,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #abhc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #bj1 #bjac    
,mr4 ,braley of ,iowa introduced the    
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,small ,business  ,a  
,,bill  ,to amend the ,small ,business  
,act to provide for grants to small     
business development centers1 and for   
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,main ,street  
,stabilization ,act of #bjac4  #b4 ,in  
general ,section #ba of the ,small      
,business ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #fdh71 is 
amended by adding at the end the        
following new subsection3  7o7 ,main    
street stabilization  7#a7 ,in general  
,the ,administration shall establish a  
grant program for small business        
development centers in accordance with  
this subsection4 ,to be eligible for the
 program1 a small business development  
center must be in good standing and     
comply with the other requirements of   
this section4 ,funds made available     

through the program shall be used to--  
7,a7 develop business advisory capacity 
to provide expert consulting and        
education to assist small businesses and
 to1 in areas of high demand1 shorten   
the response time of small business     
development centers1 and1 in rural      
areas1 support added outreach in remote 
communities2  7,b7 develop a portfolio  
of online survival and growth tools and 
resources that struggling small business
 concerns can utilize through the       
,internet2  7,c7 deploy additional      
resources to help specific industry     
sectors with a high presence of small   
business concerns1 which shall be       
targeted toward clusters of small       
businesses with similar needs and build 
upon best practices from earlier        
assistance2 and  7,d7 develop a formal  
listing of financing options for small  
business capital access4  7#b7 ,award   
size limit ,the ,administration may not 
award an entity more than #bej1jjj in   
grant funds under this subsection4  7#c7

 ,authority ,subject to amounts approved
 in advance in appropriations ,acts and 
separate from amounts approved to carry 
out the program established in          
subsection 7a77#a71 the ,administration 
may make grants or enter into           
cooperative agreements to carry out this
 subsection4  7#d7 ,authorization ,there
 is authorized to be appropriated not   
more than #b1ejj1jjj for the purposes of
 carrying out this subsection for each  
of the fiscal years #bjad and #bjae4  4