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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7102 

To establish an Office of Native American Affairs within the Small Business 

Administration, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 29, 2024 

Ms. DAVIDS of Kansas (for herself and Mr. CRANE) introduced the following 

bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small Business 

A BILL 

To establish an Office of Native American Affairs within 

the Small Business Administration, 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 ‘‘Native American En5 trepreneurial Opportunity Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. OFFICE OF NATIVE AMERICAN AFFAIRS. 

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

8 amended— 

9 (1) by redesignating section 49 (15 U.S.C. 631 

10 note) as section 50; and 


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1 (2) by inserting after section 48 (15 U.S.C. 

2 657u) the following: 

3 ‘‘SEC. 49. OFFICE OF NATIVE AMERICAN AFFAIRS. 

4 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

5 ‘‘(1) ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR.—The term 

6 ‘Assistant Administrator’ means the Assistant Ad7 ministrator for Native American Affairs appointed 

8 under subsection (c). 

9 ‘‘(2) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘Indian Tribe’ 

10 has the meaning given the term ‘Indian tribe’ in sec11 tion 8(a)(13). 

12 ‘‘(3) NATIVE HAWAIIAN ORGANIZATION.—The 

13 term ‘Native Hawaiian Organization’ has the mean14 ing given the term in section 8(a)(15). 

15 ‘‘(4) OFFICE.—The term ‘Office’ means the Of16 fice of Native American Affairs described in this sec17 tion. 

18 ‘‘(b) ESTABLISHMENT.— 

19 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There is established within 

20 the Administration the Office of Native American 

21 Affairs, which shall be responsible for establishing a 

22 working relationship with Indian Tribes and Native 

23 Hawaiian Organizations by targeting programs of 

24 the Administration relating to entrepreneurial devel25 opment, contracting, and capital access to— 


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1 ‘‘(A) establish or expand small business 

2 concerns owned and controlled by individuals 

3 who are members of Indian Tribes or Native 

4 Hawaiian Organizations; and 

5 ‘‘(B) promote economic development in In6 dian country (as defined in section 1151 of title 

7 18, United States Code). 

8 ‘‘(2) CONNECTION WITH OTHER PROGRAMS.— 

9 To the extent reasonable, the Office shall educate 

10 Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian Organizations 

11 about programs administered by other Federal agen12 cies related to the interests described in paragraph 

13 (1). 

14 ‘‘(c) ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR.—The Office shall 

15 be headed by an Assistant Administrator for Native Amer16 ican Affairs, who shall— 

17 ‘‘(1) be appointed by and report to the Admin18 istrator; 

19 ‘‘(2) have knowledge of Native American cul20 tures and experience providing culturally tailored 

21 small business development assistance to Native 

22 Americans; 

23 ‘‘(3) provide assistance to Indian Tribes and 

24 Native Hawaiian Organizations and small business 

25 concerns owned and controlled by individuals who 


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1 are members of Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 

2 Organizations; 

3 ‘‘(4) formulate policies, and promote policies 

4 and existing programs, to better address the entre5 preneurial, capital access, business development, and 

6 contracting needs of persons described in paragraph 

7 (3); 

8 ‘‘(5) collaborate with Associate Administrators 

9 within the Administration and officials of other Fed10 eral agencies to develop policies and plans to imple11 ment programs of the Administration to holistically 

12 address the needs described in paragraph (4); 

13 ‘‘(6) provide assistance, including grants, con14 tracts, cooperative agreements, or other financial as15 sistance, to Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian Or16 ganizations, or to private nonprofit organizations 

17 governed by members of Indian Tribes or Native 

18 Hawaiian Organizations that have the experience 

19 and capability to use the assistance to— 

20 ‘‘(A) deploy training, counseling, work21 shops, educational outreach, and supplier 

22 events; and 

23 ‘‘(B) access the entrepreneurial, capital, 

24 and contracting programs of the Administra25 tion; 


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1 ‘‘(7) assist the Administrator in conducting, or 

2 conduct, Tribal consultation to solicit input and fa3 cilitate discussion of potential modifications to pro4 grams and procedures of the Administration; and 

5 ‘‘(8) recommend annual budgets for the Office. 

6 ‘‘(d) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—On an annual basis 

7 until the termination date, the Assistant Administrator 

8 shall submit to Congress a report on the effectiveness of 

9 the Office of Native American Affairs that includes the 

10 number of clients served in Tribal communities, the num11 ber of consultations conducted, and the number of 

12 trainings held in Tribal country. 

13 ‘‘(e) TERMINATION.—The authority under this sec14 tion shall terminate seven years after the date of the en15 actment of this section.’’. 

16 SEC. 3. COMPLIANCE WITH CUTGO. 

17 No additional amounts are authorized to be appro18 priated to carry out this Act or the amendments made 

19 by this Act. 

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