Native American Business Outreach Act

II 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 2191 To establish the Native American Outreach Program of the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes. 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 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 Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Native American Busi- 4 ness Outreach Act’’. 5 SEC. 2. NATIVE AMERICAN OUTREACH PROGRAM. 6 The Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631 et seq.) is 7 amended— 8 (1) by redesignating section 49 (15 U.S.C. 631 9 note) as section 50; and 10 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:38 Jul 26, 2019 Jkt 034408 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2191.IS S2191 Pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS 2 •S 2191 IS (2) by inserting after section 48 (48 U.S.C. 1 657u) the following: 2 ‘‘SEC. 49. NATIVE AMERICAN OUTREACH PROGRAM. 3 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall estab- 4 lish and carry out a Native American Outreach Program 5 to provide assistance to— 6 ‘‘(1) Native American communities, including 7 Alaska Natives and Native Hawaiians; and 8 ‘‘(2) small business concerns owned by individ- 9 uals in those communities or Indian tribes. 10 ‘‘(b) ASSISTANCE.—In carrying out the Native Amer- 11 ican Outreach Program, the Administrator may— 12 ‘‘(1) provide training and educational outreach 13 through business development workshops and entre- 14 preneurial classes to small business concerns owned 15 by Indian tribes or Native Americans, including 16 Alaska Natives and Native Hawaiians; 17 ‘‘(2) hold Tribal consultations to solicit input 18 and provide interested parties an opportunity to dis- 19 cuss potential modifications to programs of the Ad- 20 ministration, including the program under section 21 8(a) and the HUBZone program under section 31; 22 and 23 ‘‘(3) provide such other assistance as the Ad- 24 ministrator may determine necessary to assist Na- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:38 Jul 26, 2019 Jkt 034408 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2191.IS S2191 Pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS 3 •S 2191 IS tive American communities to implement economic 1 and business development strategies and actions to 2 improve entrepreneurship and long-term job growth. 3 ‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 4 is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 5 $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2020 and each fiscal year there- 6 after.’’. 7 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:38 Jul 26, 2019 Jkt 034408 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S2191.IS S2191 Pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS