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GAO-23-105907 1 (2022-10-04)

handle is hein.gao/gaonsh0001 and id is 1 raw text is: The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 appropriated $83 million to the Small Business Administration (SBA) for 128 projects at the request of Members of Congress. The act includes specific provisions that designate an amount of funds for a particular recipient, such as a nonprofit organization or a local government, to use for a specific project. These provisions are called Congressionally Directed Spending in the U.S. Senate and Community Project Funding in the House of Representatives. Members of Congress had to meet certain requirements under Senate and House rules in order to have their requests included as provisions in the act. Such requirements included that Members post requests online and certify that they had no financial interest in the projects. The House also required Members to demonstrate community support for requests. This report examines how SBA intends to identify the provisions, distribute the funds made available through these provisions, and ensure the funds are spent for the purposes Congress intended. For more information on this report and others in this series, including background and methodology, visit https://www.gao.gov/tracking-funds. What are the intended uses of these funds? The $83 million is intended to support small businesses through various projects, including business incubators and resource centers. Small Business Administration: Fiscal Year 2022 Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending Provisions Source: GAO analysis of Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 and accompanying joint explanatory statement; and information provided by the Small Business Administration. I GAO-23-105907 'Based on total amount appropriated for this budget account for fiscal year 2022. Who are the designated recipients? The designated recipients of about 72 percent (92) of the 128 projects are higher education organizations and other nonprofit organizations and about 28 percent (36) are tribal, territorial, state, or local governments. Key Observations SBA officials told us that the recipients of 120 of the 128 projects had not previously received funding from the agency. The amount designated for each project ranges from $50,000 to $3 million, with an average amount of about $650,000. Of the 128 projects, 47 will receive $300,000 or less, 48 will receive more than $300,000 but less than $1 million, and 33 will receive $1 million or more. The two largest projects, which will receive $3 million each, are to (1) support a nonprofit organization in redeveloping a Vermont cheese factory into a multipurpose food venture center and (2) establish a center at a Maryland GAO-23-105907 Tracking the Funds: Small Business Administration Page 1

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