Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 118.djvu/2941

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118 STAT. 2911 PUBLIC LAW 108–447—DEC. 8, 2004 including hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343 and 1344, and not to exceed $3,500 for official reception and representation expenses, $322,335,000: Provided, That the Administrator is authorized to charge fees to cover the cost of publications developed by the Small Business Administration, and certain loan servicing activities: Provided further, That, notwith standing 31 U.S.C. 3302, revenues received from all such activities shall be credited to this account, to be available for carrying out these purposes without further appropriations: Provided further, That $89,000,000 shall be available to fund grants for performance in fiscal year 2005 or fiscal year 2006 as authorized: Provided further, That the Small Business Administration is authorized to award grants under the Women’s Business Center Sustainability Pilot Program established by section 4(a) of Public Law 106–165 (15 U.S.C. 656(l)): Provided further, That, of the amounts provided for Women’s Business Centers, not less than 48 percent shall be available to continue Women’s Business Centers in sustainability status. OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, $13,014,000. SURETY BOND GUARANTEES REVOLVING FUND For additional capital for the Surety Bond Guarantees Revolving Fund, authorized by the Small Business Investment Act, as amended, $2,900,000, to remain available until expended. BUSINESS LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT For the cost of direct loans, $1,455,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That subject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, during fiscal year 2005 commitments to guarantee loans under section 503 of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958, shall not exceed $5,000,000,000: Provided further, That subsection 503(f) of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 697(f)), as amended by section 2 of Public Law 108–217, is further amended by striking ‘‘October 1, 2004’’ and inserting ‘‘October 1, 2005’’: Provided further, That during fiscal year 2005 commitments for general business loans authorized under section 7(a) of the Small Business Act, shall not exceed $16,000,000,000: Provided further, That during fiscal year 2005 commitments to guarantee loans for debentures and participating securities under section 303(b) of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958, shall not exceed the levels established by section 20(i)(1)(C) of the Small Business Act: Pro vided further, That during fiscal year 2005 guarantees of trust certificates authorized by section 5(g) of the Small Business Act shall not exceed a principal amount of $10,000,000,000. In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $126,653,000, which may be trans ferred to and merged with the appropriations for Salaries and Expenses.