,,ib ,union ,calendar ,no4 #ahc #aaith  
,,congress  #ast ,session  ,h4 ,r4 #dedi
 ,report ,no4 #aai-bbe ,,in ,,the       
,,house ,,of ,,representatives  ,july   
#ba1 #bjbe,ms4 ,goodlander 7for herself1
 ,mr4 ,wied1 and ,mr4 ,golden of ,maine7
 introduced the following bill2 which   
was referred to the ,committee on ,small
 ,business  ,august #ae1                
#bjbe;,additional sponsor3 ,mr4         
,fitzpatrick  ,august #ae1              
#bjbe;,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 clarify the responsibilities of 
the ,office of ,rural ,affairs of the   
,small ,business ,administration1 and   
for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the ,office  
of ,rural ,affairs ,enhancement ,act4   
#b4 ,office of ,rural ,affairs of the   
,small ,business ,administration        
,section #bf of the ,small ,business    
,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #fec7 is amended--  

7#a7 by amending subsection 7b7 to read 
as follows3  7b7 ,appointment of        
assistant administrator  7#a7 ,in       
general ,the ,office shall be           
administered by an ,assistant           
,administrator1 who shall be an employee
 in the competitive service4  7#b7      
,qualifications ,the ,assistant         
,administrator shall-- 7,a7 have        
education or professional experience    
with1 or knowledge of1 rural affairs and
 issues relating to small business      
concerns2 and  7,b7 have experience     
providing development assistance to     
rural small business concerns4  2  7#b7 
in subsection 7c7-- 7,a7 in paragraph   
7#a71 by striking small business        
concerns located in rural areas and     
inserting rural small business concerns2
  7,b7 in paragraph 7#c7-- 7i7 by       
striking provide information and        
inserting promote2 and  7ii7 by striking
 concerning the and all that follows    
through the semicolon at the end and    
inserting the following3 on the policies

 and programs of the ,administration and
 of other ,federal departments and      
agencies for assisting rural small      
business concerns22  7,c7 in paragraph  
7#d71 by striking 2 and and inserting a 
semicolon2  7,d7 in paragraph 7#e7-- 7i7
 by striking the ,united ,states        
,tourism and ,travel ,administration and
 inserting the ,national ,travel and    
,tourism ,office of the ,department of  
,commerce2  7ii7 by striking small      
businesses in rural areas and inserting 
rural small business concerns2 and      
7iii7 by striking the period at the end 
and inserting 2 and2 and  7,e7 by adding
 at the end the following new paragraph3
  7#f7 host webinars and outreach events
 for rural small business concerns as   
described in subsection 7d74  2 and     
7#c7 by adding at the end the following 
new subsections3  7d7 ,outreach ,the    
,assistant ,administrator shall-- 7#a7  
host webinars and outreach events in    
various regions of the ,united ,states  
for rural small business concerns2 and  

7#b7 invite representatives from        
district offices of the ,administration1
 resource partners1 ,federal and ,state 
agencies1 and other interested persons  
to participate in such webinars and     
outreach events4  7e7 ,report  7#a7 ,in 
general ,not later than #ahj days after 
the date of the enactment of this       
subsection1 and annually thereafter1 the
 ,administrator shall submit to the     
,committee on ,small ,business of the   
,house of ,representatives and the      
,committee on ,small ,business and      
,entrepreneurship of the ,senate1 and   
make publicly available on a website of 
the ,administration1 a report on the    
activities of the ,office during the    
one-year period immediately preceding   
the date of submission of the report4   
7#b7 ,contents ,each report required    
under paragraph 7#a7 shall include the  
following3 7,a7 ,the operational details
 of the ,office1 including the name of  
the ,assistant ,administrator1 the      
budget of the ,office1 and the number of

 full-time employees employed by or     
detailed to the ,office4  7,b7 ,a       
summary of the activities conducted     
under subsection 7c74  7,c7 ,the number 
of webinars and outreach events         
conducted by the ,administration to     
promote policies and programs described 
in paragraph 7#c7 of subsection 7c7 and 
to provide information described in     
paragraph 7#d7 of such subsection4  7,d7
 ,an analysis of the lending programs of
 the ,administration in serving the     
needs of rural small business concerns4 
7,e7 ,information gathered from any     
webinars and outreach events conducted  
by the ,administration during the period
 covered by the report4  7f7            
,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7     
,assistant administrator ,the term      
,assistant ,administrator means the     
,assistant ,administrator of the ,office
 of ,rural ,affairs appointed under     
subsection 7b74  7#b7 ,resource partners
 ,the term resource partners means--    
7,a7 small business development centers2

  7,b7 women's business centers         
7described under section #bi72  7,c7    
chapters of the ,service ,corps of      
,retired ,executives 7established under 
section #h7;b77#a77;,b772 and  7,d7     
,veteran ,business ,outreach ,centers   
7described under section #cb74  7#c7    
,rural small business concern ,the term 
rural small business concern means a    
small business concern located in a     
rural area 7as defined in section       
#g7;b77#af7 of this ,act74  4  ,august  
#ae1 #bjbe;,committed to the ,committee 
of the ,whole ,house on the ,state of   
the ,union and ordered to be printed