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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 1134 

Expressing support for the designation of September 22, 2020, to September 

24, 2020, as ‘‘National Small Business Week’’ to honor the entrepreneurial spirit and contributions of small businesses and entrepreneurs 

in the United States. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020 

Ms. VELA ́ZQUEZ (for herself, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. CROW, Mrs. RADEWAGEN, Mr. 

ESPAILLAT, Mr. BALDERSON, Mr. GOLDEN, Mr. KEVIN HERN of Oklahoma, Mr. SCHNEIDER, Mr. SPANO, Mr. JOYCE of Pennsylvania, Ms. 

JUDY CHU of California, Mr. BISHOP of North Carolina, Ms. 

FINKENAUER, Mr. EVANS, Ms. CRAIG, Ms. HOULAHAN, Mr. STAUBER, 

Ms. DAVIDS of Kansas, Ms. NORTON, Mr. COHEN, Mr. SIRES, Ms. 

WEXTON, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. CASE, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. PETERSON, Mr. 

SMITH of Washington, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mrs. LURIA, 

Mr. HORSFORD, and Mrs. FLETCHER) submitted the following resolution; 

which was referred to the Committee on Small Business 

RESOLUTION 

Expressing support for the designation of September 22, 

2020, to September 24, 2020, as ‘‘National Small Business Week’’ to honor the entrepreneurial spirit and contributions of small businesses and entrepreneurs in the 

United States. 

Whereas every year since 1963 every President of the United 

States has proclaimed a ‘‘National Small Business 

Week’’; 


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Whereas the approximately 30,700,000 small businesses in 

the United States are the driving force behind the economy of the Nation, representing 99.9 percent of all businesses with employees in the United States; 

Whereas small businesses employ 47.1 percent of the employees in the private sector in America and are responsible 

for creating nearly two-thirds of new jobs; 

Whereas every congressional district in the United States 

contains a small business; 

Whereas small businesses will play an integral role in rebuilding the economy of the Nation; 

Whereas Congress established the Small Business Administration in 1953 to aid, counsel, assist, and protect the interests of small businesses; to ensure that a fair proportion of the total purchases, contracts, and subcontracts 

for property and services for the Federal Government are 

placed with small businesses; to make certain access to 

critical capital is made available to such small businesses; 

and to maintain and strengthen the overall economy; 

Whereas the Small Business Administration has helped small 

businesses with access to critical lending opportunities, 

played a key role in ensuring full and open competition 

for government contracts, and improved the economic environment in which small business concerns compete; and 

Whereas September 22, 2020, to September 24, 2020, would 

be an appropriate period to celebrate ‘‘National Small 

Business Week’’: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) honors and celebrates the entrepreneurial 

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1 trepreneurs in every community in the United 

2 States; 

3 (2) applauds the efforts and achievements of 

4 the owners of small businesses and their employees, 

5 whose hard work and commitment to excellence have 

6 made them a key part of the economic vitality of the 

7 Nation; 

8 (3) supports the designation of ‘‘National Small 

9 Business Week’’; 

10 (4) recognizes the importance of ensuring that 

11 policies which promote an environment in which 

12 small businesses may succeed; and 

13 (5) supports efforts to— 

14 (A) encourage consumers to utilize small 

15 businesses; 

16 (B) increase awareness of the value of 

17 small businesses and the impact they have on 

18 rebuilding the economy of the United States; 

19 (C) hold Federal agencies accountable for 

20 meeting procurement goals for small businesses, 

21 including the goals for small businesses owned 

22 and controlled by service-disabled veterans, 

23 small businesses owned and controlled by 

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1 cially and economically disadvantaged small 

2 businesses; 

3 (D) ensure guaranteed loans and 

4 microloans for startup and growing small busi5 nesses are made available to all qualified small 

6 businesses, including women, veterans, and so7 cially and economically disadvantaged small 

8 businesses; 

9 (E) provide small businesses the technical 

10 assistance and counseling that they desperately 

11 need; 

12 (F) strengthen small business disaster as13 sistance through the Small Business Adminis14 tration to guarantee it is provided in a timely 

15 and efficient manner; 

16 (G) facilitate access to affordable 

17 broadband service to foster rural small business 

18 growth; and 

19 (H) foster systems of intellectual property 

20 protection for small business innovation. 

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