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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. RES. 177 

Honoring the entrepreneurial spirit of small business concerns in the United 

States during National Small Business Week, which begins on June 

17, 2013. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 19, 2013 

Ms. LANDRIEU (for herself, Mr. RISCH, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. JOHNSON of Wisconsin, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. RUBIO, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Mr. CRAPO, Ms. CANTWELL, Mr. VITTER, Ms. HEITKAMP, Mrs. FISCHER, Mr. PRYOR, Mr. 

ENZI, Mr. UDALL of New Mexico, Mr. HOEVEN, Mrs. HAGAN, Mr. BARRASSO, Mr. BEGICH, Mr. PORTMAN, Mr. CASEY, Mr. BOOZMAN, Mr. 

COWAN, Mr. COCHRAN, Mrs. MURRAY, Ms. AYOTTE, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. 

BROWN, Mr. HARKIN, Mr. MANCHIN, Mr. BAUCUS, Mr. SCHATZ, Mr. 

MERKLEY, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. WARNER, Ms. MIKULSKI, Mr. BENNET, 

Mr. ROBERTS, Mr. NELSON, Mr. COONS, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. UDALL

of Colorado, Mr. DONNELLY, Mr. ROCKEFELLER, Mr. CARPER, Mr. 

KING, Ms. WARREN, Mr. KIRK, Mr. THUNE, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. 

SCHUMER, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, Mr. FRANKEN, Mr. HEINRICH, Mr. ISAKSON, and Mr. TESTER) submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to 

RESOLUTION 

Honoring the entrepreneurial spirit of small business concerns in the United States during National Small Business Week, which begins on June 17, 2013. 

Whereas 2013 marks the 50th anniversary of National Small 

Business Week; 

Whereas the approximately 27,900,000 small business concerns in the United States are the driving force behind 


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the Nation’s economy, creating nearly 2 out of every 3 

new jobs and generating close to 50 percent of the Nation’s non-farm gross domestic product; 

Whereas small businesses are the driving force behind the 

economic recovery of the United States; 

Whereas small businesses represent 99.7 percent of employer 

firms in the United States; 

Whereas small business concerns are the Nation’s innovators, 

serving to advance technology and productivity; 

Whereas small business concerns represent 98 percent of all 

exporters and produce 31 percent of exported goods; 

Whereas Congress established the Small Business Administration in 1953 to aid, counsel, assist, and protect the interests of small business concerns in order to preserve 

free and competitive enterprise, to ensure that a fair proportion of the total Federal Government purchases, contracts, and subcontracts for property and services are 

placed with small business concerns, to ensure that a fair 

proportion of the total sales of government property are 

made to small business concerns, and to maintain and 

strengthen the overall economy of the United States; 

Whereas, every year since 1963, the President has designated 

a ‘‘National Small Business Week’’ to recognize the contributions of small businesses to the economic well-being 

of the United States; 

Whereas, in 2013, National Small Business Week will honor 

the estimated 27,900,000 small businesses in the United 

States; 

Whereas the Small Business Administration has helped small 

business concerns by providing access to critical lending 

opportunities, protecting small business concerns from 


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excessive Federal regulatory enforcement, helping to ensure full and open competition for government contracts, 

and improving the economic environment in which small 

business concerns compete; 

Whereas, for more than 50 years, the Small Business Administration has helped millions of entrepreneurs achieve the 

American dream of owning a small business, and has 

played a key role in fostering economic growth; and 

Whereas the President has designated the week beginning 

June 17, 2013, as ‘‘National Small Business Week’’: 

Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) honors the entrepreneurial spirit of small 

3 business concerns in the United States during Na4 tional Small Business Week, which begins on June 

5 17, 2013; 

6 (2) applauds the efforts and achievements of 

7 the owners and employees of small business con8 cerns, whose hard work and commitment to excel9 lence have made small business concerns a key part 

10 of the economic vitality of the United States; 

11 (3) recognizes the work of the Small Business 

12 Administration and its resource partners in pro13 viding assistance to entrepreneurs and small busi14 ness concerns; and 

15 (4) recognizes the importance of ensuring 

16 that— 


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1 (A) guaranteed loans, including microloans 

2 and microloan technical assistance, for start-up 

3 and growing small business concerns, and ven4 ture capital, are made available to all qualified 

5 small business concerns; 

6 (B) the management assistance programs 

7 delivered by resource partners on behalf of the 

8 Small Business Administration, such as Small 

9 Business Development Centers, Women’s Busi10 ness Centers, and the Service Corps of Retired 

11 Executives, are recognized for providing invalu12 able counseling services to entrepreneurs in the 

13 United States; 

14 (C) the Small Business Administration 

15 continues to provide timely and efficient dis16 aster assistance so that small businesses in 

17 areas struck by natural or manmade disasters 

18 can quickly return to business to keep local 

19 economies alive in the aftermath of such disas20 ters; 

21 (D) affordable broadband Internet access 

22 is available to all people in the United States, 

23 particularly people in rural and underserved 

24 communities, so that small businesses can use 

25 the Internet to make their operations more 


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1 globally competitive while boosting local econo2 mies; 

3 (E) regulatory relief is provided to small 

4 businesses through the reduction of duplicative 

5 or unnecessary regulatory requirements that in6 crease costs for small businesses; and 

7 (F) leveling the playing field for con8 tracting opportunities remains a primary focus, 

9 so that small businesses, particularly minority10 owned small businesses, can compete for and 

11 win more of the $400,000,000,000 in contracts 

12 that the Federal Government enters into each 

13 year for goods and services. 

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