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‘‘SEC. 37. RESERVIST ENTERPRISE TRANSITION AND SUS-
TAINABILITY.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall establish
a program to provide business planning assistance to small
business concerns owned and operated by Reservists.
‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section—
‘‘(1) the terms ‘activated’ and ‘activation’ mean
having received an order placing a Reservists on ac-
tive duty, as defined by section 101(1) of title 10,
United States Code;
‘‘(2) the term ‘Administrator’ means the Admin-
istrator of the Small Business Administration, acting
through the Associate Administrator for Small Busi-
ness Development Centers;
‘‘(3) the term ‘Association’ means the association
established under section 21(a)(3)(A);
‘‘(4) the term ‘eligible applicant’ means—
‘‘(A) a small business development center
that is accredited under section 21(k);
‘‘(B) a women’s business center;
‘‘(C) a Veterans Business Outreach Center
that receives funds from the Office of Veterans
Business Development; or
‘‘(D) an information and assistance center
operated by the National Veterans Business De-
velopment Corporation under section 33;
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‘‘(5) the term ‘enterprise transition and sustain-
ability assistance’ means assistance provided by an
eligible applicant to a small business concern owned
and operated by a Reservist, who has been activated
or is likely to be activated in the next 12 months, to
develop and implement a business strategy for the pe-
riod while the owner is on active duty and 6 months
after the date of the return of the owner;
‘‘(6) the term ‘Reservist’ means any person who
is—
‘‘(A) a member of a reserve component of
the Armed Forces, as defined by section 10101 of
title 10, United States Code; and
‘‘(B) on active status, as defined by section
101(d)(4) of title 10, United States Code;
‘‘(7) the term ‘small business development center’
means a small business development center as de-
scribed in section 21 of the Small Business Act (15
U.S.C. 648);
‘‘(8) the term ‘State’ means each of the several
States of the United States, the District of Columbia,
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands,
American Samoa, and Guam; and
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‘‘(9) the term ‘women’s business center’ means a
women’s business center described in section 29 of the
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 656).
‘‘(c) AUTHORITY.—The Administrator may award
grants, in accordance with the regulations developed under
subsection (d), to eligible applicants to assist small business
concerns owned and operated by Reservists by—
‘‘(1) providing management, development, fi-
nancing, procurement, technical, regulatory, and
marketing assistance;
‘‘(2) providing access to information and re-
sources, including Federal and State business assist-
ance programs;
‘‘(3) distributing contact information provided
by the Department of Defense regarding activated Re-
servists to corresponding State directors;
‘‘(4) offering free, one-on-one, in-depth counseling
regarding management, development, financing, pro-
curement, regulations, and marketing;
‘‘(5) assisting in developing a long-term plan for
possible future activation; and
‘‘(6) providing enterprise transition and sustain-
ability assistance.
‘‘(d) RULEMAKING.—