§ 652. — Central European Enterprise Development Commission.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 15USC652]
TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 14A--AID TO SMALL BUSINESS
Sec. 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--
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\1\ So in original. Probably should be ``enter into''.
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(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.
(Pub. L. 85-536, Sec. 2[25], as added Pub. L. 101-515, title V, Sec. 7,
Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 2142; amended Pub. L. 103-81, Sec. 9(b), Aug.
13, 1993, 107 Stat. 783; Pub. L. 103-403, title IV, Sec. 405, Oct. 22,
1994, 108 Stat. 4192.)
Amendments
1994--Pub. L. 103-403 substituted ``, $2,000,000 for each of fiscal
years 1993 and 1994, and $1,000,000 for fiscal year 1995'' for ``and
$2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1993 and 1994''.
1993--Subsec. (i). Pub. L. 103-81 substituted ``$2,000,000 for each
of fiscal years 1993 and 1994'' for ``$8,000,000 for fiscal year 1993''.
