IV 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1076 
Expressing support for the designation of the week of May 2, 2022, through 
May 5, 2022, as ‘‘National Small Business Week’’ to celebrate the 
contributions of small businesses and entrepreneurs in every community 
in the United States. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 28, 2022 
Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ (for herself, Mr. LUETKEMEYER, Mr. DELGADO, Mr. CROW, 
Ms. NEWMAN, Mr. EVANS, Mr. CARTER of Louisiana, Ms. HOULAHAN, 
Mr. PHILLIPS, Mr. GOLDEN, Ms. CHU, Ms. CRAIG, Ms. DAVIDS of Kan-
sas, Mr. KIM of New Jersey, Ms. BOURDEAUX, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. CAR-
SON, Mr. NEGUSE, Ms. MACE, Mr. WILLIAMS of Texas, Mr. STAUBER, 
Mr. MEUSER, Ms. TENNEY, Mr. GARBARINO, Mrs. KIM of California, Ms. 
VAN DUYNE, Mr. DONALDS, Ms. SALAZAR, Mr. FITZGERALD, Mr. JOHN-
SON of Ohio, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. ROGERS of Alabama, Mr. MCKIN-
LEY, Mr. ELLZEY, Mr. NORMAN, Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
TIMMONS, Mr. AUSTIN
SCOTT
of Georgia, Mr. VALADAO, Mr. 
GROTHMAN, Mr. MFUME, Mr. CARTER of Georgia, Mrs. STEEL, and Mr. 
JOYCE of Ohio) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
the Committee on Small Business 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing support for the designation of the week of May 
2, 2022, through May 5, 2022, as ‘‘National Small Busi-
ness Week’’ to celebrate the contributions of small busi-
nesses and entrepreneurs in every community in the 
United States. 
Whereas a ‘‘National Small Business Week’’ has been de-
clared by every President since 1963; 
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Whereas there are around 32,000,000 small businesses in the 
United States that support nearly 61,000,000 jobs; 
Whereas every congressional district in the United States 
contains a small business; 
Whereas thousands of small business establishments still face 
significant challenges recovering from the COVID–19 
pandemic; 
Whereas small businesses have played an integral role in re-
building the economy of the Nation; 
Whereas Congress established the Small Business Adminis-
tration in 1953 to aid, counsel, assist, and protect inter-
ests of small business to ensure that a fair proportion of 
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 main-
tain 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 en-
vironment in which small businesses compete; and 
Whereas May 2, 2022, through May 5, 2022, would be an 
appropriate week to celebrate ‘‘National Small Business 
Week’’: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) honors and celebrates the entrepreneurial 
spirit and contributions of small businesses in every 
community in the United States; 
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(2) applauds the efforts and achievements the 
owners of small businesses and their employees have 
played during the pandemic in every community of 
the United States; 
(3) recognizes that in the face of significant 
challenges, the owners of small businesses have dem-
onstrated incredible resilience for more than 2 years; 
(4) understands that the Small Business Ad-
ministration can help small business recover and 
build back from the global pandemic; 
(5) supports the designation of ‘‘National Small 
Business Week’’; and 
(6) supports efforts to— 
(A) encourage consumers to utilize small 
businesses; 
(B) increase awareness of the value of 
small businesses and the impact they have on 
rebuilding the economy of the United States; 
(C) hold Federal agencies accountable for 
meeting procurement goals for small businesses, 
including the goals for small businesses owned 
and controlled by service-disabled veterans, 
small businesses owned and controlled by 
women, HUBZone small businesses, and so-
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cially and economically disadvantaged small 
businesses; 
(D) 
ensure 
guaranteed 
loans 
and 
microloans for startup and growing small busi-
nesses are made available to all qualified small 
businesses; 
(E) provide small businesses the technical 
assistance and counseling that they desperately 
need; 
(F) 
facilitate 
access 
to 
affordable 
broadband service to foster rural small business 
growth; and 
(G) foster systems of intellectual property 
protection for small business innovation. 
Æ 
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