118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7102 

AN ACT 

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, 
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Native American En3 trepreneurial Opportunity Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. OFFICE OF NATIVE AMERICAN AFFAIRS. 

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

6 amended— 

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

8 note) as section 50; and 

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

10 657u) the following: 

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

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

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

14 ‘Assistant Administrator’ means the Assistant Ad15 ministrator for Native American Affairs appointed 

16 under subsection (c). 

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

18 has the meaning given the term ‘Indian tribe’ in sec19 tion 8(a)(13). 

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

21 term ‘Native Hawaiian Organization’ has the mean22 ing given the term in section 8(a)(15). 

23 ‘‘(4) OFFICE.—The term ‘Office’ means the Of24 fice of Native American Affairs described in this sec25 tion. 

26 ‘‘(b) ESTABLISHMENT.— 
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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There is established within 

2 the Administration the Office of Native American 

3 Affairs, which shall be responsible for establishing a 

4 working relationship with Indian Tribes and Native 

5 Hawaiian Organizations by targeting programs of 

6 the Administration relating to entrepreneurial devel7 opment, contracting, and capital access to— 

8 ‘‘(A) establish or expand small business 

9 concerns owned and controlled by individuals 

10 who are members of Indian Tribes or Native 

11 Hawaiian Organizations; and 

12 ‘‘(B) promote economic development in In13 dian country (as defined in section 1151 of title 

14 18, United States Code). 

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

16 To the extent reasonable, the Office shall educate 

17 Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian Organizations 

18 about programs administered by other Federal agen19 cies related to the interests described in paragraph 

20 (1). 

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

22 be headed by an Assistant Administrator for Native Amer23 ican Affairs, who shall— 

24 ‘‘(1) be appointed by and report to the Admin25 istrator; 
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1 ‘‘(2) have knowledge of Native American cul2 tures and experience providing culturally tailored 

3 small business development assistance to Native 

4 Americans; 

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

6 Native Hawaiian Organizations and small business 

7 concerns owned and controlled by individuals who 

8 are members of Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 

9 Organizations; 

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

11 and existing programs, to better address the entre12 preneurial, capital access, business development, and 

13 contracting needs of persons described in paragraph 

14 (3); 

15 ‘‘(5) collaborate with Associate Administrators 

16 within the Administration and officials of other Fed17 eral agencies to develop policies and plans to imple18 ment programs of the Administration to holistically 

19 address the needs described in paragraph (4); 

20 ‘‘(6) provide assistance, including grants, con21 tracts, cooperative agreements, or other financial as22 sistance, to Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian Or23 ganizations, or to private nonprofit organizations 

24 governed by members of Indian Tribes or Native 
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1 Hawaiian Organizations that have the experience 

2 and capability to use the assistance to— 

3 ‘‘(A) deploy training, counseling, work4 shops, educational outreach, and supplier 

5 events; and 

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

7 and contracting programs of the Administra8 tion; 

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

10 conduct, Tribal consultation to solicit input and fa11 cilitate discussion of potential modifications to pro12 grams and procedures of the Administration; and 

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

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

15 until the termination date, the Assistant Administrator 

16 shall submit to Congress a report on the effectiveness of 

17 the Office of Native American Affairs that includes the 

18 number of clients served in Tribal communities, the num19 ber of consultations conducted, and the number of 

20 trainings held in Tribal country. 

21 ‘‘(e) TERMINATION.—The authority under this sec22 tion shall terminate 7 years after the date of the enact23 ment of this section.’’. 
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1 SEC. 3. COMPLIANCE WITH CUTGO. 

2 No additional amounts are authorized to be appro3 priated to carry out this Act or the amendments made 

4 by this Act. 

Passed the House of Representatives February 29, 

2024. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7102 

AN ACT 

To establish an Office of Native American Affairs 

for other purposes. within the Small Business Administration, and