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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2360 
To establish a program to increase small business awareness of, and participa-
tion in, Small Business Administration programs, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 5, 2021 
Mr. DELGADO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Small Business 
A BILL 
To establish a program to increase small business awareness 
of, and participation in, Small Business Administration 
programs, 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 ‘‘Small Business Relief 
Accessibility Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) ADMINISTRATION.—The term ‘‘Administra-
tion’’ means the Small Business Administration. 
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(2) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis-
trator’’ means the Administrator of the Small Busi-
ness Administration. 
(3) COMMUNITY
NAVIGATOR
SERVICES.—The 
term ‘‘community navigator services’’ means the out-
reach, education, and technical assistance provided 
by community navigators that target eligible busi-
nesses to increase awareness of, and participation in, 
programs of the Small Business Administration. 
(4) COMMUNITY NAVIGATOR.—The term ‘‘com-
munity navigator’’ means a community organization, 
community financial institution as defined in section 
7(a)(36)(A) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
636(a)(36)(A)), or other private nonprofit organiza-
tion engaged in the delivery of community navigator 
services. 
(5) ELIGIBLE
BUSINESS.—The term ‘‘eligible 
business’’ means any small business concern, with 
priority for small business concerns owned and con-
trolled by women (as defined in section 3(n) of the 
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632(n))), small busi-
ness concerns owned and controlled by veterans (as 
defined in section 3(q) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 
632(q))), and socially and economically disadvan-
taged small business concerns (as defined in section 
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8(a)(4)(A) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
637(a)(4)(A))). 
(6) PRIVATE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.—The 
term ‘‘private nonprofit organization’’ means an en-
tity that is described in section 501(c) of the Inter-
nal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from tax 
under section 501(a) of such Code. 
(7) RESOURCE PARTNER.—The term ‘‘resource 
partner’’ means— 
(A) a small business development center 
(as defined in section 3 of the Small Business 
Act (15 U.S.C. 632)); 
(B) a women’s business center (as de-
scribed in section 29 of the Small Business Act 
(15 U.S.C. 656)); and 
(C) a chapter of the Service Corps of Re-
tired 
Executives 
(as 
defined 
in 
section 
8(b)(1)(B) 
of 
the 
Act 
(15 
U.S.C. 
637(b)(1)(B))). 
(8) SMALL
BUSINESS
CONCERN.—The term 
‘‘small business concern’’ has the meaning given 
under section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 25 
U.S.C. 632). 
(9) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means a State 
of the United States, the District of Columbia, the 
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Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, 
American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the North-
ern Mariana Islands, and Guam, or an agency, in-
strumentality, or fiscal agent thereof. 
(10) UNIT
OF
GENERAL
LOCAL
GOVERN-
MENT.—The term ‘‘unit of general local govern-
ment’’ means a county, city, town, village, or other 
general purpose political subdivision of a State. 
SEC. 3. COMMUNITY NAVIGATOR PILOT PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the Small 
Business Administration shall establish a Community 
Navigator pilot program to make grants to, or enter into 
contracts or cooperative agreements with, private non-
profit organizations, resource partners, States, Tribes, 
and units of local government to ensure the delivery of 
free community navigator services to current or prospec-
tive owners of eligible businesses in order to improve ac-
cess to assistance programs and resources made available 
because of the COVID–19 pandemic by Federal, State, 
Tribal, and local entities. 
(b) APPROPRIATIONS.—In addition to amounts other-
wise available, there is appropriated to the Administrator 
for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury 
not otherwise appropriated, $100,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, for carrying out this section. 
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SEC. 4. OUTREACH AND EDUCATION. 
(a) PROMOTION.—The Administrator shall develop 
and implement a program to promote community navi-
gator services to current or prospective owners of eligible 
businesses. 
(b) CALL CENTER.—The Administrator shall estab-
lish a telephone hotline to offer information about Federal 
programs to assist eligible businesses and offer referral 
services to resource partners, community navigators, po-
tential lenders, and other persons that the Administrator 
determines appropriate for current or prospective owners 
of eligible businesses. 
(c) OUTREACH.—The Administrator shall— 
(1) conduct outreach and education, in the 10 
most commonly spoken languages in the United 
States, to current or prospective owners of eligible 
businesses on community navigator services and 
other Federal programs to assist eligible businesses; 
(2) improve the website of the Administration 
to describe such community navigator services and 
other Federal programs; and 
(3) implement an education campaign by adver-
tising in media targeted to current or prospective 
owners of eligible businesses. 
(d) APPROPRIATIONS.—In addition to amounts other-
wise available, there is appropriated to the Administrator 
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for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury 
not otherwise appropriated, $75,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, for carrying out this section. 
(e) SUNSET.—The authority of the Administrator to 
make grants under this Act shall terminate on December 
31, 2025. 
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