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[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 288 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 288

 Expressing support for the designation of the week of April 30, 2017, 
 through May 6, 2017, as ``National Small Business Week'' to celebrate 
   the contributions of small businesses and entrepreneurs in every 
                    community in the United States.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 27, 2017

  Mr. Chabot (for himself, Ms. Velazquez, Mrs. Radewagen, Mr. King of 
 Iowa, Mr. Blum, Mr. Espaillat, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Marshall, 
     Mr. Knight, Mr. Lawson of Florida, Mr. Evans, Mr. Bacon, Mr. 
 Fitzpatrick, Mr. Kelly of Mississippi, Mr. Schneider, Ms. Judy Chu of 
   California, Mr. Luetkemeyer, Mr. Brat, Mr. Comer, Ms. Adams, Miss 
 Gonzalez-Colon of Puerto Rico, and Mrs. Murphy of Florida) submitted 
the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Small 
                                Business

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                               RESOLUTION

 
 Expressing support for the designation of the week of April 30, 2017, 
 through May 6, 2017, as ``National Small Business Week'' to celebrate 
   the contributions of small businesses and entrepreneurs in every 
                    community in the United States.

Whereas a ``National Small Business Week'' has been declared by every President 
        since 1963;
Whereas there are more than 29,600,000 small businesses in the United States;
Whereas small businesses represent 99.9 percent of all businesses with employees 
        in the United States;
Whereas small businesses employ over 47 percent of the employees in the private 
        sector in the United States;
Whereas small businesses constitute 97.7 percent of firms exporting goods;
Whereas small businesses are responsible for more than 46 percent of private 
        sector output;
Whereas small businesses are responsible for creating 63 percent of new jobs;
Whereas every congressional district in the United States contains a small 
        business; and
Whereas April 30, 2017, through May 6, 2017, would be an appropriate week to 
        celebrate ``National Small Business Week'': Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) celebrates the contributions of small businesses and 
        entrepreneurs in every community in the United States;
            (2) supports the designation of ``National Small Business 
        Week'';
            (3) recognizes the importance of creating policies which 
        promote an environment in which small businesses may succeed; 
        and
            (4) supports efforts to--
                    (A) encourage consumers to utilize small 
                businesses; and
                    (B) increase awareness of the value of small 
                businesses and the impact small businesses have on the 
                economy of the United States.
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