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Union Calendar No. 273 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 5065 

[Report No. 116–343] 

To amend the Small Business Act to provide re-entry entrepreneurship counseling and training services for formerly incarcerated individuals, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 13, 2019 

Mr. JEFFRIES (for himself and Mr. BURCHETT) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Small Business 

DECEMBER 12, 2019 

Additional sponsors: Mr. SCHNEIDER, Mr. SPANO, and Ms. KENDRA S. HORN

of Oklahoma 

DECEMBER 12, 2019 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 

and ordered to be printed 


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A BILL 

To amend the Small Business Act to provide re-entry entrepreneurship counseling and training services for formerly 

incarcerated individuals, and for other purposes. 


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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Prison to Proprietor5 ship for Formerly Incarcerated Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. RE-ENTRY ENTREPRENEURSHIP COUNSELING AND 

7 TRAINING FOR FORMERLY INCARCERATED 

8 INDIVIDUALS. 

9 The Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631 et seq.) is 

10 amended— 

11 (1) by redesignating section 49 as section 50; 

12 and 

13 (2) by inserting after section 48 the following 

14 new section: 

15 ‘‘SEC. 49. RE-ENTRY ENTREPRENEURSHIP COUNSELING 

16 AND TRAINING FOR FORMERLY INCARCER17 ATED INDIVIDUALS. 

18 ‘‘(a) SERVICES REQUIRED.—The Administrator, in 

19 coordination with the Director of the Bureau of Prisons, 

20 shall require the Service Corps of Retired Executives to 

21 provide entrepreneurship counseling and training services 

22 to individuals formerly incarcerated in a Federal prison 

23 (hereinafter referred to as ‘covered individuals’) on a na24 tionwide basis. 


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1 ‘‘(b) GOALS.—The goal of the services provided under 

2 this section is to provide covered individuals with the fol3 lowing: 

4 ‘‘(1) Mentoring, workshops, and instructional 

5 videos designed specifically for covered individuals 

6 on how to start or expand a small business concern. 

7 ‘‘(2) Tools, skills, and knowledge necessary to 

8 identify a business opportunity, including how to— 

9 ‘‘(A) draft a skills profile, business plan, 

10 and transition plan; 

11 ‘‘(B) identify sources of capital; and 

12 ‘‘(C) connect with local resources for small 

13 business concerns. 

14 ‘‘(c) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS.—The services 

15 provided under this section shall include— 

16 ‘‘(1) regular individualized mentoring sessions, 

17 to take place over the course of a year, to support 

18 development of the business plans of covered individ19 uals and the growth of covered individuals as entre20 preneurs; 

21 ‘‘(2) assistance with identifying of local re22 sources for small business concerns for covered indi23 viduals; 

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1 paring applications for loans and other funding op2 portunities; and 

3 ‘‘(4) workshops on topics specifically tailored to 

4 meet the needs of covered individuals. 

5 ‘‘(d) SURVEY.—The Service Corps of Retired Execu6 tives shall survey covered individuals who received services 

7 under this section to assess the satisfaction of such cov8 ered individuals with such services. 

9 ‘‘(e) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 

10 of the enactment of this section and annually thereafter, 

11 the Administrator shall submit to the Committee on Small 

12 Business of the House of Representatives and the Com13 mittee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the 

14 Senate a report on the performance and effectiveness of 

15 the services provided under this section, which may be in16 cluded as part of another report submitted to such com17 mittees by the Administrator, and which shall include— 

18 ‘‘(1) the number of covered individuals 

19 mentored under this section; 

20 ‘‘(2) the number of hours of mentorship pro21 vided by the Service Corps of Retired Executives 

22 under this section; 

23 ‘‘(3) the demographics of covered individuals 

24 who received services, including age, gender, race, 

25 and ethnicity; 


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1 ‘‘(4) a summary and analysis of surveys con2 ducted under subsection (d); and 

3 ‘‘(5) any additional information the Adminis4 trator may require.’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 273 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 5065 

[Report No. 116–343] 

A BILL 

To amend the Small Business Act to provide reand for other purposes. services for formerly incarcerated individuals, entry entrepreneurship counseling and training 

DECEMBER 12, 2019 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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