Small Business Administration Rural Performance Report Act

Small Business Administration Rural Performance Report Act

This bill requires the Small Business Administration (SBA) to report on its efforts to promote businesses and agricultural economies in rural areas.

Specifically, the SBA must report about the activities of the Office of Rural Affairs, including how the office is promoting the availability of financial assistance for small businesses located in rural areas.

The SBA also must report on its collaboration with the Department of Agriculture pursuant to the memorandum of understanding the agencies entered into on April 4, 2018, including the extent to which the SBA remains involved with the working groups convened under the memorandum.

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5265 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5265

To amend the Small Business Act to require a report on the performance 
 of the Office of Rural Affairs, to require a report on the memorandum 
  of understanding between the Small Business Administration and the 
Department of Agriculture entered into on April 4, 2018, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            August 25, 2023

 Mr. Alford (for himself, Mr. Luetkemeyer, Mr. Ellzey, and Mr. Bean of 
   Florida) 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 require a report on the performance 
 of the Office of Rural Affairs, to require a report on the memorandum 
  of understanding between the Small Business Administration and the 
Department of Agriculture entered into on April 4, 2018, and for other 
                               purposes.

    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 ``Small Business Administration Rural 
Performance Report Act''.

SEC. 2. SMALL BUSINESS RURAL PERFORMANCE REPORTS.

    (a) Office of Rural Affairs Annual Performance Report.--Section 26 
of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 653) is amended by adding at the 
end the following:
    ``(d) Reports.--
            ``(1) Initial report.--Not later than 90 days after the 
        date of the enactment of this subsection, the Administrator 
        shall make available on a website of the Administration, and 
        submit to the Committee on Small Business of the House of 
        Representatives and the Committee on Small Business and 
        Entrepreneurship of the Senate, a report on the activities of 
        the Office during the year preceding the date of the report 
        that includes the following elements:
                    ``(A) How the Office is promoting financial 
                assistance pursuant to subsection (c)(1).
                    ``(B) Annual statistics compiled pursuant to 
                subsection (c)(2).
                    ``(C) How the Office is providing information 
                pursuant to subsection (c)(3).
                    ``(D) How the Office is providing information 
                pursuant to subsection (c)(4).
                    ``(E) The number of outreach events conducted by 
                the Office to provide information described in 
                paragraphs (3) and (4) of subsection (c).
                    ``(F) Details of any partnerships that the Office 
                engaged in to provide the outreach described in 
                paragraph (5), including any partnerships with the 
                National Travel and Tourism Office of the Department of 
                Commerce.
                    ``(G) The name of the director of the Office and 
                the number of staff employed by the Office.
            ``(2) Annual report.--The Administrator shall annually 
        submit, along with the budget the budget justification 
        materials submitted in support of the Small Business 
        Administration budget for a fiscal year (as submitted with the 
        budget of the President under section 1105(a) of title 31), a 
        report that includes the elements described in paragraph 
        (1).''.
    (b) Technical Amendment.--Section 26(c)(5) of the Small Business 
Act (15 U.S.C. 653(c)(5)) is amended by striking ``United States 
Tourism and Travel Administration'' and inserting ``National Travel and 
Tourism Office of the Department of Commerce''.
    (c) Memorandum of Understanding With Department of Agriculture 
Report.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Administrator shall make available on a website of the 
Administration and submit to the Committee on Small Business of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Small Business and 
Entrepreneurship of the Senate a report on the MOU. Such report shall 
include a description of the following:
            (1) How many working groups convened pursuant to the MOU 
        the Administration was part of and if the Administration is 
        still part of any such working groups.
            (2) How many staff employed by the Administration were and 
        are still involved with a working group convened pursuant to 
        the MOU.
            (3) The findings specified in clauses (i) through (iv) of 
        paragraph (1) of part 2 of the MOU.
            (4) The findings specified in clauses (i) through (iv) of 
        paragraph (2) of part 2 of the MOU.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Administrator.--The term ``Administrator'' means the 
        Administrator of the Small Business Administration.
            (2) Administration.--The term ``Administration'' means the 
        Small Business Administration.
            (3) MOU.--The term ``MOU'' means the memorandum of 
        understanding between the Department of Agriculture and the 
        Small Business Administration entered into on April 4, 2018, 
        about collaborative efforts to promote stronger businesses and 
        agricultural economies in rural America.

SEC. 4. COMPLIANCE WITH CUTGO.

    No additional amounts are authorized to be appropriated to carry 
out this Act or the amendments made by this Act. Such Act and 
amendments shall be carried out using amounts otherwise appropriated to 
the Administrator of the Small Business Administration.
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