Pub. L. 107-77, tit. VI, sec. 629

Sec. 629. For an additional amount for “Small Business Administration, Salaries and Expenses”, $30,000,000, of which $1,000,000 shall be available for a grant to Green Thumb, Inc., to expand activities serving small businesses and older entrepreneurs; $500,000 shall be available for a grant to the New York Small Business Development Center to establish veterans business outreach programs; $1,000,000 shall be for a grant to the University of West Florida for a virtual business accelerator program; $1,000,000 shall be for a grant to Hamilton County, Tennessee, to establish a high-tech small business incubator; $500,000 shall be available for a grant to the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education for a technology-based program for vocational training for economic and job development; $200,000 shall be available for a grant to Rural Enterprises, Inc., in Durant, Oklahoma, to continue support for a resource center for rural businesses; $100,000 shall be available for a grant to Oklahoma State University for a center for international trade development; $300,000 shall be for a grant to the University of Montana to establish an economic development resource center; $1,000,000 shall be for a grant to George Mason University to conduct an information technology business development program; $1,500,000 shall be for a grant to Shenandoah University to develop a historical and tourism development facility; $1,000,000 shall be for a grant to the Software Productivity Consortium to develop a facility to support demonstration programs on information technology and telework; $1,000,000 shall be for a grant to the Southern Kentucky Tourism Development Association for continuation of a regional tourism promotion initiative; $1,500,000 shall be for a grant to the Southern Kentucky Economic Development Corporation for regional infrastructure and economic development initiatives; $450,000 shall be for a grant to Southern Kentucky Rehabilitation Industries for financial assistance and small business development; $350,000 shall be available for a grant to the Catskill Mountain Foundation to develop facilities and small business assistance programs; $500,000 shall be for a grant to the East Los Angeles Community Union to redevelop small business assistance facilities; $300,000 shall be for a grant to the Rockford, Illinois, Health Council for a pilot program on small business health care insurance issues; $2,000,000 shall be for a grant for the Illinois Coalition for a national demonstration project providing one-stop assistance for technology startup businesses; $1,000,000 shall be for a grant to James Madison University for library programs and facilities to assist small businesses; $300,000 shall be for a grant to Lewis and Clark College in Lewiston, Idaho, to develop a virtual business incubator; $300,000 shall be for a grant to the City of Chesapeake, Virginia, to develop a community and microenterprise development facility; $700,000 shall be for a grant to Social Compact for the “Realizing the Dream” initiative; $1,000,000 shall be for a grant to Soundview Community in Action for a technology access and 115 STAT. 805 business improvement project; $500,000 shall be for a grant to the Urban Justice Center in New York City for a community development project; $1,000,000 shall be for a grant to the Bronx Child Study Center at the Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center; $2,000,000 shall be for a grant to the Los Angeles Conservancy for rebuilding and revitalization; $2,000,000 shall be to the Rhode Island School of Design for the modernization of a building to establish a small business incubator; $500,000 shall be for a grant to Johnstown Area Regional Industries for a High Technology Initiative and a Wireless/Digital Technology Program; $400,000 shall be for a grant to Purdue University for the purposes of constructing the Purdue Regional Technology Center in Lake County, Indiana; $500,000 shall be for a grant to the NTTC at Wheeling Jesuit University to continue the outreach program to assist small business development; $400,000 shall be for a grant to the Infotonics Center of Excellence in Rochester, New York, for photonics incubation and business development; $1,100,000 shall be for a grant to the MountainMade Foundation to fulfill its charter purposes and to continue the initiative developed by the NTTC for promotion, business and sites development, and education of artists and craftspeople; $500,000 shall be for a grant to the West Virginia High Technology Consortium Foundation to develop a small business commercialization grant program; $400,000 shall be for a grant to the National Corrections and Law Enforcement Training and Technology Center, Inc., to work in conjunction with the Office of Law Enforcement Technology Commercialization and the Moundsville Economic Development Council for continued operations of the National Corrections and Law Enforcement Training and Technology Center, and for infrastructure improvements associated with this initiative; $500,000 shall be for a grant to the Chippewa Falls Industrial Development Corporation in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, for a business development assistance program; $400,000 shall be for a grant to the National Center for e-Commerce at Polytechnic University in Brooklyn, New York; $150,000 shall be for a grant to Portage County, Wisconsin, for the establishment of a revolving loan fund; $1,000,000 shall be for a grant to the Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone to develop a community accessible recreational area and economic development site along the Hudson River between 125th and 135th Streets; $150,000 is for a grant to the Long Island Bay Shore Aquarium to develop a facility; $500,000 is for a grant to Yonkers, New York, for the Nepperhan Valley Technology Center; and $500,000 shall be for a grant for Greenpoint Manufacturing and Design Center to acquire certain properties to develop a small business incubator facility: Provided, That Section 633 of Public Law 106–553 is amended with respect to a grant of $1,000,000 for the City of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, by inserting the words “through a subaward to the Oak Ridge Associated University for renovation and expansion of a facility owned by the Oak Ridge Associated University” after “to support technology and economic development initiatives”.