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5/17/2012--Introduced.Strengthening Resources for America's Entrepreneurs Act of 2012 - Amends the Small Business Act to direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to develop and submit to Congress a plan for using SBA entrepreneurial development programs (EDP

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Official Summary

5/17/2012--Introduced.Strengthening Resources for America's Entrepreneurs Act of 2012 - Amends the Small Business Act to direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to develop and submit to Congress a plan for using SBA entrepreneurial development programs (EDPs) to create jobs during FY2013-FY2014. Requires the Administrator to:
(1) promulgate a rule to develop and implement a consistent data collection process for the EDPs;
(2) report annually to Congress on opportunities to foster coordination of, limit duplication among, and improve program delivery for federal EDPs;
(3) establish a database of providers of entrepreneurial development services;
(4) designate at least one employee in each SBA district office as a community specialist to work with local providers of such services to increase their coordination with federal EDPs; and
(5) develop benchmarks for measuring the performance of such specialists.

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