Small Business Administration

Small Business Administration salaries and expenses (including transfer of funds) For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of the Small Business Administration as authorized by Public Law 100–590, including hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343 and 1344, $242,000,000, of which $500,000 shall be made available for a grant to St. Norbert College in be Pere, Wisconsin, for a regional center for rural economic development, and of which $500,000 shall be made available for the establishment of a training program at the East-West Center to assist American businessmen and trade delegations in the Pacific Basin, and of which $1,500,000 shall be made available for a grant to the University of Kentucky’s Somerset Community College for a regional center for rural economic development with a special emphasis on small business and of which $50,000,000 is for grants for Small Business Development Centers as authorized by section 21 of the Small Business Act, as amended: Provided, That not more than $350,000 of this amount shall be available to pay the expenses of the National Small Business Development Center Advisory Board and to reimburse centers for participating in evaluations as provided in section 20(a) of such Act, and to maintain a clearinghouse as provided in section 21(g)(2) of such Act: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated or made available by this Act to the Small Business Administration shall be used to adopt, implement, or enforce any rule or regulation with respect to the Small Business Development Center program authorized by section 21 of the Small Business Act, as amended (15 U.S.C. 648), nor may any of such funds be used to impose any restrictions, conditions or limitations on such program whether by standard operating procedure, audit guidelines or otherwise, unless such restrictions, conditions or limitations were in effect on October 1, 1987: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated for the Small Business Administration under this Act maybe used to impose any new or increased loan guaranty fee or debenture guaranty fee: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated for the Small Business Administration under this Act may be used to impose any new or increased user fee or management assistance fee. In addition, such sums as may be necessary for disaster loan-making activities, including loan servicing, shall be transferred to this appropriation from the “Disaster Loan Fund” as authorized by Public Law 100–590.