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 118 STAT. 3452 PUBLIC LAW 108–447—DEC. 8, 2004 Subtitle C—Administration Management SEC. 131. LENDER EXAMINATION AND REVIEW FEES. Section 5(b) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 634(b)) is amended— (1) in paragraph (12), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; (2) in paragraph (13), by striking the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and (3) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(14) require any lender authorized to make loans under section 7 of this Act to pay examination and review fees, which shall be deposited in the account for salaries and expenses of the Administration, and shall be available for the costs of examinations, reviews, and other lender oversight activities.’’. SEC. 132. GIFTS AND CO SPONSORSHIP OF EVENTS. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 4 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 633) is amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(g) GIFTS.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator may, for purposes of this Act, the Small Business Investment Act of 1954, and title IV of the Women’s Business Ownership Act of 1988, solicit, accept, hold, administer, utilize, and dispose of gifts, devises, and bequests of cash, property (including tangible, intangible, real, and personal), subsistence, and services. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Administrator may utilize gifts, devises, or bequests for marketing and outreach activities, including the cost of promotional materials and wearing apparel. ‘‘(2) AUDITS.—Any gift, devise, or bequest of cash accepted by the Administrator shall be held in a separate account and shall be subject to semi annual audits by the Inspector General of the Administration who shall report his findings to the Congress. ‘‘(3) CONFLICTS OF INTEREST.—No gift, devise, or bequest shall be solicited or accepted under the authority of this sub section if such solicitation or acceptance would, in the deter mination of the General Counsel, create a conflict of interest. ‘‘(4) ACCEPTANCE OF SERVICES AND FACILITIES FOR DISASTER LOAN PROGRAM.—The Administrator may accept the services and facilities of Federal, State, and local agencies and groups, both public and private, and utilize such gratuitous services and facilities as may, from time to time, be necessary, to further the objectives of section 7(b). ‘‘(h) CO SPONSORSHIP OF EVENTS.— ‘‘(1) AUTHORIZATION.—The Administrator, after consulta tion with the General Counsel, may provide assistance for the benefit of small business through Administration sponsored activities, through cosponsored activities with any eligible entity, or through such other activities that the Administrator determines to be appropriate, including recognition events. ‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘eligible entity’ means any for profit or not for profit entity, any Federal, State, or local government official, or any Federal, State, or local government entity.

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