I 

117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2360 

To establish a program to increase small business awareness of, and participation in, Small Business Administration programs, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 5, 2021 

Mr. DELGADO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Small Business 

A BILL 

To establish a program to increase small business awareness 

of, and participation in, Small Business Administration 

programs, 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 ‘‘Small Business Relief 

5 Accessibility Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this Act: 

8 (1) ADMINISTRATION.—The term ‘‘Administra9 tion’’ means the Small Business Administration. 


pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS
2 

•HR 2360 IH

1 (2) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis2 trator’’ means the Administrator of the Small Busi3 ness Administration. 

4 (3) COMMUNITY NAVIGATOR SERVICES.—The 

5 term ‘‘community navigator services’’ means the out6 reach, education, and technical assistance provided 

7 by community navigators that target eligible busi8 nesses to increase awareness of, and participation in, 

9 programs of the Small Business Administration. 

10 (4) COMMUNITY NAVIGATOR.—The term ‘‘com11 munity navigator’’ means a community organization, 

12 community financial institution as defined in section 

13 7(a)(36)(A) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 

14 636(a)(36)(A)), or other private nonprofit organiza15 tion engaged in the delivery of community navigator 

16 services. 

17 (5) ELIGIBLE BUSINESS.—The term ‘‘eligible 

18 business’’ means any small business concern, with 

19 priority for small business concerns owned and con20 trolled by women (as defined in section 3(n) of the 

21 Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632(n))), small busi22 ness concerns owned and controlled by veterans (as 

23 defined in section 3(q) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 

24 632(q))), and socially and economically disadvan25 taged small business concerns (as defined in section 


pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS
3 

•HR 2360 IH

1 8(a)(4)(A) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 

2 637(a)(4)(A))). 

3 (6) PRIVATE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.—The 

4 term ‘‘private nonprofit organization’’ means an en5 tity that is described in section 501(c) of the Inter6 nal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from tax 

7 under section 501(a) of such Code. 

8 (7) RESOURCE PARTNER.—The term ‘‘resource 

9 partner’’ means— 

10 (A) a small business development center 

11 (as defined in section 3 of the Small Business 

12 Act (15 U.S.C. 632)); 

13 (B) a women’s business center (as de14 scribed in section 29 of the Small Business Act 

15 (15 U.S.C. 656)); and 

16 (C) a chapter of the Service Corps of Re17 tired Executives (as defined in section 

18 8(b)(1)(B) of the Act (15 U.S.C. 

19 637(b)(1)(B))). 

20 (8) SMALL BUSINESS CONCERN.—The term 

21 ‘‘small business concern’’ has the meaning given 

22 under section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 25 

23 U.S.C. 632). 

24 (9) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means a State 

25 of the United States, the District of Columbia, the 


pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS
4 

•HR 2360 IH

1 Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, 

2 American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the North3 ern Mariana Islands, and Guam, or an agency, in4 strumentality, or fiscal agent thereof. 

5 (10) UNIT OF GENERAL LOCAL GOVERN6 MENT.—The term ‘‘unit of general local govern7 ment’’ means a county, city, town, village, or other 

8 general purpose political subdivision of a State. 

9 SEC. 3. COMMUNITY NAVIGATOR PILOT PROGRAM. 

10 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the Small 

11 Business Administration shall establish a Community 

12 Navigator pilot program to make grants to, or enter into 

13 contracts or cooperative agreements with, private non14 profit organizations, resource partners, States, Tribes, 

15 and units of local government to ensure the delivery of 

16 free community navigator services to current or prospec17 tive owners of eligible businesses in order to improve ac18 cess to assistance programs and resources made available 

19 because of the COVID–19 pandemic by Federal, State, 

20 Tribal, and local entities. 

21 (b) APPROPRIATIONS.—In addition to amounts other22 wise available, there is appropriated to the Administrator 

23 for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury 

24 not otherwise appropriated, $100,000,000, to remain 

25 available until expended, for carrying out this section. 


pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS
5 

•HR 2360 IH

1 SEC. 4. OUTREACH AND EDUCATION. 

2 (a) PROMOTION.—The Administrator shall develop 

3 and implement a program to promote community navi4 gator services to current or prospective owners of eligible 

5 businesses. 

6 (b) CALL CENTER.—The Administrator shall estab7 lish a telephone hotline to offer information about Federal 

8 programs to assist eligible businesses and offer referral 

9 services to resource partners, community navigators, po10 tential lenders, and other persons that the Administrator 

11 determines appropriate for current or prospective owners 

12 of eligible businesses. 

13 (c) OUTREACH.—The Administrator shall— 

14 (1) conduct outreach and education, in the 10 

15 most commonly spoken languages in the United 

16 States, to current or prospective owners of eligible 

17 businesses on community navigator services and 

18 other Federal programs to assist eligible businesses; 

19 (2) improve the website of the Administration 

20 to describe such community navigator services and 

21 other Federal programs; and 

22 (3) implement an education campaign by adver23 tising in media targeted to current or prospective 

24 owners of eligible businesses. 

25 (d) APPROPRIATIONS.—In addition to amounts other26 wise available, there is appropriated to the Administrator 


pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS
6 

•HR 2360 IH

1 for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury 

2 not otherwise appropriated, $75,000,000, to remain avail3 able until expended, for carrying out this section. 

4 (e) SUNSET.—The authority of the Administrator to 

5 make grants under this Act shall terminate on December 

6 31, 2025. 

Æ 


pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS