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Calendar No. 102111 TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 1432[Report No. 111–43]

Making appropriations for financial services and general government for thefiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

J ULY 9, 2009

Mr. D URBIN , from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the followingoriginal bill; which was read twice and placed on the calendar

A BILLMaking appropriations for financial services and general gov-

ernment for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010,and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1

tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,2

That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 3

money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the4

fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other pur-5

poses, namely:6



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pended for or in connection with the induction of any per-1

son into the Armed Forces of the United States.2

SMALL BUSINESS A DMINISTRATION 3

SALARIES AND EXPENSES 4

For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,5

of the Small Business Administration as authorized by 6

Public Law 108–447, including hire of passenger motor7

vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343 and 1344, and8

not to exceed $3,500 for official reception and representa-9

tion expenses, $444,000,000: Provided , That the Adminis-10

trator is authorized to charge fees to cover the cost of pub-11

lications developed by the Small Business Administration,12

and certain loan program activities, including fees author-13

ized by section 5(b) of the Small Business Act: Provided14

further , That, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, revenues15

received from all such activities shall be credited to this16

account, to remain available until expended, for carrying17

out these purposes without further appropriations: Pro-18

vided further , That $114,400,000 shall be available to19

fund grants for performance in fiscal year 2010 or fiscal20

year 2011 as authorized by section 21 of the Small Busi-21

ness Act, of which $1,000,000 shall be for the Veterans22

Assistance and Services Program authorized by section23

21(n) of the Small Business Act, as added by section 10724

of Public Law 110–186, and of which $1,000,000 shall25



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be for the Small Business Energy Efficiency Program au-1

thorized by section 1203(c) of Public Law 110–140: Pro-2

vided further , That $22,000,000 shall remain available3

until September 30, 2011 for marketing, management,4

and technical assistance under section 7(m) of the Small5

Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(m)(4)) by intermediaries6

that make microloans under the microloan program: Pro-7

vided further , That during fiscal year 2010, the applicable8

percentage under section 7(m)(4)(A) of the Small Busi-9

ness Act shall be 50 percent and section 7(m)(4)(B) of 10

the Small Business Act shall not apply: Provided further,11

That $11,690,500 shall be available for the Loan Mod-12

ernization and Accounting System, to be available until13

September 30, 2011: Provided further, That $10,000,000,14

to remain available until September 30, 2011, shall be for15

expenses for the relocation of the headquarters of the16

Small Business Administration: Provided further , That17

notwithstanding section 7(e) of the Small Business Act,18

up to $10,000,000 shall be for financial assistance in the19

form of grants or cooperative agreements to educational20

institutions, nonprofit organizations, Federal, State, and21

local departments and agencies (including Small Business22

Development Centers operating pursuant to section 21 of 23

the Small Business Act, Women’s Business Centers oper-24

ating pursuant to section 29 of the Small Business Act,25



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subject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act1

of 1974, during fiscal year 2010 commitments to guar-2

antee loans under section 503 of the Small Business In-3

vestment Act of 1958 shall not exceed $7,500,000,000:4

Provided further , That during fiscal year 2010 commit-5

ments for general business loans authorized under section6

7(a) of the Small Business Act shall not exceed7

$17,500,000,000: Provided further , That during fiscal8

year 2010 commitments to guarantee loans for debentures9

under section 303(b) of the Small Business Investment10

Act of 1958, shall not exceed $3,000,000,000: Provided11

further , That during fiscal year 2010, guarantees of trust12

certificates authorized by section 5(g) of the Small Busi-13

ness Act shall not exceed a principal amount of 14

$12,000,000,000. In addition, for administrative expenses15

to carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs,16

$153,000,000, which may be transferred to and merged17

with the appropriations for Salaries and Expenses.18

DISASTER LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 19

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 20

For the cost of guaranteed loans, including the cost21

of modifying such loans as defined in section 502 of the22

Congressional Budget Act of 1974, $1,690,000, to remain23

available until expended, of which $352,357 is for loan24

guarantees as authorized by section 42 of the Small Busi-25



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ness Act, and $1,337,643 is for loan guarantees as author-1

ized by section 12085 of Public Law 110–246.2

In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out3

the direct loan program authorized by section 7(b) of the4

Small Business Act and the guaranteed loan programs au-5

thorized by section 42 of the Small Business Act and sec-6

tion 12085 of Public Law 110–246, $102,310,000, to be7

available until expended, of which $1,000,000 is for the8

Office of Inspector General of the Small Business Admin-9

istration for audits and reviews of disaster loans and the10

disaster loan programs and shall be transferred to and11

merged with the appropriations for the Office of Inspector12

General; of which $91,000,000 is for direct administrative13

expenses of loan making and servicing to carry out the14

direct loan program, which may be transferred to and15

merged with the appropriations for Salaries and Expenses;16

of which $9,000,000 is for indirect administrative ex-17

penses for the direct loan program, which may be trans-18

ferred to and merged with the appropriations for Salaries19

and Expenses, and of which $1,310,000 is for administra-20

tive expenses to carry out the guaranteed loan programs,21

which may be transferred to and merged with the appro-22

priations for Salaries and Expenses.23



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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS —SMALL BUSINESS 1

ADMINISTRATION 2

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 3

SEC . 520. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria-4

tion made available for the current fiscal year for the5

Small Business Administration in this Act may be trans-6

ferred between such appropriations, but no such appro-7

priation shall be increased by more than 10 percent by 8

any such transfers: Provided , That any transfer pursuant9

to this paragraph shall be treated as a reprogramming of 10

funds under section 608 of this Act and shall not be avail-11

able for obligation or expenditure except in compliance12

with the procedures set forth in that section.13

SEC . 521. All disaster loans issued in Alaska or14

North Dakota shall be administered by the Small Business15

Administration and shall not be sold during fiscal year16

2010.17

SEC . 522. For an additional amount under the head-18

ing ‘‘Small Business Administration, Salaries and19

Expenses’’$59,604,000, to remain available until Sep-20

tember 30, 2011, shall be for initiatives related to small21

business development and entrepreneurship, including pro-22

grammatic and construction activities, of which $200,00023

shall be for the Alaska Manufacturing Extension Partner-24

ship for the AMBIT Youth Entrepreneurship Curriculum,25



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Anchorage, Alaska; $250,000 shall be for the Alcorn State1

University for the Systems Research Institute, Mississippi;2

$120,000 shall be for the Amoskeag Business Incubator,3

Manchester, New Hampshire; $100,000 shall be for the4

Bennett College for Women, The Center for Women’s En-5

trepreneurship, Greensboro, North Carolina; $200,0006

shall be for the Boise State University for a research, eco-7

nomic development and entrepreneurial initiative, Idaho;8

$1,050,000 shall be for the Brewer Business and Com-9

merce Park, Brewer, Maine; $117,500 shall be for the10

Center for Economic Growth, Watervliet Innovation Cen-11

ter, Albany, New York; $100,000 shall be for the Central12

Connecticut State University, for a manufacturing work-13

force initiative and technical assistance program, New14

Britain, Connecticut; $100,000 shall be for the Champlain15

Valley Office of Economic Opportunity, Chittenden Emer-16

gency Food Shelf’s Community Kitchen Expansion17

Project, Burlington, Vermont; $117,500 shall be for the18

City of Buffalo, Buffalo clean energy incubator, Buffalo,19

New York; $85,000 shall be for the City of Jal, renovation20

of Burke Junior High School to house business ventures,21

Jal, New Mexico; $250,000 shall be for the City of Los22

Angeles, Port of Los Angeles Technology Advancement23

Program and Clean Technology Development Center, Los24

Angeles, California; $300,000 shall be for the City of 25



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Providence, Department of Planning and Development,1

Rhode Island Center for Life Sciences, research, develop-2

ment and commercialization, Providence, Rhode Island;3

$200,000 shall be for the City of Salem, downtown revital-4

ization ‘‘toolbox’’ program, Salem, Oregon; $170,000 shall5

be for the City of Santa Rosa, Ilfeld Warehouse business6

incubator, Santa Rosa, New Mexico; $100,000 shall be for7

the College of Notre Dame of Maryland, for lab facilities,8

Baltimore, Maryland; $200,000 shall be for the Colorado9

State University, Sustainable Biofuels Development Cen-10

ter, Fort Collins, Colorado; $100,000 shall be for the11

Community College of Philadelphia, Northeast Regional12

Center for small business education, growth, and training,13

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; $100,000 shall be for the14

Community Economic Development Fund Foundation,15

Small Business Institute, for training and technical assist-16

ance to stabilize small business operations, Meriden, Con-17

necticut; $250,000 shall be for the Community Links Ha-18

waii for planning and development of Oahu Technology 19

and Innovation Park, Oahu, Hawaii; $117,500 shall be for20

the Community Service Society of New York, financial21

education project, New York, New York; $300,000 shall22

be for the Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement, En-23

trepreneurial Development and Government Procurement24

Center, Honolulu, Hawaii; $200,000 shall be for the Cuya-25



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hoga Community College, veterans outreach and business1

development program, Cleveland, Ohio; $175,000 shall be2

for the Delaware Valley Industrial Resource Center3

(DVIRC) for small business succession planning services,4

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; $100,000 shall be for the De-5

partment of Community Affairs, Division on Women, New6

Jersey Women’s Microbusiness Credit Program, for train-7

ing and mentoring activities, Trenton, New Jersey;8

$200,000 shall be for the Detroit Renaissance, Detroit9

Creative Corridor Center, Detroit, Michigan; $200,00010

shall be for the Eastern Washington University for accel-11

erating economic development in rural and underserved12

communities of the Inland Pacific Northwest, Spokane,13

Washington; $125,000 shall be for the Entrepreneurial14

Development Center Program, College Park, Georgia;15

$220,000 shall be for the Fitzsimons Redevelopment Au-16

thority, Colorado Drug, Device, and Diagnostic Develop-17

ment Institute, Aurora, Colorado; $200,000 shall be for18

the Florida Institute of Technology, Florida Advanced19

Combustion Center, Brevard County, Florida; $137,50020

shall be for the Great Falls Development Authority, to21

support the administrative costs of the Central Montana22

Growth Fund, Great Falls, Montana; $117,500 shall be23

for the Greater Syracuse Chamber of Commerce, Space24

Alliance Technology Outreach Program (SATOP), Syra-25



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cuse, New York; $80,000 shall be for the Hannah Grimes1

Center, business incubator renovation and expansion,2

Keene, New Hampshire; $700,000 shall be for the3

Haymarket Center for a workforce development initiative,4

Chicago, Illinois; $137,500 shall be for the HOPE Com-5

munity Development Corporation for an economic develop-6

ment initiative, Charleston, West Virginia; $200,000 shall7

be for the Illinois Eastern Community Colleges for the8

Small Business Development Center, Olney, Illinois;9

$600,000 shall be for the Illinois Institute of Technology 10

for University Technology Park, Chicago, Illinois;11

$300,000 shall be for the Illinois State Library to expand12

access to Illinois public libraries, Springfield, Illinois;13

$500,000 shall be for the Illinois State University for the14

McLean County Business Incubator, Normal, Illinois;15

$500,000 shall be for the Jackson State University for16

Economic and Community Development through Heritage17

Tourism, Mississippi; $400,000 shall be for the Kansas18

World Trade Center for the Wichita EcoPartnership,19

Wichita, Kansas; $200,000 shall be for the Kelley Road20

Business Park, Orono, Maine; $213,333 shall be for the21

Latin Chamber of Commerce, Hispanic Leadership Pro-22

gram, Las Vegas, Nevada; $200,000 shall be for the Law-23

rence CommunityWorks, Union Crossing Mill Redevelop-24

ment, Lawrence, Massachusetts; $300,000 shall be for the25



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Leavenworth Technology and Research Park, Leaven-1

worth, Kansas; $975,700 shall be for the Loring Com-2

merce Centre Infrastructure Development for the Loring3

Development Authority, Limestone, Maine; $137,500 shall4

be for the Louisiana Office of Social Entrepreneurship for5

administrative costs of a business planning initiative,6

Baton Rouge, Louisiana; $200,000 shall be for the Lu-7

theran Social Service of Minnesota, Credit Counseling Ca-8

pacity Building, St. Paul, Minnesota; $137,500 shall be9

for the McNeese State University, Southwest Louisiana10

Entrepreneurial and Economic Development Center11

(SEED), Lake Charles, Louisiana; $250,000 shall be for12

the Minot State University-Bottineau, Entrepreneurial13

Center for Horticulture, Bottineau, North Dakota;14

$250,000 shall be for the Mississippi Biotechnology Asso-15

ciation for Capacity Building for the Mississippi Bio-16

technology Industry, Ridgeland, Mississippi; $500,00017

shall be for the Mississippi State University for the Entre-18

preneurship Center to Develop New Entity Creation19

(ECDEC), Mississippi; $850,000 shall be for the Mis-20

sissippi Technology Alliance for the Center for Innovation21

and Entrepreneurship, Mississippi; $1,000,000 shall be22

for the Missouri Chamber Education Foundation to de-23

velop a small business technology, training and outreach24

center, Jefferson City, Missouri; $137,500 shall be for the25



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Montana Technology Venture Center, for expansion and1

operations of the TechRanch next step program, Boze-2

man, Montana; $275,000 shall be for the Nebraska Com-3

munity Foundation, HomeTown Competitiveness, Lincoln,4

Nebraska; $200,000 shall be for the Neighborhood Devel-5

opment Center, Midtown Global Market business technical6

assistance, St. Paul, Minnesota; $213,333 shall be for the7

Nevada Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology 8

(NCET), small business and entrepreneurship develop-9

ment, Nevada; $213,334 shall be for the Nevada Small10

Business Development Center, for Imagine 2012, an His-11

panic business development initiative, Reno, Nevada;12

$250,000 shall be for the North Carolina Rural Economic13

Development Center for a Rural Business Finance Pro-14

gram, Raleigh, North Carolina; $100,000 shall be for the15

North Carolina School of the Arts/Winston-Salem State16

University, The Center for Design Innovation, Winston-17

Salem, North Carolina; $200,000 shall be for the North-18

ern Virginia Community College for retraining displaced19

workers in Geographic Information Systems, Richmond,20

Virginia; $100,000 shall be for the Northwest Pennsyl-21

vania Incubator Association for an incubator project, Erie22

County, Pennsylvania; $750,000 shall be for the23

Pellissippi Research Centre on the Oak Ridge Corridor,24

Alcoa, Tennessee; $300,000 shall be for the Phillips Coun-25



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ty Economic Development for a Entrepreneur Business1

Enhancement Program (EBEP), Phillips County, Kansas;2

$50,000 shall be for the Pittsburgh Life Sciences Green-3

house for the Tech Belt Biosciences Initiative, Pittsburgh,4

Pennsylvania; $300,000 shall be for the Port of Clarkston,5

Asotin County Industrial Park infrastructure completion,6

Asotin County, Washington; $200,000 shall be for the7

Portland Community College, sustainable careers for a8

green economic recovery, Portland, Oregon; $200,0009

shall be for the Prospera (Gallatin Valley Development10

Corporation), Accelerated Entrepreneur Program, Boze-11

man, Montana; $150,000 shall be for the Rhode Island12

School of Design and Brown University, Partnership for13

Sustainable Development/Rhode Island Center for Innova-14

tion and Entrepreneurship (RI–CIE), for technical assist-15

ance to small businesses on green product design and mar-16

keting and on developing and commercializing innovative17

products and services, Providence, Rhode Island;18

$150,000 shall be for the Rural Business Energizer Pro-19

gram, Milbridge, Maine; $200,000 shall be for the Rural20

Enterprises of Oklahoma, Inc., for a Women and Vet-21

eran’s Business Resource Center at Seminole State Col-22

lege, Durant, Oklahoma; $271,050 shall be for the Rut-23

gers, The State University of New Jersey, New Jersey 24

urban entrepreneurship development initiative, New25



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Brunswick, New Jersey; $200,000 shall be for the Shaw-1

nee Community College for the Small Business Develop-2

ment Center, Ullin, Illinois; $250,000 shall be for the3

Souris Basin Regional Planning Center, North Dakota4

REAP Zones, North Dakota; $250,000 shall be for the5

South Dakota Rural Enterprise, Dakota Rising for an en-6

trepreneur development system, South Dakota; $100,0007

shall be for the Cuban American National Council (CNC)8

New Jersey Regional Office, Latino financial education,9

foreclosure prevention, and home ownership program,10

Union City, New Jersey; $250,000 shall be for the Univer-11

sity of Mississippi for the Technology Commercialization12

Initiative, Oxford, Mississippi; $500,000 shall be for the13

University of Southern Mississippi for the Early Stage14

Entrepreneur and Commercialization Development, Hat-15

tiesburg, Mississippi; $400,000 shall be for the Uhlich16

Children’s Advantage Network for job training, placement17

and retention services, Chicago, Illinois; $250,000 shall be18

for the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee for business de-19

velopment related to clean water technologies, Milwaukee,20

Wisconsin; $1,000,000 shall be for the University of Ala-21

bama for a Business Development Research Project, Tus-22

caloosa, Alabama; $300,000 shall be for the University of 23

Alaska, Small Business Development Center, Ketchikan,24

Alaska; $225,000 shall be for the University of Arkansas25



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at Little Rock, Small Business Innovation Center, Little1

Rock, Arkansas; $225,000 shall be for the University of 2

Arkansas Technology Development Foundation, Arkansas3

Research and Technology Park, Fayetteville, Arkansas;4

$200,000 shall be for the University of Connecticut for5

the Avery Point Technology Center, Groton, Connecticut;6

$350,000 shall be for the University of Delaware, Dela-7

ware Small Business and Technology Development Center,8

Newark, Delaware; $100,000 shall be for the University 9

of Maryland-Baltimore BioPark, Baltimore, Maryland;10

$250,000 shall be for the University of Northern Iowa for11

MyEntreNet, a national rural entrepreneurship develop-12

ment system, Iowa; $850,000 shall be for the University 13

of Southern Maine for the Science Technology Research14

Center, Portland, Maine; $200,000 shall be for the Urban15

League of Eastern Massachusetts, economic development16

center expansion, Boston, Massachusetts; $50,000 shall be17

for the Urban League of Philadelphia Entrepreneurship18

Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; $145,000 shall be for19

the Valencia County IT program, upgrade and training,20

Valencia County, New Mexico; $50,000 shall be for the21

Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility, the 50 for22

25 Demonstration Project, Burlington, Vermont; $50,00023

shall be for the Vermont Farms Association for an24

agritourism best practices and standards project, Roch-25



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Calendar No. 102111 TH CONGRESS REPORT " !SENATE1st Session 111–43

FINANCIAL SERVICES AND GENERAL GOVERNMENTAPPROPRIATIONS BILL, 2010

J ULY 9, 2009.—Ordered to be printed

Mr. D URBIN , from the Committee on Appropriations,submitted the following

R E P O RT

[To accompany S. 1432]

The Committee on Appropriations reports the bill (S. 1432) mak-ing appropriations for financial services and general governmentfor the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other pur-poses, reports favorably thereon and recommends that the bill dopass.

Amounts of new budget (obligational) authority for fiscal year 2010Total of bill as reported to the Senate .................... $46,479,193,000Amount of 2009 appropriations 1 ............................. 51,470,576,000Amount of 2010 budget estimate ............................ 46,439,230,000Bill as recommended to Senate compared to—

2009 appropriations .......................................... ¥ 4,991,383,0002010 budget estimate ........................................ ∂ 39,963,000

1 Includes $6,858,000,000 in emergency appropriations appropriated in Public Law111–5, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, and $30,936,000 inemergency appropriations appropriated in Public Law 111–32, the SupplementalAppropriations Act, 2009.



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tive Service Act (50 U.S.C. App. 451 et seq.). The agency is not partof the Department of Defense, but its basic mission is to be pre-pared to supply manpower to the Armed Forces adequate to ensurethe security of the United States during a time of national emer-gency. Since 1973, the Armed Forces have relied on volunteers tofill military manpower requirements. However, the Selective Serv-ice System remains the primary vehicle by which personnel will bebrought into the military if Congress and the President should au-thorize a return to the draft.

In December 1987, Selective Service was tasked by law (PublicLaw 100–180, sec. 715) to develop plans for a post-mobilizationhealthcare personnel delivery system capable of providing the nec-essary critically skilled healthcare personnel to the Armed Forcesin time of emergency. An automated system capable of handlingmass registration and inductions is now complete, together withnecessary draft legislation, a draft Presidential proclamation, pro-totype forms and letters, and other products. These products willbe available should the need arise. The development of supple-mental standby products, such as a compliance system forhealthcare personnel, continues using very limited existing re-sources.

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION The Committee recommends an appropriation of $24,400,000 for

the Selective Service System. This amount is $2,400,000 above thefiscal year 2009 enacted level and the same as the budget request.The Committee encourages the System to continue the develop-ment of its Central Registrant Processing Portal Initiative, and toimprove the cost effectiveness of the registration process by con-tinuing to increase the percentage of electronic and automatic reg-istrations.The Committee supports the allocation of $2,000,000 for upgrad-ing the Service’s information technology systems. A modernized in-formation technology system will help improve business processesand national registration compliance statistics while sustaining anall-volunteer military recruiting effort. It will also ensure more ac-curate and expeditious processing of registrations, enable more se-cure storage of personally identifiable information, and facilitateimproved customer services through the Internet.

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Appropriations, 2009 1 ........................................................................... $1,342,280,000Budget estimate, 2010 ........................................................................... 779,300,000Committee recommendation ................................................................. 860,904,000

1 Includes $730,000,000 provided in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

(Public Law 111–5).The Committee recommendation provides $860,904,000 for the

Small Business Administration [SBA]. The recommendation is$481,376,000 below the fiscal year 2009 enacted level, which in-cluded funds provided in the American Recovery and ReinvestmentAct of 2009, and is $81,604,000 above the budget request. Fundingis distributed among the SBA appropriation accounts as describedbelow.



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SALARIES AND EXPENSES Appropriations, 2009 1 ........................................................................... $455,896,000Budget estimate, 2010 ........................................................................... 422,000,000Committee recommendation ................................................................. 444,000,000

1 Includes $69,000,000 provided in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Pub-lic Law 111–5).

The Committee recommendation provides $444,000,000 for sala-ries and expenses of the SBA. The recommendation is $11,896,000below the fiscal year 2009 enacted level, which included funds pro-vided in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009[ARRA], and is $22,000,000 above the budget request.

Non-credit Business Assistance Programs .—Within the amountsmade available under this heading, the Committee recommenda-tion provides $185,630,000 for the SBA non-credit business assist-ance programs. The recommendation is $26,718,000 above thebudget request and $658,000 below the 2009 enacted level, whichincluded funds provided in ARRA.

The Committee recommendations for non-credit business assist-ance, by program, are displayed in the following table:

NON-CREDIT BUSINESS ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS[In thousands of dollars]

Fiscal year 2010budget estimate

Committeerecommendation

Small Business Development Centers .................................................................................... 97,000 114,400Drug-free Workplace Grants ................................................................................................... 1,030 1,030SCORE ..................................................................................................................................... 5,148 7,000Women’s Business Centers ..................................................................................................... 13,020 14,300Women’s Business Council ..................................................................................................... 773 1,000Microloan Technical Assistance .............................................................................................. 10,000 22,000Veterans Programs .................................................................................................................. 2,200 2,500

PRIME ...................................................................................................................................... 3,120 5,500Native American Outreach ...................................................................................................... 1,040 1,5007(j) Technical Assistance ....................................................................................................... 3,397 3,400HUBZone .................................................................................................................................. 2,184 3,000Entrepreneurial Development Initiative .................................................................................. 20,000 10,000

Total, Non-credit Business Assistance Programs ..................................................... 158,912 185,630

The Committee directs that the amounts provided for SBA’s Non-Credit Business Assistance Programs, as specified in the tableabove, shall be administered in the same manner as previous yearsand shall not be reduced, reallocated, or reprogrammed to provideadditional funds for other programs, initiatives, or activities.

The Committee continues to support the Small Business Develop-ment Center [SBDC] Program and recommends $114,400,000 forfiscal year 2010, an increase of $17,400,000 above the budget re-quest and $4,400,000 above the fiscal year 2009 enacted level. TheCommittee is concerned with the administration’s request to reducefunding for SBDCs in fiscal year 2010 to $97,000,000, a reductionof $13,000,000 below the fiscal year 2009 enacted level. The SBDCnetwork—which encompasses over 900 service centers across theNation—provides management and technical assistance to an esti-mated 1.2 million small business owners and aspiring entre-preneurs each year. As the economy struggles, SBDCs have re-ported a significant increase in demand for their expertise as busi-



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nesses seek guidance on how to weather the economic downturnand as newly unemployed Americans look for advice on starting asmall business as a new career path. Providing support for SBDCsis more critical than ever as our economy works to recover andgrow.

The Committee recommends that up to $10,000,000 shall beavailable for a new Entrepreneurial Development program admin-istered by the SBA, $10,000,000 above the fiscal year 2009 enactedlevel and $10,000,000 below the budget request. The Committee ispleased with the administration’s planned initiatives under thisproposed program to enhance the effectiveness of veterans assist-ance programs, encourage regional economic clusters, and providesmall business development assistance to areas most devastated bythe current economic crisis. The Committee directs the SBA to allo-cate such funds to the maximum extent possible to its current part-

ners—namely, SBDCs, Women’s Business Centers, the ServiceCorps of Retired Executives [SCORE], and Veterans Business Out-reach Centers. These partners will provide an experienced infra-structure for meeting the goals of the Entrepreneurial Developmentinitiative. The Committee notes that the amounts recommended forSBA’s Non-Credit Business Assistance Programs, as specified inthe table above, shall be administered in the same manner as pre-vious years and shall not be reduced, reallocated, or reprogrammedto provide additional funds for this or any other program. TheCommittee directs SBA to report to the Committee on Appropria-tions within 30 days of enactment on the strategies and goals of each initiative, methodologies for assessing the performance of eachinitiative and each individual project selected under each initiative,and methodologies planned for selection of individual projects andrecipients. The Committee also directs SBA to provide to the Com-mittee on Appropriations within 30 days of enactment an operatingplan detailing funding planned for grants, contracts, and salariesand expenses of both current and new SBA employees, includingtravel expenses. Such plan shall individually address each pro-posed initiative. The Committee directs SBA to notify the Com-mittee on Appropriations not less than 15 days prior to obligationof funds provided for the Entrepreneurial Development program.

The Committee recommends $22,000,000 for grants to Microloanintermediaries under the Microloan program for marketing, man-agement, and technical assistance provided to borrowers. An addi-tional $3,000,000 is recommended under the heading ‘‘BusinessLoans Program Account’’ to support lending under the Microloanprogram. The Committee includes a provision that, for funding pro-vided for fiscal year 2010, temporarily increases the maximumamount of grant funding eligibility for qualified Microloan inter-mediaries and temporarily waives the requirement for Microloanintermediaries to contribute non-Federal matching funds. Thesetemporary conditions will provide relief to Microloan intermediariesthat are providing increased assistance to Microloan borrowers andstruggling to secure private matching funds during the economicdownturn. The Committee fully expects to restore these require-ments for fiscal year 2011 funding.

The Committee supports funding for veterans programs and vet-erans business outreach centers and provides $2,500,000 for vet-



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erans programs, an increase of $300,000 above the budget requestand $1,300,000 above the fiscal year 2009 enacted level to supportadditional grants to veterans business outreach centers. When de-termining the allocation of the additional funding, the Committeestrongly encourages SBA to consider centers with significant expe-rience in conducting outreach to veterans, including those pre-viously receiving Federal funding.

The Committee understands how critical it is to assist smallbusiness owners in their beginning start-up stages. Through theOffice of Government Contracting and Business Development,SBA’s 7(j) program provides training to 8(a) firms (firms that aresocially or economically disadvantaged). These firms are eligible forGovernment contracts set-aside specifically for small businesses;however, because of a firm’s status as a socially or economicallydisadvantaged firm, its employees need more than just financialopportunities to grow. These firms are also in need of technical as-sistance to help them meet the demands of these contracts. 7(j)training is a significant part of the 8(a) program effort to promotesmall business opportunities and growth. The Committee directsSBA to provide a status update report reviewing the last 5 yearsof the 7(j) program, including the number of clients trained, thelength of training program, the cost per client per training pro-gram, follow-up actions, description and examples of curricula pro-vided, and all other relevant information that would provide theCommittee with insight into the performance of the 7(j) program.This report shall be submitted no later than 180 days from thedate of enactment.

Operating Expenses .—Within the amounts made available underthis heading, the Committee recommendation provides$258,370,000 for SBA’s operating expenses. The recommendation is$11,238,000 below the 2009 enacted level, which included fundsprovided in ARRA, and is $4,718,000 below the budget request. Thefunding recommendations are made in accordance with the infor-mation included in the budget justification, with the following ex-ceptions: up to $8,000,000 is provided to hire 80 additional FTEsto enhance operational support associated with the expected in-crease in purchases, processing, and monitoring of existing SBAloans; $1,000,000 is provided for quality assurance and best prac-tice reviews; $1,000,000 is provided for a study of the next genera-tion of equity capital companies; and $1,000,000 is provided as anadditional amount for costs associated with administering thesmall business development and entrepreneurship initiatives pro-vided in section 503. The Committee directs SBA to utilize fundingprovided for operating expenses in fiscal year 2010 and fundingavailable from prior year appropriations, including funding pro-vided in ARRA, to support full-time, dedicated staff, including a Di-rector, for the Microloan program.

The Committee is pleased with SBA’s progress to date on imple-menting provisions in ARRA related to increasing access to capitalfor small businesses. The Committee notes that SBA has made astrong effort to implement new programs and changes in existingprograms under ARRA in a timely manner while ensuring thatsuch programs are designed and administered efficiently and effec-



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tively. The Committee directs SBA to continue placing a top pri-ority on implementing ARRA programs.Within the amounts recommended for SBA’s operating expenses,

$11,690,500 is provided for the agency-wide effort to modernizeSBA’s loan management and accounting systems. Current systemsare outdated and limit capabilities, and new systems are needed toenhance the management of SBA’s $90,000,000,000 loan portfolio.The Committee continues to be concerned about the risks inherentin such a relatively large acquisition, including risks related to con-tractor oversight. The Committee notes that this large moderniza-tion effort coincides with SBA’s implementation of ARRA programsand SBA’s proposal to initiate new entrepreneurial developmentprograms, both of which are significant endeavors. The Committeedirects the agency to place a top priority on ensuring a successfulacquisition of and transition to the new systems because the final

product will have a long-term impact on SBA’s capabilities and ef-fectiveness as an agency. SBA shall submit a quarterly written re-port to the Committee on Appropriations summarizing the agency’sprogress regarding the modernization effort, including milestonesplanned and achieved and progress on cost and schedule.

The Committee strongly supports the SBA’s Historically Under-utilized Business Zone [HUBZone] program and believes that it isa critical resource for distressed communities, especially during thecurrent economic downturn. The program was created to stimulateeconomic development and job creation in distressed areas by pro-viding access to more Federal contracting opportunities for quali-fied small businesses. Accordingly, the Committee has provided ad-ditional funding as requested by the administration to improveSBA’s administration and oversight of the HUBZone program andstrongly encourages SBA to continue its efforts in strengthening itsmanagement and oversight of this important program.

The Committee is pleased with the results of the Office of Per-sonnel Management’s 2008 survey, ‘‘Best Places to Work in theFederal Government.’’ SBA employee responses to questions relatedto job satisfaction resulted in SBA ranking 26 out of 30 agencies,a significant improvement from the 2007 ranking of last place. TheCommittee is encouraged by the administration’s plans to focus ef-forts on employee training. Training is a key part of improving em-ployee morale because staff can anticipate professional growth andcareer progression within the organization, as well as see how im-proving their skills can contribute to improving agency perform-ance. The Committee directs SBA to document a comprehensiveplan for training that links core competencies to SBA’s goals, in ac-cordance with recommendations from the Government Account-ability Office. Finally, the Committee recommends that, in additionto pursuing valuable outside studies of quality assurance and bestpractice reviews, senior management seek and incorporate theopinions of experienced career staff on further steps that can betaken to improve the administration of SBA programs and job sat-isfaction of SBA employees.

In light of the increased need to assist small businesses thathave been affected by manufacturing closures across the country,the Committee directs SBA, in consultation with local district of-fices, to review vacant Regional Manager positions, especially posi-



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tions which have remained vacant for several years, to ensure ade-quate services for small businesses.The Committee is aware that the SBA currently has 17 inter-

national finance specialists posted throughout the country at one-stop assistance centers operated by the Department of Commerce.This program has facilitated well over $10,000,000,000 in exportsin the last 10 years, helping to create 140,000 new and higher-pay-ing jobs. The Committee directs the SBA to review and make ef-forts to fill international finance specialist vacancies in high exportareas, especially vacancies which have remained unfilled for sev-eral years.

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL Appropriations, 2009 1 ........................................................................... $26,750,000Budget estimate, 2010 ........................................................................... 16,300,000

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 16,300,0001 Includes $10,000,000 provided in 2009 in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–5).

The Committee recommendation provides $16,300,000 for the Of-fice of Inspector General. The recommendation is $10,450,000below the fiscal year 2009 enacted level, which included funds pro-vided in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, andis the same as the budget request.

The Committee directs the Inspector General to continue routineanalysis and reporting on SBA’s modernization of its loan manage-ment and accounting systems, including acquisition, contractoroversight, implementation, and progress regarding budget andschedule.

SURETY BOND GUARANTEES REVOLVING FUND

Appropriations, 2009 1 ........................................................................... $17,000,000Budget estimate, 2010 ........................................................................... 1,000,000Committee recommendation ................................................................. 1,000,000

1 Includes $15,000,000 provided in 2009 in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–5).

The Committee recommendation provides $1,000,000. The rec-ommendation is $16,000,000 below the fiscal year 2009 enactedlevel, which included funds provided in the American Recovery andReinvestment Act of 2009, and is the same as the budget request.

BUSINESS LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

Appropriations, 2009 1 ........................................................................... $776,980,000Budget estimate, 2010 ........................................................................... 236,000,000Committee recommendation ................................................................. 236,000,000

1 Includes $636,000,000 provided in 2009 in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–5).

The Committee recommendation provides $236,000,000. The rec-ommendation is $540,980,000 below the fiscal year 2009 enactedlevel, which included funds provided in the American Recovery andReinvestment Act of 2009, and is equal to the budget request.

The recommendation provides $153,000,000 for administrativeexpenses, which may be transferred to and merged with SBA sala-



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ries and expenses to cover the common overhead expenses associ-ated with the business loans programs.The recommendation provides $3,000,000 for the Microloan direct

loan program. An additional amount of $22,000,000 is rec-ommended under the heading ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ for technicalassistance grants to Microlending intermediaries. The Committeenotes that while only 165 entities are qualified as Microlendingintermediaries under the Microloan program, the Small BusinessAct authorizes the administration to fund up to 300 Microloanintermediaries annually. The Committee urges SBA to conduct out-reach to existing financial entities that may be well-suited to par-ticipate in the Microloan program so that the program can growand expand access to microcapital across the country. SBA shallsubmit a written report to the Committee on Appropriations within90 days of enactment summarizing the agency’s plans for con-ducting such outreach and other plans for expanding the reach of the Microloan program.

The recommendation provides $80,000,000 to subsidize the 7(a)guaranteed loan program. For a typical year, estimated fees col-lected from lenders and borrowers fully offset estimated Govern-ment payments on losses under the 7(a) program. However, thebudget requests additional funding for fiscal year 2010 because feecollections are not expected to offset the cost to the Government forthat year due to changes in assumptions related to the economicdownturn. The recommended funding will allow SBA to continueoperating the 7(a) program in fiscal year 2010. The Committee ex-pects the program to return to typical operation when the economyrecovers.

The Committee is familiar with SBA’s loan program known asPatriot Express, and its efforts to conduct outreach to veterans who

may be seeking to start or grow a small business. The Committeedirects SBA to collaborate with the U.S. Department of Labor, es-pecially its Veterans Employment and Training Services Office,and the U.S. Veterans Administration, the U.S. Department of De-fense, all other relevant Federal agencies, State and local govern-ments, not-for profit organizations, and other stakeholders to iden-tify existing studies, programs, resources, and all available Federalfunding to assist veterans in starting and/or growing a small busi-ness. The Committee directs SBA to provide a report, no later than180 days from the date of enactment, on its findings and rec-ommended next steps for greater assistance to veteran small busi-ness owners through existing grants, loans, and educational pro-grams and assistance.

DISASTER LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

Appropriations, 2009 ............................................................................. ...........................Budget estimate, 2010 ........................................................................... $104,000,000Committee recommendation ................................................................. 104,000,000

The Committee provides $104,000,000 for the Disaster Loansprogram. The recommendation is $104,000,000 above the fiscalyear 2009 enacted level and is equal to the budget request. Of thetotal funding, $1,690,000 is recommended for two pilot disaster



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loan guarantee programs authorized in the Food, Conservation,and Energy Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–246) and $102,310,000 isrecommended for necessary administrative expenses for carryingout disaster loan programs. Any direct loan subsidies required infiscal year 2010 will be derived from available unobligated bal-ances. As always, SBA is urged to seek out emergency funding inthe event of a disaster requiring loan assistance.

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS —SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Section 520 continues a provision concerning transfer authority

and availability of funds.Section 521 provides that all disaster loans issued in Alaska or

North Dakota shall not be sold.Section 522 provides $59,604,000 for small business development

and entrepreneurship initiatives, including programmatic and con-struction activities, to be awarded as follows:

Agency Project Amount

SBA .... ... Alaska Manufacturing Extension Partnership for the AMBIT Youth Entrepreneurship Curriculum,Anchorage, AK.

$200,000

SBA ....... Alcorn State University for the Systems Research Institute, MS ................................................... $250,000SBA ....... Amoskeag Business Incubator, Manchester, NH ............................................................................. $120,000SBA ....... Bennett College for Women, The Center for Women’s Entrepreneurship, Greensboro, NC ............ $100,000SBA ....... Boise State University for a research, economic development and entrepreneurial initiative,

ID.$200,000

SBA ....... Brewer Business and Commerce Park, Brewer, ME ........................................................................ $1,050,000SBA ....... Center for Economic Growth, Watervliet Innovation Center, Albany, NY ........................................ $117,500SBA ....... Central Connecticut State University, for a manufacturing workforce initiative and technical

assistance program, New Britain, CT.$100,000

SBA .. ..... Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity, Chittenden Emergency Food Shelf’s Commu-nity Kitchen Expansion Project, Burlington, VT.

$100,000

SBA ....... City of Buffalo, Buffalo clean energy incubator, Buffalo, NY ........................................................ $117,500SBA ....... City of Jal, renovation of Burke Junior High School to house business ventures, Jal, NM ........... $85,000SBA ....... City of Los Angeles, Port of Los Angeles Technology Advancement Program and Clean Tech-

nology Development Center, Los Angeles, CA.$250,000

SBA ....... City of Providence, Department of Planning and Development, Rhode Island Center for LifeSciences, research, development and commercialization, Providence, RI.

$300,000

SBA ....... City of Salem, downtown revitalization ‘‘toolbox’’ program, Salem, OR ........................................ $200,000SBA ....... City of Santa Rosa, Ilfeld Warehouse business incubator, Santa Rosa, NM ................................. $170,000SBA ....... College of Notre Dame of Maryland, for lab facilities, Baltimore, MD .......................................... $100,000SBA ....... Colorado State University, Sustainable Biofuels Development Center, Fort Collins, CO ............... $200,000SBA ....... Community College of Philadelphia, Northeast Regional Center for small business education,

growth, and training, Philadelphia, PA.$100,000

SBA .. ..... Community Economic Development Fund Foundation, Small Business Institute, for training andtechnical assistance to stabilize small business operations, Meriden, CT.

$100,000

SBA ....... Community Links Hawaii for planning and development of Oahu Technology and InnovationPark, Oahu, HI.

$250,000

SBA ....... Community Service Society of New York, financial education project, New York, NY ................... $117,500SBA ...... . Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement, Entrepreneurial Development and Government Pro-

curement Center, Honolulu, HI.$300,000

SBA ....... Cuyahoga Community College, veterans outreach and business development program, Cleve-land, OH.

$200,000

SBA ....... Delaware Valley Industrial Resource Center [DVIRC] for small business succession planningservices, Philadelphia, PA.

$175,000

SBA ....... Department of Community Affairs, Division on Women, New Jersey Women’s MicrobusinessCredit Program, for training and mentoring activities, Trenton, NJ.

$100,000

SBA ....... Detroit Renaissance, Detroit Creative Corridor Center, Detroit, MI ................................................ $200,000SBA ....... Eastern Washington University for accelerating economic development in rural and under-

served communities of the Inland Pacific Northwest, Spokane, WA.$200,000

SBA ....... Entrepreneurial Development Center Program, College Park, GA ................................................... $125,000SBA .... ... Fitzsimons Redevelopment Authority, Colorado Drug, Device, and Diagnostic Development Insti-

tute, Aurora, CO.$220,000

SBA ....... Florida Institute of Technology, Florida Advanced Combustion Center, Brevard County, FL ......... $200,000



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SBA .. ..... Great Falls Development Authority, to support the administrative costs of the Central MontanaGrowth Fund, Great Falls, MT.

$137,500

SBA ....... Greater Syracuse Chamber of Commerce, Space Alliance Technology Outreach Program[SATOP], Syracuse, NY.

$117,500

SBA ....... Hannah Grimes Center, business incubator renovation and expansion, Keene, NH ...................... $80,000SBA ....... Haymarket Center for a workforce development initiative, Chicago, IL ......................................... $700,000SBA .... ... HOPE Community Development Corporation for an economic development initiative, Charleston,

WV.$137,500

SBA ....... Illinois Eastern Community Colleges for the Small Business Development Center, Olney, IL ...... $200,000SBA ....... Illinois Institute of Technology for University Technology Park, Chicago, IL .................................. $600,000SBA ....... Illinois State Library to expand access to Illinois public libraries, Springfield, IL ....................... $300,000SBA ....... Illinois State University for the McLean County Business Incubator, Normal, IL .......................... $500,000SBA ....... Jackson State University for Economic and Community Development through Heritage Tourism,

MS.$500,000

SBA ....... Kansas World Trade Center for the Wichita EcoPartnership, Wichita, KS ..................................... $400,000SBA ....... Kelley Road Business Park, Orono, ME ........................................................................................... $200,000SBA ....... Latin Chamber of Commerce, Hispanic Leadership Program, Las Vegas, NV ............................... $213,333SBA ....... Lawrence CommunityWorks, Union Crossing Mill Redevelopment, Lawrence, MA ......................... $200,000SBA ....... Leavenworth Technology and Research Park, Leavenworth, KS ..................................................... $300,000SBA ....... Loring Commerce Centre Infrastructure Development for the Loring Development Authority,

Limestone, ME.$975,700

SBA ....... Louisiana Office of Social Entrepreneurship for administrative costs of a business planninginitiative, Baton Rouge, LA.

$137,500

SBA ....... Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota, Credit Counseling Capacity Building, St. Paul, MN ......... $200,000SBA ....... McNeese State University, Southwest Louisiana Entrepreneurial and Economic Development

Center [SEED], Lake Charles, LA.$137,500

SBA ....... Minot State University-Bottineau, Entrepreneurial Center for Horticulture, Bottineau, ND ........... $250,000SBA ....... Mississippi Biotechnology Association for Capacity Building for the Mississippi Biotechnology

Industry, Ridgeland, MS.$250,000

SBA ....... Mississippi State University for the Entrepreneurship Center to Develop New Entity Creation[ECDEC], MS.

$500,000

SBA ....... Mississippi Technology Alliance for the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, MS ........... $850,000SBA .. ..... Missouri Chamber Education Foundation to develop a small business technology, training and

outreach center, Jefferson City, MO.$1,000,000

SBA .. ..... Montana Technology Venture Center, for expansion and operations of the TechRanch next stepprogram, Bozeman, MT.

$137,500

SBA ....... Nebraska Community Foundation, HomeTown Competitiveness, Lincoln, NE ................................ $275,000SBA ....... Neighborhood Development Center, Midtown Global Market business technical assistance, St.

Paul, MN.$200,000

SBA .. ..... Nevada Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology [NCET], small business and entrepreneur-ship development, NV.

$213,333

SBA ....... Nevada Small Business Development Center, for Imagine 2012, an Hispanic business develop-ment initiative, Reno, NV.

$213,334

SBA ....... North Carolina Rural Economic Development Center for a Rural Business Finance Program,Raleigh, NC.

$250,000

SBA .. ..... North Carolina School of the Arts/Winston-Salem State University, The Center for Design Inno-vation, Winston-Salem, NC.

$100,000

SBA ....... Northern Virginia Community College for retraining displaced workers in Geographic Informa-tion Systems, Richmond, VA.

$200,000

SBA ....... Northwest Pennsylvania Incubator Association for an incubator project, Erie County, PA ........... $100,000SBA ....... Pellissippi Research Centre on the Oak Ridge Corridor, Alcoa, TN ............................................... $750,000SBA ....... Phillips County Economic Development for a Entrepreneur Business Enhancement Program

[EBEP], Phillips County, KS.$300,000

SBA ....... Pittsburgh Life Sciences Greenhouse for the Tech Belt Biosciences Initiative, Pittsburgh, PA .... $50,000SBA ....... Port of Clarkston, Asotin County Industrial Park infrastructure completion, Asotin County, WA .. $300,000SBA ....... Portland Community College, sustainable careers for a green economic recovery, Portland,

OR.

$200,000

SBA ....... Prospera (Gallatin Valley Development Corporation), Accelerated Entrepreneur Program, Boze-man, MT.

$200,000

SBA ....... Rhode Island School of Design and Brown University, Partnership for Sustainable Develop-ment/Rhode Island Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship [RI–CIE], for technical as-sistance to small businesses on green product design and marketing and on developingand commercializing innovative products and services, Providence, RI.

$150,000

SBA ....... Rural Business Energizer Program, Milbridge, ME ......................................................................... $150,000SBA .... ... Rural Enterprises of Oklahoma, Inc, for a Women and Veteran’s Business Resource Center at

Seminole State College, Durant, OK.$200,000



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SBA ....... Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Jersey urban entrepreneurship developmentinitiative, New Brunswick, NJ.

$271,050

SBA ....... Shawnee Community College for the Small Business Development Center, Ullin, IL ................... $200,000SBA ....... Souris Basin Regional Planning Center, North Dakota REAP Zones, ND ....................................... $250,000SBA ....... South Dakota Rural Enterprise, Dakota Rising for an entrepreneur development system, SD ..... $250,000SBA .. ..... The Cuban American National Council [CNC] New Jersey Regional Office, Latino financial edu-

cation, foreclosure prevention, and home ownership program, Union City, NJ.$100,000

SBA ....... The University of Mississippi for the Technology Commercialization Initiative, Oxford, MS ......... $250,000SBA .. ..... The University of Southern Mississippi for the Early Stage Entrepreneur and Commercialization

Development, Hattiesburg, MS.$500,000

SBA ...... . Uhlich Children’s Advantage Network for job training, placement and retention services, Chi-cago, IL.

$400,000

SBA ....... University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee for business development related to clean water tech-nologies, Milwaukee, WI.

$250,000

SBA ....... University of Alabama for a Business Development Research Project, Tuscaloosa, AL ................ $1,000,000SBA ....... University of Alaska, Small Business Development Center, Ketchikan, AK ................................... $300,000SBA ....... University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Small Business Innovation Center, Little Rock, AR .......... $225,000SBA .. ..... University of Arkansas Technology Development Foundation, Arkansas Research and Technology

Park, Fayetteville, AR.$225,000

SBA ....... University of Connecticut for the Avery Point Technology Center, Groton, CT ............................... $200,000SBA .. ..... University of Delaware, Delaware Small Business and Technology Development Center, Newark,

DE.$350,000

SBA ....... University of Maryland-Baltimore BioPark, Baltimore, MD ............................................................. $100,000SBA ....... University of Northern Iowa for MyEntreNet, a national rural entrepreneurship development sys-

tem, IA.$250,000

SBA ....... University of Southern Maine for the Science Technology Research Center, Portland, ME ........... $850,000SBA ....... Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts, economic development center expansion, Boston,

MA.$200,000

SBA ....... Urban League of Philadelphia Entrepreneurship Center, Philadelphia, PA .................................... $50,000SBA ....... Valencia County IT program, upgrade and training, Valencia County, NM ................................... $145,000SBA .. ..... Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility, the 50 for 25 Demonstration Project, Burlington,

VT.$50,000

SBA ....... Vermont Farms Association for an agritourism best practices and standards project, Roch-ester, VT.

$50,000

SBA ....... Vermont Small Business Development Center, technical assistance to high-tech small busi-nesses and emerging businesses, Randolph, VT.

$250,000

SBA ....... Virginia’s Center for Innovative Technology, Mine safety technology and communication im-provements, Herndon, VA.

$200,000

SBA ....... Wayne State University for the Law School’s Small Business Clinic, Detroit, MI ......................... $200,000SBA ....... West Virginia Northern Community College, Center for Economic and Workforce Advancement,

Weirton, WV.$137,500

SBA ....... Western Illinois University for the Small Business Development Center, Macomb, IL .................. $400,000SBA ....... Western Kentucky University Bowling Green Data Center, Bowling Green, KY .............................. $1,100,000SBA ...... . Women’s Business Development Center, for entrepreneurial small business training & assist-

ance, Stamford, CT.$100,000

SBA ....... World Trade Center Institute Delaware, for the export assistance webinar series for businesseducation, Wilmington, DE.

$50,000

UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE PAYMENT TO THE POSTAL SERVICE FUND

Appropriations, 2009 ............................................................................. $111,831,000Budget estimate, 2010 ........................................................................... 118,328,000Committee recommendation ................................................................. 118,328,000

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION The Post Office dates back to 1775. It became the Postal Service

in 1971 as an independent establishment of the executive branchof the United States Government. The Postal Service’s basic func-tion and obligation is to provide postal services to bind the Nationtogether through the personal, educational, literary, and businesscorrespondence of the people. Its mission is to provide prompt, reli-

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