12 2 STA T .6 2 3PUBLIC LA W 11 0– 1 8 6 —FE B.1 4, 2008 PublicLaw1 1 0– 1 86 110 thCongres s A n Act Toimpr o veand e x pand s ma l l bu siness assis t an c e pro g rams f or veterans of t h e armed forces and militar y reservists , and for other purposes .Beit e nac te dby t h e S enate and Hous eo fR e pr esentati v es of the U nited States of Am erica in C on g ress assemb l ed ,SECTION1. S H O R T TIT L E. ThisActmaybe cite d as the ‘ ‘ M i l ita r y R eser v ist a n d V eteran S mall Bu siness Reauth o ri z ation and Op portunity Act o f20 0 8’ ’ . SEC. 2 .T AB LEO F CONTENTS. The table of contents for this Act is as follo w s
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ec. 1 . Short title. Sec. 2 . Table of contents. Sec. 3 . D efinitions. T I T LE I —V ETE RAN S BU SINESS DEVEL OPM ENT Sec. 1 0 1. Increased funding for the Office of Veterans Business Development. Sec. 102. Interagency tas k force. Sec. 103. Permanent extension of SBA Advisory C ommittee on Veterans Business Affairs. Sec. 10 4 . Office of Veterans Business Development. Sec. 10 5 . Increasing the number of outreach centers. Sec. 10 6 . Independent study on gaps in availability of outreach centers. Sec. 10 7 . Veterans assistance and services program. TITLE II—RESERVIST PRO G RAMS Sec. 201. Reservist programs. Sec. 202. Reservist loans. Sec. 203. Noncollaterali z ed loans. Sec. 204. Loan priority. Sec. 205. Relief from time limitations for veteran - o w ned small businesses. Sec. 206. Service-disabled veterans. Sec. 207. Study on options for promoting positive working relations between em- ployers and their Reserve Component employees. Sec. 20 8 . Increased Veteran Participation Program. SEC. 3 . D EFINITIONS. I n this Act —(1) the term ‘‘activated’’ means receivin g an order placing a Reservist on active duty
(2) the term ‘‘active duty’’ has the meaning given that term in section 101 of title 10 ,U nited States C ode; ( 3 ) the terms ‘‘Administration’’ and ‘‘Administrator’’ mean the Small Business Administration and the Administrator thereof, respectively; ( 4 ) the term ‘‘Reservist’’ means a member of a reserve component of the Armed F orces, as described in section 10101 of title 10, United States Code; 15USC63 6 note.Mil it aryR e s er v ist an dV eteran S m all Bu siness Reaut h ori z ation and Op portunity Ac to f20 0 8 . 15 USC 631 note. F e b .1 4, 2008 [H .R. 4253 ]
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