To terminate the Federal authorization of the National Veterans Business Development Corporation.

1. Adds SEC. 1084. NATIONAL VETERANS BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION at the end of subtitle H of title X

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   (2) to strongly urge the Department of Defense to investigate innovative mechanisms (subject to all appropriate security requirements) to access to the pool of talent of non- United States citizens with advanced scientific and technical degrees from United States institutions of higher education, especially in those scientific and technical areas that are most vital to the national defense (such as those identified by the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering and the Armed Forces).

   Inserted: SEC. 1084. NATIONAL VETERANS BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.

   Inserted: (a) In General.--The Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631 et seq.) is amended by striking section 33 (15 U.S.C. 657c).

   Inserted: (b) Corporation.--On and after the date of enactment of this Act, the National Veterans Business Development Corporation and any successor thereto may not represent that the corporation is federally chartered or in any other manner authorized by the Federal Government.

   Inserted: (c) Technical and Conforming Amendments.--

   Inserted: (1) Small business act.--The Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631 et seq.), as amended by this section, is amended--

   Inserted: (A) by redesignating sections 34 through 45 as sections 33 through 44, respectively;

   Inserted: (B) in section 9(k)(1)(D) (15 U.S.C. 638(k)(1)(D)), by striking "section 34(d)" and inserting "section 33(d)";

   Inserted: (C) in section 33 (15 U.S.C. 657d), as so redesignated--

   Inserted: (i) by striking "section 35" each place it appears and inserting "section 34";

   Inserted: (ii) in subsection (a)--

   Inserted: (I) in paragraph (2), by striking "section 35(c)(2)(B)" and inserting "section 34(c)(2)(B)";

   Inserted: (II) in paragraph (4), by striking "section 35(c)(2)" and inserting "section 34(c)(2)"; and

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   Inserted: (III) in paragraph (5), by striking "section 35(c)" and inserting "section 34(c)"; and

   Inserted: (iii) in subsection (h)(2), by striking "section 35(d)" and inserting "section 34(d)";

   Inserted: (D) in section 34 (15 U.S.C. 657e), as so redesignated--

   Inserted: (i) by striking "section 34" each place it appears and inserting "section 33"; and

   Inserted: (ii) in subsection (c)(1), by striking section "34(c)(1)(E)(ii)" and inserting section "33(c)(1)(E)(ii)";

   Inserted: (E) in section 36(d) (15 U.S.C. 657i(d)), as so redesignated, by striking "section 43" and inserting "section 42";

   Inserted: (F) in section 39(d) (15 U.S.C. 657l(d)), as so redesignated, by striking "section 43" and inserting "section 42"; and

   Inserted: (G) in section 40(b) (15 U.S.C. 657m(b)), as so redesignated, by striking "section 43" and inserting "section 42".

   Inserted: (2) Title 10.--Section 1142(b)(13) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking "and the National Veterans Business Development Corporation".

   Inserted: (3) Title 38.--Section 3452(h) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking "any of the" and all that follows and inserting "any small business development center described in section 21 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 648), insofar as such center offers, sponsors, or cosponsors an entrepreneurship course, as that term is defined in section 3675(c)(2).".

   Inserted: (4) Food, conservation, and energy act of 2008.--Section 12072(c)(2) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (15 U.S.C. 636g(c)(2)) is amended by striking "section 43 of the Small Business Act, as added by this Act" and inserting "section 42 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 657o)".

   Inserted: (5) Veterans entrepreneurship and small business development act of 1999.--Section 203(c)(5) of the Veterans Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development Act of 1999 (15 U.S.C. 657b note) is amended by striking "In cooperation with the National Veterans Business Development Corporation, develop" and inserting "Develop".

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   At the end of subtitle H of title X, add the following:

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