(b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
Section 29 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 656) is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (h)(2), by striking ‘‘to award 
a contract (as a sustainability grant) under sub-
section (l) or’’; 
(2) in subsection (j)(1), by striking ‘‘The Ad-
ministration’’ and inserting ‘‘Not later than Novem-
ber 1 of each year, the Administrator’’; 
(3) in subsection (k)— 
(A) by striking paragraphs (1) and (4); 
(B) by redesignating paragraph (3) as 
paragraph (4); 
(C) by inserting before paragraph (2) the 
following: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be 
appropriated to the Administration to carry out this 
section, 
to 
remain 
available 
until 
expended, 
$21,750,000 for each of fiscal years 2016 through 
2020.’’; 
(D) in paragraph (2), by striking subpara-
graph (B) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(B) EXCEPTIONS.—Of the amount made 
available under this subsection for a fiscal year, 
the following amounts shall be available for se-
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lection panel costs, costs associated with devel-
oping and maintaining a training program, 
costs associated with maintaining an accredita-
tion program, post-award conference costs, and 
costs related to monitoring and oversight: 
‘‘(i) For fiscal year 2016, 2.65 per-
cent. 
‘‘(ii) For each of fiscal years 2017 
through 2020, 2.5 percent.’’; and 
(E) by inserting after paragraph (2) the 
following: 
‘‘(3) CONTINUING
GRANT
AND
COOPERATIVE 
AGREEMENT AUTHORITY.— 
‘‘(A) PROMPT DISBURSEMENT.—Upon re-
ceiving funds to carry out this section for a fis-
cal year, the Administrator shall, to the extent 
practicable, promptly reimburse funds to any 
women’s business center awarded financial as-
sistance under this section if the center meets 
the eligibility requirements under this section. 
‘‘(B) SUSPENSION
OR
TERMINATION.—If 
the Administrator has entered into a grant or 
cooperative agreement with a women’s business 
center under this section, the Administrator 
may not suspend or terminate the grant or co-
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operative 
agreement, 
unless 
the 
Adminis-
trator— 
‘‘(i) provides the women’s business 
center with written notification setting 
forth the reasons for that action; and 
‘‘(ii) affords the women’s business 
center an opportunity for a hearing, ap-
peal, or other administrative proceeding 
under chapter 5 of title 5, United States 
Code.’’; 
(4) in subsection (m)— 
(A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘sub-
section (b) or (l)’’ and inserting ‘‘this sub-
section or subsection (b)’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (4)(D), by striking ‘‘or 
subsection (l)’’; and 
(5) by redesignating subsections (m), (n), and 
(o), as amended by this Act, as subsections (l), (m), 
and (n), respectively. 
(c) EFFECT ON EXISTING GRANTS.— 
(1) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—A nonprofit or-
ganization receiving a grant under section 29(m) of 
the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 656(m)), as in 
effect on the day before the date of enactment of 
this Act, shall continue to receive the grant under 
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the terms and conditions in effect for the grant on 
the day before the date of enactment of this Act, ex-
cept that the nonprofit organization may not apply 
for a renewal of the grant under section 29(m)(5) of 
the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 656(m)(5)), as 
in effect on the day before the date of enactment of 
this Act. 
(2) LENGTH OF RENEWAL GRANT.—The Ad-
ministrator may award a grant under section 29(l) 
of the Small Business Act, as so redesignated by 
subsection (a)(5) of this section, to a nonprofit orga-
nization receiving a grant under section 29(m) of the 
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 656(m)), as in effect 
on the day before the date of enactment of this Act, 
for the period— 
(A) beginning on the day after the last day 
of the grant agreement under such section 
29(m); and 
(B) ending at the end of the third fiscal 
year beginning after the date of enactment of 
this Act. 
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SEC. 5. MATCHING REQUIREMENTS UNDER WOMEN’S BUSI-
NESS CENTER PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 29(c) of the Small Busi-
ness Act (15 U.S.C. 656(c)), as amended by section 4 of 
this Act, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘As a condi-
tion’’ and inserting ‘‘Subject to paragraph (6), as a 
condition’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(6) WAIVER OF NON-FEDERAL SHARE.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Upon request by a re-
cipient organization, and in accordance with 
this paragraph, the Administrator may waive, 
in whole or in part, the requirement to obtain 
non-Federal funds under this subsection for 
counseling and training activities of the recipi-
ent organization carried out using financial as-
sistance under this section for a fiscal year. The 
Administrator may not waive the requirement 
for a recipient organization to obtain non-Fed-
eral funds under this paragraph for more than 
a total of 2 consecutive fiscal years. 
‘‘(B) CONSIDERATIONS.—In determining 
whether to waive the requirement to obtain 
non-Federal funds under this paragraph, the 
Administrator shall consider— 
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‘‘(i) the economic conditions affecting 
the recipient organization; 
‘‘(ii) the impact a waiver under this 
clause would have on the credibility of the 
women’s business center program under 
this section; 
‘‘(iii) the demonstrated ability of the 
recipient organization to raise non-Federal 
funds; and 
‘‘(iv) the performance of the recipient 
organization. 
‘‘(C) 
LIMITATION.—The 
Administrator 
may not waive the requirement to obtain non- 
Federal funds under this paragraph if granting 
the waiver would undermine the credibility of 
the women’s business center program under 
this section. 
‘‘(7) 
SOLICITATION.—Notwithstanding 
any 
other provision of law, a recipient organization 
may— 
‘‘(A) solicit cash and in-kind contributions 
from private individuals and entities to be used 
to carry out the activities of the recipient orga-
nization under the project conducted under this 
section; and 
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‘‘(B) use amounts made available by the 
Administration under this section for the cost 
of such solicitation and management of the con-
tributions received. 
‘‘(8) EXCESS
NON-FEDERAL
DOLLARS.—The 
amount of non-Federal dollars obtained by an eligi-
ble entity that is above the amount that is required 
to be obtained by the eligible entity under this sub-
section and is not used as matching funds for pur-
poses of implementing the women’s business center 
program under this section shall not be subject to 
the requirements of part 200 of title 2, Code of Fed-
eral Regulations, or any successor thereto.’’. 
(b) REGULATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall— 
(A) except as provided in paragraph (2), 
and not later than 1 year after the date of en-
actment of this Act, publish in the Federal Reg-
ister proposed regulations by the Administrator 
to carry out the amendments made to section 
29 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 656) 
by this Act; and 
(B) accept public comments on such pro-
posed regulations for not less than 60 days. 
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(2) EXISTING PROPOSED REGULATIONS.—Para-
graph (1)(A) shall not apply to the extent proposed 
regulations by the Administrator have been pub-
lished on the date of enactment of this Act that are 
sufficient to carry out the amendments made to sec-
tion 29 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 656) 
by this Act. 
Æ 
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