SEC. 6. MINORITY ACCESS TO INFORMATION DISTANCE 
LEARNING PILOT PROGRAM OF 2007. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator may make 
grants to eligible associations and organizations to— 
(1) assist in establishing the technical capacity 
to provide online or distance learning for businesses 
seeking to contract with the Federal Government; 
(2) develop curriculum for seminars that will 
provide businesses with the technical expertise to 
contract with the Federal government; and 
(3) provide training and technical expertise 
through distance learning at low cost, or no cost, to 
participant business owners and other interested 
parties. 
(b) USE OF FUNDS.—An eligible association or orga-
nization receiving a grant under this section shall develop 
a curriculum that includes training in various areas need-
ed by the owners of small business concerns to successfully 
contract with the Federal Government, which may include 
training in accounting, marketing to the Federal Govern-
ment, applying for Federal certifications, use of offices of 
small and disadvantaged businesses, procurement con-
ferences, the scope of Federal procurement contracts, and 
General Services Administration schedules. 
(c) GRANT AWARDS.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator may not 
award a grant under this section to a single eligible 
association or organization— 
(A) in excess of $250,000 in any fiscal 
year; or 
(B) for a term of more than 2 years. 
(2) LIMITATION
ON
USE
OF
FUNDS.—Funds 
made available under this section may not be used— 
(A) for any purpose other than those asso-
ciated with the direct costs incurred by the eli-
gible association or organization to develop the 
curriculum described in subsection (b); or 
(B) for building expenses, administrative 
travel budgets, or other expenses not directly 
related to the costs described in subparagraph 
(A). 
(d) MATCHING NOT REQUIRED.—Subparagraphs (A) 
and (B) of section 21(a)(4) of the Small Business Act (15 
U.S.C. 648(a)(4)) shall not apply to a grant made under 
this section. 
(e) REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than November 1 
of each year, the Associate Administrator of Entre-
preneurial Development of the Administration shall 
submit to the Committee on Small Business and En-
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trepreneurship of the Senate and the Committee on 
Small Business of the House of Representatives, a 
report evaluating the success of the program under 
this section during the preceding fiscal year. 
(2) CONTENTS.—Each report under paragraph 
(1) shall include— 
(A) a description of each distance learning 
program developed with grant funds under this 
section, the date of the award, and the number 
of participants in each program; and 
(B) data regarding the economic impact of 
the distance learning technical assistance pro-
vided with such grant funds. 
(f) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$4,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2007 through 2009, 
to remain available until expended. 
(g) LIMITATION ON USE OF OTHER FUNDS.—The 
Administrator shall carry out this section only with 
amounts appropriated in advance specifically to carry out 
this section. 
SEC. 7. EXTENSION OF SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DIS-
ADVANTAGED BUSINESS PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 7102(c) of the Federal 
Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994 (15 U.S.C. 644 
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note) is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2003’’ and 
inserting ‘‘September 30, 2009’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall take effect 30 days after the date of en-
actment of this Act. 
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