,i  #aahth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #iaff  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #be1 #bjbd,mr4 
,molinaro 7for himself and ,mr4         
,thompson of ,mississippi7 introduced   
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,transportation and
 ,infrastructure1 and in addition to the
 ,committees on ,small ,business1 and   
,financial ,services1 for a period to be
 subsequently determined by the         
,speaker1 in each case for consideration
 of such provisions as fall within the  
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to require the ,small       
,business ,administration1 the          
,appalachian ,regional ,commission1 and 
the ,delta ,regional ,authority to enter
 into an agreement to carry out         
activities to expand rural              
entrepreneurship1 and for other         
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,rural ,innovation  
and ,small ,business ,expansion ,act or 
the ,,rise ,act4  #b4 ,memorandum of    

understanding to expand rural           
entrepreneurship and small business     
within ,appalachia and ,delta area  7a7 
,in general ,not later than #abj days   
after the date of the enactment of this 
,act1 the ,administrator of the ,small  
,business ,administration1 the          
appropriate head of the ,appalachian    
,regional ,commission1 and the          
appropriate head of the ,delta ,regional
 ,authority 7in this section referred to
 as the covered officials7 shall enter  
into a memorandum of understanding or   
other appropriate agreement to carry out
 activities within the ,appalachian     
region and the ,delta region1 as        
applicable1 to expand rural             
entrepreneurship and to support small   
business concerns4  7b7 ,memorandum of  
understanding or agreement ,the covered 
officials shall carry out and coordinate
 the activities described in subsection 
7a7 by entering into one or more        
memoranda of understanding or other     
appropriate agreements1 as jointly      

determined by the covered officials4    
7c7 ,inclusion of small business        
concerns ,in carrying out the activities
 described in subsection 7a71 the       
covered officials shall ensure the      
inclusion of small business concerns in 
such activities1 as appropriate4  7d7   
,other ,requirements ,in carrying out   
the activities described in subsection  
7a71 the covered officials may-- 7#a7   
carry out reimbursable agreements       
between the ,appalachian ,regional      
,commission1 ,delta ,regional           
,authority1 the ,small ,business        
,administration1 and other appropriate  
entities in order to maximize the       
effectiveness of activities carried out 
pursuant to a memorandum or agreement   
described in subsection 7b72 and  7#b7  
collaborate with other ,federal agencies
 as appropriate to carry out such       
activities4  7e7 ,report ,not later than
 two years after the date of enactment  
of this ,act1 the covered officials     
shall jointly submit to ,congress a     

report on activities carried out        
pursuant to a memorandum or agreement   
described in subsection 7b7 that        
includes the following3 7#a7            
,coordination between the covered       
officials involved in such activities4  
7#b7 ,potential opportunities to expand 
the capacity of the ,appalachian        
,regional ,commission1 ,delta ,regional 
,authority1 and the ,small ,business    
,administration to provide assistance to
 rural entrepreneurs or small business  
concerns located within the ,appalachian
 region or ,delta region1 as applicable4
  7#c7 ,number of rural entrepreneurs or
 small business concerns assisted       
through activities carried out pursuant 
to such memorandum or agreement4  7#d7  
,areas of future collaboration among the
 covered officials for the benefit of   
rural entrepreneurs or small business   
concerns located within the ,appalachian
 region or ,delta region1 as applicable4
  7#e7 ,plans of the covered officials  
to continue coordination on activities  

described in subsection 7a74  7f7       
,definitions ,in this ,act3 7#a7        
,appalachian ,regional ,commission ,the 
term ,appalachian ,regional ,commission 
means the commission established by     
section #adcja7;a7 of title #dj1 ,united
 ,states ,code4  7#b7 ,delta region ,the
 term ,delta region has the meaning     
given the term region in section #chb;,a
 of the ,consolidated ,farm and ,rural  
,development ,act 7#g ,u4,s4,c4         
#bjji;aa74  7#c7 ,delta ,regional       
,authority ,the term ,delta ,regional   
,authority means the entity established 
under subtitle ,f of the ,consolidated  
,farm and ,rural ,development ,act 7#g  
,u4,s4,c4 #bjji;aa et seq474  7#d7      
,small business concern ,the term small 
business concern has the meaning given  
under section #c of the ,small ,business
 ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #fcb74