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SEC. 707. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Section 20 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631 
note), as amended by sections 403(c) and 504 of this Act, 
is further amended by inserting after subsection (g) the 
following new subsection: 
‘‘(h) SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTERS.— 
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out the 
Small Business Development Center Program under sec-
tion 21 $150,000,000 for fiscal year 2010 and 
$160,000,000 for fiscal year 2011.’’. 
SEC. 708. SMALL MANUFACTURERS TRANSITION ASSIST-
ANCE PROGRAM. 
Section 21 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
648), as amended, is further amended by adding at the 
end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(s) SMALL MANUFACTURERS TRANSITION ASSIST-
ANCE PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administration shall 
establish a grant program for small business devel-
opment centers in accordance with this subsection. 
To be eligible for the program, a small business de-
velopment center must be in good standing and com-
ply with the other requirements of this section. 
Funds made available through the program shall be 
used to— 
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‘‘(A) provide technical assistance and ex-
pertise to small manufacturers with respect to 
changing operations to another industry sector 
or reorganizing operations to increase efficiency 
and profitability; 
‘‘(B) assist marketing of the capabilities of 
small manufacturers outside the principal area 
of operations of such manufacturers; 
‘‘(C) facilitate peer-to-peer and mentor- 
protege relationships between small manufac-
turers and corporations and Federal agencies; 
and 
‘‘(D) conduct outreach activities to local 
small manufacturers with respect to the avail-
ability of the services described in subpara-
graphs (A), (B), and (C). 
‘‘(2) DEFINITION OF SMALL MANUFACTURER.— 
In this subsection, the term ‘small manufacturer’ 
means a small business concern engaged in an in-
dustry specified in sector 31, 32, or 33 of the North 
American Industry Classification System in section 
121.201 of title 13, Code of Federal Regulations. 
‘‘(3) AWARD SIZE LIMIT.—The Administration 
may not award an entity more than $250,000 in 
grant funds under this subsection. 
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‘‘(4) AUTHORITY.—Subject to amounts ap-
proved in advance in appropriations Acts and sepa-
rate from amounts approved to carry out the pro-
gram established in subsection (a)(1), the Adminis-
tration may make grants or enter into cooperative 
agreements to carry out this subsection. 
‘‘(5) AUTHORIZATION.—There is authorized to 
be appropriated not more than $2,500,000 for the 
purposes of carrying out this subsection for each of 
the fiscal years 2010 and 2011.’’. 
TITLE VIII—MICROENTERPRISE 
TRAINING CENTER PROGRAM 
SEC. 801. MICROENTERPRISE TRAINING CENTER PRO-
GRAM. 
The Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631 et seq.) is 
amended by inserting after section 45, as added by section 
301(b) of this Act, the following: 
‘‘SEC. 46. MICROENTERPRISE TRAINING CENTER PRO-
GRAM. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Administrator shall es-
tablish and carry out a microenterprise training center 
program for the purpose of providing low-income and un-
employed individuals with training and counseling with re-
spect to starting a microenterprise. 
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‘‘(b) NUMBER AND LOCATION OF CENTERS.—In car-
rying out the program under subsection (a), the Adminis-
trator shall establish 10 microenterprise training centers, 
which, to the extent practicable, shall be located in a man-
ner that promotes the geographic diversity of such centers. 
The Administrator shall give priority in locating such cen-
ters to areas with high proportions of low-income and un-
employed individuals. 
‘‘(c) FUNCTION.—In carrying out the program under 
subsection (a), the Administrator shall ensure that micro-
enterprise training centers provide training and resources 
to individuals seeking to start a new microenterprise, in-
cluding through the provision of classes, one-on-one in-
struction, and other services the Administrator determines 
appropriate. 
‘‘(d) COORDINATION.—The Administrator shall co-
ordinate the program established under subsection (a) 
with other programs of the Administration that may pro-
vide support to microenterprises. 
‘‘(e) DEFINITION
OF MICROENTERPRISE.—In this 
section, the term ‘microenterprise’ means a business with 
not more than 6 employees and begun with an initial in-
vestment of not more than $40,000.’’. 
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TITLE IX—MILITARY 
ENTREPRENEURS PROGRAM 
SEC. 901. MILITARY ENTREPRENEURS PROGRAM. 
The Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631 et seq.) is 
amended by inserting after section 45, as added by section 
301(b) of this Act, the following: 
‘‘SEC. 47. MILITARY ENTREPRENEURS PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Administrator shall es-
tablish and carry out a program to provide business coun-
seling and entrepreneurial development assistance to 
members of the Armed Forces to facilitate the develop-
ment of small business concerns. 
‘‘(b) LIAISON.—In carrying out the program de-
scribed in subsection (a), the Administrator shall establish 
a liaison to facilitate outreach to members of the Armed 
Forces with respect to business counseling and entrepre-
neurial development assistance. 
‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated to the Administrator to 
carry out this section $1,000,000 for fiscal years 2010 and 
2011.’’. 
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TITLE 
X—RURAL 
ENTREPRE-
NEURSHIP ADVISORY COUN-
CIL 
SEC. 1001. RURAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP ADVISORY COUN-
CIL. 
The Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631 et. seq.) is 
amended by inserting after section 45, as added by section 
301(b) of this Act, the following: 
‘‘SEC. 48. RURAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP ADVISORY COUNCIL. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Administrator shall es-
tablish a rural entrepreneurship advisory council (herein-
after referred to in this section as the ‘council’). 
‘‘(b) COMPOSITION.—The Administrator shall ensure 
that the council is composed of appropriate officials from 
the Administration, the rural development programs of the 
Department of Agriculture, and the Department of Com-
merce and of representatives, who volunteer for the coun-
cil, from the academic, small business, agriculture, and 
high-tech communities. 
‘‘(c) FUNCTIONS.— 
‘‘(1) INITIAL REPORT.—Not later than 90 days 
after the date of the enactment of this section, the 
council shall submit to the Administrator and to 
Congress a report on the following: 
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‘‘(A) Entrepreneurship in rural commu-
nities compared to urban communities. 
‘‘(B) Potential barriers to entrepreneurship 
for individuals in rural communities. 
‘‘(C) Effective Federal policies that are ex-
panding entrepreneurship in rural communities. 
‘‘(D) Recommendations for Federal poli-
cies to foster entrepreneurship in rural commu-
nities and to ensure that rural entrepreneurs 
have equal access to technical assistance, entre-
preneurial opportunities, and educational out-
reach. 
‘‘(2) ADVICE.—The council shall provide ongo-
ing advice to the Administrator with respect to rural 
entrepreneurship and make recommendations to fos-
ter rural entrepreneurs, including through the effec-
tive use of broadband technology.’’. 
TITLE XI—ASSISTANCE RELATED 
TO CARBON EMISSION TAX 
SEC. 1101. ASSISTANCE RELATED TO CARBON EMISSION 
TAX. 
Section 21(c)(3) of the Small Business Act (15 
U.S.C. 648(c)(3)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (S), by striking the final 
‘‘and’’; 
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(2) in subparagraph (T), by striking the period 
and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(U) providing information and technical 
assistance to any small business owner that 
faces an increase in costs as a result of the en-
actment of any program to impose a tax on car-
bon emissions, either directly or through the op-
eration of a cap and trade system on such emis-
sion limits.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives May 20, 2009. 
Attest: 
LORRAINE C. MILLER, 
Clerk. 
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