SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Office of Rural Affairs Enhancement Act’’.

SEC. 2. OFFICE OF RURAL AFFAIRS OF THE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

Section 26 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 653) is amended:

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(1) by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:

(b) A POINTMENT OF ASSISTANT ADMINIS-TRATOR.

(1) IN GENERAL.—The Office shall be administered by an Assistant Administrator, who shall be an employee in the competitive service.

(2) QUALIFICATIONS.—The Assistant Administrator shall—

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(2) in subsection (c)—

(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘small business concerns located in rural areas’’ and inserting ‘‘rural small business concerns’’;

(B) in paragraph (3)—

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(C) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and inserting a semicolon;

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(E) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:

(6) host webinars and outreach events for rural small business concerns as described in subsection (d).

‘‘(d) OUTREACH’’

The Assistant Administrator shall—

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(1) host webinars and outreach events in various regions of the United States for rural small business concerns;

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(2) invite representatives from district offices of the Administration, resource partners, Federal and State agencies, and other interested persons to participate in such webinars and outreach events.

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(e) REPORT.

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(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this subsection, and annually thereafter, the Administrator shall submit to the Committee on Small Business of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the Senate, and make publicly available on a website of the Administration, a report on the activities of the Office during the one-year period immediately preceding the date of submission of the report.

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(2) CONTENTS.—Each report required under paragraph (1) shall include the following:

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(B) A summary of the activities conducted under subsection (c).

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(C) The number of webinars and outreach events conducted by the Administration to promote policies and programs described in paragraph (3) of subsection (c) and to provide information described in paragraph (4) of such subsection.

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(E) Information gathered from any webinars and outreach events conducted by the Administration during the period covered by the report.

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