#aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  ,h4   
,r4 #cgcd  ,,an ,,act  ,to require the  
,comptroller ,general of the ,united    
,states to report on access to credit   
for small business concerns owned and   
controlled by covered individuals1 to   
require the ,administrator of the ,small
 ,business ,administration to report on 
the veterans interagency task force1 and
 for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title  
,this ,act may be cited as the          
,successful ,entrepreneurship for       
,reservists and ,veterans ,act or the   
,,serv ,act4  #b4 ,reporting requirement
 for veterans interagency task force    
,section #cb7;c7 of the ,small ,business
 ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #feg;b7c77 is      
amended by adding at the end the        
following3  7#d7 ,report ,along with the
 budget justification documents for the 
,small ,business ,administration        
submitted to ,congress in connection    
with the budget for a fiscal year       
submitted under #aaje of title #ca1     
,united ,states ,code1 the              

,administrator shall submit a report--  
7,a7 discussing the appointments made to
 and activities of the task force2 and  
7,b7 identifying and outlining a plan   
for outreach and promotion of the       
programs and services for veterans1     
including ,veteran ,business ,outreach  
,centers1 ,boots to ,business1 ,boots to
 ,business ,reboot1 ,service-,disabled  
,entrepreneurship ,development ,training
 ,program1 ,veteran ,institute for      
,procurement1 ,women ,veteran           
,entrepreneurship ,training ,program1   
and ,veteran ,women ,igniting the       
,spirit of ,entrepreneurship4  4  #c4   
,,gao report on access to credit  7a7   
,report on access to credit  7#a7 ,in   
general ,not later than #a year after   
the date of the enactment of this ,act1 
the ,comptroller ,general of the ,united
 ,states shall submit a report on the   
ability of small business concerns owned
 and controlled by covered individuals  
to access credit to--  7,a7 the         
,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs and   

the ,committee on ,small ,business and  
,entrepreneurship of the ,senate2 and   
7,b7 the ,committee on ,veterans'       
,affairs and the ,committee on ,small   
,business of the ,house of              
,representatives4  7#b7 ,contents ,the  
report submitted under paragraph 7#a7   
shall include1 to the extent            
practicable1 an analysis of-- 7,a7 the  
sources of credit used by small business
 concerns owned and controlled by       
covered individuals and the average     
percentage of the credit obtained from  
each source by such concerns2  7,b7 the 
default rate for small business concerns
 owned and controlled by covered        
individuals1 disaggregated by each      
source of credit described in           
subparagraph 7,a71 as compared to the   
default rate for the source of credit   
for small business concerns generally2  
7,c7 the ,federal lending programs      
available to provide credit to small    
business concerns owned and controlled  
by covered individuals2  7,d7 gaps1 if  

any1 in the availability of credit for  
small business concerns owned and       
controlled by covered individuals that  
are not being filled by the ,federal    
,government or private sources2  7,e7   
obstacles faced by covered individuals  
in trying to access credit2  7,f7 the   
extent to which deployment and other    
military responsibilities affect the    
credit history of veterans and          
,reservists2 and  7,g7 the extent to    
which covered individuals are aware of  
,federal programs targeted towards      
helping covered individuals access      
credit4  7b7 ,definitions ,in this ,act3
 7#a7 ,covered individual ,the term     
covered individual means--  7,a7 a      
veteran2  7,b7 a service-disabled       
veteran2  7,c7 a ,reservist2  7,d7 the  
spouse of an individual described in    
subparagraph 7,a71 7,b71 or 7,c72 or    
7,e7 the spouse of a member of the      
,armed ,forces4  7#b7 ,reservist ,the   
term ,reservist means a member of a     
reserve component of the ,armed ,forces1

 as described in section #ajaja of title
 #aj1 ,united ,states ,code4  7#c7      
,small ,business ,act definitions ,the  
terms service-disabled veteran1 small   
business concern1 and veteran have the  
meanings given those terms1             
respectively1 under section #c of the   
,small ,business ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4    
#fcb74  ,passed the ,house of           
,representatives ,november #ac1         
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