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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 360 

Expressing support for the designation of the week of May 5, 2019, through 

May 11, 2019, as ‘‘National Small Business Week’’ to honor the vital 

role of small business and the passion of entrepreneurs in the United 

States. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 8, 2019 

Mr. CA ́RDENAS (for himself, Mr. RYAN, Ms. WEXTON, Mr. COHEN, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. SERRANO, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Ms. TITUS, Mr. 

PAPPAS, Mr. KILMER, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. CROW, Ms. CLARKE of New 

York, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. O’HALLERAN, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Ms. SEWELL of Alabama, Ms. BARRAGA ́N, Ms. NORTON, Mr. SABLAN, Ms. 

SA ́NCHEZ, Mr. GROTHMAN, Mr. CORREA, Mr. VELA, Mr. LOEBSACK, Mr. 

SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, 

Mr. PAYNE, Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. 

GONZALEZ of Texas, Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Mr. CASE, Mr. HASTINGS, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. CISNEROS, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. SWALWELL of California, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. COX of California, Mr. 

LOWENTHAL, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Mr. ROUDA, Ms. STEVENS, Mr. 

CARSON of Indiana, Ms. SPANBERGER, Ms. WILD, Mr. GOMEZ, Mr. 

ESPAILLAT, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Ms. VELA ́ZQUEZ, and Mr. MOULTON) 

submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 

on Small Business 

RESOLUTION 

Expressing support for the designation of the week of May 

5, 2019, through May 11, 2019, as ‘‘National Small 

Business Week’’ to honor the vital role of small business 

and the passion of entrepreneurs in the United States. 


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Whereas this year marks the 56th anniversary of ‘‘National 

Small Business Week’’ and has been endorsed by every 

President since 1963; 

Whereas approximately 30,200,000 small businesses in the 

United States, comprising the leading force behind the 

United States economy, create 2 out of every 3 new jobs 

and generate close to 50 percent of the Nation’s nonfarm 

gross domestic product; 

Whereas small firms account for 64 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 24,300,000 small businesses are nonemployer sole 

proprietorship firms; 

Whereas 2,500,000 veterans are small business owners and 

account for 9 percent of all United States businesses; 

Whereas the share of total businesses owned by women continues to increase, currently including over 9,900,000 

small businesses; 

Whereas immigrants are small business owners and account 

for 17 percent of all small businesses, and account for 13 

percent of all business owners nationwide; 

Whereas small businesses employ 65 percent of the private 

sector workforce in the United States; 

Whereas small businesses represent 57 percent of high-tech 

employment; 

Whereas small businesses produce 16 times more patents per 

employee than large patenting firms; 

Whereas small businesses represent 97 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 5, 2019, 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 startup 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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