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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5160 
To establish an Office of Native American Affairs within the Small Business 
Administration, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 3, 2021 
Ms. DAVIDS of Kansas (for herself and Mr. NEGUSE) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small Business 
A BILL 
To establish an Office of Native American Affairs within 
the Small Business Administration, 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 ‘‘Native American En-
trepreneurial Opportunity Act’’. 
SEC. 2. OFFICE OF NATIVE AMERICAN AFFAIRS. 
The Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631 et seq.) is 
amended— 
(1) by redesignating section 49 (15 U.S.C. 631 
note) as section 50; and 
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(2) by inserting after section 48 (15 U.S.C. 
657u) the following: 
‘‘SEC. 49. OFFICE OF NATIVE AMERICAN AFFAIRS. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) ASSOCIATE
ADMINISTRATOR.—The term 
‘Associate Administrator’ means the Associate Ad-
ministrator for Native American Affairs appointed 
under subsection (c). 
‘‘(2) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘Indian Tribe’ 
has the meaning given the term ‘Indian tribe’ in sec-
tion 8(a)(13). 
‘‘(3) NATIVE
HAWAIIAN
ORGANIZATION.—The 
term ‘Native Hawaiian Organization’ has the mean-
ing given the term in section 8(a)(15). 
‘‘(4) OFFICE.—The term ‘Office’ means the Of-
fice of Native American Affairs described in this sec-
tion. 
‘‘(b) ESTABLISHMENT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There is established within 
the Administration the Office of Native American 
Affairs, which shall be responsible for establishing a 
working relationship with Indian Tribes and Native 
Hawaiian Organizations by targeting programs of 
the Administration relating to entrepreneurial devel-
opment, contracting, and capital access to revitalize 
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small business concerns owned and controlled by in-
dividuals who are members of Indian Tribes or Na-
tive Hawaiian Organizations and economic develop-
ment in Indian country. 
‘‘(2) CONNECTION WITH OTHER PROGRAMS.— 
To the extent reasonable, the Office shall connect 
Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian Organizations to 
programs administered by other Federal agencies re-
lated to the interests described in paragraph (1). 
‘‘(3) FIELD OFFICES.—The Office may estab-
lish field offices within such regional offices of the 
Administration as may be necessary, with initial 
focus on those parts of Indian Country most eco-
nomically disadvantaged, to perform efficiently the 
functions and responsibilities of the Office. 
‘‘(c) ASSOCIATE ADMINISTRATOR.—The Office shall 
be headed by an Associate Administrator for Native Amer-
ican Affairs, who shall— 
‘‘(1) be appointed by and report to the Admin-
istrator; 
‘‘(2) have knowledge of Native American cul-
tures and experience providing culturally tailored 
small business development assistance to Native 
Americans; 
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‘‘(3) carry out the program to provide assist-
ance to Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian Organi-
zations and small business concerns owned and con-
trolled by individuals who are members of those 
groups; 
‘‘(4) administer and manage Native American 
outreach expansion; 
‘‘(5) enhance assistance to Native Americans by 
formulating and promoting policies, programs, and 
assistance that better address their entrepreneurial, 
capital access, business development, and con-
tracting needs, and collaborate with other Associate 
Administrators and intergovernmental leaders with 
similar missions across Federal agencies on the de-
velopment of policies and plans to implement new 
programs 
of 
the 
Administration, 
while 
supplementing existing Federal programs to holis-
tically serve those needs; 
‘‘(6) act as an ombudsman for Native Ameri-
cans for programs of the Administration; 
‘‘(7) provide grants, contracts, cooperative 
agreements, or other financial assistance to Indian 
Tribes and Native Hawaiian Organizations, or to 
private nonprofit organizations governed by mem-
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bers of those entities, that have the experience and 
capability to— 
‘‘(A) deploy training, counseling, work-
shops, educational 
outreach, 
and 
supplier 
events; and 
‘‘(B) access the entrepreneurial, capital, 
and contracting programs of the Administra-
tion, including the Community Navigator pilot 
program; 
‘‘(8) assist the Administrator in conducting, or 
conduct, Tribal consultation to solicit input and fa-
cilitate discussion of potential modifications to pro-
grams and procedures of the Administration; and 
‘‘(9) recommend annual budgets for the Office. 
‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated to the Office to carry out 
this section $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 
through 2026.’’. 
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