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 104 STAT. 2144 PUBLIC LAW 101-515—NOV. 5, 1990 15 USC 697. Science and technology Intergovernmental relations. 15 USC 648a. SEC. 8. LOAN SERVICING FEE. In the Small Business Investment Act of 1958, insert the following new subsection: "SEC. 503 (e)(3). Notwithstanding any other provision of law, qualified State or local development companies shall be authorized to prepare applications for deferred participation loans under Section 7(a) of the Small Business Act, to service such loans and to charge a reasonable fee for servicing such loans.". SEC. 9. SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER TECHNICAL ASSIST- ANCE PROGRAM. (a) IN GENERAL. —The Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 21, the following new section: "21A. SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. "(a) The Administration is authorized to make grants to establish pilot programs at 5 Small Business Development Centers in order to increase access by small businesses in each center's service area to online data bases. The purpose of this program shall be to provide small businesses, in states selected to participate in this demonstration program, with improved online access to public and private technology, services and expertise, so as to accelerate the transfer of technology and expertise to small businesses and to improve the productivity and economic competitiveness of these small businesses. "(b) Any Small Business Development Center which is funded by the Administration is eligible to receive an additional grant to provide access to online data bases as described in subsection (a) providing it contributes at least a fifty percent matching contribution. "(c) The grants authorized by this section must be used to— "(1) defray all or part of the cost of accessing data bases from private vendors for a limited period of time, "(2) demonstrate to small businesses the benefits of accessing such data bases, and "(3) train small businesses to use such data bases to access technical information and services.". (b) AUTHORIZATION.—T here is authorized to be appropriated to the Small Business Administration for each of fiscal years 1991 and 1992, $1,200,000 to carry out the terms of section 21A of the Small Business Act. SEC. 10. CONTINUATION OF AUTHORITY. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an amount shall be made available from the unobligated balances in the Business Loan and Investment Fund to make a grant designated in Public Law 100-459 in subsection (c) under the heading "Economic Development Assistance Programs", at a funding level not less than the level provided during fiscal year 1990, and notwithstanding any other provision of law, an amount shall be made available from the unobligated balances in the Business Loan and Investment Fund to make a grant to the first entity designated in Public Law 100-459 in subsection (k) under the heading "Economic Development Assistance Programs" at a funding level not less than the level provided during fiscal year 1990 to such entity.

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