VETERANS BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT IN THE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION.

SEC. 201. VETERANS BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT IN THE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION. (a) In General.— Section 4(b)(1) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 633(b)(1)) is amended— (1) in the fifth sentence, by striking “four Associate Administrators” and inserting “five Associate Administrators”; and (2) by inserting after the fifth sentence the following: “One such Associate Administrator shall be the Associate Administrator for Veterans Business Development, who shall administer the Office of Veterans Business Development established under section 32.”. (b) Office of Veterans Business Development; Associate Administrator.— The Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631 et seq.) is amended— (1) by redesignating section 32 as section 34; and (2) by inserting after section 31 the following: “SEC. 32. VETERANS PROGRAMS. “(a) Office of Veterans Business Development.— There is established in the Administration an Office of Veterans Business Development, which shall be administered by the Associate Administrator for Veterans Business Development (in this section referred to as the ‘Associate Administrator’) appointed under section 4(b)(1). “(b) Associate Administrator for Veterans Business Development.— The Associate Administrator— “(1) shall be an appointee in the Senior Executive Service; “(2) shall be responsible for the formulation, execution, and promotion of policies and programs of the Administration that provide assistance to small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans and small business concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans. The Associate Administrator shall act as an ombudsman for full consideration of veterans in all programs of the Administration; and 113 STAT. 236 “(3) shall report to and be responsible directly to the Administrator.”.