IIB 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5265 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
FEBRUARY 29, 2024 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and 
Entrepreneurship 
AN ACT 
To amend the Small Business Act to require a report on 
the performance of the Office of Rural Affairs, to require 
a report on the memorandum of understanding between 
the Small Business Administration and the Department 
of Agriculture entered into on April 4, 2018, and for 
other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Small Business Admin-
istration Rural Performance Report Act’’. 
SEC. 2. SMALL BUSINESS RURAL PERFORMANCE REPORTS. 
(a) OFFICE OF RURAL AFFAIRS ANNUAL PERFORM-
ANCE REPORT.—Section 26 of the Small Business Act (15 
U.S.C. 653) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(d) REPORTS.— 
‘‘(1) INITIAL REPORT.—Not later than 90 days 
after the date of the enactment of this subsection, 
the Administrator shall make available on a website 
of the Administration, and submit to the Committee 
on Small Business of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Small Business and Entrepre-
neurship of the Senate, a report on the activities of 
the Office during the year preceding the date of the 
report that includes the following elements: 
‘‘(A) How the Office is promoting financial 
assistance pursuant to subsection (c)(1). 
‘‘(B) Annual statistics compiled pursuant 
to subsection (c)(2). 
‘‘(C) How the Office is providing informa-
tion pursuant to subsection (c)(3). 
‘‘(D) How the Office is providing informa-
tion pursuant to subsection (c)(4). 
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(c) MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH DE-
PARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE REPORT.—Not later than 
90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Administrator shall make available on a website of the Ad-
ministration and submit to the Committee on Small Busi-
ness of the House of Representatives and the Committee 
on Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the Senate a 
report on the MOU. Such report shall include a descrip-
tion of the following: 
(1) How many working groups convened pursu-
ant to the MOU the Administration was part of and 
if the Administration is still part of any such work-
ing groups. 
(2) How many staff employed by the Adminis-
tration were and are still involved with a working 
group convened pursuant to the MOU. 
(3) The findings specified in clauses (i) through 
(iv) of paragraph (1) of part 2 of the MOU. 
(4) The findings specified in clauses (i) through 
(iv) of paragraph (2) of part 2 of the MOU. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis-
trator’’ means the Administrator of the Small Busi-
ness Administration. 
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(2) ADMINISTRATION.—The term ‘‘Administra-
tion’’ means the Small Business Administration. 
(3) MOU.—The term ‘‘MOU’’ means the 
memorandum of understanding between the Depart-
ment of Agriculture and the Small Business Admin-
istration entered into on April 4, 2018, about col-
laborative efforts to promote stronger businesses and 
agricultural economies in rural America. 
SEC. 4. COMPLIANCE WITH CUTGO. 
No additional amounts are authorized to be appro-
priated to carry out this Act or the amendments made 
by this Act. 
Passed the House of Representatives February 28, 
2024. 
Attest: 
KEVIN F. MCCUMBER, 
Clerk. 
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