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116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6349 
To establish grant programs for small business development centers, women’s 
business centers, and chapters of the Service Corps of Retired Executives 
in response to COVID–19, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 23, 2020 
Mr. GOLDEN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Small Business 
A BILL 
To establish grant programs for small business development 
centers, women’s business centers, and chapters of the 
Service Corps of Retired Executives in response to 
COVID–19, 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 ‘‘Continuity of Business 
Operations Support Act of 2020’’. 
SEC. 2. SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER GRANTS. 
(a) SMALL
BUSINESS
DEVELOPMENT
CENTER 
GRANTS.—The Administrator of the Small Business Ad-
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ministration shall provide grants to small business devel-
opment centers for the purposes described in subsection 
(b). 
(b) USE OF FUNDS.—Grant funds under this section 
shall be used to educate, train, and advise owners and em-
ployees of small business concerns on the following mat-
ters: 
(1) The hazards of and prevention of the trans-
mission and communication of COVID–19 and simi-
lar communicable diseases. 
(2) The potential effects to the supply chains, 
distribution, and sale of products of the concern, 
and the mitigation of such effects, during a period 
of a public health emergency declared because of 
COVID–19 or a similar communicable disease. 
(3) The management and practice of telework 
or remote customer service by electronic or other 
means to reduce possible transmission of COVID–19 
and other communicable diseases. 
(4) The risks and mitigation of cyber threats in 
remote customer service or telework practices. 
(5) The mitigation of the effects of reduced 
travel or outside activities during a period of a pub-
lic health emergency declared because of COVID–19 
or a similar communicable disease. 
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(6) Business continuity plans during a period of 
a public health emergency declared because of 
COVID–19 or a similar communicable disease. 
(7) Any other relevant business practices nec-
essary to mitigate any economic effects experienced 
during a period of a public health emergency de-
clared because of COVID–19 or a similar commu-
nicable disease. 
(c) FORMULA.—The Administrator and the associa-
tion authorized under section 21(a)(3)(A) of the Small 
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 648(a)(3)(A)) shall jointly estab-
lish a formula under which grants under this section shall 
be awarded. 
(d) METRICS AND GOALS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator and the 
association described in subsection (c) shall jointly 
establish goals and metrics for the use of funds 
made available under this section. Such goals and 
metrics shall— 
(A) consider the extent of the cir-
cumstances relating to the spread of COVID– 
19 or a similar communicable disease that af-
fect small business concerns served by each 
grant recipient, particularly rural areas or eco-
nomically distressed areas; 
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(B) ensure grant recipients comply with 
the requirements of subsection (b) while also 
ensuring that grant recipients may have flexi-
bility in responding to unique situations; and 
(C) encourage grant recipients to develop 
and provide services to small business concerns 
that are located in areas substantially affected 
by COVID–19. 
(2) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The Administrator 
shall make publicly available the methodology by 
which the Administrator and the association jointly 
developed the metrics and goals described in para-
graph (1). 
(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated $75,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, to the Administrator to carry out 
this section. 
SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF WOMEN’S BUSINESS CENTER 
AND SERVICE CORPS OF RETIRED EXECU-
TIVES GRANTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the Small 
Business Administration shall provide grants to women’s 
business centers and to chapters of the Service Corps of 
Retired Executives for the purposes described in sub-
section (b). 
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(7) Any other relevant business practices nec-
essary to mitigate any economic effects experienced 
during a period of a public health emergency de-
clared because of COVID–19 or a similar commu-
nicable disease. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated $25,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, to the Administrator to carry out 
this section. 
SEC. 4. REPORT. 
Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment 
of this Act, and annually thereafter until the amounts au-
thorized in section 2(c) and section 1(e) have been ex-
pended, the Administrator shall submit to the Committee 
on Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the Senate 
and the Committee on Small Business of the House of 
Representatives a report that— 
(1) describes, with respect to the initial year 
covered by the report, the programs and services de-
veloped and provided by the Administrator, small 
business development centers, women’s business cen-
ters, and chapters of the Service Corps of Retired 
Executives in response to a public health emergency 
declared because of COVID–19; and 
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(2) describes, with respect to the subsequent 
years covered by the report— 
(A) the efforts of the Administrator, small 
business development centers, women’s business 
centers, and chapters of the Service Corps of 
Retired Executives to develop services to assist 
small business concerns affected by COVID–19; 
(B) the challenges faced by owners of 
small business concerns in accessing services 
provided by the Administrator, small business 
development centers, women’s business centers, 
and chapters of the Service Corps of Retired 
Executives in response to a public health emer-
gency declared because of COVID–19; 
(C) the number of unique small business 
concerns that were served by the Administrator, 
small business development centers, women’s 
business centers, and chapters of the Service 
Corps of Retired Executives under the pro-
grams established by this Act; and 
(D) other relevant performance data with 
respect to small business concerns affected by 
COVID–19, including the number of employees 
affected, the effect on sales of the concern, any 
disruptions of supply chains, and the efforts 
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made by the Administrator, small business de-
velopment centers, women’s business centers, 
and chapters of the Service Corps of Retired 
Executives (as applicable) to mitigate these ef-
fects. 
SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis-
trator’’ means the Administrator of the Small Busi-
ness Administration. 
(2) SERVICE
CORPS
OF
RETIRED
EXECU-
TIVES.—The term ‘‘Service Corps of Retired Execu-
tives’’ means the Service Corps of Retired Execu-
tives established under section 8(b)(1)(B) of the 
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(b)(1)(B)). 
(3) SMALL
BUSINESS
CONCERN.—The term 
‘‘small business concern’’ has the meaning given 
under section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 
U.S.C. 632). 
(4) SMALL
BUSINESS
DEVELOPMENT
CEN-
TER.—The term ‘‘small business development cen-
ter’’ has the meaning given in section 3 of the Small 
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632). 
(5) WOMEN’S
BUSINESS
CENTER.—The term 
‘‘women’s business center’’ means a women’s busi-
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ness center as described under section 29 of the 
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 656). 
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