PUBLIC LAW 106-165—DEC. 9, 1999 113 STAT. 1795 Public Law 106-165 106th Congress An Act To amend the Small Business Act with respect to the women's business center program. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the "Women's Business Centers Sustainability Act of 1999". SEC. 2. PRIVATE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS. Section 29 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 656) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively; and (B) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following: "(2) the term 'private nonprofit organization' means an entity that is described in section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of such Code;"; and (2) in subsection (b), by inserting "nonprofit" after "private". SEC. 3. INCREASED MANAGEMENT OVERSIGHT AND REVIEW OF WOMEN'S BUSINESS CENTERS. Section 29 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 656) is amended— (1) by striking subsection (h) and inserting the following: "(h) PROGRAM EXAMINATION.— "(1) IN GENERAL.— The Administration shall— "(A) develop and implement an annual programmatic and financial examination of each women's business center established pursuant to this section, pursuant to which each such center shall provide to the Administration— "(i) an itemized cost breakdown of actual expenditures for costs incurred during the preceding year; and "(ii) documentation regarding the amount of matching assistance from non-Federal sources obtained and expended by the center during the preceding year in order to meet the requirements of subsection (c) and, with respect to any in-kind contributions described in subsection (c)(2) that were used to satisfy the requirements of subsection (c:), verification of the existence and valuation of those contributions; and Dec. 9, 1999 [S. 791] Wome n's Business Centers Sustainability Act of 1999. 15 USC 631 note.
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