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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 246 

Honoring the vital role of small business and the passion of entrepreneurs 

in the United States during ‘‘National Small Business Week’’, beginning 

on May 4, through May 8, 2015. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 1, 2015 

Mr. CA ́RDENAS (for himself, Mr. GOSAR, Mr. RUSH, Ms. BORDALLO, Ms. 

BROWN of Florida, Mrs. BUSTOS, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Ms. ESHOO, 

Ms. ESTY, Mr. HINOJOSA, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Ms. MATSUI, Ms. SINEMA, 

Mr. SWALWELL of California, Mr. TAKANO, Ms. TITUS, Mr. LARSEN of 

Washington, Mr. MEEKS, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. COSTA, Mr. 

KELLY of Pennsylvania, Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. TIPTON, Mrs. TORRES, Mr. 

FOSTER, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. POCAN, Mr. SALMON, Mr. SIMPSON, Mr. 

MURPHY of Florida, Ms. NORTON, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. AL GREEN of 

Texas, Mr. BLUM, Mr. RUIZ, Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of New 

Mexico, Mr. VARGAS, Ms. JUDY CHU of California, Mr. VEASEY, Ms. 

CLARK of Massachusetts, and Ms. BONAMICI) submitted the following 

resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Small Business 

RESOLUTION 

Honoring the vital role of small business and the passion 

of entrepreneurs in the United States during ‘‘National 

Small Business Week’’, beginning on May 4, through 

May 8, 2015. 

Whereas this year marks the 52nd anniversary of ‘‘National 

Small Business Week’’ and has been endorsed by every 

President since 1963; 


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Whereas approximately 28,000,000 small businesses in the 

United States, comprising the leading force behind the 

United States economy, create nearly 7 out of every 10 

new jobs and generate close to 50 percent of the Nation’s 

nonfarm gross domestic product; 

Whereas small firms account for 63 percent of the net new 

jobs created between 1993 and mid-2013, and 60 percent 

of the net new jobs created since the end of the recession; 

Whereas 22,000,000 small businesses are nonemployer sole 

proprietorship firms; 

Whereas 2,450,000 veterans are small business owners and 

account for 9.1 percent of all United States businesses; 

Whereas the share of total businesses owned by women continues to increase, currently including over 7,800,000 

small businesses; 

Whereas small businesses employ 48.5 percent of the country’s private sector workforce; 

Whereas small businesses represent 37 percent of high-tech 

employment; 

Whereas small businesses produce 16 times more patents per 

employee than large patenting firms; 

Whereas small businesses represent 98 percent of all exporters and produce 33 percent of exported goods; 

Whereas, on July 30, 1953, Congress created the Small Business Administration to aid, counsel, assist, and protect 

the interests of small businesses by working to preserve 

free and competitive enterprise, to ensure that a fair proportion of the total sales of government property are 

made to small businesses, and to maintain and strengthen the overall economy of the United States; 


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Whereas, for more than 50 years, the Small Business Administration has helped over 10,000,000 entrepreneurs reach 

the American dream of creating and maintaining a small 

business, and has played a key role in fostering local and 

national economic growth; and 

Whereas the President has designated the week beginning on 

May 4, 2015, as ‘‘National Small Business Week’’: Now, 

therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) honors the vital role of small business and 

3 entrepreneurs in the United States during ‘‘National 

4 Small Business Week’’; 

5 (2) supports the designation of ‘‘National Small 

6 Business Week’’; 

7 (3) recognizes the important role of the Small 

8 Business Administration as a valuable resource for 

9 the United States entrepreneur; 

10 (4) supports and encourages young entre11 preneurs to pursue their passions and create more 

12 start-up businesses; 

13 (5) recognizes the importance of creating poli14 cies that promote a business friendly environment 

15 for small business owners free of unnecessary and 

16 burdensome regulations and red tape; 

17 (6) recognizes the National Small Business Per18 son of the Year and the National Lender of the 

19 Year; and 


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1 (7) supports efforts to— 

2 (A) encourage consumers to shop locally; 

3 and 

4 (B) increase awareness of the value of lo5 cally owned small businesses and the impact of 

6 locally owned small business on the economy of 

7 the United States. 

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