A bill to authorize the Small Business Administration to make grants to support the development and operation of small business development centers in order to provide small business with advice and counseling on management, development, technical information, product planning and development.
Small Business Development Center Act - Authorizes the Small Business Administration to make grants to universities to assist them in developing centers to provide small businesses with a broad range of advice, information, and assistance. Limits the amount of such grant to no more than 75 percent of the cost of eligible activities in the operation or development of the center, except for grants to regional centers assisting State centers in research or other high cost activities.
Establishes a Small Business Management and Technical Assistance Division within the Small Business Development Center program through a Deputy Associate Administrator.
Establishes a Small Business Development Center Advisory Board to advise and confer with the Deputy Associate Administrator for Management and Technical Assistance.
Authorizes the Administration to make grants to universities, organizations, and business concerns to support research to solve problems which affect small business concerns.
Referred to House Committee on Small Business.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to House Committee on Small Business.
checking server…
Ask anything about this bill. The AI reads the full text to answer.
Enter to send · Shift+Enter for new line