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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3706 

To direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to establish 

a competitive grant program to award grants to States and local governments for purposes of assisting entrepreneurs planning to start a small 

business concern. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 11, 2019 

Ms. BROWNLEY of California introduced the following bill; which was referred 

to the Committee on Small Business 

A BILL 

To direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to establish a competitive grant program to award 

grants to States and local governments for purposes of 

assisting entrepreneurs planning to start a small business 

concern. 

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 ‘‘Startup in a Day Act 

5 of 2019’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. STARTUP IN A DAY GRANT PROGRAM. 

2 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Administrator of the 

3 Small Business Administration shall, from amounts ap4 propriated pursuant to subsection (g), establish a competi5 tive grant program to be known as the ‘‘Startup in a Day 

6 Program’’ to award grants to eligible entities for purposes 

7 of assisting entrepreneurs planning to start a small busi8 ness concern in complying with State or local government 

9 requirements for opening and operating such a concern 

10 in a geographic area in the jurisdiction of the eligible enti11 ty. 

12 (b) APPLICATION.—An eligible entity may submit an 

13 application to the Administrator, at a time and in a man14 ner to be prescribed by the Administrator, describing ac15 tivities the eligible entity would undertake to assist entre16 preneurs planning to start a small business concern in a 

17 geographic area in the jurisdiction of the eligible entity. 

18 (c) SELECTION.—The Administrator shall select from 

19 among eligible entities submitting an application pursuant 

20 to subsection (b) grant recipients based on criteria to be 

21 prescribed by the Administrator. 

22 (d) AUTHORIZED USE OF FUNDS.—Grants awarded 

23 under this section may be used by a grant recipient to 

24 carry out activities to assist entrepreneurs planning to 

25 start small business concerns, including— 


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1 (1) developing, implementing, and improving 

2 Internet resources related to the small business con3 cern startup process in the geographic area in the 

4 jurisdiction of the recipient; 

5 (2) assisting such entrepreneurs in registering 

6 and applying for any licenses or permits required by 

7 a State or a local government for starting a small 

8 business concern in such area; and 

9 (3) other activities the Administrator deter10 mines necessary. 

11 (e) REPORTS.— 

12 (1) REPORT TO ADMINISTRATOR.—A recipient 

13 of a grant under this section shall submit to the Ad14 ministrator, at a time and in a manner to be pre15 scribed by the Administrator, a report detailing how 

16 grant funds were expended and describing the im17 pact, if any, of activities funded by the grant on the 

18 opening of small business concerns in a geographic 

19 area in the jurisdiction of such recipient. 

20 (2) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 90 

21 days after the conclusion of each fiscal year for 

22 which the Administrator awards a grant under this 

23 section, the Administrator shall submit to Congress 

24 a report describing all such grants awarded for such 

25 fiscal year and analyzing the impact, if any, of such 


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1 grants on the opening of small business concerns in 

2 the jurisdictions of eligible entities receiving such 

3 grants. 

4 (f) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section, the 

5 following definitions apply: 

6 (1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis7 trator’’ means the Administrator of the Small Busi8 ness Administration. 

9 (2) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti10 ty’’ means a State or local government. 

11 (3) LOCAL GOVERNMENT.—The term ‘‘local 

12 government’’ means a county, parish, borough, or 

13 municipal government. 

14 (4) SMALL BUSINESS CONCERN.—The term 

15 ‘‘small business concern’’ has the meaning given 

16 such term under section 3 of the Small Business Act 

17 (15 U.S.C. 632). 

18 (5) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of 

19 the several States, the District of Columbia, the 

20 Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands of 

21 the United States, Guam, American Samoa, the 

22 Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, 

23 and each federally recognized Indian Tribe. 

24 (g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

25 authorized to be appropriated to the Administrator 


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1 $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2024 

2 for purposes of carrying out this section. 

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