H.R. 9810

Small Business Development Centers Improvement Act of 2026

Sponsor: LaMonica McIver

3 cosponsors

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Introduced Jul 21
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Introduced Jul 21
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Referred to the House Committee on Small Business. (Jul 21)

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Sec. 1. Short title

Sec. 2. Use of authorized entrepreneurial development programs

Sec. 3. Data collection by the small business development center association, women’s business centers, and SCORE

Sec. 4. Marketing of services

Sec. 5. Fees from private partnerships

Sec. 6. Small business development center accreditation

Sec. 7. Confidentiality requirements

Sec. 8. Limitation on award of grants to small business development centers

Sec. 9. Management of program activities

Sec. 10. Authorization of appropriations for formula grants received by States

Sec. 11. Requirements relating to matching funds

Section 21(a)(4)(A) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 648(a)(4)(A)) is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: The applicant shall provide to the Administrator good faith certifications and representations of the availability of matching funds before the close-out date of such grant, and the applicant may expend Federal funds before receipt of such matching funds..

Sec. 12. Contract prerequisites

Sec. 13. Duties of the Associate Administrator for Small Business Development Centers

Sec. 14. Annual report on entrepreneurial development activities