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§ 273104. Contract authority 
(a) IN GENERAL.—A women’s business center may enter into a contract 
with a Federal agency to provide specific assistance to women and other un-
derserved small business concerns. 
(b) LIMITATION.—Performance of a contract under subsection (a) should 
not hinder a women’s business center in carrying out the terms of the grant, 
contract, or cooperative agreement received by the women’s business center 
from the Administrator. 
§ 273105. 5-year period 
(a) SUBMISSION OF PLAN.—An organization that applies for financial as-
sistance under this chapter initially shall submit a 5-year plan to the Ad-
ministrator on proposed fundraising and training activities. 
(b) ASSISTANCE PERIOD.—An organization may receive financial assist-
ance under this chapter for any 1 women’s business center site for a max-
imum of 5 years. 
§ 273106. Criteria 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall evaluate and rank applicants 
in accordance with predetermined selection criteria that shall be stated in 
terms of relative importance. 
(b) AVAILABILITY.—The criteria and their relative importance shall be 
made publicly available and stated in each solicitation for applications made 
by the Administrator. 
(c) CRITERIA INCLUDED.—The criteria shall include— 
(1) the experience of the applicant in conducting programs or ongo-
ing efforts designed to impart or upgrade the business skills of women 
business owners or potential owners; 
(2) the present ability of the applicant to commence a project within 
a minimum amount of time; 
(3) the ability of the applicant to provide training and services to 
a representative number of women who are both socially and economi-
cally disadvantaged; and 
(4) the location for the women’s business center site proposed by the 
applicant. 
§ 273107. Program examination 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall— 
(1) conduct an annual programmatic and financial examination of 
each women’s business center under which a women’s business center 
shall provide to the Administrator— 
(A) an itemized cost breakdown of actual expenditures for costs 
incurred during the preceding year; and 
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(B)(i) documentation regarding the amount of matching assist-
ance from non-Federal sources obtained and expended by the 
women’s business center during the preceding year to meet the re-
quirements of section 273103 of this title; and 
(ii) with respect to any in-kind contributions described in sec-
tion 273103(b) of this title that were used to satisfy the require-
ments of section 273103 of this title, verification of the existence 
and valuation of those contributions; and 
(2) analyze the results of each such examination and, based on that 
analysis, make a determination regarding the programmatic and finan-
cial viability of each women’s business center. 
(b) CONDITIONS FOR CONTINUED FUNDING.—In determining whether to 
award a sustainability grant or renew financial assistance to a women’s 
business center, the Administrator— 
(1) shall consider the results of the most recent examination of the 
women’s business center under subsection (a); and 
(2) may withhold the award or renewal if the Administrator deter-
mines that— 
(A)(i) the women’s business center has failed to provide any in-
formation required to be provided under subparagraph (A) or (B) 
of subsection (a)(1); or 
(ii) the information provided by the women’s business center is 
inadequate; or 
(B)(i) the women’s business center has failed to provide any in-
formation required to be provided by the women’s business center 
for purposes of the report of the Administrator under section 
107111 of this title; or 
(ii) the information provided by the women’s business center is 
inadequate. 
§ 273108. Suspension, termination, or failure to renew or ex-
tend financial assistance 
After the Administrator agrees to provide financial assistance to an appli-
cant under this chapter, the Administrator shall not suspend, terminate, or 
fail to renew or extend the financial assistance unless the Administrator— 
(1) provides the applicant with written notification stating the rea-
sons for suspension, termination, or failure to renew or extend; and 
(2) affords the applicant an opportunity for a hearing, appeal, or 
other administrative proceeding under chapter 5 of title 5. 
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§ 273109. Continued funding for women’s business centers 
(a) IN GENERAL.—A nonprofit organization described in subsection (b) 
shall be eligible to receive, subject to subsection (c), a 3-year grant under 
this subsection. 
(b) APPLICABILITY.—A nonprofit organization described in this sub-
section is a nonprofit organization that has received funding under section 
273102 of this title. 
(c) APPLICATION AND APPROVAL CRITERIA.— 
(1) CRITERIA.—Subject to paragraph (2), the Administrator shall 
develop and publish criteria for the consideration and approval of appli-
cations by nonprofit organizations under this section. 
(2) CONTENTS.—Except as otherwise provided in this section, the 
conditions for participation in the grant program under this section 
shall be the same as the conditions for participation in the program 
under section 29(l) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 656(l)) (as 
in effect on May 25, 2007). 
(3) NOTIFICATION.—Not later than 60 days after the date of the 
deadline to submit applications for each fiscal year, the Administrator 
shall approve or deny any application under this section and notify the 
applicant for each such application. 
(d) AWARD OF GRANTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the availability of appropriations, the 
Administrator shall provide to an applicant approved under this section 
a grant for the Federal share of the cost of activities described in the 
application. 
(2) AMOUNT.—A grant under this section shall be for not more than 
$150,000 for each year of the grant. 
(3) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the cost of activities 
funded under this section shall be not more than 50 percent. 
(4) PRIORITY.—In allocating funds made available for grants under 
this chapter, the Administrator shall give applications under this sec-
tion priority over 1st-time applications under section 273102 of this 
title. 
(e) RENEWAL.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator may renew a grant under this 
section for additional 3-year periods, if the nonprofit organization sub-
mits an application for renewal at such time, in such manner, and ac-
companied by such information as the Administrator may establish. 
(2) UNLIMITED RENEWALS.—There shall be no limitation on the 
number of times that a grant may be renewed under paragraph (1). 
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§ 273110. Privacy requirements 
(a) IN GENERAL.—A women’s business center may not disclose the name, 
address, or telephone number of any individual or small business concern 
receiving assistance under this chapter without the consent of the individual 
or small business concern, unless— 
(1) the Administrator is ordered to make such a disclosure by a 
court in any civil or criminal enforcement action initiated by a Federal 
agency or State agency; or 
(2) the Administrator considers such a disclosure to be necessary for 
the purpose of conducting a financial audit of a women’s business cen-
ter, but a disclosure under this paragraph shall be limited to the infor-
mation necessary for the audit. 
(b) USE OF INFORMATION BY THE ADMINISTRATOR.—This section does 
not— 
(1) restrict access by the Administrator to program activity data; or 
(2) preclude the Administrator from using client information (other 
than the information described in paragraph (1)) to conduct client sur-
veys. 
(c) REGULATIONS.—The Administrator shall issue regulations to establish 
standards for requiring disclosures during a financial audit under subsection 
(a)(2). 
§ 273111. Expedited acquisition 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Administrator, acting 
through the Assistant Administrator, may use such expedited acquisition 
methods as the Administrator determines to be appropriate to carry out this 
chapter, except that the Administrator shall ensure that all small business 
sources are provided a reasonable opportunity to submit proposals. 
Division L—Veterans and Reservists 
Chapter 275—Veterans and Reservists 
Sec. 
275101.
Definitions. 
275102.
Veterans business development interagency task force. 
275103.
Advisory Committee on Veterans Business Affairs. 
275104.
Participation in transition assistance program workshops. 
275105.
Women veterans business training 
275106.
Information collection. 
275107.
Entrepreneurial training, counseling, and management assistance. 
275108.
Outreach. 
275109.
Memorandum of understanding with SCORE. 
275110.
Memorandum of understanding with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Asso-
ciation. 
275111.
Dissemination of information. 
275112.
Memorandum of understanding with the Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs. 
275113.
Data collection. 
275114.
Relief from time limitations. 
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§ 275101. Definitions 
In this chapter: 
(1) ASSOCIATE ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Associate Adminis-
trator’’ means the Associate Administrator for Veterans Business De-
velopment under section 103104(b) of this title. 
(2) ADVISORY COMMITTEE.—The term ‘‘Advisory Committee’’ means 
the Advisory Committee on Veterans Business Affairs established 
under section 275103. 
(3) INTERAGENCY TASK
FORCE.—The term ‘‘Interagency Task 
Force’’ means the veterans business development interagency task force 
established under section 275102. 
§ 275102. Veterans business development interagency task 
force 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The President shall establish an interagency task 
force to coordinate the efforts of Federal agencies necessary to improve cap-
ital and business development opportunities for, and ensure achievement of 
the pre-established Federal contracting goals for, small business concerns 
owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans and small business con-
cerns owned and controlled by veterans. 
(b) MEMBERSHIP.—The members of the Interagency Task Force shall in-
clude— 
(1) the Administrator, who shall serve as chairperson of the Inter-
agency Task Force; 
(2) a senior level representative from— 
(A) the Department of Veterans Affairs; 
(B) the Department of Defense; 
(C) SBA (in addition to the Administrator); 
(D) the Department of Labor; 
(E) the Department of the Treasury; 
(F) the General Services Administration; 
(G) the Office of Management and Budget; and 
(3) 4 representatives from a veterans service organization or military 
organization or association, selected by the President. 
(c) DUTIES.—The Interagency Task Force shall— 
(1) consult regularly with veterans service organizations and military 
organizations in performing the duties of the Interagency Task Force; 
and 
(2) coordinate administrative and regulatory activities and develop 
proposals relating to— 
(A) improving capital access and capacity of small business con-
cerns owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans and small 
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business concerns owned and controlled by veterans through loans, 
surety bonding, and franchising; 
(B) ensuring achievement of the pre-established Federal con-
tracting goals for small business concerns owned and controlled by 
service-disabled veterans and small business concerns owned and 
controlled by veterans through expanded mentor-prote´ge´ assistance 
and matching such small business concerns with contracting op-
portunities; 
(C) increasing the integrity of certifications of status as a small 
business concern owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans 
or a small business concern owned and controlled by veterans; 
(D) reducing paperwork and administrative burdens on veterans 
in accessing business development and entrepreneurship opportuni-
ties; 
(E) increasing and improving training and counseling services 
provided to small business concerns owned and controlled by vet-
erans; and 
(F) making other improvements relating to the support for vet-
erans business development by the Federal Government. 
§ 275103. Advisory Committee on Veterans Business Affairs 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There is established an advisory committee to be 
known as the Advisory Committee on Veterans Business Affairs, which shall 
serve as an independent source of advice and policy recommendations to— 
(1) the Administrator; 
(2) the Associate Administrator; 
(3) Congress; 
(4) the President; and 
(5) other United States policymakers. 
(b) MEMBERSHIP.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Committee shall be composed of 15 members 
appointed by the Administrator, of whom— 
(A) 8 shall be veterans who are owners of small business con-
cerns; and 
(B) 7 shall be representatives of veterans organizations. 
(2) POLITICAL AFFILIATION.—Not more than 8 members of the 
Committee shall be of the same political party as the President. 
(3) PROHIBITION OF FEDERAL EMPLOYMENT.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subparagraph (B), no 
member of the Advisory Committee may serve as an officer or em-
ployee of the United States. 
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(B) EXCEPTION.—A member of the Advisory Committee who 
accepts a position as an officer or employee of the United States 
after the date of the member’s appointment to the Advisory Com-
mittee may continue to serve on the Advisory Committee for not 
more than 30 days after accepting the position. 
(4) TERM OF SERVICE.—The term of service of a member of the Ad-
visory Committee shall be 3 years. 
(5) VACANCIES.—The Administrator shall fill any vacancies on the 
membership of the Advisory Committee not later than 30 days after 
the date on which the vacancy occurs. 
(6) CHAIRPERSON.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The members of the Advisory Committee 
shall elect 1 of the members to be Chairperson of the Advisory 
Committee. 
(B) VACANCIES IN OFFICE OF CHAIRPERSON.—Any vacancy in 
the office of the Chairperson of the Advisory Committee shall be 
filled by the Advisory Committee at the 1st meeting of the Advi-
sory Committee following the date on which the vacancy occurs. 
(c) DUTIES.—The duties of the Advisory Committee shall be to— 
(1) review, coordinate, and monitor plans and programs, developed 
in the public and private sectors, that affect the ability of small busi-
ness concerns owned and controlled by veterans to obtain capital and 
credit and to access markets; 
(2) promote the collection of business information and survey data 
as they relate to veterans and small business concerns owned and con-
trolled by veterans; 
(3) monitor and promote plans, programs, and operations of Federal 
agencies that may contribute to the formation and growth of small 
business concerns owned and controlled by veterans; 
(4) develop and promote initiatives, policies, programs, and plans de-
signed to foster small business concerns owned and controlled by vet-
erans; and 
(5) develop a comprehensive plan, to be updated annually, for joint 
public-private sector efforts to facilitate growth and development of 
small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans. 
(d) POWERS.— 
(1) HEARINGS.—Subject to subsection (e), the Advisory Committee 
may hold such hearings, sit and act at such times and places, take such 
testimony, and receive such evidence as the Advisory Committee con-
siders advisable to carry out its duties. 
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(2) INFORMATION FROM FEDERAL AGENCIES.—On request of the 
Chairperson of the Advisory Committee, the head of any Federal agen-
cy or the Government Accountability Office shall furnish such informa-
tion to the Advisory Committee as the Advisory Committee considers 
to be necessary to carry out its duties. 
(3) USE OF MAILS.—The Advisory Committee may use the United 
States mails in the same manner and under the same conditions as 
other Federal agencies. 
(4) GIFTS.—The Advisory Committee may accept, use, and dispose 
of gifts or donations of services or property. 
(e) MEETINGS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Advisory Committee shall meet, not less than 
3 times per year, at the call of the Chairperson or at the request of 
the Administrator. 
(2) LOCATION.—Each meeting of the full Advisory Committee shall 
be held at the SBA headquarters in Washington, District of Columbia. 
The Administrator shall provide suitable meeting facilities and such ad-
ministrative support as is necessary for each full meeting of the Advi-
sory Committee. 
(3) TASK GROUPS.—The Advisory Committee may from time to time 
establish temporary task groups as may be necessary in order to carry 
out the duties of the Advisory Committee. 
(f) COMPENSATION AND EXPENSES.— 
(1) NO COMPENSATION.—Members of the Advisory Committee shall 
serve without compensation for their service to the Advisory Com-
mittee. 
(2) EXPENSES.—The members of the Advisory Committee shall be 
reimbursed for travel and subsistence expenses in accordance with sec-
tion 5703 of title 5. 
(g) REPORT.—Not later than 30 days after the end of each fiscal year, 
the Committee shall submit to Congress and the President a report describ-
ing the activities of the Advisory Committee and any recommendations de-
veloped by the Advisory Committee for the promotion of small business con-
cerns owned and controlled by veterans. 
§ 275104. Participation in transition assistance program 
workshops 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Associate Administrator shall increase veteran 
outreach by ensuring that veteran business outreach centers regularly par-
ticipate, on a nationwide basis, in the workshops of the transition assistance 
program of the Department of Labor. 
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(b) PRESENTATIONS.—In carrying out subsection (a), a veteran business 
outreach center may provide grants to entities located in transition assist-
ance program locations to make presentations on the opportunities available 
from the Administrator for recently separating or separated veterans. A 
presentation under this subsection shall include, at a minimum, a descrip-
tion of the entrepreneurial and business training resources available from 
the Administrator. 
(c) WRITTEN MATERIALS.—The Associate Administrator shall— 
(1) create written materials that provide comprehensive information 
on self-employment and veterans entrepreneurship, including informa-
tion on resources available from the Administrator on such topics; and 
(2) make the materials created under paragraph (1) available to the 
Secretary of Labor for inclusion in the transition assistance program 
manual. 
(d) REPORTS.—The Associate Administrator shall submit to Congress 
progress reports on the implementation of this section. 
§ 275105. Women veterans business training 
The Associate Administrator shall— 
(1) compile information on existing resources available to women vet-
erans for business training, including resources for— 
(A) vocational and technical education; 
(B) general business skills, such as marketing and accounting; 
and 
(C) business assistance programs targeted to women veterans; 
and 
(2) disseminate the information compiled under paragraph (1) 
through veteran business outreach centers and women’s business cen-
ters. 
§ 275106. Information collection 
(a) IDENTIFICATION.—The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in consultation 
with the Assistant Secretary for Veterans’ Employment and Training and 
the Administrator, shall engage in efforts each year to identify small busi-
ness concerns owned and controlled by disabled veterans in the United 
States. 
(b) PROVISION OF INFORMATION.—The Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
shall inform each small business concern identified under this section that 
information on Federal procurement is available from the Administrator. 
§ 275107. Entrepreneurial training, counseling, and manage-
ment assistance 
The Administrator shall take such actions as are necessary to ensure that 
small business concerns owned and controlled by disabled veterans have ac-
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cess to programs established under this subtitle that provide entrepreneurial 
training, business development assistance, counseling, and management as-
sistance to small business concerns, including, among others, the small busi-
ness development center program and the SCORE program. 
§ 275108. Outreach 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, 
and the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans’ Employment and Train-
ing shall develop and implement a program of comprehensive outreach to 
assist disabled veterans. 
(b) ACTIVITIES.—The program under subsection (a) shall include busi-
ness training and management assistance, employment and relocation coun-
seling, and dissemination of information on veterans’ benefits and veterans’ 
entitlements. 
§ 275109. Memorandum of understanding with SCORE 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall enter into a memorandum of 
understanding with SCORE to provide for— 
(1) the appointment by SCORE in its national office of an individual 
to act as National Veterans Business Coordinator, whose duties shall 
relate exclusively to veterans business matters, and who shall be re-
sponsible for the establishment and administration of a program to co-
ordinate counseling and training regarding entrepreneurship to vet-
erans through the chapters of SCORE throughout the United States; 
(2) the provision of assistance by SCORE in maintaining a toll-free 
telephone number and a website to provide access for veterans to infor-
mation about the counseling and training regarding entrepreneurship 
available to veterans through SCORE; and 
(3) the collection of statistics concerning services provided by 
SCORE to service-disabled veterans and other veterans for inclusion in 
each annual report published by the Administrator under section 
107114 of this title. 
(b) RESOURCES.—The Administrator shall provide SCORE such re-
sources as the Administrator determines to be necessary for SCORE to 
carry out the requirements of the memorandum of understanding specified 
under subsection (a). 
§ 275110. Memorandum of understanding with the Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs and the Association 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, the Administrator, 
and the head of the Association shall enter into a memorandum of under-
standing with respect to entrepreneurial assistance to service-disabled vet-
erans and other veterans through small business development centers and 
facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs. 
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(b) FORMS
OF ASSISTANCE.—Assistance provided under the memo-
randum of understanding shall include— 
(1) conducting of studies and research, and the distribution of infor-
mation generated by such studies and research, on the formation, man-
agement, financing, marketing, and operation of small business con-
cerns by veterans; 
(2) provision of training and counseling to veterans concerning the 
formation, management, financing, marketing, and operation of small 
business concerns; 
(3) provision of management and technical assistance to the owners 
and operators of small business concerns regarding international mar-
kets, the promotion of exports, and the transfer of technology; 
(4) provision of assistance and information to veterans regarding 
procurement opportunities with Federal, State, and local agencies, es-
pecially such agencies funded in whole or in part with Federal funds; 
(5) establishment of an information clearinghouse to collect and dis-
tribute information, including by electronic means, on the assistance 
programs of Federal, State, and local governments, and of the private 
sector, including information on office locations, key personnel, tele-
phone numbers, mail and electronic addresses, and contracting and 
subcontracting opportunities; 
(6) provision of internet or other distance learning academic instruc-
tion for veterans in business subjects, including accounting, marketing, 
and business fundamentals; and 
(7) compilation of a list of small business concerns owned and con-
trolled by service-disabled veterans that provide products or services 
that could be procured by the United States, and delivery of the list 
to each Federal agency. 
(c) LIST OF SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS.—The list described in sub-
section (b)(7)— 
(1) shall be delivered in hard copy and electronic form; and 
(2) shall include the name and address of each small business con-
cern owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans and the prod-
ucts or services that it provides. 
§ 275111. Dissemination of information 
Each fiscal year, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall— 
(1) in consultation with the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Vet-
erans’ Employment and Training and the Administrator, identify small 
business concerns owned and controlled by veterans in the United 
States; and 
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(2) inform each small business concern owned and controlled by vet-
erans identified under paragraph (1) that information on Federal pro-
curement is available from the Administrator, as provided in section 
241115(b) of this title. 
§ 275112. Memorandum of understanding with the Secretary 
of Labor and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of Veterans Af-
fairs, and the Administrator shall enter into a memorandum of under-
standing to provide for coordination of vocational rehabilitation services, 
technical and managerial assistance, and financial assistance to veterans 
(including service-disabled veterans) seeking to employ themselves by form-
ing or expanding small business concerns. 
(b) CONTENTS.—The memorandum of understanding shall include rec-
ommendations for expanding existing programs or establishing new pro-
grams to provide services described in subsection (a) or assistance to vet-
erans (including service-disabled veterans). 
§ 275113. Data collection 
The 
Federal 
Procurement 
Data 
System 
described 
in 
section 
1122(a)(4)(A) of title 41 shall collect data regarding the percentage and 
dollar value of prime contracts and subcontracts awarded to small business 
concerns owned and controlled by veterans (including small business con-
cerns owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans). 
§ 275114. Relief from time limitations 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Any time limitation on any qualification, certification, 
or period of participation imposed under this subtitle or subtitle I on any 
program that is available to small business concerns shall be extended for 
a small business concern that— 
(1) is owned and controlled by— 
(A) a veteran who was called or ordered to active duty on or 
after September 11, 2001, under a provision of law specified in 
section 101(a)(13)(B) of title 10; or 
(B) a service-disabled veteran who became such a veteran due 
to an injury or illness incurred or aggravated in the active mili-
tary, naval, or air service during a period of active duty pursuant 
to a call or order to active duty on or after September 11, 2001, 
under a provision of law specified in section 101(a)(13)(B) of title 
10; and 
(2) was subject to the time limitation during that period of active 
duty. 
(b) DURATION.—On submission of proper documentation to the Adminis-
trator, the extension of a time limitation under subsection (a) shall be equal 
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to the period of time that the veteran who owned or controlled a small busi-
ness concern was on active duty as described in subsection (a). 
(c) EXCEPTION FOR PROGRAMS SUBJECT TO FEDERAL CREDIT REFORM 
ACT OF 1990.—Subsections (a) and (b) do not apply to any program subject 
to the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661 et seq.). 
Division M—International Trade 
Chapter 277—International Trade 
Sec. 
277101.
Definitions. 
277102.
Trade distribution network. 
277103.
Promotion of sales opportunities. 
277104.
Export financing programs. 
277105.
Trade remedies. 
277106.
Discharge of international trade responsibilities. 
277107.
Export and trade counseling. 
277108.
Performance measures. 
277109.
Export assistance centers. 
277110.
State trade expansion program. 
§ 277101. Definitions 
In this chapter: 
(1) ASSOCIATE
ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Associate Adminis-
trator’’ means the Associate Administrator for International Trade. 
(2) OFFICE.—The term ‘‘Office’’ means the Office of International 
Trade established under section 103109 of this title. 
(3) RURAL
SMALL
BUSINESS
CONCERN.—The term ‘‘rural small 
business concern’’ means a small business concern located in a rural 
area (as defined in section 1393(a)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 1393(a)(2)). 
§ 277102. Trade distribution network 
The Associate Administrator, working in close cooperation with the Sec-
retary of Commerce, the United States Trade Representative, the Secretary 
of Agriculture, the Secretary of State, the President of the Export-Import 
Bank of the United States, the President of the Overseas Private Invest-
ment Corporation, the Director of the United States Trade and Develop-
ment Agency, and other Federal agencies, small business development cen-
ters engaged in export promotion efforts, export assistance centers, SBA re-
gional offices, SBA district offices, the small business community, and State 
and local export promotion programs, shall— 
(1) maintain a distribution network, using SBA regional offices and 
SBA district offices, the small business development center network, 
networks of women’s business centers, SCORE, and export assistance 
centers, for programs relating to— 
(A) trade promotion; 
(B) trade finance; 
(C) trade adjustment assistance; 
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(D) trade remedy assistance; and 
(E) trade data collection; 
(2) aggressively market the programs described in paragraph (1) and 
disseminate information, including computerized marketing data, to 
small business concerns on— 
(A) exporting trends; 
(B) market-specific growth; 
(C) industry trends; and 
(D) international prospects for exports; 
(3) promote export assistance programs through the SBA district of-
fices and SBA regional offices, the small business development center 
network, export assistance centers, the network of women’s business 
centers, SCORE chapters, State and local export promotion programs, 
and partners in the private sector; and 
(4) give preference in hiring or approving the transfer of any em-
ployee into the Office or to a position described in section 277103(b)(9) 
of this title to otherwise qualified applicants who are fluent in a lan-
guage in addition to English, to— 
(A) accompany small business concerns on foreign trade mis-
sions; and 
(B) translate documents, interpret conversations, and facilitate 
multilingual transactions, including by providing referral lists for 
translation services, if required. 
§ 277103. Promotion of sales opportunities 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Associate Administrator shall promote sales op-
portunities for small business goods and services abroad. 
(b) ACTIVITIES.—To accomplish the objective stated in subsection (a), the 
Associate Administrator shall— 
(1) establish annual goals for the Office relating to— 
(A) enhancing the exporting capability of small business con-
cerns; 
(B) facilitating technology transfers; 
(C) enhancing programs and services to assist small business 
concerns to compete effectively and efficiently in foreign markets; 
(D) increasing the ability of small business concerns to access 
capital; and 
(E) disseminating information concerning Federal, State, and 
private programs and initiatives; 
(2) in cooperation with the Department of Commerce, other Federal 
agencies, regional and local SBA offices, the small business develop-
ment center network, and State programs, develop a mechanism for— 
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