IB 

Union Calendar No. 323 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7102 

[Report No. 118–394] 

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 

FEBRUARY 23, 2024 

Additional sponsor: Mr. NEGUSE

FEBRUARY 23, 2024 

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

and ordered to be printed 


ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS
2 

•HR 7102 RH

A BILL 

To establish an Office of Native American Affairs within 

the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes. 


ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS
3 

•HR 7102 RH

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 

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

12 657u) the following: 

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

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

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

16 ‘Assistant Administrator’ means the Assistant Ad17 ministrator for Native American Affairs appointed 

18 under subsection (c). 

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

20 has the meaning given the term ‘Indian tribe’ in sec21 tion 8(a)(13). 

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

23 term ‘Native Hawaiian Organization’ has the mean24 ing given the term in section 8(a)(15). 


ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS
4 

•HR 7102 RH

1 ‘‘(4) OFFICE.—The term ‘Office’ means the Of2 fice of Native American Affairs described in this sec3 tion. 

4 ‘‘(b) ESTABLISHMENT.— 

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

6 the Administration the Office of Native American 

7 Affairs, which shall be responsible for establishing a 

8 working relationship with Indian Tribes and Native 

9 Hawaiian Organizations by targeting programs of 

10 the Administration relating to entrepreneurial devel11 opment, contracting, and capital access to— 

12 ‘‘(A) establish or expand small business 

13 concerns owned and controlled by individuals 

14 who are members of Indian Tribes or Native 

15 Hawaiian Organizations; and 

16 ‘‘(B) promote economic development in In17 dian country (as defined in section 1151 of title 

18 18, United States Code). 

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

20 To the extent reasonable, the Office shall educate 

21 Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian Organizations 

22 about programs administered by other Federal agen23 cies related to the interests described in paragraph 

24 (1). 


ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS
5 

•HR 7102 RH

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

2 be headed by an Assistant Administrator for Native Amer3 ican Affairs, who shall— 

4 ‘‘(1) be appointed by and report to the Admin5 istrator; 

6 ‘‘(2) have knowledge of Native American cul7 tures and experience providing culturally tailored 

8 small business development assistance to Native 

9 Americans; 

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

11 Native Hawaiian Organizations and small business 

12 concerns owned and controlled by individuals who 

13 are members of Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 

14 Organizations; 

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

16 and existing programs, to better address the entre17 preneurial, capital access, business development, and 

18 contracting needs of persons described in paragraph 

19 (3); 

20 ‘‘(5) collaborate with Associate Administrators 

21 within the Administration and officials of other Fed22 eral agencies to develop policies and plans to imple23 ment programs of the Administration to holistically 

24 address the needs described in paragraph (4); 


ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS
6 

•HR 7102 RH

1 ‘‘(6) provide assistance, including grants, con2 tracts, cooperative agreements, or other financial as3 sistance, to Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian Or4 ganizations, or to private nonprofit organizations 

5 governed by members of Indian Tribes or Native 

6 Hawaiian Organizations that have the experience 

7 and capability to use the assistance to— 

8 ‘‘(A) deploy training, counseling, work9 shops, educational outreach, and supplier 

10 events; and 

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

12 and contracting programs of the Administra13 tion; 

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

15 conduct, Tribal consultation to solicit input and fa16 cilitate discussion of potential modifications to pro17 grams and procedures of the Administration; and 

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

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

20 until the termination date, the Assistant Administrator 

21 shall submit to Congress a report on the effectiveness of 

22 the Office of Native American Affairs that includes the 

23 number of clients served in Tribal communities, the num24 ber of consultations conducted, and the number of 

25 trainings held in Tribal country. 


ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS
7 

•HR 7102 RH

1 ‘‘(e) TERMINATION.—The authority under this sec2 tion shall terminate seven years after the date of the en3 actment of this section.’’. 

4 SEC. 3. COMPLIANCE WITH CUTGO. 

5 No additional amounts are authorized to be appro6 priated to carry out this Act or the amendments made 

7 by this Act. 


ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS
Union Calendar No. 323 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7102 

[Report No. 118–394] 

A BILL 

To establish an Office of Native American Affairs 

for other purposes. within the Small Business Administration, and 

FEBRUARY 23, 2024 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS