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PUBLIC LAW 101-624—NOV. 28, 1990 104 STAT. 4031 community and to inform participating businesses of this policy. "(3) REVIEW.—In reviewing applications for assistance, the Administrator shall consider— "(A) how effectively the incubator project will assist in the formation, growth, or improved efficiency of small businesses that will help diversify and develop the local economy; and "(B) the amount of local support likely to exist for the incubator and the businesses to be assisted by such incubator, taking into account local contributions of business, financial, technical, technological, or managerial expertise, and contributions of equipment or materials, local financial assistance, and other factors as determined appropriate by the Administrator. " (c) FUNDING OF LOCAL INCUBATORS. — " (1) BY BORROWER ESTABLISHING INCUBATOR. — "(A) IN GENERAL. —A borrower that establishes or assists a business incubator under this section shall purchase Capital Term Certificates issued by the Incubator Fund in amounts equal to 10 percent of the amount of the grant, or 5 percent of the amount of the reduced interest loan, provided by the Administrator under this section. "(B) REDEMPTION OF CERTIFICATES. — Each calendar year for the 10-year period beginning on the date that a grant or reduced interest loan is provided under this section, the Administrator shall redeem an amount equal to 10 percent of the Capital Term Certificates purchased by the borrower under subparagraph (A), without any payment of interest. "(2) BY THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY.— The Secretary of Appropriation the Treasury shall, subject to the limitations contained in authorization. annual appropriations Acts, provide funds for the capitalization of the Incubator Fund, and there are authorized to be appropriated for such capitalization not to exceed $10,000,000 annually until the total of such capitalization equals $60,000,000. Such amounts shall remain available until expended by the Incubator Fund for the purposes of this section. "(d) REPAYMENTS TO INCUBATION FUND. — A l l payments made on loans under this section, and all amounts provided under subsection (c), shall be placed in the Incubator Fund established by subsection (a) and shall be available to carry out the purposes of this section. "(e) FULL USE. — The Administrator shall undertake all reasonable efforts to make full use, during each fiscal year, of any funds contained in the Incubator Fund established under subsection (a), consistent with the requirement that the Incubator Fund redeem Capital Term C!ertificates as provided by subsection (c). During each fiscal year, 10 percent of the amount contained in the Incubator Fund shall be made available to nonprofit entities described in subsection (b) that are not borrowers under title III, except that if qualified applications from such entities are not received in an amount or at such times sufficient to use such 10 percent amount during any fiscal year, the Administrator shall make the remainder of such amount available to other eligible borrowers during such fiscal year. ".