the prior fiscal 
year under subsection (b).’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (4)(A), by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(v) For fiscal year 2004, 48 per-
cent.’’.
(b) FUNDRAISING PLAN.—Section 29(l)(2) of the 
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 656(l)(2)) is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(F) for grants to be distributed after 
June 30, 2005, a plan that demonstrates a 
clear, fixed timeframe for fundraising and self-
sufficiency, unless the Administrator grants an 
exception for an organization that serves low-in-
come or other underserved areas.’’. 
(c) REALLOCATION
OF UNUSED FUNDS.—Section 
29(l) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 656(l)) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(6) REALLOCATION OF UNUSED FUNDS.—If, 
at the beginning of the third quarter of a women’s 
business center funding year, the Administrator de-
termines, based on credible evidence, that any por-
tion of the amount made available to carry out this 
subsection is unlikely to be used by a women’s busi-
ness center, the Administration may use the unused 
portion to award supplemental grants of not more 
than $25,000 to any women’s business center estab-
lished under this section to carry out the purposes 
of this section, subject to the provisions of this sec-
tion.’’.
(d) PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS.—Section 29 of 
the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 656) is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(m) INTERNAL PROGRAM PERFORMANCE EVALUA-
TIONS.—
‘‘(1) ACCESS AND USE OF INFORMATION.—The 
Administrator of the Small Business Administration 
may access and use client contact information from 
women’s business centers established under this sec-
tion solely to conduct internal program performance 
evaluations and financial and programmatic audits. 
‘‘(2) PRIVACY
REQUIREMENT.—The Adminis-
trator of the Small Business Administration—
‘‘(A) shall only use client information col-
lected under paragraph (1) for internal pro-
gram performance evaluations and financial and 
programmatic audits; and 
‘‘(B) shall not disclose or distribute any of 
the collected information for any other purpose. 
‘‘(3) NOTIFICATION
REQUIREMENT.—A wom-
en’s business center shall notify each client—
‘‘(A) that information about the client will 
be collected; 
‘‘(B) the purposes for which the client in-
formation may be used; and