IV 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 634 
Expressing support for the designation of the week of September 13, 2021, 
through September 17, 2021, as ‘‘National Small Business Week’’ to 
celebrate the contributions of small businesses and entrepreneurs in every 
community in the United States. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 10, 2021 
Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ (for herself, Mr. LUETKEMEYER, Ms. NEWMAN, Mr. EVANS, 
Ms. SALAZAR, Ms. TENNEY, Mr. FITZGERALD, Ms. BOURDEAUX, Mr. 
CARTER of Louisiana, Ms. HOULAHAN, Mr. PHILLIPS, Ms. CRAIG, Mrs. 
KIM of California, Mr. MFUME, Ms. CHU, Mr. CROW, Mr. KIM of New 
Jersey, Mr. MEUSER, Mr. GARBARINO, Ms. VAN DUYNE, Mr. DELGADO, 
Mr. STAUBER, Mr. DONALDS, Mr. WILLIAMS of Texas, Mr. HAGEDORN, 
Ms. BONAMICI, Ms. WEXTON, Mr. RICE of South Carolina, Mr. PAPPAS, 
Ms. ESHOO, Mr. CASE, Mrs. DEMINGS, Mr. MANN, Mr. NEGUSE, Mr. 
LAMALFA, Mr. BALDERSON, Ms. MALLIOTAKIS, Mr. ALLEN, Ms. NOR-
TON, Mr. KELLER, Mr. RESCHENTHALER, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. GUTHRIE, 
Mr. BACON, Mr. CARL, Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio, Mr. TIMMONS, Mr. 
OWENS, Mr. MOOLENAAR, Mr. DESAULNIER, Mr. NORMAN, Mr. JOHN-
SON of South Dakota, Mr. BUCSHON, Mr. CRAWFORD, Mr. SMITH of Mis-
souri, Mr. CALVERT, Mrs. MCCLAIN, Mrs. HINSON, and Mr. 
FITZPATRICK) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
the Committee on Small Business 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing support for the designation of the week of Sep-
tember 13, 2021, through September 17, 2021, as ‘‘Na-
tional Small Business Week’’ to celebrate the contribu-
tions of small businesses and entrepreneurs in every com-
munity in the United States. 
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•HRES 634 IH 
Whereas a ‘‘National Small Business Week’’ has been de-
clared by every President since 1963; 
Whereas there are more than 30 million small businesses in 
the United States that support nearly 60 million jobs; 
Whereas every congressional district in the United States 
contains a small business; 
Whereas thousands of small business establishments have 
been particularly hard hit by the COVID–19 pandemic; 
Whereas small businesses will play an integral role in rebuild-
ing the economy of the Nation; 
Whereas Congress established the Small Business Adminis-
tration in 1953 to aid, counsel, assist, and protect inter-
ests of small business to ensure that a fair proportion of 
total purchases, contracts, and subcontracts for property 
and services for the Federal Government are placed with 
small businesses, to make certain access to critical capital 
is made available to such small businesses, and to main-
tain and strengthen the overall economy; 
Whereas the Small Business Administration has helped small 
businesses with access to critical lending opportunities, 
played a key role in ensuring full and open competition 
for government contracts, and improved the economic en-
vironment in which small businesses compete; and 
Whereas September 13, 2021, through September 17, 2021, 
would be an appropriate week to celebrate ‘‘National 
Small Business Week’’: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) honors and celebrates the entrepreneurial 
spirit and contributions of small businesses in every 
community in the United States; 
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(2) applauds the efforts and achievements of 
the owners of small businesses and their employees 
in every community in the community of the United 
States; 
(3) recognizes that in the face of significant 
challenges, the owners of small businesses have dem-
onstrated incredible resilience over the past 18 
months; 
(4) understands that the Small Business Ad-
ministration can help small business recover and 
build back from the global pandemic; 
(5) supports the designation of ‘‘National Small 
Business Week’’; and 
(6) supports efforts to— 
(A) encourage consumers to utilize small 
businesses; 
(B) increase awareness of the value of 
small businesses and the impact they have on 
rebuilding the economy of the United States; 
(C) hold Federal agencies accountable for 
meeting procurement goals for small businesses, 
including the goals for small businesses owned 
and controlled by service-disabled veterans, 
small businesses owned and controlled by 
women, HUBZone small businesses, and so-
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•HRES 634 IH 
cially and economically disadvantaged small 
businesses; 
(D) 
ensure 
guaranteed 
loans 
and 
microloans for startup and growing small busi-
nesses are made available to all qualified small 
businesses, including women, veterans, and so-
cially and economically disadvantaged small 
businesses; 
(E) provide small businesses the technical 
assistance and counseling that they desperately 
need; 
(F) strengthen small business disaster as-
sistance through the Small Business Adminis-
tration to guarantee it is provided in a timely 
and efficient manner; 
(G) 
facilitate 
access 
to 
affordable 
broadband service to foster rural small business 
growth; and 
(H) foster systems of intellectual property 
protection for small business innovation. 
Æ 
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