I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7199 
To support entrepreneurs serving in the National Guard and Reserve, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 29, 2018 
Mr. SCHNEIDER (for himself and Mr. KELLY of Mississippi) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small Business 
A BILL 
To support entrepreneurs serving in the National Guard 
and Reserve, 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 ‘‘National Guard and 
Reserve Entrepreneurship Support Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF LOAN ASSISTANCE AND DEFERRAL 
ELIGIBILITY TO RESERVISTS BEYOND PERI-
ODS OF MILITARY CONFLICT. 
(a) SMALL BUSINESS ACT AMENDMENTS.—Section 
7 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (b)(3)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A)— 
(i) by striking clause (ii); 
(ii) by redesignating clause (i) as 
clause (ii); 
(iii) by inserting before clause (ii), as 
so redesignated, the following: 
‘‘(i) the term ‘active service’ has the mean-
ing given that term in section 101(d)(3) of title 
10, United States Code;’’; and 
(iv) in clause (ii), as so redesignated, 
by adding ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘being ordered to active military duty during a 
period of military conflict’’ and inserting ‘‘being 
ordered to perform active service for a period of 
more than 30 consecutive days’’; 
(C) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘ac-
tive duty’’ each place it appears and inserting 
‘‘active service’’; and 
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(D) in subparagraph (G)(ii)(II), by strik-
ing ‘‘active duty’’ and inserting ‘‘active service’’; 
and 
(2) in subsection (n)— 
(A) in the subsection heading, by striking 
‘‘ACTIVE DUTY’’ and inserting ‘‘ACTIVE SERV-
ICE’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking subparagraph (C); 
(ii) by redesignating subparagraphs 
(A) and (B) as subparagraphs (B) and 
(C), respectively; 
(iii) by inserting before subparagraph 
(B), as so redesignated, the following: 
‘‘(A) ACTIVE SERVICE.—The term ‘active 
service’ has the meaning given that term in sec-
tion 101(d)(3) of title 10, United States 
Code.’’; 
(iv) in subparagraph (B), as so redes-
ignated, by striking ‘‘ordered to active duty 
during a period of military conflict’’ and 
inserting ‘‘ordered to perform active serv-
ice for a period of more than 30 consecu-
tive days’’; and 
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(v) in subparagraph (D), by striking 
‘‘active duty’’ each place it appears and in-
serting ‘‘active service’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ‘‘ac-
tive duty’’ each place it appears and inserting 
‘‘active service’’. 
(b) APPLICABILITY.—The amendments made by sub-
section (a)(1) shall apply to an economic injury suffered 
or likely to be suffered as the result of an essential em-
ployee being ordered to perform active service (as defined 
in section 101(d)(3) of title 10, United States Code) for 
a period of more than 30 consecutive days who is dis-
charged or released from such active service on or after 
the date of enactment of this Act. 
(c) SEMIANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, and semiannually 
thereafter, the President shall submit to the Committee 
on Small Business and Entrepreneurship and the Com-
mittee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee 
on Small Business and the Committee on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives a report on the number 
of loans made under the Military Reservist Economic In-
jury Disaster Loan program and the dollar volume of 
those loans. The report shall contain the subsidy rate of 
the disaster loan program as authorized under section 7(b) 
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of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(b)) with the 
loans made under the Military Reservist Economic Injury 
Disaster Loan program and without those loans included. 
(d) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— 
Section 8(l) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(l)) 
is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘The Administration’’ and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administration’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘(as defined in section 
7(n)(1))’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) DEFINITION OF PERIOD OF MILITARY CON-
FLICT.—In this subsection, the term ‘period of mili-
tary conflict’ means— 
‘‘(A) a period of war declared by the Con-
gress; 
‘‘(B) a period of national emergency de-
clared by the Congress or by the President; or 
‘‘(C) a period of a contingency operation, 
as defined in section 101(a) of title 10, United 
States Code.’’. 
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SEC. 3. NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVE DEPLOYMENT 
SUPPORT AND BUSINESS TRAINING PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) EXPANSION OF SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRA-
TION OUTREACH PROGRAMS.—Section 8(b)(17) of the 
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(b)(17)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘and members of a reserve component of the 
Armed Forces’’ and inserting ‘‘members of a reserve com-
ponent of the Armed Forces, and the spouses of veterans 
and members of a reserve component of the Armed 
Forces’’. 
(b) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.—Section 32 of 
the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 657b) is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(g) NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVE DEPLOYMENT 
SUPPORT AND BUSINESS TRAINING.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In making grants carried 
out under section 8(b)(17), the Associate Adminis-
trator shall establish a program, to be known as the 
‘National Guard and Reserve Deployment Support 
and Business Training Program’, to provide train-
ing, counseling and other assistance to support 
members of a reserve component of the Armed 
Forces and their spouses. 
‘‘(2) AUTHORITIES.—In carrying out this sub-
section, the Associate Administrator may— 
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‘‘(A) modify programs and resources made 
available through section 8(b)(17) to provide 
pre-deployment and other information specific 
to members of a reserve component of the 
Armed Forces and their spouses; 
‘‘(B) collaborate with the Chief of the Na-
tional Guard Bureau or the Chief’s designee, 
State Adjutant Generals or their designees, and 
other public and private partners; and 
‘‘(C) provide training, information, and 
other resources to the Chief of the National 
Guard Bureau or the Chief’s designee and 
State Adjutant Generals or their designees for 
the purpose of supporting members of a reserve 
component of the Armed Forces and the 
spouses of veterans and members of a reserve 
component of the Armed Forces.’’. 
Æ 
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