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 94 STAT. 834 15 USC 694-1, "^^"

93 Stat. 118. 15 y^^cSf' pos, p. 4d. Salaries and expenses.

15 USC 694c, post, p. 837. 15 USC 694.

90 Stat. 663.

PUBLIC LAW 96-302—JULY 2, 1980 "(9) For the programs authorized by sections 404 and 405 of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958, the Administration is authorized to enter into guarantees not to exceed $110,000,000. "(10) There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary and appropriate for the carrying out of the provisions and purposes, including administrative expenses, of sections IQo) and 7(g) of this Act; and there are authorized to be transferred from the disaster loan revolving fund such sums as jjj^y jjg necessary and appropriate for such administrative expenses. "(i) There are authorized to be appropriated to the Administration f^j. gg^j^Q y^^^ jggj^ $1,187,000,000. Of such sum, $865,000,000 shall be available for the purpose of carrying out the programs referred to in subsection (h), paragraphs (1) through (6); $76,000,000 shall be available for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of section 412 of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958; $4,000,000 shall be available fQj. ^jjg purpose of carrying out the provisions of section 403 of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958; and $242,000,000 shall be available for salaries and expenses of the Administration of which amount— "(1) $13,200,000 shall be available for procurement and technical assistance; of which amount not less than $2,000,000 shall be available for technical assistance, and of this amount not less than $629,000 shall be used to pay for the continued development of a procurement automated source system, and not less than $825,000 shall be used to develop and maintain technology assistance centers which shall have direct or indirect access to a minimum of thirty technology data banks to define the technology problems or needs of smedl businesses by searching technology data banks or other sources to locate, obtain, and interpret the appropriate technology for such small businesses and not more than $200,000 shall be available for a study the purpose of which shall be to define and describe the forest products industry and, in particular, to define and describe that portion of the forest products industry which consists of small businesses, to identify the trends and conditions affecting the survival of small businesses as a viable portion of the forest products industry, and to propose actions and programs to assist and promote a broadly based, nonconcentrated, healthy forest products industry. "(2) $23,100,000 shall be available for management assistance, of which amount not less than $880,000 shall be used to sustain the small business export development program and to employ not less than seventeen staff people for the Office of International Trade, ten of whom shall serve as export development specialists, with each of the Administration s regional offices being assigned one such specialist. "(3) $8,800,000 shall be available for economic research and analysis and advocacy, of which amount not less than $2,200,000 shall be used to employ at least sixty-nine staff people for the Office of the Chief Counsel for Advocacy to carry out research and those functions prescribed by Public Law 94-305; not less than $1,650,000 shall be used to develop an external small

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