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Title 15 — Commerce and Trade

Chapter 14B — Small Business Investment Program

§ 671. Establishment; Associate Administrator; appointment and compensation

Statutory text

There is hereby established in the Small Business Administration a division to be known as the Small Business Investment Division. The Division shall be headed by an Associate Administrator who shall be appointed by the Administrator, and shall receive compensation at the rate provided by law for other Associate Administrators of the Small Business Administration.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Pub. L. 85–699 title II § 201 · 72 Stat. 689

    Enacted · 15 U.S.C. § 671

    Pub. L. 85–699, title II, § 201, Aug. 21, 1958, 72 Stat. 690

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 85–699, title II, § 201, Aug. 21, 1958, 72 Stat. 690

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 201. establishment of small business investment division There is hereby established in the Small Business Administration a division to be known as the Small Business Investment Division. The Division shall be headed by a Deputy Administrator who shall be appointed by the Administrator, and shall receive compensation at the rate provided by law for other deputy administrators of the Small Business Administration. The powers conferred by this Act upon the Administration shall be exercised by the Administration through the Small Business Investment Division, and the powers herein conferred upon the Administrator shall be exercised by him through the Deputy Administrator appointed hereunder. In the performance of, and with respect to the functions, powers, and duties vested by this Act, the Administrator and the Administration shall (in addition to any authority otherwise vested by this Act) have the functions, powers, and duties set forth in the Small Business Ante, p. 394, 395. Act, and the provisions of sections 13 and 16 of that Act, insofar as applicable, are extended to apply to the functions of the Administrator and the Administration under this Act.

  2. Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965

    Pub. L. 89–117 title III § 316(b) · 79 Stat. 451

    Changed · 15 U.S.C. § 671

    Pub. L. 89–117 provided that the powers conferred by subchapters IV–A and V of this chapter shall be exercised through such divisions, sections, or other personnel as the Administrator in his discretion determines

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 89–117 provided that the powers conferred by subchapters IV–A and V of this chapter shall be exercised through such divisions, sections, or other personnel as the Administrator in his discretion determines.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (b) Section 201 of such Act is amended by striking out the third sentence and inserting in lieu thereof the following: “The powers conferred by this Act upon the Administration and upon the Administrator, with the exception of those conferred by titles IV and V hereof, shall be exercised through the Small Business Investment Division and through the Deputy Administrât or appointed hereunder. The powers conferred by this Act. upon the Administration and upon the Administrator Ante, p. 482; 72 Stat. 696. 15 USC 695. by titles IV and V hereof shall be exercised through such division, section, or other personnel as the Administrator in his discretion shall determine.”

  3. Small Business Investment Act Amendments of 1966

    Pub. L. 89–779 § 2 · 80 Stat. 1359

    1. Substituted · 15 U.S.C. § 671

      Pub. L. 89–779 substituted “Associated Administrator” for “Deputy Administrator” as the head of the Small Business Investment Division of the Small Business Administration

    2. Substituted · 15 U.S.C. § 671

      Pub. L. 89–779 substituted the rate provided by law for other Associate Administrators of the Small Business Administration for the rate provided by law for the other Deputy Administrators of the Small Business Administration as the standard of compensation for the head of the Small Business Investment Division

    3. Struck · 15 U.S.C. § 671

      Pub. L. 89–779 struck out provisions spelling out the proper exercise of the powers conferred on the Administration and on the Administrator through the Small Business Investment Division and the Division head. See section 687(f) of this title

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 89–779 substituted “Associated Administrator” for “Deputy Administrator” as the head of the Small Business Investment Division of the Small Business Administration, substituted the rate provided by law for other Associate Administrators of the Small Business Administration for the rate provided by law for the other Deputy Administrators of the Small Business Administration as the standard of compensation for the head of the Small Business Investment Division, and struck out provisions spelling out the proper exercise of the powers conferred on the Administration and on the Administrator through the Small Business Investment Division and the Division head. See section 687(f) of this title.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 2. Section 201 of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 is amended to read as follows: “Sec. 201. “establishment of small business investment division There is hereby established in the Small Business Administration a division to be known as the Small Business Investment Division. The Division shall be headed by an Associate Administrator who shall be appointed by the Administrator, and shall receive compensation at the rate provided by law for other Associate Administrators of the Small Business Administration.”

5 of 5 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Amendments1965–1966 · 2 rounds

1966

Pub. L. 89–779 substituted “Associated Administrator” for “Deputy Administrator” as the head of the Small Business Investment Division of the Small Business Administration, substituted the rate provided by law for other Associate Administrators of the Small Business Administration for the rate provided by law for the other Deputy Administrators of the Small Business Administration as the standard of compensation for the head of the Small Business Investment Division, and struck out provisions spelling out the proper exercise of the powers conferred on the Administration and on the Administrator through the Small Business Investment Division and the Division head. See section 687(f) of this title.

1965

Pub. L. 89–117 provided that the powers conferred by subchapters IV–A and V of this chapter shall be exercised through such divisions, sections, or other personnel as the Administrator in his discretion determines.

Credits

1958–1966 · 3 acts
  1. 1958Pub. L. 85–699, title II, § 201, , 72 Stat. 690
  2. 1965Pub. L. 89–117, title III, § 316(b), , 79 Stat. 484
  3. 1966Pub. L. 89–779, § 2, , 80 Stat. 1359.
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(Pub. L. 85–699, title II, § 201, , 72 Stat. 690; Pub. L. 89–117, title III, § 316(b), , 79 Stat. 484; Pub. L. 89–779, § 2, , 80 Stat. 1359.)

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