Title: Entrepreneurial Development COVID–19 Response Act of 2020
Policy area: Commerce

Summary:
Entrepreneurial Development COVID-19 Response Act of 2020
This bill requires the Small Business Administration to award grants for small business development centers, women's business centers, and chapters of the Service Corps of Retired Executives to provide small businesses with specified assistance related to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6367 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6367

   To provide grants to small business development centers, women's 
    business centers, and chapters of the Service Corps of Retired 
Executives to allow telework and create marketing materials in response 
                  to COVID-19, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 23, 2020

Mr. Schneider introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Small Business

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                                 A BILL


 
   To provide grants to small business development centers, women's 
    business centers, and chapters of the Service Corps of Retired 
Executives to allow telework and create marketing materials in response 
                  to COVID-19, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Entrepreneurial Development COVID-19 
Response Act of 2020''.

SEC. 2. WAIVER OF MATCHING FUNDS REQUIREMENT UNDER THE WOMEN'S BUSINESS 
              CENTER PROGRAM.

    During the 3-month period beginning on the date of the enactment of 
this section, the requirement relating to obtaining cash contributions 
from non-Federal sources under section 29(c)(1) of the Small Business 
Act (15 U.S.C. 656(c)(1)) is waived for any recipient of assistance 
under such section 29.

SEC. 3. GRANTS TO SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTERS, WOMEN'S BUSINESS 
              CENTERS, AND CHAPTERS OF THE SERVICE CORPS OF RETIRED 
              EXECUTIVES.

    (a) In General.--The Administrator of the Small Business 
Administration shall provide grants to small business development 
centers, women's business centers, and chapters of the Service Corps of 
Retired Executives for the purposes described in subsection (b).
    (b) Use of Funds.--Grant funds under this section shall be used for 
the following:
            (1) To purchase laptops, software, and other related 
        technical or electronic equipment to ensure that employees of 
        small business development centers, women's business centers, 
        and chapters of the Service Corps of Retired Executives may 
        telework and provide remote customer service in response to a 
        public health emergency declared because of COVID-19.
            (2) To create marketing materials for employees of small 
        business development centers, women's business centers, and 
        chapters of the Service Corps of Retired Executives to educate 
        customers on available training and counseling resources 
        relevant to a public health emergency declared because of 
        COVID-19.
    (c) Definitions.--In this Act:
            (1) Administrator.--The term ``Administrator'' means the 
        Administrator of the Small Business Administration.
            (2) Service corps of retired executives.--The term 
        ``Service Corps of Retired Executives'' means the Service Corps 
        of Retired Executives established under section 8(b)(1)(B) of 
        the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(b)(1)(B)).
            (3) Small business development center.--The term ``small 
        business development center'' has the meaning given in section 
        3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632).
            (4) Women's business center.--The term ``women's business 
        center'' means a women's business center as described under 
        section 29 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 656).
    (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated $25,000,000 to the Administrator to carry out this Act, of 
which not less than $15,000,000 shall be used for grants to small 
business development centers.
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