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 91 STAT. 554

PUBLIC LAW 95-89—AUG. 4, 1977

"(7) For the programs authorized by sections 7(b)(3), 7(b)(4) 15 USC 636. 7(b)(5), 7(b)(6), 7(b)(7), 7(b)(8), 7(b)(9), and 7(g) of this Act, the Administration is authorized to enter into $300,000,000 in loans, guarantees, and other obligations or commitments. "(8) For the programs authorized in sections 404 and 405 of the 15 USC 694-1, Small Business Investment Act of 1958, the Administration is author694-2. ized to enter into guarantees not to exceed $150,000,000. "(9) There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary and appropriate for the carrying out of the provisions and purposes, except for administrative expenses, of sections 7(b)(1) V and 7 (b)(2) of this Act. " (c) There are authorized to be appropriated to the Administration for fiscal year 1978, $1,400,000,000 to carry out the programs referred to in subsection (b), paragraphs (1) through (9). Of such sum, $47,100,000 shall be available for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of 15 USC 694c. section 412 of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958, $4,000,000 shall be available for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of 15 USC 694. section 403 of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958, and $171,000,000 shall be available for salaries and expenses of the Administration, of which amount— "(1) $13,000,000 shall be available for procurement assistance, -':: with priority given to developing a small business procurement • source data bank and to employing additional procurement officers to increase the number and total value of set-asides, including 15 USC 637. those under section 8(a) of this Act; "(2) $32,000,000 shall be available for management and technical assistance, with priority given to development of effective training programs and counseling services, development of small business development centers and development of an effective small business technology transfer program; "(3) $6,000,000 shall be available for research and advocacy, with priority given to developing a small business economic data base, evaluating the required resources for a major small business economic research and analysis unit in the Administration, undertaking such economic research and analysis, representing the interests of small business within the Federal Government, and developing a small business ombudsman function to help solve small business problems that are caused by programs, regulations, or general activities of the Federal Government and of which no more than $60,000 can be used for the payment of travel and transportation of persons for the national, regional, and Small Business Investment Companies advisory council meetings; " (4) $4,000,000 shall be available for the office of minority small business; and "(5) $3,900,000 shall be available for data management with priority given to more effective and efficient utilization of existing data management resources of the Administration. "(d) The Administrator may transfer no more than 10 percent of program levels for salaries and expenses authorized in paragraphs (1) Ante, p. 553. through (5) of section 20(c) of this Act: Provided, however, That no program level authorized in such paragraphs may be increased more than 20 percent by any such transfers. "(e) The following program levels are authorized for fiscal year 1979:

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