Women's Business Sustainability Extension Act of 2004 - Amends the Small Business Act (SBA) to set forth FY 2004 funding priorities for the women's business center program.
Authorizes the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to reallocate unused sustainability grant funds as supplemental grants to women's business centers.
Authorizes the Administrator to access and use client contact information of women's business centers solely to conduct internal program evaluations and financial and programmatic audits. Requires women's business centers to notify each client of such access and use.
Requires the Administrator to include program evaluation findings in annual reports to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the Senate and the Committee on Small Business of the House of Representatives.
[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4853 Introduced in House (IH)]
108th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 4853
To amend the Small Business Act to modify the women's business center
program.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 19, 2004
Mrs. Kelly (for herself, Mr. Frost, Mrs. Johnson of Connecticut, Ms.
Millender-McDonald, Ms. Granger, Mr. Shays, Mr. Kleczka, Ms. Slaughter,
Mr. Allen, Mr. Michaud, Mr. Bonner, Mr. Moore, Mr. Udall of New Mexico,
Mrs. Biggert, Mr. Manzullo, Mr. McGovern, Ms. DeGette, Ms. Norton, Mr.
Rehberg, and Mr. Cardin) introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on Small Business
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A BILL
To amend the Small Business Act to modify the women's business center
program.
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 Sustainability
Extension Act of 2004''.
SEC. 2. WOMEN'S BUSINESS CENTERS.
(a) Funding Priority.--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 fiscal year 2004, allocate--
``(i) $150,000 for each eligible women's
business center established under subsection
(b), except for centers that request a lesser
amount;
``(ii) from the funds reserved under
subsection (k)(4)(A), not more than $125,000 to
each eligible women's business center
established under subsection (l); 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, 48 percent.''.
(b) Fundraising Plan.--Section 29(l)(2) of the Small Business Act
(15 U.S.C. 656(l)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(F) for grants to be distributed after June 30,
2005, a plan that demonstrates a clear, fixed timeframe
for fundraising and self-sufficiency, unless the
Administrator grants an exception for an organization
that serves low-income or other underserved areas.''.
(c) Reallocation of Unused Funds.--Section 29(l) of the Small
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 656(l)) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
``(6) Reallocation of unused funds.--If, at the beginning
of the third quarter of a women's business center funding year,
the Administrator determines, based on credible evidence, that
any portion of the amount made available to carry out this
subsection is unlikely to be used by a women's business center,
the Administration may use the unused portion to award
supplemental grants of not more than $25,000 to any women's
business center established under this section to carry out the
purposes of this section, subject to the provisions of this
section.''.
(d) Performance Evaluations.--Section 29 of the Small Business Act
(15 U.S.C. 656) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(m) Internal Program Performance Evaluations.--
``(1) Access and use of information.--The Administrator of
the Small Business Administration may access and use client
contact information from women's business centers established
under this section solely to conduct internal program
performance evaluations and financial and programmatic audits.
``(2) Privacy requirement.--The Administrator of the Small
Business Administration--
``(A) shall only use client information collected
under paragraph (1) for internal program performance
evaluations and financial and programmatic audits; and
``(B) shall not disclose or distribute any of the
collected information for any other purpose.
``(3) Notification requirement.--A women's business center
shall notify each client--
``(A) that information about the client will be
collected;
``(B) the purposes for which the client information
may be used; and
``(C) that the client, if contacted, will be
contacted solely for program performance evaluation or
audit purposes.
``(4) Report to congress.--The Administrator of the Small
Business Administration shall include findings from any
internal program performance evaluations in the
Administration's annual report to the Committee on Small
Business and Entrepreneurship of the Senate and the Committee
on Small Business of the House of Representatives.''.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
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