S.Amdt. 4412

SA 4412. Ms. AYOTTE (for herself and Mr. Coons) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 2943, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 for military activities
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

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

SEC. 1097. SCORE PROGRAM.

(a) Reauthorization.--Section 20 of the Small Business
Act (15 U.S.C. 631 note) is amended--
(1) by redesignating subsection (j) as subsection (f);
and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(g) SCORE Program.--There are authorized to be
appropriated to the Administrator to carry out the SCORE
program authorized under section 8(b)(1) such sums as are
necessary for the Administrator to make grants or enter into
cooperative agreements in a total amount that does not exceed
$10,500,000 in each of fiscal years 2017 and 2018.''.
(b) Program Amendments.--Section 8 of the Small Business
Act (15 U.S.C. 637) is amended--
(1) in subsection (b)(1)(B), in the first sentence, by
striking ``a Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE)''
and inserting ``the SCORE program described in subsection
(c)''; and
(2) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the
following:
``(c)(1) In this subsection--
``(A) the term `SCORE Association' means any organization
that receives a grant from the Administrator to operate the
SCORE program under paragraph (2)(A); and
``(B) the term `SCORE program' means the SCORE program
authorized under subsection (b)(1)(B).
``(2)(A) The Administrator shall provide a grant to the
SCORE Association to manage the SCORE program.
``(B) A volunteer participating in the SCORE program
shall--
``(i) based on the business experience and knowledge of
the volunteer--
``(I) provide personal counseling, mentoring, and
coaching--
``(aa) at no cost;
``(bb) to individuals who own, or aspire to own, a small
business concern; and
``(cc) relating to the process of starting, expanding,
managing, buying, and selling a small business concern; and
``(II) facilitate low-cost education workshops for
individuals who own, or aspire to own, a small business
concern; and
``(ii) as appropriate, use tools, resources, and the
expertise of other organizations to carry out the SCORE
program.
``(3) The Administrator, in consultation with the SCORE
Association, shall ensure that the SCORE program and each
chapter of the SCORE program develop and implement plans and
goals to more effectively and efficiently provide services--
``(A) to individuals in--
``(i) rural areas;
``(ii) economically disadvantaged communities; and
``(iii) other traditionally underserved communities; and
``(B) that include plans for--
``(i) electronic initiatives;
``(ii) web-based initiatives;
``(iii) chapter expansion;
``(iv) partnerships; and
``(v) the development of new skills by volunteers
participating in the SCORE program.
``(4) The SCORE Association shall submit to the
Administrator an annual report that contains--
``(A) the number of individuals counseled or trained
under the SCORE program;
``(B) the number of hours of counseling provided under
the SCORE program; and
``(C) to the extent possible--
``(i) the number of small business concerns formed with
assistance from the SCORE program;
``(ii) the number of small business concerns expanded
with assistance from the SCORE program; and
``(iii) the number of jobs created with assistance from
the SCORE program.
``(5)(A) Neither the Administrator nor the SCORE
Association may disclose the name, address, or telephone
number of any individual or small business concern receiving
assistance from the SCORE Association without the consent of
the individual or small business concern, unless--
``(i) the Administrator is ordered to make such a
disclosure by a court in any civil or criminal enforcement
action initiated by a Federal or State agency; or
``(ii) the Administrator determines that such a
disclosure is necessary to conduct a financial audit of the
SCORE program, in which case disclosure shall be limited to
the information necessary for the audit.
``(B) This paragraph shall not--
``(i) restrict the access of the Administrator to program
activity data; or
``(ii) prevent the Administrator from using client
information to conduct client surveys.
``(C)(i) The Administrator shall, after the opportunity
for notice and comment, establish standards for--

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``(I) disclosures with respect to financial audits under
subparagraph (A)(ii); and
``(II) conducting client surveys, including standards for
oversight of the surveys and for dissemination and use of
client information.
``(ii) The standards issued under this subparagraph
shall, to the extent practicable, provide for the maximum
amount of privacy protection.''.
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