; and (6) by striking section 9 and inserting the following: 9. Co-sponsorship of activities (a) Authorization The Administrator of the Small Business Administration, after consultation with the General Counsel of the Small Business Administration, may sponsor activities or cosponsor activities with an eligible entity, including recognition events, for small businesses. (b) Eligible entity In this section, the term eligible entity means any for-profit or not-for-profit entity, any State, or local government official, or any State, or local government entity. (c) Prohibition on endorsements The Administrator shall ensure that any eligible entities that cosponsor activities receive appropriate recognition for such cosponsorship, and that such recognition is not considered to be an endorsement by the Small Business Administration of any product or service of such eligible entity. 10. Funding national conference (a) Authorization of appropriations The activities authorized by this Act shall be funded, to the extent and in the amount provided in advance in appropriations Acts, exclusively by amounts (if any) collected under subsection (b). No other amounts are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act. (b) Authority To accept gifts (1) In general Except as provided in paragraph (2), for purposes of carrying out this Act, the Commission, the Administrator of the Small Business Administration, and the Administrator of the General Service Administration may— (A) solicit ownership, accept, and hold gifts, devises, and bequests of cash, property (including tangible, intangible, real and personal), or subsistence from non-Federal sources