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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5070 
To require the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a study 
on the amount of small business assistance going to small business 
concerns based in foreign countries, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 20, 2021 
Ms. VAN DUYNE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Small Business 
A BILL 
To require the Comptroller General of the United States 
to conduct a study on the amount of small business 
assistance going to small business concerns based in 
foreign countries, 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 ‘‘Bringing Back Main 
Street Act of 2021’’. 
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SEC. 2. STUDY ON SMALL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE TO FOR-
EIGN-BASED COMPANIES. 
(a) STUDY.—The Comptroller General of the United 
States shall conduct a study to determine the amount of 
small business assistance that has been received by for-
eign-based small business concerns during the period be-
ginning on March 1, 2020, and ending on the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
(b) REPORT.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Comptroller General shall submit to Congress a re-
port on the findings of the study conducted under 
subsection (a), including the amount of small busi-
ness assistance that has been received by foreign- 
based small business concerns in total and disaggre-
gated by country of origin. 
(2) IDENTIFIABLE OR PROPRIETARY INFORMA-
TION.—The Comptroller General shall ensure that 
the report submitted under paragraph (1) does not 
include any identifiable or proprietary information of 
any foreign-based small business concern. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 
(1) COUNTRY OF ORIGIN.—The term ‘‘country 
of origin’’ means the country, other than the United 
States— 
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(A) in which a foreign-based small business 
concern is headquartered; 
(B) under the laws of which an entity own-
ing or holding, directly or indirectly, not less 
than 25 percent of the economic interest of a 
foreign-based small business concern is orga-
nized; or 
(C) of which a person owning or holding, 
directly or indirectly, not less than 25 percent 
of the economic interest of a foreign-based 
small business concern is a citizen. 
(2) FOREIGN-BASED
SMALL
BUSINESS
CON-
CERN.—The term ‘‘foreign-based small business con-
cern’’ means a small business concern— 
(A) that is headquartered in a country 
other than the United States; or 
(B) for which an entity organized under 
the laws of a country other than the United 
States, or a citizen of such a country, owns or 
holds, directly or indirectly, not less than 25 
percent of the economic interest of the small 
business concern, including as equity shares or 
a capital or profit interest in a limited liability 
company or partnership. 
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(3) SMALL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE.—The term 
‘‘small business assistance’’ means any Federal 
funds and other benefits available to small business 
concerns under programs administered by the Small 
Business Administration, including— 
(A) loans, whether directly or indirectly 
made; 
(B) grants; and 
(C) contracting preferences. 
(4) SMALL
BUSINESS
CONCERN.—The term 
‘‘small business concern’’ has the meaning given 
such term under section 3 of the Small Business Act 
(15 U.S.C. 632). 
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