A bill to amend the Small Business Act to improve the entrepreneurial development programs of the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes.
Strengthening Resources for America's Entrepreneurs Act of 2012 - Amends the Small Business Act to direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to develop and submit to Congress a plan for using SBA entrepreneurial development programs (EDPs) to create jobs during FY2013-FY2014.
Requires the Administrator to: (1) promulgate a rule to develop and implement a consistent data collection process for the EDPs; (2) report annually to Congress on opportunities to foster coordination of, limit duplication among, and improve program delivery for federal EDPs; (3) establish a database of providers of entrepreneurial development services; (4) designate at least one employee in each SBA district office as a community specialist to work with local providers of such services to increase their coordination with federal EDPs; and (5) develop benchmarks for measuring the performance of such specialists.
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
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