IV 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1134 
Expressing support for the designation of September 22, 2020, to September 
24, 2020, as ‘‘National Small Business Week’’ to honor the entrepre-
neurial spirit and contributions of small businesses and entrepreneurs 
in the United States. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 21, 2020 
Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ (for herself, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. CROW, Mrs. RADEWAGEN, Mr. 
ESPAILLAT, Mr. BALDERSON, Mr. GOLDEN, Mr. KEVIN HERN of Okla-
homa, Mr. SCHNEIDER, Mr. SPANO, Mr. JOYCE of Pennsylvania, Ms. 
JUDY
CHU
of California, Mr. BISHOP
of North Carolina, Ms. 
FINKENAUER, Mr. EVANS, Ms. CRAIG, Ms. HOULAHAN, Mr. STAUBER, 
Ms. DAVIDS of Kansas, Ms. NORTON, Mr. COHEN, Mr. SIRES, Ms. 
WEXTON, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. CASE, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. PETERSON, Mr. 
SMITH of Washington, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mrs. LURIA, 
Mr. HORSFORD, and Mrs. FLETCHER) submitted the following resolution; 
which was referred to the Committee on Small Business 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing support for the designation of September 22, 
2020, to September 24, 2020, as ‘‘National Small Busi-
ness Week’’ to honor the entrepreneurial spirit and con-
tributions of small businesses and entrepreneurs in the 
United States. 
Whereas every year since 1963 every President of the United 
States has proclaimed a ‘‘National Small Business 
Week’’; 
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•HRES 1134 IH 
Whereas the approximately 30,700,000 small businesses in 
the United States are the driving force behind the econ-
omy of the Nation, representing 99.9 percent of all busi-
nesses with employees in the United States; 
Whereas small businesses employ 47.1 percent of the employ-
ees in the private sector in America and are responsible 
for creating nearly two-thirds of new jobs; 
Whereas every congressional district in the United States 
contains a small business; 
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 the in-
terests of small businesses; to ensure that a fair propor-
tion of the 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 maintain 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 business concerns compete; and 
Whereas September 22, 2020, to September 24, 2020, would 
be an appropriate period 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 and en-
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