[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2266 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
108th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 2266
To amend the Small Business Act to provide adequate funding for Women's
Business Centers.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
March 31, 2004
Mr. Daschle (for Mr. Kerry) (for himself, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Harkin, Mr.
Bayh, Mr. Pryor, Ms. Landrieu, Mr. Bingaman, and Mr. Levin) introduced
the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee
on Small Business and Entrepreneurship
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A BILL
To amend the Small Business Act to provide adequate funding for Women's
Business Centers.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Women's Business Center Safeguard
Act''.
SEC. 2. WOMEN'S BUSINESS CENTERS.
(a) In General.--Section 29(k) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.
656(k)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (2), by adding at the end the following:
``(C) Funding priority.--Subject to available
funds, and reservation of funds, the Administration
shall, for each fiscal year, allocate--
``(i) $150,000 for each women's business
center established under subsection (b), except
for any center that requests a lesser amount;
``(ii) from the remaining funds, not more
than $125,000, in equal amounts, to each
women's business center established under
subsection (l), to the extent such funds are
reserved under subsection (k)(4)(A), except for
any center that requests a lesser amount; and
``(iii) any funds remaining after
allocations are made under clauses (i) and (ii)
to new eligible women's business centers and
eligible women's business centers that did not
receive funding in the prior fiscal year under
subsection (b). ''; and
(2) in paragraph (4)(A), by adding at the end the
following:
``(v) For fiscal year 2004, 54 percent.''.
(b) Sunset Date.--The amendments made by this section are repealed
on October 1, 2004.
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