Title: A resolution recognizing November 25, 2017, as "Small Business Saturday" and supporting the efforts of the Small Business Administration to increase awareness of the value of locally owned small businesses.
Policy area: Commerce

Summary:
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Declares that the Senate joins the Small Business Administration in recognizing and encouraging the observance of Small Business Saturday on November 25, 2017.
Supports efforts to: (1) encourage consumers to shop locally, and (2) increase awareness of the value of locally owned small businesses and the impact of such businesses on the U.S. economy.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 328 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 328

   Recognizing November 25, 2017, as ``Small Business Saturday'' and 
supporting the efforts of the Small Business Administration to increase 
       awareness of the value of locally owned small businesses.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            November 9, 2017

  Mr. Risch (for himself, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Markey, Mr. 
 Rubio, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Udall, Mrs. Ernst, Mr. Coons, 
   Mr. Scott, Mr. Booker, Mr. Enzi, Mr. Donnelly, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. 
Cardin, Mr. Boozman, Mrs. Feinstein, Mrs. Fischer, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. 
 Crapo, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Rounds, Mr. Manchin, Mr. Portman, Ms. Cantwell, 
   Mr. Lankford, Mr. Casey, Mr. Isakson, Mr. King, Mr. Cassidy, Mr. 
   Menendez, Ms. Collins, Mr. Tester, Mr. Daines, Ms. Heitkamp, Mr. 
     Grassley, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Tillis, Ms. Hassan, Mr. Young, Ms. 
Klobuchar, Mr. Hoeven, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Thune, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Johnson, 
 Mr. Durbin, Mr. Graham, Ms. Cortez Masto, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Alexander, 
Mr. Cochran, Mr. Roberts, Ms. Murkowski, and Ms. Warren) submitted the 
        following resolution; which was considered and agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION


 
   Recognizing November 25, 2017, as ``Small Business Saturday'' and 
supporting the efforts of the Small Business Administration to increase 
       awareness of the value of locally owned small businesses.

Whereas there are more than 29,000,000 small businesses in the United States;
Whereas small businesses represent 99.9 percent of all firms in the United 
        States;
Whereas small businesses employ more than 47 percent of the employees in the 
        private sector in the United States;
Whereas small businesses constitute nearly 98 percent of firms exporting goods;
Whereas small businesses pay more than 41 percent of the total payroll of the 
        employees in the private sector in the United States;
Whereas small business generated more than 61 percent of net new jobs created 
        between 1993 and 2016; and
Whereas November 25, 2017, is an appropriate day to recognize ``Small Business 
        Saturday'': Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate joins with the Small Business 
Administration in--
            (1) recognizing and encouraging the observance of ``Small 
        Business Saturday'' on November 25, 2017; and
            (2) supporting efforts--
                    (A) to encourage consumers to shop locally; and
                    (B) to increase awareness of the value of locally 
                owned small businesses and the impact of locally owned 
                small businesses on the economy of the United States.
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