I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2366 
To reauthorize the veterans entrepreneurial development programs of the 
Small Business Administration, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 17, 2007 
Mr. BUCHANAN (for himself, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. SHULER, and Mr. 
CHABOT) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Small Business 
A BILL 
To reauthorize the veterans entrepreneurial development pro-
grams of the Small Business Administration, and for 
other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘SBA Veterans’ Programs Act of 2007’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
TITLE I—OFFICE OF VETERANS BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT 
Sec. 101. Office of Veterans Business Development. 
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TITLE II—VETERANS ASSISTANCE AND SERVICES 
Sec. 201. Veterans Assistance and Services program. 
TITLE III—EXPANDING VETERANS BUSINESS OUTREACH 
CENTERS 
Sec. 301. Increasing the number of outreach centers. 
Sec. 302. Independent study on gaps in availability of outreach centers. 
TITLE I—OFFICE OF VETERANS 
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT 
SEC. 101. OFFICE OF VETERANS BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT. 
Section 32 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
657b) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub-
section (e); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(c) PARTICIPATION IN TAP WORKSHOPS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Associate Adminis-
trator shall increase veteran outreach by ensuring 
that Veteran Business Outreach Centers regularly 
participate, on a nationwide basis, in the workshops 
of the Transition Assistance Program of the Depart-
ment of Labor. 
‘‘(2) PRESENTATIONS.—In carrying out para-
graph (1), a Center may provide grants to eligible 
entities located in Transition Assistance Program lo-
cations to make presentations on the opportunities 
available from the Administration for recently sepa-
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rating veterans. Each such presentation must in-
clude, at a minimum, the entrepreneurial and busi-
ness training resources available from the Adminis-
tration. 
‘‘(3) REPORTS.—The Associate Administrator 
shall submit to Congress progress reports on the im-
plementation of this subsection. 
‘‘(d) WOMEN VETERANS BUSINESS TRAINING RE-
SOURCE PROGRAM.—The Associate Administrator shall 
establish a Women Veterans Business Training Resource 
Program. The program shall— 
‘‘(1) compile information on resources available 
to women veterans for business training, including 
resources for— 
‘‘(A) vocational and technical education; 
‘‘(B) general business skills, such as mar-
keting and accounting; and 
‘‘(C) business assistance programs targeted 
to women veterans; and 
‘‘(2) disseminate the information through Vet-
eran Business Outreach Centers and women’s busi-
ness centers.’’. 
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TITLE II—VETERANS 
ASSISTANCE AND SERVICES 
SEC. 201. VETERANS ASSISTANCE AND SERVICES PRO-
GRAM. 
Section 21 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 648) 
is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(n) VETERANS ASSISTANCE AND SERVICES PRO-
GRAM.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A Small Business Develop-
ment Center may apply for an additional grant to 
carry out a veterans assistance and services pro-
gram. 
‘‘(2) ELEMENTS OF PROGRAM.—Under a pro-
gram under paragraph (1), the Center shall— 
‘‘(A) create a marketing campaign to pro-
mote awareness and education of the services of 
the Center that are available to veterans, and to 
target the campaign toward veterans, disabled 
veterans, military units, Federal agencies, and 
veterans organizations; 
‘‘(B) use technology-assisted online coun-
seling and distance learning technology to over-
come the impediments to entrepreneurship 
faced by veterans and members of the Armed 
Forces; and 
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‘‘(C) increase coordination among organi-
zations that assist veterans, including by estab-
lishing virtual integration of service providers 
and offerings for a one-stop point of contact for 
veterans who are entrepreneurs or small busi-
ness owners. 
‘‘(3) MINIMUM
AMOUNT.—Each grant under 
this subsection shall be for at least $75,000. 
‘‘(4) MAXIMUM AMOUNT.—A grant under this 
subsection may not exceed $250,000. 
‘‘(5) FUNDING.—Subject to amounts approved 
in advance in appropriations Acts, the Administra-
tion may make grants or enter into cooperative 
agreements to carry out the provisions of this sub-
section.’’. 
TITLE 
III—EXPANDING 
VET-
ERANS BUSINESS OUTREACH 
CENTERS 
SEC. 301. INCREASING THE NUMBER OF OUTREACH CEN-
TERS. 
The Administrator of the Small Business Administra-
tion shall use the authority in section 8(b)(17) of the 
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 647(b)) to ensure that the 
number of Veterans Business Outreach Centers through-
out the United States increases— 
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(1) by at least 2, for each of fiscal years 2008 
and 2009; and 
(2) by the number that the Administrator con-
siders appropriate, based on existing need, for each 
fiscal year thereafter. 
SEC. 302. INDEPENDENT STUDY ON GAPS IN AVAILABILITY 
OF OUTREACH CENTERS. 
The Administrator of the Small Business Administra-
tion shall sponsor an independent study on gaps in the 
availability of Veterans Business Outreach Centers across 
the United States. The purpose of the study shall be to 
identify the gaps that do exist so as to inform decisions 
on funding and on the allocation and coordination of re-
sources. Not later than 6 months after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit to 
Congress a report on the results of the study. 
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