,,ib ,union ,calendar ,no4 #ahb #aahth  
,,congress  #ast ,session  ,h4 ,r4 #ebfe
 ,report ,no4 #aah-bbc ,,in ,,the       
,,house ,,of ,,representatives  ,august 
#be1 #bjbc,mr4 ,alford 7for himself1    
,mr4 ,luetkemeyer1 ,mr4 ,ellzey1 and    
,mr4 ,bean of ,florida7 introduced the  
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,small ,business      
,september #bf1 #bjbc;,additional       
sponsors3 ,mr4 ,stauber and ,mr4 ,pappas
  ,september #bf1 #bjbc,reported from   
the ,committee on ,small ,business2     
committed to the ,committee of the      
,whole ,house on the ,state of the      
,union and ordered to be printed  ,a    
,,bill  ,to amend the ,small ,business  
,act to require a report on the         
performance of the ,office of ,rural    
,affairs1 to require a report on the    
memorandum of understanding between the 
,small ,business ,administration and the
 ,department of ,agriculture entered    
into on ,april #d1 #bjah1 and for other 
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  

may be cited as the ,small ,business    
,administration ,rural ,performance     
,report ,act4  #b4 ,small business rural
 performance reports  7a7 ,office of    
,rural ,affairs ,annual ,performance    
,report ,section #bf of the ,small      
,business ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #fec7 is  
amended by adding at the end the        
following3  7d7 ,reports  7#a7 ,initial 
report ,not later than #ij days after   
the date of the enactment of this       
subsection1 the ,administrator shall    
make available on a website of the      
,administration1 and submit to the      
,committee on ,small ,business of the   
,house of ,representatives and the      
,committee on ,small ,business and      
,entrepreneurship of the ,senate1 a     
report on the activities of the ,office 
during the year preceding the date of   
the report that includes the following  
elements3 7,a7 ,how the ,office is      
promoting financial assistance pursuant 
to subsection 7c77#a74  7,b7 ,annual    
statistics compiled pursuant to         

subsection 7c77#b74  7,c7 ,how the      
,office is providing information        
pursuant to subsection 7c77#c74  7,d7   
,how the ,office is providing           
information pursuant to subsection      
7c77#d74  7,e7 ,the number of outreach  
events conducted by the ,office to      
provide information described in        
paragraphs 7#c7 and 7#d7 of subsection  
7c74  7,f7 ,details of any partnerships 
that the ,office engaged in to provide  
the outreach described in paragraph     
7#e71 including any partnerships with   
the ,national ,travel and ,tourism      
,office of the ,department of ,commerce4
  7,g7 ,the name of the director of the 
,office and the number of staff employed
 by the ,office4  7#b7 ,annual report   
,the ,administrator shall annually      
submit1 along with the budget the budget
 justification materials submitted in   
support of the ,small ,business         
,administration budget for a fiscal year
 7as submitted with the budget of the   
,president under section #aaje7;a7 of   

title #ca71 a report that includes the  
elements described in paragraph 7#a74  4
  7b7 ,technical amendment ,section     
#bf7;c77#e7 of the ,small ,business ,act
 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #fec7;c77#e77 is amended
 by striking ,united ,states ,tourism   
and ,travel ,administration and         
inserting ,national ,travel and ,tourism
 ,office of the ,department of          
,commerce4  7c7 ,memorandum of          
,understanding with ,department of      
,agriculture ,report ,not later than #ij
 days after the date of the enactment of
 this ,act1 the ,administrator shall    
make available on a website of the      
,administration and submit to the       
,committee on ,small ,business of the   
,house of ,representatives and the      
,committee on ,small ,business and      
,entrepreneurship of the ,senate a      
report on the ,,mou4 ,such report shall 
include a description of the following3 
7#a7 ,how many working groups convened  
pursuant to the ,,mou the               
,administration was part of and if the  

,administration is still part of any    
such working groups4  7#b7 ,how many    
staff employed by the ,administration   
were and are still involved with a      
working group convened pursuant to the  
,,mou4  7#c7 ,the findings specified in 
clauses 7i7 through 7iv7 of paragraph   
7#a7 of part #b of the ,,mou4  7#d7 ,the
 findings specified in clauses 7i7      
through 7iv7 of paragraph 7#b7 of part  
#b of the ,,mou4  #c4 ,definitions ,in  
this ,act3 7#a7 ,administrator ,the term
 ,administrator means the ,administrator
 of the ,small ,business                
,administration4  7#b7 ,administration  
,the term ,administration means the     
,small ,business ,administration4  7#c7 
,,mou ,the term ,,mou means the         
memorandum of understanding between the 
,department of ,agriculture and the     
,small ,business ,administration entered
 into on ,april #d1 #bjah1 about        
collaborative efforts to promote        
stronger businesses and agricultural    
economies in rural ,america4  #d4       

,compliance with ,,cutgo ,no additional 
amounts are authorized to be            
appropriated to carry out this ,act or  
the amendments made by this ,act4 ,such 
,act and amendments shall be carried out
 using amounts otherwise appropriated to
 the ,administrator of the ,small       
,business ,administration4  ,september  
#bf1 #bjbc;,committed to the ,committee 
of the ,whole ,house on the ,state of   
the ,union and ordered to be printed