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<dc:title>114 S1000 RS: SCORE for Small Business Act of 2015</dc:title> |
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<distribution-code display="yes">II</distribution-code><calendar>Calendar No. 110</calendar><congress>114th CONGRESS</congress><session>1st Session</session><legis-num>S. 1000</legis-num><current-chamber>IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES</current-chamber><action><action-date date="20150416">April 16, 2015</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="S323">Mr. Risch</sponsor> (for himself, <cosponsor name-id="S337">Mr. Coons</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="S340">Ms. Ayotte</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="S380">Mr. Peters</cosponsor>, and <cosponsor name-id="S326">Mr. Udall</cosponsor>) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the <committee-name added-display-style="italic" committee-id="SSSB00" deleted-display-style="strikethrough">Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship</committee-name></action-desc></action><action stage="Reported-in-Senate"><action-date>June 10, 2015</action-date><action-desc>Reported by <sponsor name-id="S299">Mr. Vitter</sponsor>, with an amendment</action-desc><action-instruction>Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic</action-instruction></action><legis-type>A BILL</legis-type><official-title>To strengthen resources for entrepreneurs by improving the SCORE program, and for other purposes.</official-title></form> |
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<section changed="deleted" committee-id="SSSB00" id="S1" reported-display-style="strikethrough" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header>Short |
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title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the <quote><short-title>SCORE for Small Business Act of 2015</short-title></quote>.</text> |
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</section><section changed="deleted" committee-id="SSSB00" id="id27101A4C6A8148CEA964048F8F07B96E" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>2.</enum><header>SCORE |
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Reauthorization</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 20 of the Small Business Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/631">15 U.S.C. 631</external-xref> note) is amended—</text> |
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<paragraph id="idb595de5c-db6c-41a1-aaf7-d9d69cd46b22"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating subsection (j) as subsection (f); and</text> |
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</paragraph><paragraph id="id2f37a73e-62fb-41a8-90a2-f529f161e9a4"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="deleted" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0b575c06-5918-43ee-a550-c2f5a11f32a7" reported-display-style="strikethrough" style="OLC"> <subsection id="idc9ddd1c0-e506-4713-bd5d-e357479cc117"><enum>(g)</enum><header>SCORE program</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the Administrator to carry out the SCORE program authorized by 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 2016, 2017, and 2018.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> |
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</paragraph></section><section changed="deleted" committee-id="SSSB00" id="id7b7b9026-b20a-431b-9918-cd823b34acda" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>3.</enum><header>SCORE |
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program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 8 of the Small Business Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/637">15 U.S.C. 637</external-xref>) is amended—</text> |
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<paragraph id="id17FDBC7BD9F140E4852F2CB44EE2E50D"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)(1)(B), by striking <quote>a Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE)</quote> and inserting <quote>the SCORE program described in subsection (c)</quote>; and</text> |
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</paragraph><paragraph id="idC406EE2BD03645469C603C4FFE0E0430"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following:</text> |
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<quoted-block changed="deleted" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idac72837a-51bd-4575-9239-5ada9073acc7" reported-display-style="strikethrough" style="OLC"> |
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<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5dc9ab53-4c4d-46dd-bdd6-00be5476adbf"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">SCORE program</header> |
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<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id72083AD34A2D457D918FE3B77DFF0E89"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definition</header><text>In this subsection, the term <term>SCORE program</term> means the SCORE program authorized by subsection (b)(1)(B).</text> |
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</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDB2F609DDF7340BF84A1944409A43573"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Volunteers</header><text>A volunteer participating in the SCORE program shall—</text> |
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<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id631BDC8D9F8B4B0CAC2D74519D38802D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>based on the business experience and knowledge of the volunteer—</text> |
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<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2A00B1DD8EC84117AE270F79C2F5CAB8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>provide at no cost to individuals who own, or aspire to own, small business concerns personal counseling, mentoring, and coaching relating to the process of starting, expanding, managing, buying, and selling a business; and</text> |
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</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1BB35F85C1FA4BCA97EDF97E4A051582"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>facilitate low-cost education workshops for individuals who own, or aspire to own, small business concerns; and</text> |
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</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA2F638930DC147EBAD5DCEDE7B2A44D5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>as appropriate, use tools, resources, and expertise of other organizations to carry out the SCORE program.</text> |
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</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE5C1133344F1465EBB5C5D35BEFF513E"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Plans and |
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goals</header><text>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 to individuals in rural areas, economically disadvantaged communities, and other traditionally underserved communities, including plans for electronic initiatives, web-based initiatives, chapter expansion, partnerships, and the development of new skills by volunteers participating in the SCORE program.</text> |
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</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFA366B6453374737B1DE3A609FBF63FE"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Annual |
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report</header><text>The SCORE Association shall submit to the Administrator an annual report that contains—</text> |
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<subparagraph id="IDf5efe38802e644e2a9aa939c73ee82bb"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the number of individuals counseled or trained under the SCORE program;</text> |
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</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID8d596d3bf1804421b04ba81d637ecae3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the number of hours of counseling provided under the SCORE program; and</text> |
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</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idE1D4BF523DD442B4AD67BC19C7FEB566"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to the extent possible—</text> |
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<clause id="ID1899603c5b314d5088ce16a3e77a378b"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the number of small business concerns formed with assistance from the SCORE program;</text> |
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</clause><clause id="IDf2de1f9494444fe8958acdeabb96e812"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the number of small business concerns expanded with assistance from the SCORE program; and</text> |
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</clause><clause id="ID57fa37fd90e24614ac4dd0e1dfbb8940"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the number of jobs created with assistance from the SCORE program.</text> |
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</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA956A192B3F2447BA99D33C418F628B7"><enum>(5)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Privacy requirements</header> |
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<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf4003186-6700-4609-a6c6-1fe72ad518d7"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In |
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general</header><text>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 such individual or small business concern, unless—</text> |
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<clause id="id40e05c67-8a40-484f-a00f-b48b87a809d8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>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</text> |
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</clause><clause id="idafb1a272-0817-4de6-9641-80e933983d63"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the Administrator determines such a disclosure to be necessary for the purpose of conducting a financial audit of the SCORE program, in which case disclosure shall be limited to the information necessary for the audit.</text> |
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</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3260ab10-f014-45f8-9498-808e35f6d130"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Administrator |
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use of information</header><text>This paragraph shall not—</text> <clause id="id579b69c5-ce74-4153-998d-8d7226c1b1ac"><enum>(i)</enum><text>restrict the access of the Administrator to program activity data; or</text> |
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</clause><clause id="id5bdc0ee5-0caa-486d-bf15-b170fc562ca8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>prevent the Administrator from using client information to conduct client surveys.</text> |
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</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4f313e7c-6c31-42fc-a751-f70c24e2df59"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Regulations</header> |
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<clause id="id1bb38816-c130-4963-bdd8-aba8e6087548"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In |
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general</header><text>The Administrator shall issue regulations to establish standards for—</text> |
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<subclause id="id0e2df92c-2b5e-40ac-9d01-2e3efe051d67"><enum>(I)</enum><text>disclosures with respect to financial audits under subparagraph (A)(ii); and</text> |
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</subclause><subclause id="id475bc209-50c8-4365-a968-d65dc4fffa48"><enum>(II)</enum><text>conducting client surveys, including standards for oversight of the surveys and for dissemination and use of client information.</text> |
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</subclause></clause><clause id="id55d0499a-c54b-4aaf-80e8-01d21db5051e"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Maximum |
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privacy protection</header><text>The regulations issued under this subparagraph shall, to the extent practicable, provide for the maximum amount of privacy protection.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> |
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</paragraph></section><section changed="deleted" commented="no" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7B72930B104B4496903FCEBC88DD614E" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>4.</enum><header>Technical |
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and conforming amendments</header> |
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<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idadcaf362-91a6-4510-8a59-c475c1debbf4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Small |
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Business Act</header><text>The Small Business Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/631">15 U.S.C. 631 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended—</text> |
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<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3930ccca-0fad-49f5-85e2-0d3b878ddb60"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in section 7(m)(3)(A)(i)(VIII) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/636">15 U.S.C. 636(m)(3)(A)(i)(VIII)</external-xref>), by striking <quote>Service Corps of Retired Executives</quote> and inserting <quote>SCORE program</quote>; and</text> |
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</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id31f5cd92-7c47-4578-ab46-9fa3d30b47da"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in section 22 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/649">15 U.S.C. 649</external-xref>)—</text> |
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<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id29AA17020B0848C3B360279EE22BD34F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD01FA3D07B46422A962E96E2D0078AF5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>Service Corps of Retired Executives</quote> and inserting <quote>SCORE program</quote>; and</text> |
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</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6A3FD01D19E140F9AF8894C9876A062C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by striking <quote>Service Corps of Retired Executives</quote> and inserting <quote>SCORE program</quote>; and</text> |
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</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD3F4F00EFAD74BB6B5CB650E9E63D25E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (c)(12), by striking <quote>Service Corps of Retired Executives</quote> and inserting <quote>SCORE program</quote>.</text> |
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</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id07429d79-d2f9-4f48-9b6f-70bc190fb84c"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Other |
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laws</header> |
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<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1D2D3129E6C94B58B193C568EC86F0F5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Section 621 of the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/657p">15 U.S.C. 657p</external-xref>) is amended—</text> |
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<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC783930DD0B046F08F4A4550DD8B8608"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the following:</text> |
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<quoted-block changed="deleted" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5EDE044EC314480C811B5B5A72061481" reported-display-style="strikethrough" style="OLC"> |
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<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id643477352A204C86A2E356E0650042D8"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the term <term>SCORE program</term> means the SCORE program authorized by section 8(b)(1)(B) of the Small Business Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/637">15 U.S.C. 637(b)(1)(B)</external-xref>);</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; |
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and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> |
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</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5E4FC89C701B43B5988D2BE9B7ED9C6C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(4)(A)(iv), by striking <quote>Service Corps of Retired Executives</quote> and inserting <quote>SCORE program</quote>.</text> |
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</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB7DFB5178C7D47F88E9F98BAB21F8E1C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 337(d)(2)(A) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6307">42 U.S.C. 6307(d)(2)(A)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE)</quote> and inserting <quote>SCORE program</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection></section></legis-body> |
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<section changed="added" committee-id="SSSB00" id="id24e0a49d-bc01-4316-aca4-ae9f4d1525dd" reported-display-style="italic" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header>Short |
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title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the <quote><short-title>SCORE for Small Business Act of 2015</short-title></quote>.</text> |
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</section><section changed="added" committee-id="SSSB00" id="idbdc7126b-59a3-4ae6-a04c-01d689b123b3" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>2.</enum><header>SCORE |
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Reauthorization</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 20 of the Small Business Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/631">15 U.S.C. 631</external-xref> note) is amended—</text> |
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<paragraph id="id81f04164-2138-4aba-923c-eb4360798b71"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating subsection (j) as subsection (f); and</text> |
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</paragraph><paragraph id="id3a43b1cf-4546-4465-828a-27fc443235ad"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id91522272-82ba-47ae-b851-66d64c6d63ff" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <subsection id="id64f30f86-ffa3-476c-b409-98d00669634f"><enum>(g)</enum><header>SCORE program</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the Administrator to carry out the SCORE program authorized by 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 2016, 2017, and 2018.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> |
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</paragraph></section><section changed="added" committee-id="SSSB00" id="id48cc8a31-9b36-454d-8363-d565bdd4d560" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>3.</enum><header>SCORE |
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program</header> |
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<subsection id="idE8132DF8AAE441A798E08871B72CE3AD"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 8 of the Small Business Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/637">15 U.S.C. 637</external-xref>) is amended—</text> |
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<paragraph id="ida98c318a-5056-4633-91e1-5a234d8b41d9"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)(1)(B), by striking <quote>a Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE)</quote> and inserting <quote>the SCORE program described in subsection (c)</quote>; and</text> |
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</paragraph><paragraph id="idb5281fcf-cb8e-4088-b5b6-83cd8d85fd00"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following:</text> |
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<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id44586f7a-4a80-47cf-abf8-1c2c0a5d1aea" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> |
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<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6aa6d3ca-e763-473d-b9c1-a19ec84f6cef"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">SCORE program</header> |
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<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idef19a5d7-66b3-4dd0-b4d6-b74e2017fe77"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definition</header><text>In this subsection, the term <term>SCORE program</term> means the SCORE program authorized by subsection (b)(1)(B).</text> |
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</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1801d770-dbe7-4b0b-a06b-539fdce795f3"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Volunteers</header><text>A volunteer participating in the SCORE program shall—</text> |
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<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id912d16dd-a272-4ccf-bcb2-b0e7f903d5fc"><enum>(A)</enum><text>based on the business experience and knowledge of the volunteer—</text> |
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<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida3941438-5773-44bc-a78b-b8bc47a0832f"><enum>(i)</enum><text>provide at no cost to individuals who own, or aspire to own, small business concerns personal counseling, mentoring, and coaching relating to the process of starting, expanding, managing, buying, and selling a business; and</text> |
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</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd58aa87c-01a8-4853-a301-85f539f2ac6b"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>facilitate low-cost education workshops for individuals who own, or aspire to own, small business concerns; and</text> |
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</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id28e7073b-f406-44b1-af81-ebc8357da38d"><enum>(B)</enum><text>as appropriate, use tools, resources, and expertise of other organizations to carry out the SCORE program.</text> |
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</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id29d13eba-e5cc-4bed-8ed4-4ec6652cf449"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Plans and |
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goals</header><text>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 to individuals in rural areas, economically disadvantaged communities, and other traditionally underserved communities, including plans for electronic initiatives, web-based initiatives, chapter expansion, partnerships, and the development of new skills by volunteers participating in the SCORE program.</text> |
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</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc61ae8bc-835d-496b-b59d-c177ba14ed76"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Annual |
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report</header><text>The SCORE Association shall submit to the Administrator an annual report that contains—</text> |
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<subparagraph id="id0bb81a51-25dd-492d-8b0f-66191abcf3d6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the number of individuals counseled or trained under the SCORE program;</text> |
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</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idea090a36-59e8-4c0e-991f-a6dea44d4a97"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the number of hours of counseling provided under the SCORE program; and</text> |
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</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id06af4130-ef09-41ca-a8ad-9f9a8e21ba5a"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to the extent possible—</text> |
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<clause id="id11ab2147-a618-4a60-8114-fc258a5a9c71"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the number of small business concerns formed with assistance from the SCORE program;</text> |
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</clause><clause id="id81929b13-28f8-4677-9618-d620edc8e5c5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the number of small business concerns expanded with assistance from the SCORE program; and</text> |
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</clause><clause id="ida12df7e7-cbc0-48e5-ba7a-19f1872a6750"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the number of jobs created with assistance from the SCORE program.</text> |
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</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb9dec99e-f27a-4bf0-bc16-d4428e7c32ae"><enum>(5)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Privacy requirements</header> |
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<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc0425e3d-53b2-46dc-8072-4ce10e09a962"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In |
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general</header><text>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 such individual or small business concern, unless—</text> |
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<clause id="id06c37600-1d8e-492e-9b63-a6346e5c6af1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>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</text> |
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</clause><clause id="idfeea1c8e-bda2-49d5-bd7c-0456698d2d9e"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the Administrator determines such a disclosure to be necessary for the purpose of conducting a financial audit of the SCORE program, in which case disclosure shall be limited to the information necessary for the audit.</text> |
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</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfc6ee920-c965-4086-ac80-786fcd54ba99"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Administrator |
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use of information</header><text>This paragraph shall not—</text> <clause id="id2c0b050f-3b89-4fca-a087-49dce4f5cd28"><enum>(i)</enum><text>restrict the access of the Administrator to program activity data; or</text> |
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</clause><clause id="idd3448602-1452-48f6-8b99-39ebda442db0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>prevent the Administrator from using client information to conduct client surveys.</text> |
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</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id66be04ef-7932-4071-8b64-9364981615ee"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Regulations</header> |
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<clause id="ide2cd9881-fbdb-4c50-9ee2-c583249ca079"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In |
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general</header><text>The Administrator shall issue regulations to establish standards for—</text> |
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<subclause id="id878a5ad6-ccc4-475e-8049-ccaf5d37ee04"><enum>(I)</enum><text>disclosures with respect to financial audits under subparagraph (A)(ii); and</text> |
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</subclause><subclause id="idb898e0ee-9f91-4d2d-83a8-8dd6f38b8dfc"><enum>(II)</enum><text>conducting client surveys, including standards for oversight of the surveys and for dissemination and use of client information.</text> |
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</subclause></clause><clause id="id7549b3b6-3c0a-4a6a-8cdc-a0489dc00bba"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Maximum |
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privacy protection</header><text>The regulations issued under this subparagraph shall, to the extent practicable, provide for the maximum amount of privacy protection.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> |
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</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id21E97573D23D4513822F470A36E776E6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Offset</header><text>In carrying out the Entrepreneurship Education Program during each of fiscal years 2016, 2017, and 2018, the Administrator of the Small Business Administration—</text> |
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<paragraph id="idF0C1200B4F78438CAE0EFBC518A34A7F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>may not obligate more than $5,000,000; and</text> |
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</paragraph><paragraph id="id507A8D6554CF4E59A2DC865D13A57661"><enum>(2)</enum><text>may not obligate less than $2,500,000 of the amount obligated for the Entrepreneurship Education Program to carry out the Emerging Leaders Initiative.</text> |
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</paragraph></subsection></section><section changed="added" commented="no" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id36333c95-4c30-4f33-abeb-552d64e3b322" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>4.</enum><header>Technical |
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and conforming amendments</header> |
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<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9f8f5b06-529f-4ee6-9df9-1f4ae97d57f3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Small |
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Business Act</header><text>The Small Business Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/631">15 U.S.C. 631 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended—</text> |
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<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb1c6564f-8a33-4b53-91b0-fe354195f273"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in section 7(m)(3)(A)(i)(VIII) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/636">15 U.S.C. 636(m)(3)(A)(i)(VIII)</external-xref>), by striking <quote>Service Corps of Retired Executives</quote> and inserting <quote>SCORE program</quote>; and</text> |
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</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9a79a7b5-a865-4855-8d9c-0e3c0806f41b"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in section 22 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/649">15 U.S.C. 649</external-xref>)—</text> |
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<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2b98544c-ba9c-4f48-8060-fb5b9915897e"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1201d497-69c0-4f55-9cd8-1842dbf98192"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>Service Corps of Retired Executives</quote> and inserting <quote>SCORE program</quote>; and</text> |
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</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4fb86415-81d9-40d7-b38f-91304d008d75"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by striking <quote>Service Corps of Retired Executives</quote> and inserting <quote>SCORE program</quote>; and</text> |
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</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4509f2ac-2e6e-4c9b-842f-a9a079b617b4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (c)(12), by striking <quote>Service Corps of Retired Executives</quote> and inserting <quote>SCORE program</quote>.</text> |
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</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6841721d-170f-40e6-9514-b36ed0f62324"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Other |
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laws</header> |
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<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4b33ecb9-8f5e-423f-82c9-9ff7703340b8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Section 621 of the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/657p">15 U.S.C. 657p</external-xref>) is amended—</text> |
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<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id350e3195-36cc-4143-9c4c-831c93396673"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the following:</text> |
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<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8fc98075-9dd1-48bd-b905-0e944ad44944" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> |
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<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id369d8673-1bfb-48c4-80b4-b8bd014c5e94"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the term <term>SCORE program</term> means the SCORE program authorized by section 8(b)(1)(B) of the Small Business Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/637">15 U.S.C. 637(b)(1)(B)</external-xref>);</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; |
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and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> |
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</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1103958f-21d0-4399-b1a3-9c4ced9e50d2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(4)(A)(iv), by striking <quote>Service Corps of Retired Executives</quote> and inserting <quote>SCORE program</quote>.</text> |
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</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0e0e18bb-fd6b-4d7a-8b27-8433133832a8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 337(d)(2)(A) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6307">42 U.S.C. 6307(d)(2)(A)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE)</quote> and inserting <quote>SCORE program</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection></section></legis-body><endorsement><action-date>June 10, 2015</action-date><action-desc>Reported with an amendment</action-desc></endorsement></bill> |
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