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116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6367 
To provide grants to small business development centers, women’s business 
centers, and chapters of the Service Corps of Retired Executives to 
allow telework and create marketing materials in response to COVID– 
19, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 23, 2020 
Mr. SCHNEIDER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Small Business 
A BILL 
To provide grants to small business development centers, 
women’s business centers, and chapters of the Service 
Corps of Retired Executives to allow telework and create 
marketing materials in response to COVID–19, and for 
other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Entrepreneurial Devel-
opment COVID–19 Response Act of 2020’’. 
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SEC. 2. WAIVER OF MATCHING FUNDS REQUIREMENT 
UNDER THE WOMEN’S BUSINESS CENTER 
PROGRAM. 
During the 3-month period beginning on the date of 
the enactment of this section, the requirement relating to 
obtaining cash contributions from non-Federal sources 
under section 29(c)(1) of the Small Business Act (15 
U.S.C. 656(c)(1)) is waived for any recipient of assistance 
under such section 29. 
SEC. 3. GRANTS TO SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CEN-
TERS, WOMEN’S BUSINESS CENTERS, AND 
CHAPTERS OF THE SERVICE CORPS OF RE-
TIRED EXECUTIVES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the Small 
Business Administration shall provide grants to small 
business development centers, women’s business centers, 
and chapters of the Service Corps of Retired Executives 
for the purposes described in subsection (b). 
(b) USE OF FUNDS.—Grant funds under this section 
shall be used for the following: 
(1) To purchase laptops, software, and other re-
lated technical or electronic equipment to ensure 
that employees of small business development cen-
ters, women’s business centers, and chapters of the 
Service Corps of Retired Executives may telework 
and provide remote customer service in response to 
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a public health emergency declared because of 
COVID–19. 
(2) To create marketing materials for employ-
ees of small business development centers, women’s 
business centers, and chapters of the Service Corps 
of Retired Executives to educate customers on avail-
able training and counseling resources relevant to a 
public 
health 
emergency 
declared 
because 
of 
COVID–19. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 
(1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis-
trator’’ means the Administrator of the Small Busi-
ness Administration. 
(2) SERVICE
CORPS
OF
RETIRED
EXECU-
TIVES.—The term ‘‘Service Corps of Retired Execu-
tives’’ means the Service Corps of Retired Execu-
tives established under section 8(b)(1)(B) of the 
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(b)(1)(B)). 
(3) SMALL
BUSINESS
DEVELOPMENT
CEN-
TER.—The term ‘‘small business development cen-
ter’’ has the meaning given in section 3 of the Small 
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632). 
(4) WOMEN’S
BUSINESS
CENTER.—The term 
‘‘women’s business center’’ means a women’s busi-
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ness center as described under section 29 of the 
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 656). 
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated $25,000,000 to the Admin-
istrator to carry out this Act, of which not less than 
$15,000,000 shall be used for grants to small business de-
velopment centers. 
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