Allow the SBA Administrator to offer loans up to
$50,000 without requiring collateral from a loan applicant
Create a loan participation program in which
veterans can receive 7 loans while paying 50 percent of the fees
Increase the authorization of appropriations
for the Small Business Administration's Office of Veteran Business Development
Create an Interagency Taskforce on Veteran Small Business to focus on
increasing veterans' small business success, procurement and franchising
opportunities, and access to capital
Improve the Military Reservist Economic
Injury Disaster Loan program by providing a longer application deadline;
creating a pre-deployment loan approval process; expanding outreach and
technical assistance
Make permanent the Advisory Committee on
Veterans Business Affairs
Require a Government Accountability Office
report on the needs of service-disabled veterans and a separate report on how
to improve relations between employers and reservist employees
Require Veteran Business Outreach Centers to increase their participation in
the Transition Assistance Program
Create a grant program to improve Small Business Development Centers' outreach
to the veteran community
Require the Office of Veterans Business Development to create and disseminate
information aimed at informing women veterans about the resources available to
them.
