[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2191 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2191

To establish the Native American Outreach Program of the Small Business 
                Administration, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 18, 2019

  Ms. Hirono introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
    referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship

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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''.

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 fiscal year 2020 
and each fiscal year thereafter.''.
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