I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2652 
To ensure that certain entrepreneurial development services of the Small 
Business Administration are made available to cannabis-related legitimate 
businesses and service providers, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 19, 2021 
Mr. GOLDEN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Small Business 
A BILL 
To ensure that certain entrepreneurial development services 
of the Small Business Administration are made available 
to cannabis-related legitimate businesses and service pro-
viders, 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 ‘‘Ensuring Access to 
Counseling and Training for All Small Businesses Act of 
2021’’. 
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SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS RELATING TO CANNABIS-RELATED 
LEGITIMATE BUSINESSES AND SERVICE PRO-
VIDERS. 
Section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(gg) DEFINITIONS RELATING
TO CANNABIS-RE-
LATED LEGITIMATE BUSINESSES
AND SERVICE PRO-
VIDERS.—In this Act: 
‘‘(1) CANNABIS.—The term ‘cannabis’ has the 
meaning given the term ‘marihuana’ in section 102 
of the Controlled Substances Act. 
‘‘(2) CANNABIS PRODUCT.—The term ‘cannabis 
product’ means any article which contains cannabis, 
including an article which is a concentrate, an edi-
ble, a tincture, a cannabis-infused product, or a top-
ical. 
‘‘(3) CANNABIS-RELATED
LEGITIMATE
BUSI-
NESS.—The term ‘cannabis-related legitimate busi-
ness’ means a manufacturer, producer, or any per-
son or company that is a small business concern and 
that— 
‘‘(A) engages in any activity described in 
subparagraph (B) pursuant to a law established 
by a State or a political subdivision of a State, 
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as determined by such State or political subdivi-
sion; and 
‘‘(B) participates in any business or orga-
nized activity that involves handling cannabis or 
cannabis products, including cultivating, pro-
ducing, manufacturing, selling, transporting, 
displaying, dispensing, distributing, or pur-
chasing cannabis or cannabis products. 
‘‘(4) MANUFACTURER.—The term ‘manufac-
turer’ means a person who manufactures, com-
pounds, converts, processes, prepares, or packages 
cannabis or cannabis products. 
‘‘(5) PRODUCER.—The term ‘producer’ means a 
person who plants, cultivates, harvests, or in any 
way facilitates the natural growth of cannabis. 
‘‘(6) SERVICE
PROVIDER.—The term ‘service 
provider’— 
‘‘(A) means a business, organization, or 
other person that— 
‘‘(i) sells goods or services to a can-
nabis-related legitimate business; or 
‘‘(ii) provides any business services, 
including the sale or lease of real or any 
other property, legal or other licensed serv-
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ices, or any other ancillary service, relating 
to cannabis; and 
‘‘(B) does not include a business, organiza-
tion, or other person that participates in any 
business or organized activity that involves han-
dling cannabis or cannabis products, including 
cultivating, producing, manufacturing, selling, 
transporting, displaying, dispensing, distrib-
uting, or purchasing cannabis or cannabis prod-
ucts. 
‘‘(7) STATE.—The term ‘State’ means each of 
the several States, the District of Columbia, Puerto 
Rico, and any territory or possession of the United 
States.’’. 
SEC. 3. ENTREPRENEURIAL DEVELOPMENT SERVICES FOR 
CANNABIS-RELATED 
LEGITIMATE 
BUSI-
NESSES AND SERVICE PROVIDERS. 
(a) SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTERS.— 
Section 21(c) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
648(c)) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(9) SERVICES
FOR
CANNABIS-RELATED
LE-
GITIMATE BUSINESSES AND SERVICE PROVIDERS.— 
A small business development center may not decline 
to provide services to an otherwise eligible small 
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business concern under this section solely because 
such concern is a cannabis-related legitimate busi-
ness or service provider.’’. 
(b) WOMEN’S BUSINESS CENTERS.—Section 29 of 
the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 656) is amended by 
adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(p) SERVICES
FOR CANNABIS-RELATED LEGITI-
MATE BUSINESSES AND SERVICE PROVIDERS.—A wom-
en’s business center may not decline to provide services 
to an otherwise eligible small business concern under this 
section solely because such concern is a cannabis-related 
legitimate business or service provider.’’. 
(c) SCORE.—Section 8(b)(1)(B) of the Small Busi-
ness Act (15 U.S.C. 637(b)(1)(B)) is amended by adding 
at the end the following new sentence: ‘‘The head of the 
SCORE program established under this subparagraph 
may not decline to provide services to an otherwise eligible 
small business concern solely because such concern is a 
cannabis-related legitimate business or service provider.’’. 
(d) VETERAN BUSINESS OUTREACH CENTERS.—Sec-
tion 32 of the Small Business Act is amended (15 U.S.C. 
657b) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection: 
‘‘(h) SERVICES
FOR CANNABIS-RELATED LEGITI-
MATE BUSINESSES AND SERVICE PROVIDERS.—A Vet-
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eran Business Outreach Center may not decline to provide 
services to an otherwise eligible small business concern 
under this section solely because such concern is a can-
nabis-related legitimate business or service provider.’’. 
Æ 
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