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 PUBLIC LAW 100-418—AUG. 23, 1988

102 STAT. 1561

(b) DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LIMITS.—Section 502(2) of the Small Business Investment Act of 1985 (15 U.S.C. 636(a)(3)) is amended by 15 USC 696. striking "$500,000" and by inserting in lieu thereof "$750,000'^ (c) REPORT.—The Administrator of the Small Business Adminis- State and local tration shall report to the Committees on Small Business of the governments. House of Representatives and the Senate within 6 months after the Loans. date of enactment of this title as to the viability of creating cooperative Federal-State guarantee programs, particularly for purposes of export financing, to encourage States to coinsure Federal loans, thus permitting the Federal Government to reduce its exposure. SEC. 8008. SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH.

15 USC 638 note.

Section 6 of Public Law 97-219, as amended by Public Law 99-443, is further amended by adding the following at the end of subsection (a): "The report also shall include the Comptroller General's rec- Reports. ommendations as to the advisability of amending the Small Business Innovation Research program to— "(1) increase each agency's share of research and development expenditures devoted to it by 0.25 per centum per year, until it is 3 per centum of the total extramural research and development funds, and targeting a portion of the increment at products with commercialization or export potential; "(2) make the Small Business Innovation Research program permanent with a formal congressional review every 10 years, beginning in 1993; "(3) allocate a modest but appropriate share of each agency's Small Business Innovation Research fund for administrative purposes for effective management, quality maintenance, and the elimination of program delays; and "(4) include within the Small Business Innovation and Research program all agencies expending between $20,000,000 and $100,000,000 in extramural research and development funds annually.". SEC. 8009. GLOBALIZATION OF PRODUCTION.

Within one year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Small Business Administration shall submit a written report to the Committees on Small Business of the House of Representatives and the Senate, prepared by the Administration in conjunction with the Bureau of Census and in cooperation with other relevant Eigencies, that would— (1) analyze to the extent possible the effect of increased outsourcing and other shifts in production arrangements on small firms, particularly manufacturing firms, within the United States subcontractor tier and to the extent that such data is not available determine methods by which such data may be collected; (2) assess the impact of specific economic policies, including, but not limited to, procurement, tax and trade policies, in facilitating outsourcing and other international production arrangements; and (3) make recommendations as to changes in Government policy that would improve the competitive position of smaller United States subcontractors, including recommendations as to incentives which could be provided to larger corporations to maximize their use of United States subcontractors and assist these subcontractors in changing production and marketing

Reports. 15 USC 631 note.

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