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 PUBLIC LAW 97-35—AUG. 13, 1981

95 STAT. 775

of a procurement automated source system, and not less than $175,000 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 small businesses by searching technology data banks or other sources to locate, obtain and interpret the appropriate technology for such small business. "(2) $29,638,000 shall be available for management assistance of which amount not less than $1,214,000 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) $8,000,000 shall be available for economic research and analysis and advocacy, of which amount not less than $2,420,000 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 15 USC 634a. $1,400,000 shall be used to develop an external small business data bank and small business index; not less than $1,350,000 shall be used for research; and not less than $1,000,000 shall be used to pay for development and maintenance of an indicative small business data beise comprised of names and addresses and related information. "(4) $30,250,000 shall be available for the Office of Minority Small Business and Capital Ownership Development, $13,655,000 of which shall be used to carry out those functions, including administrative expenses, prescribed by section 7(j) of this Act.

15 USC 636.

"(5) $10,546,000 shall be available for program evaluation and data management with priority given to the development of an automated internal Administration management data base, to the enhancement of the Administration's document tracking system, and to the installation of terminals in Administration field offices. "(6) There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary and appropriate for carrying out the provisions and purposes of the Small business development 15 USC 648. center program in section 21. "(p) The Administrator may transfer no more than 10 per centum Funds, transfer. of each of the total levels for salaries and expenses authorized in paragraphs (1) through (5) of section 20(o) of this Act: Provided, Ante, p. 772. however, That no level authorized in such paragraphs may be increased more than 20 per centum by any such transfers. "(q) The following program levels are authorized for fiscal year Loan program expenditure 1984: "(1) For the programs authorized by section 7(a) of this Act, the levels.p. 767. Ante, Administration is authorized to make $195,000,000 in direct and immediate participation loans; and of such sum, the Administration is authorized to make $15,000,000 in loans as provided in paragraph (10), $45,000,000 in loans as provided in paragraph (11), and $10,000,000 in loans as provided in paragraph (12). "(2) For the programs authorized by 7(a) of this Act and section 503 of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958, the Adminis- 15 USC 697. tration is authorized to make $3,140,000,000 in deferred participation loans and guarantees of debentures; and of such sum, the Administration is authorized to make $5,000,000 in loans sis

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