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114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 713 

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

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

on May 1, through May 7, 2016. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 29, 2016 

Mr. CA ́RDENAS (for himself, Mr. TIPTON, Ms. ADAMS, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. 

BILIRAKIS, Mr. BLUM, Ms. BONAMICI, Ms. BORDALLO, Ms. BROWN of 

Florida, Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Mrs. BUSTOS, Ms. CASTOR of 

Florida, Ms. JUDY CHU of California, Mr. CICILLINE, Ms. CLARK of 

Massachusetts, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. COFFMAN, Mr. COLLINS

of New York, Mr. COSTA, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. DOGGETT, 

Ms. DUCKWORTH, Ms. NORTON, Ms. ESHOO, Ms. ESTY, Mr. AL GREEN

of Texas, Mr. GOSAR, Mr. GUTIE ́RREZ, Mr. GRAVES of Missouri, Ms. 

HAHN, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. HINOJOSA, Mr. HONDA, Mr. HULTGREN, Ms. 

JACKSON LEE, Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Mr. 

KILMER, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Mr. TED LIEU of California, Mr. 

LOEBSACK, Ms. MATSUI, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Ms. MOORE, Mr. MURPHY of 

Florida, Mr. PAYNE, Ms. PINGREE, Ms. PLASKETT, Mr. POCAN, Mr. 

QUIGLEY, Mr. SABLAN, Mr. SALMON, Mr. SCHRADER, Ms. SEWELL of 

Alabama, Mr. SIMPSON, Ms. SINEMA, Mr. SWALWELL of California, Mr. 

TAKANO, Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of New Mexico, Ms. TITUS, 

Mrs. TORRES, Mr. VARGAS, Mr. VEASEY, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. 

RICHMOND, Mr. ISRAEL, Mr. BEN RAY LUJA ́N of New Mexico, Mr. 

GARAMENDI, and Ms. LINDA T. SA ́NCHEZ of California) 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 


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Small Business Week’’, beginning on May 1, through 

May 7, 2016. 

Whereas this year marks the 53rd anniversary of ‘‘National 

Small Business Week’’ and has been endorsed by every 

President since 1963; 

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 3,700,000 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; 


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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; 

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 1, 2016, 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; 


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1 (5) recognizes the importance of creating poli2 cies that promote a business friendly environment 

3 for small business owners free of unnecessary and 

4 burdensome regulations and red tape; 

5 (6) recognizes the National Small Business Per6 son of the Year and the National Lender of the 

7 Year; and 

8 (7) supports efforts to— 

9 (A) encourage consumers to shop locally; 

10 and 

11 (B) increase awareness of the value of lo12 cally owned small businesses and the impact of 

13 locally owned small business on the economy of 

14 the United States. 

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