A resolution designating the week of November 2 through November 6, 2015 as "National Veterans Small Business Week".

Bill: 114-sres-295
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2015-10-22
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Commemorative events and holidays

Congressional tributes

Small business

Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Latest action: action_date: 2015-10-22
text: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7477; text as passed Senate: CR S7475)

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-10-22
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>Designates the week of November 2-6, 2015, as National Veterans Small Business Week. </p> <p>Expresses appreciation for the continued service to the United States by the nation's veterans through small business ownership and entrepreneurship.</p>

action_date: 2015-10-22
action_desc: Passed Senate without amendment
text: <p>(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)</p> <p>Designates the week of November 2-6, 2015, as National Veterans Small Business Week. </p> <p>Expresses appreciation for the continued service to the United States by the nation's veterans through small business ownership and entrepreneurship.</p>

tv_txt: III 114th CONGRESS 1st Session S. RES. 295 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES October 22, 2015 Mrs. Shaheen (for herself, Mr. Vitter , Mr. Coons , Mr. Gardner , Mr. Markey , Mr. Rubio , Ms. Hirono , Ms. Ayotte , Mr. Peters , Mr. Risch , Mrs. Fischer , and Mr. Blumenthal ) submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to RESOLUTION Designating the week of November 2 through November 6, 2015 as National Veterans Small Business Week .

Whereas the Armed Forces of the United States train individuals with the skills, discipline, and leadership necessary to establish and operate a successful business; Whereas there are approximately 2,500,000 veteran-owned small businesses in the United States, employing nearly 6,000,000 individuals; Whereas veteran-owned businesses make up nearly 10 percent of all businesses in the United States; Whereas veterans account for more than $1,200,000,000,000 in business receipts every year; Whereas veterans are 45 percent more likely to be self-employed than non-veterans; Whereas the number of veteran owned small businesses grew at nearly double the rate for non-veteran owned small businesses from 2007 to 2012; Whereas women veterans’ business ownership has increased significantly, from 97,114 in 2007 to 384,549 in 2012; Whereas the Office of Veterans Business Development of the Small Business Administration is dedicated to maximizing the availability and usability of small business programs for veterans, members of a reserve component of the Armed Forces of the United States, members of the Armed Forces of the United States serving on active-duty, transitioning service members, and the spouses, dependents, or survivors of those members and veterans; Whereas the Small Business Administration serves more than 200,000 veterans, service-disabled veterans, women veterans, and military spouses annually; Whereas, in 2014, the Small Business Administration increased loans to veterans by more than 100 percent, guaranteeing more than $1,000,000,000 in small business loans; Whereas the entrepreneurship training program of the Small Business Administration, Boots to Business, has trained more than 30,000 service members, veterans, and spouses of service members and veterans since launching in 2013; Whereas the Small Business Administration will be hosting events honoring National Veterans Small Business Week from November 2 through November 6, 2015; Whereas the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the Senate will be commemorating National Small Business Week during the week of November 2 through November 6, 2015; and Whereas November 2 through November 6, 2015 would be an appropriate time to designate as National Veterans Small Business Week : Now, therefore, be it

That the Senate— (1) designates the week of November 2 through November 6, 2015 as National Veterans Small Business Week ; and (2) expresses appreciation for the continued service to the United States by the Nation’s veterans through small business ownership and entrepreneurship.