Assistance for small manufacturers

Title V of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 695 et seq.), as amended by this Act, is amended by adding at the end the following: 512. Assistance for small manufacturers (a) In general The Administrator shall ensure that each district office of the Administration partners with not less than 1 resource partner to provide training to small business concerns assigned a North American Industry Classification System code for manufacturing on obtaining assistance under the program carried out under this title, including with respect to the application process under that program and partnering with development companies under this title. (b) Resource partner defined In this section, the term resource partner means— (1) a small business development center, as defined in section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632); (2) a women’s business center described in section 29 of such Act (15 U.S.C. 656); (3) a chapter of the Service Corps of Retired Executives established under section 8(b)(1)(B) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 637(b)(1)(B)); and (4) a Veteran Business Outreach Center described in section 32 of such Act (15 U.S.C. 657b)..