1. Office of Rural Affairs of the Small Business Administration Section 26 of the Small Business Act ( 15 U.S.C. 653 ) is amended— (1) by amending subsection (b) to read as follows: (b) Appointment of Assistant Administrator (1) In general The Office shall be administered by an Assistant Administrator, who shall be an employee in the competitive service. (2) Qualifications The Assistant Administrator shall— (A) have education or professional experience with, or knowledge of, rural affairs and issues relating to small business concerns; and (B) have experience providing development assistance to rural small business concerns. ; (2) in subsection (c)— (A) in paragraph (1), by striking small business concerns located in rural areas and inserting rural small business concerns ; (B) in paragraph (3)— (i) by striking provide information and inserting promote ; and (ii) by striking concerning the and all that follows through the semicolon at the end and inserting the following: policies and programs of the Administration and of other Federal departments and agencies for assisting rural small business concerns; ; (C) in paragraph (4), by striking ; and and inserting a semicolon; (D) in paragraph (5)— (i) by striking the United States Tourism and Travel Administration and inserting the National Travel and Tourism Office of the Department of Commerce ; (ii) by striking small businesses in rural areas and inserting rural small business concerns ; and (iii) by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and (E) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (6) host webinars and outreach events for rural small business concerns as described in subsection (d). ; and (3) by adding at the end the following new subsections: (d) Outreach The Assistant Administrator shall— (1) host webinars and outreach events in various regions of the United States for rural small business concerns