--- kind: "unit" title: "15" title_heading: "Commerce and Trade" key: "ch14A" level: "chapter" label: "Chapter 14A" heading: "Aid to Small Business" release: "119-102" url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/15/ch14A" sections_count: 90 --- # Chapter 14A — Aid to Small Business Title 15 — Commerce and Trade ## Sections - [§631. Declaration of policy](/usc/15/631.md) - [§631a. Congressional declaration of small business economic policy](/usc/15/631a.md) - [§631b. Reports to Congress; state of small business](/usc/15/631b.md) - [§631c. Small Business Manufacturing Task Force](/usc/15/631c.md) - [§632. Definitions](/usc/15/632.md) - [§633. Small Business Administration](/usc/15/633.md) - [§633a. Detailed justification for proposed changes in budget requests](/usc/15/633a.md) - [§634. General powers](/usc/15/634.md) - [§634a. Office of Advocacy within Small Business Administration; Chief Counsel for Advocacy](/usc/15/634a.md) - [§634b. Primary functions of Office of Advocacy](/usc/15/634b.md) - [§634c. Additional duties of Office of Advocacy](/usc/15/634c.md) - [§634d. Staff and powers of Office of Advocacy](/usc/15/634d.md) - [§634e. Assistance of Government agencies](/usc/15/634e.md) - [§634f. Reports](/usc/15/634f.md) - [§634g. Budgetary line item and authorization of appropriations](/usc/15/634g.md) - [§635. Deposit of moneys; depositaries, custodians, and fiscal agents; contributions to employees’ compensation funds](/usc/15/635.md) - [§636. Additional powers](/usc/15/636.md) - [§636a. Repealed.](/usc/15/636a.md) - [§636b. Disaster loan interest rates](/usc/15/636b.md) - [§636c. Age of applicant for disaster loans](/usc/15/636c.md) - [§636d. Disaster aid to major sources of employment](/usc/15/636d.md) - [§636e. Definitions](/usc/15/636e.md) - [§636f. Coordination of efforts between the Administrator and the Internal Revenue Service to expedite loan processing](/usc/15/636f.md) - [§636g. Development and implementation of major disaster response plan](/usc/15/636g.md) - [§636h. Disaster planning responsibilities](/usc/15/636h.md) - [§636i. Small business bonding threshold](/usc/15/636i.md) - [§636j. Repealed.](/usc/15/636j.md) - [§636k. Reports on disaster assistance](/usc/15/636k.md) - [§636l. Semiannual report](/usc/15/636l.md) - [§636m. Loan forgiveness](/usc/15/636m.md) - [§637. Additional powers](/usc/15/637.md) - [§637a. Repealed.](/usc/15/637a.md) - [§637b. Availability of information](/usc/15/637b.md) - [§637c. Definitions](/usc/15/637c.md) - [§637d. Subcontracting plan reports](/usc/15/637d.md) - [§638. Research and development](/usc/15/638.md) - [§638a. Repealed.](/usc/15/638a.md) - [§638b. Reducing vulnerability of SBIR and STTR programs to fraud, waste, and abuse](/usc/15/638b.md) - [§639. Reporting requirements and agency cooperation](/usc/15/639.md) - [§639a. Review of loan program; submission of estimated needs for additional authorization](/usc/15/639a.md) - [§639b. Oversight](/usc/15/639b.md) - [§640. Voluntary agreements among small-business concerns](/usc/15/640.md) - [§641. Transfer to Administration of other functions, powers, and duties](/usc/15/641.md) - [§642. Requirements for loans](/usc/15/642.md) - [§643. Fair charge for use of Government-owned property](/usc/15/643.md) - [§644. Awards or contracts](/usc/15/644.md) - [§644a. Small Business Procurement Advisory Council](/usc/15/644a.md) - [§645. Offenses and penalties](/usc/15/645.md) - [§645a. Annual report on suspensions and debarments proposed by Small Business Administration](/usc/15/645a.md) - [§646. Liens](/usc/15/646.md) - [§647. Duplication of activities of other Federal departments or agencies](/usc/15/647.md) - [§648. Small business development center program authorization](/usc/15/648.md) - [§648a. Repealed.](/usc/15/648a.md) - [§648b. Grants for SBDCs](/usc/15/648b.md) - [§648c. SBA and USPTO partnerships](/usc/15/648c.md) - [§649. Office of International Trade](/usc/15/649.md) - [§649a. Omitted](/usc/15/649a.md) - [§649b. Grants, contracts and cooperative agreements for international marketing programs](/usc/15/649b.md) - [§649c. Authorization of appropriations](/usc/15/649c.md) - [§649d. Central information clearinghouse](/usc/15/649d.md) - [§650. Supervisory and enforcement authority for small business lending companies](/usc/15/650.md) - [§651. National small business tree planting program](/usc/15/651.md) - [§652. Central European Enterprise Development Commission](/usc/15/652.md) - [§653. Office of Rural Affairs](/usc/15/653.md) - [§654. Paul D. Coverdell drug-free workplace program](/usc/15/654.md) - [§655. Pilot Technology Access Program](/usc/15/655.md) - [§656. Women’s Business Center program](/usc/15/656.md) - [§657. Oversight of regulatory enforcement](/usc/15/657.md) - [§657a. HUBZone program](/usc/15/657a.md) - [§657b. Veterans programs](/usc/15/657b.md) - [§657c. Repealed.](/usc/15/657c.md) - [§657d. Federal and State Technology Partnership Program](/usc/15/657d.md) - [§657e. Mentoring Networks](/usc/15/657e.md) - [§657f. Procurement program for small business concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans](/usc/15/657f.md) - [§657f–1. Certification of small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans](/usc/15/657f-1.md) - [§657g. Participation in federally funded projects](/usc/15/657g.md) - [§657h. Small business energy efficiency](/usc/15/657h.md) - [§657i. Coordination of disaster assistance programs with FEMA](/usc/15/657i.md) - [§657j. Information tracking and follow-up system for disaster assistance](/usc/15/657j.md) - [§657k. Disaster processing redundancy](/usc/15/657k.md) - [§657l. Comprehensive disaster response plan](/usc/15/657l.md) - [§657m. Plans to secure sufficient office space](/usc/15/657m.md) - [§657n. Immediate Disaster Assistance program](/usc/15/657n.md) - [§657o. Annual reports on disaster assistance](/usc/15/657o.md) - [§657p. Outreach regarding health insurance options available to children](/usc/15/657p.md) - [§657q. Consolidation of contract requirements](/usc/15/657q.md) - [§657r. Mentor-protege programs](/usc/15/657r.md) - [§657s. Limitations on subcontracting](/usc/15/657s.md) - [§657t. Office of Credit Risk Management](/usc/15/657t.md) - [§657u. Lender Oversight Committee](/usc/15/657u.md)