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111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1807 
To provide distance learning to potential and existing entrepreneurs, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 31, 2009 
Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Small Business 
A BILL 
To provide distance learning to potential and existing 
entrepreneurs, 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. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Educating Entre-
preneurs through Today’s Technology Act’’. 
SEC. 2. EDUCATING ENTREPRENEURS THROUGH TECH-
NOLOGY. 
The Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631 et seq.) is 
amended by redesignating section 44 as section 45 and 
by inserting the following new section after section 43: 
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‘‘SEC. 44. EDUCATING ENTREPRENEURS THROUGH TECH-
NOLOGY. 
‘‘(a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to 
provide high-quality multilingual distance learning to po-
tential and existing entrepreneurs through the use of tech-
nology. 
‘‘(b) DEFINITION.—As used in this section, the term 
‘qualified third-party vendor’ means an entity with experi-
ence in distance learning content or communications tech-
nology, or both, with the ability to utilize on-line, satellite, 
video-on-demand, and connected community-based organi-
zations to distribute and conduct distance learning related 
to entrepreneurship, credit management, financial lit-
eracy, and Federal small business development programs. 
‘‘(c) AUTHORITY.—The Administrator shall contract 
with qualified third-party vendors for entrepreneurial 
training content and the development of communications 
technology that can distribute content under this section 
throughout the United States. The Administrator shall 
contract with qualified third-party vendors to develop con-
tent in English and at least two other languages that are 
not English. For the purposes of this section, the Adminis-
trator shall designate the languages other than English 
by taking into account the general needs of the business 
community. 
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‘‘(d) CONTENT.—The Administrator shall ensure 
that the content referred to in subsection (c) is timely and 
relevant to entrepreneurial development and can be suc-
cessfully communicated remotely to an audience through 
the use of technology. The Administrator shall, to the 
maximum extent practicable, promote content that makes 
use of technologies that allow for remote interaction by 
the content provider with an audience. The Administrator 
shall ensure that the content is catalogued and accessible 
to small businesses on-line or through other remote tech-
nologies. 
‘‘(e) COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY.—The Admin-
istrator shall ensure that the communications technology 
referred to in subsection (c) is able to distribute content 
throughout all 50 States and the territories of the United 
States to small business concerns, home-based businesses, 
Small Business Development Centers, Women’s Business 
Centers, Veterans Business Centers, and the Small Busi-
ness Administration. To the extent possible, the qualified 
third-party vendor should deliver the content using 
broadband technology. 
‘‘(f) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—The Administrator 
shall submit a report to Congress 6 months after the date 
of the enactment of this section containing an analysis of 
the Small Business Administration’s progress in imple-
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menting this section. The Administrator shall submit a re-
port to Congress one year after the date of the enactment 
of this section and annually thereafter containing the 
number of presentations made under this section, the 
number of small businesses served under this section, the 
extent to which this section resulted in the establishment 
of new businesses, and feedback on the usefulness of this 
medium in presenting entrepreneurial education through-
out the United States. 
‘‘(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$2,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2010 and 2011.’’. 
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