Definitions

(a) Definitions In this Act: (1) Administration; Administrator The term Administration and Administrator mean the Small Business Administration and the Administrator thereof, respectively. (2) Appropriate congressional committees The term appropriate congressional committees means— (A) the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate; and (B) the Committee on Small Business and the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives. (3) Department The term Department means the Department of Housing and Urban Development. (4) Housing industry small business The term housing industry small business means a small business concern in the housing industry that contributes to housing supply and affordability, including residential and multifamily homebuilders, developers, general and specialty contractors, property managers and owners, housing startups, and home improvement and repair businesses. (5) Secretary The term Secretary means the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. (6) Small business concern; small business development center The terms small business concern and small business development center have the meanings given those terms in section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632).