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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2399 

To require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to regularly submit to Congress a report on the Community Navigator pilot 

program, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 8, 2021 

Mr. DELGADO (for himself and Ms. SALAZAR) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Small Business 

A BILL 

To require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to regularly submit to Congress a report on the 

Community Navigator pilot program, 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 ‘‘Community Navigator 

5 Reporting Act of 2021’’. 

6 SEC. 2. COMMUNITY NAVIGATOR REPORTING. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 

8 date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, 


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1 the Administrator shall submit to the Committee on Small 

2 Business and Entrepreneurship of the Senate and the 

3 Committee on Small Business of the House of Representa4 tives a report on the performance and effectiveness of the 

5 Community Navigator pilot program, which may be in6 cluded as part of another report submitted to such Com7 mittees by the Administrator, and which shall include— 

8 (1) the number of recipients of grants under 

9 the Community Navigator pilot program; 

10 (2) for each such recipient— 

11 (A) the dollar amount of each such grant 

12 the received; 

13 (B) the aggregate dollar amount of all 

14 such grants received; and 

15 (C) the location of such recipient, including 

16 the State and county; and 

17 (3) to the extent practicable, the number of 

18 unique businesses for which an owner has received 

19 community navigator services from a Program par20 ticipant under the Community Navigator pilot pro21 gram, disaggregated by industry, including but not 

22 limited to— 

23 (A) accommodation and food services; 

24 (B) agriculture, forestry, fishing, and 

25 hunting; 


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1 (C) arts, entertainment, and recreation; 

2 (D) construction; 

3 (E) educational services; 

4 (F) healthcare; 

5 (G) manufacturing; 

6 (H) professional, scientific, and technical 

7 services; 

8 (I) retail trade; 

9 (J) transportation; and 

10 (K) wholesale trade. 

11 (b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

12 (1) AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT OF 2021 DEFI13 NITIONS.—Except as provided in this subsection, the 

14 terms in this Act have the meaning given such terms 

15 under section 5004 of the American Rescue Plan 

16 Act of 2021 (Public Law 117–2). 

17 (2) COMMUNITY NAVIGATOR PILOT PROGRAM.— 

18 The term ‘‘Community Navigator pilot program’’ 

19 means the program established under section 5004 

20 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public 

21 Law 117–2). 

22 (3) COMMUNITY NAVIGATOR SERVICES.—The 

23 term ‘‘community navigator services’’ means the cov24 ered services provided by community navigators that 

25 target eligible businesses. 


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1 (4) COMMUNITY NAVIGATOR.—The term ‘‘com2 munity navigator’’ means a community organization, 

3 community financial institution as defined in section 

4 7(a)(36)(A) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 

5 636(a)(36)(A)), or other private nonprofit organiza6 tion engaged in the delivery of covered services. 

7 (5) COVERED SERVICES.—The term ‘‘covered 

8 services’’ means the outreach, education, and tech9 nical assistance provided to increase awareness of, 

10 and participation in, programs of the Small Business 

11 Administration. 

12 (6) PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS.—The term ‘‘Pro13 gram participants’’ means community navigators 

14 that have received a grant from, or entered into a 

15 contract or cooperative agreement with, the Admin16 istrator for the purposes of the Community Navi17 gator pilot program. 

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