SEC. 2. STARTUP IN A DAY GRANT PROGRAM. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Administrator of the 
Small Business Administration shall, from amounts ap-
propriated pursuant to subsection (g), establish a competi-
tive grant program to be known as the ‘‘Startup in a Day 
Program’’ to award grants to eligible entities for purposes 
of assisting entrepreneurs planning to start a small busi-
ness concern in complying with State or local government 
requirements for opening and operating such a concern 
in a geographic area in the jurisdiction of the eligible enti-
ty. 
(b) APPLICATION.—An eligible entity may submit an 
application to the Administrator, at a time and in a man-
ner to be prescribed by the Administrator, describing ac-
tivities the eligible entity would undertake to assist entre-
preneurs planning to start a small business concern in a 
geographic area in the jurisdiction of the eligible entity. 
(c) SELECTION.—The Administrator shall select from 
among eligible entities submitting an application pursuant 
to subsection (b) grant recipients based on criteria to be 
prescribed by the Administrator. 
(d) AUTHORIZED USE OF FUNDS.—Grants awarded 
under this section may be used by a grant recipient to 
carry out activities to assist entrepreneurs planning to 
start small business concerns, including— 
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(1) developing, implementing, and improving 
Internet resources related to the small business con-
cern startup process in the geographic area in the 
jurisdiction of the recipient; 
(2) assisting such entrepreneurs in registering 
and applying for any licenses or permits required by 
a State or a local government for starting a small 
business concern in such area; and 
(3) other activities the Administrator deter-
mines necessary. 
(e) REPORTS.— 
(1) REPORT TO ADMINISTRATOR.—A recipient 
of a grant under this section shall submit to the Ad-
ministrator, at a time and in a manner to be pre-
scribed by the Administrator, a report detailing how 
grant funds were expended and describing the im-
pact, if any, of activities funded by the grant on the 
opening of small business concerns in a geographic 
area in the jurisdiction of such recipient. 
(2) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 90 
days after the conclusion of each fiscal year for 
which the Administrator awards a grant under this 
section, the Administrator shall submit to Congress 
a report describing all such grants awarded for such 
fiscal year and analyzing the impact, if any, of such 
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grants on the opening of small business concerns in 
the jurisdictions of eligible entities receiving such 
grants. 
(f) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section, the 
following definitions apply: 
(1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis-
trator’’ means the Administrator of the Small Busi-
ness Administration. 
(2) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti-
ty’’ means a State or local government. 
(3) LOCAL
GOVERNMENT.—The term ‘‘local 
government’’ means a county, parish, borough, or 
municipal government. 
(4) SMALL
BUSINESS
CONCERN.—The term 
‘‘small business concern’’ has the meaning given 
such term under section 3 of the Small Business Act 
(15 U.S.C. 632). 
(5) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of 
the several States, the District of Columbia, the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands of 
the United States, Guam, American Samoa, the 
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, 
and each federally recognized Indian Tribe. 
(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to the Administrator 
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$1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2024 
for purposes of carrying out this section. 
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