•HRES 360 IH 
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 con-
tinues 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 export-
ers and produce 33 percent of exported goods; 
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•HRES 360 IH 
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; 
Whereas, for more than 50 years, the Small Business Admin-
istration 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 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) honors the vital role of small business and 
entrepreneurs in the United States during ‘‘National 
Small Business Week’’; 
(2) supports the designation of ‘‘National Small 
Business Week’’; 
(3) recognizes the important role of the Small 
Business Administration as a valuable resource for 
the United States entrepreneur; 
(4) supports and encourages young entre-
preneurs to pursue their passions and create more 
startup businesses; 
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(5) recognizes the importance of creating poli-
cies that promote a business-friendly environment 
for small business owners free of unnecessary and 
burdensome regulations and red tape; 
(6) recognizes the National Small Business Per-
son of the Year and the National Lender of the 
Year; and 
(7) supports efforts to— 
(A) encourage consumers to shop locally; 
and 
(B) increase awareness of the value of lo-
cally owned small businesses and the impact of 
locally owned small business on the economy of 
the United States. 
Æ 
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