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Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Sep 21, 2004
Small Business Reauthorization and Manufacturing Assistance Act of 2004 - Amends the Small Business Act to permanently authorize small business loan provisions concerning: (1) combination financing; (2) loan guarantee fees; (3) express loan requirements; (4) deferred participation loan standards; and (5) increased Small Business Administration (SBA) guaranteed loan limits.
Amends the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (SBIA) to increase the debenture size for SBA loans to development companies and modify job creation requirements for such loans.
Requires the SBA Administrator to report to Congress on the feasibility of creating a national database of small manufacturers.
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Amends the Small Business Act to modify international trade loan program provisions.
Amends the SBIA to make changes in the Small Business Investment Company program.
Establishes authorization levels for specified SBA programs. Extends program authority for SBA or SBIA programs scheduled to expire on or after September 30, 2004. Reauthorizes: (1) the Paul D. Coverdell Drug-Free Workplace Program (makes specified program changes); and (2) appropriations for Small Business Development Centers (SBDCs).
Revises provisions concerning SBA document retention and disclosure.
Amends the SBA Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 1994 to extend the SBA's cosponsorship authority.
Amends the Small Business Act to prohibit the disclosure of personal information concerning individuals or small businesses receiving SBDC assistance.
Amends the Veterans Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development Act of 1999 to extend the authority of the Advisory Committee on Veterans Business Affairs.
Amends the Small Business Act to make non-disabled veterans and members of reserve components of the Armed Forces eligible for SBA outreach program assistance.
Requires the Administrator to complete a study of industries in which small business concerns owned and controlled by women are underrepresented with respect to Federal procurement contracting.
Directs the SBA to assign at least one procurement center representative to each major procurement center in addition to at least one such representative for each State.
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Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] · R–ME
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9447)
Introduced in Senate
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