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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 6037 

To direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to establish 

the Emergency Micro-enterprise Recovery Grant Pilot Program, and for 

other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 24, 2023 

Ms. TOKUDA (for herself and Mr. CASE) introduced the following bill 

OCTOBER 25, 2023 

Referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined 

by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 

within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to establish the Emergency Micro-enterprise Recovery Grant 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 ‘‘Micro-enterprise As5 sistance and Urgent Investment for Supporting Trade, 

6 Recovery Operations, and Neighborhood Growth Act’’ or 

7 the ‘‘MAUI STRONG Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. EMERGENCY MICRO-ENTERPRISE RECOVERY 

2 GRANT PILOT PROGRAM. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after the 

4 date of the enactment of this section, the Administrator 

5 of the Small Business Administration shall establish the 

6 ‘‘Emergency Micro-enterprise Recovery Grant Pilot Pro7 gram’’ to award grants to eligible entities during the cov8 ered period. 

9 (b) VERIFICATION.—To receive a grant under this 

10 section, an eligible entity shall submit an application to 

11 the Administrator at such time and in such manner as 

12 the Administrator may reasonably require that contains 

13 a self-certification to verify that the entity which is apply14 ing is an eligible entity. 

15 (c) ORDER OF CONSIDERATION.—The Administrator 

16 shall consider an application for a grant under this section 

17 in the order in which the application is received. 

18 (d) AMOUNT.—The amount of a grant provided to 

19 an eligible entity under this section may not exceed 

20 $20,000. 

21 (e) USE OF FUNDS.—An eligible entity receiving a 

22 grant under this section shall use the amounts provided 

23 under this section to— 

24 (1) address any allowable purpose for a loan 

25 made under section 7(b)(2) of the Small Business 

26 Act (15 U.S.C. 636(b)(2)); 


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1 (2) maintain payroll; 

2 (3) purchase materials or equipment; 

3 (4) make rent or mortgage payments; or 

4 (5) pay for obligations that cannot be met due 

5 to revenue losses. 

6 (f) TERMINATION.—The authority to award grants 

7 under this section shall terminate on December 31, 2024. 

8 (g) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the date 

9 of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall sub10 mit to the Committee on Small Business of the House of 

11 Representatives and the Committee on Small Business 

12 and Entrepreneurship of the Senate a report evaluating 

13 the impact of the program. 

14 (h) TAX EXEMPTION.—For purposes of the Internal 

15 Revenue Code of 1986— 

16 (1) any grant made under this section shall not 

17 be included in the gross income of the person that 

18 receives such grant; and 

19 (2) no deduction shall be denied, no tax at20 tribute shall be reduced, and no basis increase shall 

21 be denied, by reason of the exclusion from gross in22 come provided under paragraph (1) of this sub23 section. 


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1 (i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

2 authorized to be appropriated to the Administrator 

3 $30,000,000 to carry out this section. 

4 (j) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

5 (1) The term ‘‘Administrator’’ means the Ad6 ministrator of the Small Business Administration. 

7 (2) The term ‘‘covered period’’ means the pe8 riod beginning on August 1, 2023, and ending on 

9 December 31, 2024. 

10 (3) The term ‘‘eligible entity’’ means an entity 

11 operating on or after August 8, 2023, on the island 

12 of Maui that— 

13 (A) is a private nonprofit organization; or 

14 (B) experienced revenue loss between Au15 gust 8, 2023, and December 31, 2023, and is— 

16 (i) a small agricultural cooperative (as 

17 defined in section 3(j) of the Small Busi18 ness Act (15 U.S.C. 632(j))); 

19 (ii) a business with not more than 25 

20 employees; 

21 (iii) any individual who operates 

22 under a sole proprietorship or as an inde23 pendent contractor; or 

24 (iv) any corporation all of the stock of 

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1 ership plan (as defined in section 

2 4975(e)(7) of the Internal Revenue Code 

3 of 1986) with not more than 100 employ4 ees. 

5 (4) The term ‘‘program’’ means the Emergency 

6 Micro-enterprise Recovery Grant Pilot Program. 

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