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‘‘(B) the Committee on Small Business and
the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House
of Representatives.’’.
SEC. 4103. PERMANENT EXTENSION OF SBA ADVISORY COM-
MITTEE ON VETERANS BUSINESS AFFAIRS.
(a) ASSUMPTION OF DUTIES.—Section 33 of the Small
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 657c) is amended—
(1) by striking subsection (h); and
(2) by redesignating subsections (i) through (k)
as subsections (h) through (j), respectively.
(b) PERMANENT EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY.—Section
203 of the Veterans Entrepreneurship and Small Business
Development Act of 1999 (15 U.S.C. 657b note) is amended
by striking subsection (h).
TITLE XLII—NATIONAL RESERV-
IST ENTERPRISE TRANSITION
AND SUSTAINABILITY
SEC. 4201. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘National Reservist En-
terprise Transition and Sustainability Act of 2007’’.
SEC. 4202. PURPOSE.
The purpose of this title is to establish a program to—
(1) provide managerial, financial, planning, de-
velopment, technical, and regulatory assistance to
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small business concerns owned and operated by Re-
servists;
(2) provide managerial, financial, planning, de-
velopment, technical, and regulatory assistance to the
temporary heads of small business concerns owned
and operated by Reservists;
(3) create a partnership between the Small Busi-
ness Administration, the Department of Defense, and
the Department of Veterans Affairs to assist small
business concerns owned and operated by Reservists;
(4) utilize the service delivery network of small
business development centers, women’s business cen-
ters, Veterans Business Outreach Centers, and centers
operated by the National Veterans Business Develop-
ment Corporation to expand the access of small busi-
ness concerns owned and operated by Reservists to
programs providing business management, develop-
ment, financial, procurement, technical, regulatory,
and marketing assistance;
(5) utilize the service delivery network of small
business development centers, women’s business cen-
ters, Veterans Business Outreach Centers, and centers
operated by the National Veterans Business Develop-
ment Corporation to quickly respond to an activation
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of Reservists that own and operate small business
concerns; and
(6) utilize the service delivery network of small
business development centers, women’s business cen-
ters, Veterans Business Outreach Centers, and centers
operated by the National Veterans Business Develop-
ment Corporation to assist Reservists that own and
operate small business concerns in preparing for fu-
ture military activations.
SEC. 4203. NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVE BUSINESS AS-
SISTANCE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 21(a)(1) of the Small Busi-
ness Act (15 U.S.C. 648(a)(1)) is amended by inserting
‘‘any small business development center, women’s business
center, Veterans Business Outreach Center, or center oper-
ated by the National Veterans Business Development Cor-
poration providing enterprise transition and sustainability
assistance to Reservists under section 37,’’ after ‘‘any wom-
en’s business center operating pursuant to section 29,’’.
(b) PROGRAM.—The Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.
631 et seq.) is amended—
(1) by redesignating section 37 (15 U.S.C. 631
note) as section 38; and
(2) by inserting after section 36 the following: