MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS.

SEC. 134. MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS. Section 21 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 648) is amended— (1) by striking “Deputy Associate Administrator for Management Assistance” each place it appears in subsection (g) and inserting in lieu thereof “Associate Administrator for Small Business Development Centers”; (2) by striking in subsection (g) “the Associate Administrator for Management Assistance” and inserting “an official who is not more than one level below the Office of the Administrator”; and (3) by inserting the following at the end of subsection (k): “After the administration has entered a contract, either as a grant or a cooperative agreement, with any applicant under this section, it shall not suspend, terminate or fail to renew or extend any such contract unless the Administration provides the applicant with written notification setting forth the reasons 102 STAT. 3007therefor and affording the applicant an opportunity for a hearing, appeal or other administrative proceeding under the provisions of the Administrative Procedures Act.”.