Study of Office of Rural Affairs, within the Small Business Administration

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 2633 To require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to submit a report on the Office of Rural Affairs. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MAY 9, 2019 Mr. COX of California (for himself, Ms. FINKENAUER, and Mrs. RADEWAGEN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small Business A BILL To require the Administrator of the Small Business Adminis- tration to submit a report on the Office of Rural Affairs. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Study of Office of 4 Rural Affairs, within the Small Business Administration’’. 5 SEC. 2. REPORT ON THE OFFICE OF RURAL AFFAIRS. 6 Not later than 6 months after the date of the enact- 7 ment of this Act, the Administrator of the Small Business 8 Administration shall submit to Congress a report ana- 9 lyzing the cost and potential benefits of creating a suc- 10 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:41 May 22, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2633.IH H2633 lotter on DSKBCFDHB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 2633 IH cessor office to the Office of Rural Affairs, in accordance 1 with the requirements under section 26 of the Small Busi- 2 ness Act (15 U.S.C. 653). Such report shall include— 3 (1) the dates on which the prior Office of Rural 4 Affairs was created and dismantled; 5 (2) the rationale justifying the decision to dis- 6 mantle the Office; 7 (3) a list of the year’s funds that were appro- 8 priated to the Office; and 9 (4) the cost and potential benefits to estab- 10 lishing an Associate Administrator for a successor 11 office to the Office of Rural Affairs. 12 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:41 May 22, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H2633.IH H2633 lotter on DSKBCFDHB2PROD with BILLS