,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bfcc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #i1 #bjai,mr4   
,cox of ,california 7for himself1 ,ms4  
,finkenauer1 and ,mrs4 ,radewagen7      
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,small   
,business  ,a ,,bill  ,to require the   
,administrator of the ,small ,business  
,administration to submit a report on   
the ,office of ,rural ,affairs4  #a4    
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,study of ,office of ,rural         
,affairs1 within the ,small ,business   
,administration4  #b4 ,report on the    
,office of ,rural ,affairs ,not later   
than #f months after the date of the    
enactment of this ,act1 the             
,administrator of the ,small ,business  
,administration shall submit to         
,congress a report analyzing the cost   
and potential benefits of creating a    
successor office to the ,office of      
,rural ,affairs1 in accordance with the 
requirements under section #bf of the   

,small ,business ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4    
#fec74 ,such report shall include--     
7#a7 the dates on which the prior       
,office of ,rural ,affairs was created  
and dismantled2  7#b7 the rationale     
justifying the decision to dismantle the
 ,office2  7#c7 a list of the year's    
funds that were appropriated to the     
,office2 and  7#d7 the cost and         
potential benefits to establishing an   
,associate ,administrator for a         
successor office to the ,office of      
,rural ,affairs4