Title: Community Navigator Reporting Act of 2021
Policy area: Commerce

Summary:
Community Navigator Reporting Act of 2021
This bill requires the Small Business Administration to report annually on the performance and effectiveness of the Community Navigator pilot program, which was established to improve access to assistance programs and resources for small businesses in response to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2399 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2399

 To require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to 
regularly submit to Congress a report on the Community Navigator pilot 
                    program, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 8, 2021

  Mr. Delgado (for himself and Ms. Salazar) introduced the following 
      bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small Business

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to 
regularly submit to Congress a report on the Community Navigator pilot 
                    program, 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 ``Community Navigator Reporting Act of 
2021''.

SEC. 2. COMMUNITY NAVIGATOR REPORTING.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Administrator shall 
submit to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the 
Senate and the Committee on Small Business of the House of 
Representatives a report on the performance and effectiveness of the 
Community Navigator pilot program, which may be included as part of 
another report submitted to such Committees by the Administrator, and 
which shall include--
            (1) the number of recipients of grants under the Community 
        Navigator pilot program;
            (2) for each such recipient--
                    (A) the dollar amount of each such grant the 
                received;
                    (B) the aggregate dollar amount of all such grants 
                received; and
                    (C) the location of such recipient, including the 
                State and county; and
            (3) to the extent practicable, the number of unique 
        businesses for which an owner has received community navigator 
        services from a Program participant under the Community 
        Navigator pilot program, disaggregated by industry, including 
        but not limited to--
                    (A) accommodation and food services;
                    (B) agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting;
                    (C) arts, entertainment, and recreation;
                    (D) construction;
                    (E) educational services;
                    (F) healthcare;
                    (G) manufacturing;
                    (H) professional, scientific, and technical 
                services;
                    (I) retail trade;
                    (J) transportation; and
                    (K) wholesale trade.
    (b) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) American rescue plan act of 2021 definitions.--Except 
        as provided in this subsection, the terms in this Act have the 
        meaning given such terms under section 5004 of the American 
        Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117-2).
            (2) Community navigator pilot program.--The term 
        ``Community Navigator pilot program'' means the program 
        established under section 5004 of the American Rescue Plan Act 
        of 2021 (Public Law 117-2).
            (3) Community navigator services.--The term ``community 
        navigator services'' means the covered services provided by 
        community navigators that target eligible businesses.
            (4) Community navigator.--The term ``community navigator'' 
        means a community organization, community financial institution 
        as defined in section 7(a)(36)(A) of the Small Business Act (15 
        U.S.C. 636(a)(36)(A)), or other private nonprofit organization 
        engaged in the delivery of covered services.
            (5) Covered services.--The term ``covered services'' means 
        the outreach, education, and technical assistance provided to 
        increase awareness of, and participation in, programs of the 
        Small Business Administration.
            (6) Program participants.--The term ``Program 
        participants'' means community navigators that have received a 
        grant from, or entered into a contract or cooperative agreement 
        with, the Administrator for the purposes of the Community 
        Navigator pilot program.
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