IV 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 246 
Honoring the vital role of small business and the passion of entrepreneurs 
in the United States during ‘‘National Small Business Week’’, beginning 
on May 4, through May 8, 2015. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 1, 2015 
Mr. CA´RDENAS (for himself, Mr. GOSAR, Mr. RUSH, Ms. BORDALLO, Ms. 
BROWN of Florida, Mrs. BUSTOS, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Ms. ESHOO, 
Ms. ESTY, Mr. HINOJOSA, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Ms. MATSUI, Ms. SINEMA, 
Mr. SWALWELL of California, Mr. TAKANO, Ms. TITUS, Mr. LARSEN of 
Washington, Mr. MEEKS, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. COSTA, Mr. 
KELLY of Pennsylvania, Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. TIPTON, Mrs. TORRES, Mr. 
FOSTER, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. POCAN, Mr. SALMON, Mr. SIMPSON, Mr. 
MURPHY of Florida, Ms. NORTON, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. AL GREEN of 
Texas, Mr. BLUM, Mr. RUIZ, Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of New 
Mexico, Mr. VARGAS, Ms. JUDY CHU of California, Mr. VEASEY, Ms. 
CLARK of Massachusetts, and Ms. BONAMICI) submitted the following 
resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Small Business 
RESOLUTION 
Honoring the vital role of small business and the passion 
of entrepreneurs in the United States during ‘‘National 
Small Business Week’’, beginning on May 4, through 
May 8, 2015. 
Whereas this year marks the 52nd anniversary of ‘‘National 
Small Business Week’’ and has been endorsed by every 
President since 1963; 
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Whereas approximately 28,000,000 small businesses in the 
United States, comprising the leading force behind the 
United States economy, create nearly 7 out of every 10 
new jobs and generate close to 50 percent of the Nation’s 
nonfarm gross domestic product; 
Whereas small firms account for 63 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 22,000,000 small businesses are nonemployer sole 
proprietorship firms; 
Whereas 2,450,000 veterans are small business owners and 
account for 9.1 percent of all United States businesses; 
Whereas the share of total businesses owned by women con-
tinues to increase, currently including over 7,800,000 
small businesses; 
Whereas small businesses employ 48.5 percent of the coun-
try’s private sector workforce; 
Whereas small businesses represent 37 percent of high-tech 
employment; 
Whereas small businesses produce 16 times more patents per 
employee than large patenting firms; 
Whereas small businesses represent 98 percent of all export-
ers and produce 33 percent of exported goods; 
Whereas, on July 30, 1953, Congress created the Small Busi-
ness 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 pro-
portion of the total sales of government property are 
made to small businesses, and to maintain and strength-
en the overall economy of the United States; 
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