S.Amdt. 2782

SA 2782. Mr. RISCH (for himself and Ms. Duckworth) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2282 proposed by Mr.
Inhofe (for himself and Mr. McCain) to the bill H.R. 5515, to authorize
appropriations for fiscal year 2019 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 F of title X, add the following:

SEC. 1066. SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTERS.

(a) Use of Authorized Entrepreneurial Development
Programs.--The Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631 et seq.) is
amended--
(1) by redesignating section 47 as section 48; and
(2) by inserting after section 46 the following:

``SEC. 47. USE OF AUTHORIZED ENTREPRENEURIAL DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAMS.

``(a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the Administrator shall only use the programs authorized
in sections 7(j), 7(m), 8(a), 8(b)(1), 21, 22, 29, and 32 of
this Act and sections 358 and 389 of the Small Business
Investment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 689g, 690h) to deliver
entrepreneurial development services, entrepreneurial
education, support for the development and maintenance of
clusters, or business training.
``(b) Exception.--This section shall not apply to--
``(1) services provided to assist small business concerns
owned by an Indian tribe (as defined in section 8(a)(13));
``(2) activities and programs in support of a member of the
Armed Forces, including a member of a reserve component of
the Armed Forces named in section 10101 of title 10, United
States Code, a veteran, or a spouse of a member of the Armed
Forces or a veteran;
``(3) the Microenterprise Technical Assistance and Capacity
Building Program established under subtitle C of title I of
the Riegle Community Development and Regulatory Improvement
Act of 1994 (15 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.);
``(4) the State Trade and Export Promotion Grant Program
established under section 1207 of the Small Business Export
Enhancement and International Trade Act of 2010 (15 U.S.C.
649b note); and
``(5) the Federal and State Technology Partnership Program
established under section 34.''.
(b) Marketing of Services.--Section 21 of the Small
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 648) is amended by adding at the end
the following:
``(o) No Prohibition of Marketing of Services.--The
Administrator shall not prohibit applicants receiving grants
under this section from marketing and advertising their
services to individuals and small businesses.''.
(c) Fees From Private Partnerships and Cosponsorships.--
Section 21(a)(3)(C) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.
648(a)(3)(C)) is amended to read as follows:
``(C) Participation in private partnerships and
cosponsorships with the Administration

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shall not limit small business development centers from
collecting fees or other income related to the operation of
those private partnerships and cosponsorships.''.
(d) Equity for Small Business Development Centers.--Section
21(a)(4)(C)(v)(I) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.
648(a)(4)(C)(v)(I)) is amended--
(1) by striking ``this section'' and all that follows
through ``pay expenses enumerated'' and inserting ``this
section, not more than $500,000 may be used by the
Administration to pay expenses enumerated''; and
(2) by striking ``; and'' and all that follows and
inserting a period.
(e) Confidentiality and Privacy Requirements.--Section
21(a)(7)(A) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.
648(a)(7)(A)) is amended--
(1) in the matter preceding clause (i)--
(A) by striking ``or telephone number of'' and inserting
``telephone number, or other information about''; and
(B) by inserting after ``to any State, local or Federal
agency, or third party'' after ``under this section''; and
(2) in clause (ii), by striking ``a financial'' and
inserting ``an Administration financial''.
(f) Contract Authority.--Section 21(l) of the Small
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 648(l)) is amended--
(1) by striking ``The authority'' and inserting the
following:
``(2) In general.--The authority''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(3) Notice of withdrawal or declining to renew.--An
entity that enters into a cooperative agreement under
subsection (a)(1) may not withdraw from, or decline to renew,
the cooperative agreement unless the entity provides the
Associate Administrator for Small Business Development--
``(A) notice not less than 90 days before the date on which
the entity withdraws from or declines to renew the
cooperative agreement; and
``(B) a plan for the orderly transition of the cooperative
agreement for a period of not less than 90 days or the
remaining term of the cooperative agreement, whichever is
longer.''.
(g) Limitation on Award of Grants to Small Business
Development Centers.--Section 21 of the Small Business Act
(15 U.S.C. 648), as amended by subsection (b) of this Act, is
amended by adding at the end the following:
``(p) Limitation on Award of Grants.--
``(1) In general.--Except for not-for-profit institutions
of higher education, and notwithstanding any other provision
of law, the Administrator may not award grants (including
contracts and cooperative agreements) under this section to
any entity other than those that received grants (including
contracts and cooperative agreements) under this section
before March 13, 2018, and that seek to renew those grants
(including contracts and cooperative agreements) after that
date.
``(2) Rule of construction.--This subsection shall not be
construed to prohibit a grant recipient under this section
from entering into a grant, contract, or cooperative
agreement with any other entity.''.
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