S.Amdt. 2318

1. Adds SEC. ___. PROMOTION OF EXPORTS BY RURAL SMALL BUSINESSES at the end of the bill

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   Inserted: SEC. ___. PROMOTION OF EXPORTS BY RURAL SMALL BUSINESSES.

   Inserted: (a) Small Business Administration-United States Department of Agriculture Interagency Coordination.--

   Inserted: (1) Export financing programs.--In coordination with the Secretary of Agriculture, the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (in this section referred to as the "Administrator" and the "Administration", respectively) shall develop a program to cross-train export finance specialists and personnel from the Office of International Trade of the Administration on the export financing programs of the Department of Agriculture and the Foreign Agricultural Service.

   Inserted: (2) Export assistance and business counseling programs.--In coordination with the Secretary of Agriculture and the Foreign Agricultural Service, the Administrator shall develop a program to cross-train export finance specialists, personnel from the Office of International Trade of the Administration, Small Business Development Centers, women's business centers, the Service Corps of Retired Executives authorized by section 8(b)(1) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(b)(1)), Export Assistance Centers, and other resource partners of the Administration on the export assistance and business counseling programs of the Department of Agriculture.

   Inserted: (b) Report on Lenders.--Section 7(a)(16)(F) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)(16)(F)) is amended--

   Inserted: (1) in clause (i)--

   Inserted: (A) by redesignating subclauses (I) through (III) as items (aa) through (cc), respectively, and adjusting the margins accordingly;

   Inserted: (B) by striking "list, have made" and inserting the following: "list--

   Inserted: "(I) have made";

   Inserted: (C) in item (cc), as so redesignated, by striking the period at the end and inserting "; and"; and

   Inserted: (D) by adding at the end the following:

   Inserted: "(II) were located in a rural area, as that term is defined in section 1393(a)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or a nonmetropolitan statistical area and have made--

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   Inserted: "(aa) loans guaranteed by the Administration; or

   Inserted: "(bb) loans through the programs offered by the United States Department of Agriculture or the Foreign Agricultural Service."; and

   Inserted: (2) in clause (ii)(II), by inserting "and by resource partners of the Administration" after "the Administration".

   Inserted: (c) Cooperation With Small Business Development Centers.--Section 21(c)(3)(M) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 648(c)(3)(M)) is amended by inserting after "the Department of Commerce," the following: "the Department of Agriculture,".

   Inserted: (d) List of Rural Export Assistance Resources.--Section 22(c)(7) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 649(c)(7)) is amended--

   Inserted: (1) in subparagraph (C), by striking "and" at the end;

   Inserted: (2) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as subparagraph (E); and

   Inserted: (3) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following:

   Inserted: "(D) publishing an annual list of relevant resources and programs of the district and regional offices of the Administration, other Federal agencies, the small business development center network, Export Assistance Centers, the network of women's business centers, chapters of the Service Corps of Retired Executives, State and local export promotion programs, and partners in the private sector, that--

   Inserted: "(i) are administered or offered by entities located in rural or nonmetropolitan statistical areas; and

   Inserted: "(ii) offer export assistance or business counseling services to rural small businesses concerns; and".

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   At the end, add the following:

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