Sec. 206.
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In this section— the terms Administration and Administrator mean the Small Business Administration and the Administrator thereof, respectively; the term appropriate committees of Congress means the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on Small Business and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives; the term covered amounts means amounts made available for the cost of direct loans authorized by section 7(b) of the Small Business Act ( 15 U.S.C. 636(b) ); and the term Inspector General means the Inspector General of the Administration.
The Inspector General shall conduct a review of the circumstances and the underlying causes surrounding the funding shortfall with respect to covered amounts, as described in the letter from President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. entitled Letter to Congress on Disaster Needs , dated October 4, 2024, and the letter from the Administrator submitted to the Chairs and Ranking Members of the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives, dated October 10, 2024: , That such review shall include the following with respect to such funding shortfall— Provided a comparison of monthly obligations of covered amounts against projected obligations of covered amounts; an analysis of the accuracy of projections and estimates related to projected obligations of covered amounts; the identification and description of any internal controls in place to manage covered amounts; the identification of actions that the Administration can take to improve the accuracy of information submitted by the President under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, with respect to the Administration; prevent any future funding shortfall with respect to any account of the Administration; and improve the report submitted to the appropriate committees of Congress under section 12091(a) of the Small Business Disaster Response and Loan Improvements Act of 2008 ( 15 U.S.C. 636k(a) ); and any other matter determined relevant by the Inspector General:
That not later than 181 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Inspector General shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report that contains the findings of such review. Provided further, Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report detailing corrections the Administration will make to improve forecasting, data quality, and budget assumptions relating to budget submissions relating to amounts made available for the cost of direct loans authorized by section 7(b) of the Small Business Act ( 15 U.S.C. 636(b) ): , That not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, and every 90 days thereafter until the date that is 90 days after the date on which all the corrections described in this subsection have been implemented, the Administrator shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report— Provided detailing the actions the Administration has taken to implement the corrections described in this subsection; and explaining how each action detailed under paragraph
(1)is directly related to implementing one or more corrections described in this subsection.
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