Bill Summary
This bill, titled the "Native American Business Outreach Act of 2019", aims to establish a program within the Small Business Administration that will provide support and assistance to Native American communities and small businesses owned by Native Americans, including Alaska Natives and Native Hawaiians. This program will offer training, educational outreach, and other forms of assistance to help these communities and businesses develop economic and business strategies for long-term growth. The bill also authorizes $5 million in annual appropriations to fund this program.
Possible Impacts
1. The Native American Outreach Program could provide training and educational outreach for small business owners in Native American communities, potentially leading to more successful businesses and job growth in those communities.
2. The Tribal consultations held by the Administrator could provide a platform for Native American individuals and communities to voice their concerns and ideas for potential modifications to existing programs, giving them a greater role in shaping policies that affect them.
3. The appropriation of $5,000,000 for each fiscal year could potentially provide much needed funding for economic and business development strategies in Native American communities, helping to address issues such as unemployment and poverty.
[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5280 Introduced in House (IH)]
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116th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 5280
To establish the Native American Outreach Program of the Small Business
Administration, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
December 3, 2019
Ms. Kendra S. Horn of Oklahoma (for herself and Mr. Cole) introduced
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small
Business
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A BILL
To establish the Native American Outreach Program of the Small Business
Administration, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Native American Business Outreach
Act of 2019''.
SEC. 2. NATIVE AMERICAN OUTREACH PROGRAM.
The Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631 et seq.) is amended--
(1) by redesignating section 49 (15 U.S.C. 631 note) as
section 50; and
(2) by inserting after section 48 (48 U.S.C. 657u) the
following:
``SEC. 49. NATIVE AMERICAN OUTREACH PROGRAM.
``(a) In General.--The Administrator shall establish and carry out
a Native American Outreach Program to provide assistance to--
``(1) Native American communities, including Alaska Natives
and Native Hawaiians; and
``(2) small business concerns owned by individuals in those
communities or Indian tribes.
``(b) Assistance.--In carrying out the Native American Outreach
Program, the Administrator may--
``(1) provide training and educational outreach through
business development workshops and entrepreneurial classes to
small business concerns owned by Indian tribes or Native
Americans, including Alaska Natives and Native Hawaiians;
``(2) hold Tribal consultations to solicit input and
provide interested parties an opportunity to discuss potential
modifications to programs of the Administration, including the
program under section 8(a) and the HUBZone program under
section 31; and
``(3) provide such other assistance as the Administrator
may determine necessary to assist Native American communities
to implement economic and business development strategies and
actions to improve entrepreneurship and long-term job growth.
``(c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be
appropriated to carry out this section $5,000,000 for each of fiscal
years.''.
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