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115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7199 

To support entrepreneurs serving in the National Guard and Reserve, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 29, 2018 

Mr. SCHNEIDER (for himself and Mr. KELLY of Mississippi) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small Business 

A BILL 

To support entrepreneurs serving in the National Guard 

and Reserve, and for other purposes. 

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 ‘‘National Guard and 

5 Reserve Entrepreneurship Support Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF LOAN ASSISTANCE AND DEFERRAL 

2 ELIGIBILITY TO RESERVISTS BEYOND PERI3 ODS OF MILITARY CONFLICT. 

4 (a) SMALL BUSINESS ACT AMENDMENTS.—Section 

5 7 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636) is amend6 ed— 

7 (1) in subsection (b)(3)— 

8 (A) in subparagraph (A)— 

9 (i) by striking clause (ii); 

10 (ii) by redesignating clause (i) as 

11 clause (ii); 

12 (iii) by inserting before clause (ii), as 

13 so redesignated, the following: 

14 ‘‘(i) the term ‘active service’ has the mean15 ing given that term in section 101(d)(3) of title 

16 10, United States Code;’’; and 

17 (iv) in clause (ii), as so redesignated, 

18 by adding ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

19 (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

20 ‘‘being ordered to active military duty during a 

21 period of military conflict’’ and inserting ‘‘being 

22 ordered to perform active service for a period of 

23 more than 30 consecutive days’’; 

24 (C) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘ac25 tive duty’’ each place it appears and inserting 

26 ‘‘active service’’; and 


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1 (D) in subparagraph (G)(ii)(II), by strik2 ing ‘‘active duty’’ and inserting ‘‘active service’’; 

3 and 

4 (2) in subsection (n)— 

5 (A) in the subsection heading, by striking 

6 ‘‘ACTIVE DUTY’’ and inserting ‘‘ACTIVE SERV7 ICE’’; 

8 (B) in paragraph (1)— 

9 (i) by striking subparagraph (C); 

10 (ii) by redesignating subparagraphs 

11 (A) and (B) as subparagraphs (B) and 

12 (C), respectively; 

13 (iii) by inserting before subparagraph 

14 (B), as so redesignated, the following: 

15 ‘‘(A) ACTIVE SERVICE.—The term ‘active 

16 service’ has the meaning given that term in sec17 tion 101(d)(3) of title 10, United States 

18 Code.’’; 

19 (iv) in subparagraph (B), as so redes20 ignated, by striking ‘‘ordered to active duty 

21 during a period of military conflict’’ and 

22 inserting ‘‘ordered to perform active serv23 ice for a period of more than 30 consecu24 tive days’’; and 


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1 (v) in subparagraph (D), by striking 

2 ‘‘active duty’’ each place it appears and in3 serting ‘‘active service’’; and 

4 (C) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ‘‘ac5 tive duty’’ each place it appears and inserting 

6 ‘‘active service’’. 

7 (b) APPLICABILITY.—The amendments made by sub8 section (a)(1) shall apply to an economic injury suffered 

9 or likely to be suffered as the result of an essential em10 ployee being ordered to perform active service (as defined 

11 in section 101(d)(3) of title 10, United States Code) for 

12 a period of more than 30 consecutive days who is dis13 charged or released from such active service on or after 

14 the date of enactment of this Act. 

15 (c) SEMIANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than 180 days 

16 after the date of enactment of this Act, and semiannually 

17 thereafter, the President shall submit to the Committee 

18 on Small Business and Entrepreneurship and the Com19 mittee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee 

20 on Small Business and the Committee on Appropriations 

21 of the House of Representatives a report on the number 

22 of loans made under the Military Reservist Economic In23 jury Disaster Loan program and the dollar volume of 

24 those loans. The report shall contain the subsidy rate of 

25 the disaster loan program as authorized under section 7(b) 


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1 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(b)) with the 

2 loans made under the Military Reservist Economic Injury 

3 Disaster Loan program and without those loans included. 

4 (d) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— 

5 Section 8(l) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(l)) 

6 is amended— 

7 (1) by striking ‘‘The Administration’’ and in8 serting the following: 

9 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administration’’; 

10 (2) by striking ‘‘(as defined in section 

11 7(n)(1))’’; and 

12 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

13 ‘‘(2) DEFINITION OF PERIOD OF MILITARY CON14 FLICT.—In this subsection, the term ‘period of mili15 tary conflict’ means— 

16 ‘‘(A) a period of war declared by the Con17 gress; 

18 ‘‘(B) a period of national emergency de19 clared by the Congress or by the President; or 

20 ‘‘(C) a period of a contingency operation, 

21 as defined in section 101(a) of title 10, United 

22 States Code.’’. 


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1 SEC. 3. NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVE DEPLOYMENT 

2 SUPPORT AND BUSINESS TRAINING PRO3 GRAM. 

4 (a) EXPANSION OF SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRA5 TION OUTREACH PROGRAMS.—Section 8(b)(17) of the 

6 Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(b)(17)) is amended 

7 by striking ‘‘and members of a reserve component of the 

8 Armed Forces’’ and inserting ‘‘members of a reserve com9 ponent of the Armed Forces, and the spouses of veterans 

10 and members of a reserve component of the Armed 

11 Forces’’. 

12 (b) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.—Section 32 of 

13 the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 657b) is amended by 

14 adding at the end the following: 

15 ‘‘(g) NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVE DEPLOYMENT

16 SUPPORT AND BUSINESS TRAINING.— 

17 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In making grants carried 

18 out under section 8(b)(17), the Associate Adminis19 trator shall establish a program, to be known as the 

20 ‘National Guard and Reserve Deployment Support 

21 and Business Training Program’, to provide train22 ing, counseling and other assistance to support 

23 members of a reserve component of the Armed 

24 Forces and their spouses. 

25 ‘‘(2) AUTHORITIES.—In carrying out this sub26 section, the Associate Administrator may— 


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1 ‘‘(A) modify programs and resources made 

2 available through section 8(b)(17) to provide 

3 pre-deployment and other information specific 

4 to members of a reserve component of the 

5 Armed Forces and their spouses; 

6 ‘‘(B) collaborate with the Chief of the Na7 tional Guard Bureau or the Chief’s designee, 

8 State Adjutant Generals or their designees, and 

9 other public and private partners; and 

10 ‘‘(C) provide training, information, and 

11 other resources to the Chief of the National 

12 Guard Bureau or the Chief’s designee and 

13 State Adjutant Generals or their designees for 

14 the purpose of supporting members of a reserve 

15 component of the Armed Forces and the 

16 spouses of veterans and members of a reserve 

17 component of the Armed Forces.’’. 

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