PUBLIC LAW 106-50—AUG. 17, 1999 113 STAT. 243 (5) Establishment of an information clearinghouse to collect Establishment. and distribute information, including by electronic means, on Records. the assistance programs of Federal, State, and local govern- ^ ' ^ ' ®TM*-* - ments, and of the private sector, including information on office locations, key personnel, telephone numbers, msiil and electronic addresses, and contracting and subcontracting opportunities. (6) Provision of Internet or other distance learning academic instruction for veterans in business subjects, including accounting, marketing, and business fundamentals. (7) Compilation of a list of small business concerns owned Records. and controlled by service-disabled veterans that provide products or services that could be procured by the United States and delivery of such list to each department and agency of the United States. Such list shall be delivered in hard copy and electronic form and shall include the name and address of each such small business concern and the products or services that it provides. SEC. 303. BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE FOR MILITARY RESERVISTS' SMALL BUSINESSES. (a) IN GENERAL. —Section 8 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637) is amended by adding at the end the following: "(1) MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE FOR SMALL BUSINESSES AFFECTED BY MILITARY OPERATIONS.— The Administration shall utilize, as appropriate, its entrepreneurial development and management assistance programs, including programs involving State or private sector partners, to provide business counseling and training to any smedl business concern adversely affected by the deployment of imits of the Armed Forces of the United States in support of a period of military conflict (as defined in section 7(n)(l)).". (b) ENHANCED PUBLICITY DURING OPERATION ALLIED FORCE.— 15 USC 637 note. For the duration of Operation Allied Force and for 120 days thereafter, the Administration shall enhance its publicity of the availability of assistance provided pursuant to the amendment made by this section, including information regarding the appropriate local office at which affected smedl businesses may seek such assistance. (c) GUIDELINES.— Not later than 30 days after the date of the Deadline. enactment of this section, the Administrator of the Small Business Administration shall issue such guidelines as the Administrator determines to be necessary to carry out this section and the amendment made by this section. TITLE IV—FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE SEC 401. GENERAL BUSINESS LOAN PROGRAM. (a) DEFINITION OF HANDICAPPED INDIVIDUAL.— Section 3(f) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632(f)) is amended to read as follows: "(f) For purposes of section 7 of this Act, the term ^handicapped individual' means an individual— "(1) who has a physical, mental, or emotional impairment, defect, ailment, disease, or disability of a permanent nature which in any way limits the selection of any type of employment
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