15 U.S.C. § 652 : US Code - Section 652: Central European Enterprise Development Commission

Search 15 U.S.C. § 652 : US Code - Section 652: Central European Enterprise Development Commission

(a) Establishment
There is hereby established a Central European Small Business
Enterprise Development Commission (hereinafter in this section
referred to as the "Commission"). The Commission shall be comprised
of a representative of each of the following: the Small Business
Administration, the Association of American Universities, and the
Association of Small Business Development Centers.
(b) Management and technical assistance to designated Central
European countries
The Commission shall develop in Czechoslovakia, Poland and
Hungary (hereinafter referred to as "designated Central European
countries") a self-sustaining system to provide management and
technical assistance to small business owners.
(1) Not later than 90 days after November 5, 1990, the
Commission, in consultation with the Agency for International
Development, shall enter (!1) a contract with one or more
entities to -
(A) determine the needs of small businesses in the designated
Central European countries for management and technical
assistance;
(B) evaluate appropriate Small Business Development Center-
programs which might be replicated in order to meet the needs
of each of such countries; and
(C) identify and assess the capability of educational
institutions in each such country to develop a Small Business
Development Center type program.
(2) Not later than 18 months after November 5, 1990, the
Commission shall review the recommendations submitted to it and
shall formulate and contract for the establishment of a three-
year management and technical assistance demonstration program.
(c) Eligibility
In order to be eligible to participate, the educational
institution in each designated Central European country shall -
(1) obtain the prior approval of the government to conduct the
program;
(2) agree to provide partial financial support for the program,
either directly or indirectly, during the second and third years
of the demonstration program; and
(3) agree to obtain private sector involvement in the delivery
of assistance under the program.
(d) Initial meeting and organization
The Commission shall meet and organize not later than 30 days
after November 5, 1990.
(e) Reimbursement for necessary expenses
Members of the Commission shall serve without pay, except they
shall be entitled to reimbursement for travel, subsistence, and
other necessary expenses incurred by them in carrying out their
functions in the same manner as persons employed intermittently in
the Federal Government are allowed expenses under section 5703 of
title 5.
(f) Meetings; quorum
Two Commissioners shall constitute a quorum for the transaction
of business. Meetings shall be at the call of the Chairperson who
shall be elected by the Members of the Commission.
(g) Authority; personnel
The Commission shall not have any authority to appoint staff, but
upon request of the Chairperson, the head of any Federal department
or agency may detail, on a reimbursable basis, any of the personnel
of such department or agency to the Commission to assist in
carrying out the Commission's functions under this section without
regard to section 3341 of title 5. The Administrator of the General
Services Administration shall provide, on a reimbursable basis,
such administrative support services as the Commission may request.
(h) Initial and annual reports to Congress
The Commission shall report to Congress not later than December
1, 1991, and annually thereafter, on the progress in carrying out
the provisions of this section.
(i) Authorization of appropriations
There are hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Small
Business Administration the sum of $3,000,000 for fiscal year 1991,
$5,000,000 for fiscal year 1992, $2,000,000 for each of fiscal
years 1993 and 1994, and $1,000,000 for fiscal year 1995 to carry
out the provisions of this section. Such sums shall be disbursed by
the Small Business Administration as requested by the Commission
and may remain available until expended. Any authority to enter
contracts or other spending authority provided for in this section
is subject to amounts provided for in advance in appropriations
Acts.