IIB 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5078 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JANUARY 13, 2020 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and 
Entrepreneurship 
AN ACT 
To amend the Small Business Act to provide re-entry entre-
preneurship counseling and training services for incarcer-
ated individuals, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Prison to Proprietor-
ship Act’’. 
SEC. 2. RE-ENTRY ENTREPRENEURSHIP COUNSELING AND 
TRAINING FOR INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS. 
The Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631 et seq.) is 
amended— 
(1) by redesignating section 49 as section 50; 
and 
(2) by inserting after section 48 the following 
new section: 
‘‘SEC. 49. RE-ENTRY ENTREPRENEURSHIP COUNSELING 
AND TRAINING FOR INCARCERATED INDIVID-
UALS. 
‘‘(a) SERVICES REQUIRED.—The Administrator, in 
coordination with the Director of the Bureau of Prisons, 
shall require women’s business centers and small business 
development centers identified under the plan described in 
subsection (b) to provide entrepreneurship counseling and 
training services to covered individuals. 
‘‘(b) PLAN.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator, in con-
sultation with an association formed to pursue mat-
ters of common concern to women’s business centers 
and an association of small business development 
centers formed pursuant to section 21(a)(3)(A), 
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shall develop a plan, which shall be updated annu-
ally, to match women’s business centers and small 
business development centers with covered individ-
uals in Federal prisons who are eligible to receive 
services under this section. 
‘‘(2) 
MATCHING.—In 
determining 
matches 
under paragraph (1), the Administrator shall 
prioritize matching the women’s business center or 
small business development center in closest prox-
imity to the applicable Federal prison to provide 
such services. 
‘‘(3) ASSOCIATION
RESPONSIBILITIES.—If the 
women’s business center or small business develop-
ment center identified under the plan in paragraph 
(1) is unable to provide such services to covered in-
dividuals in such Federal prison, another women’s 
business center or small business development cen-
ter, an association of women’s business centers, or 
an association of small business development centers 
shall provide such services in accordance with the re-
quirements of this section. 
‘‘(c) GOALS.—The goal of the services provided under 
this section is to provide covered individuals with the fol-
lowing: 
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‘‘(1) Assistance and in-depth training on how to 
start or expand a small business concern. 
‘‘(2) Tools, skills, and knowledge necessary to 
identify a business opportunity, including how to— 
‘‘(A) draft a resume, business plan, and 
transition plan; 
‘‘(B) identify sources of capital; and 
‘‘(C) connect with local resources for small 
business concerns. 
‘‘(d) ADDITIONAL
REQUIREMENTS.—The services 
provided under this section shall include— 
‘‘(1) a presentation providing exposure to the 
opportunities involved in self-employment and own-
ership of a small business concern; 
‘‘(2) a self-study course manual focused on the 
basic skills of entrepreneurship, financial literacy, 
the language of business, and the considerations and 
life skills relevant to self-employment and ownership 
of a small business concern; 
‘‘(3) five two-day sessions of in-depth classroom 
instruction introducing the foundations of self-em-
ployment and ownership of small business concerns, 
including guided discussions to explore personal en-
trepreneurial development interests; 
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