SBA Reaching all Communities Act of 2020

I 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 6301 To require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to provide resources and services to small business concerns in languages other than English, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MARCH 19, 2020 Ms. JUDY CHU of California introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small Business A BILL To require the Administrator of the Small Business Adminis- tration to provide resources and services to small busi- ness concerns in languages other than English, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘SBA Reaching all 4 Communities Act of 2020’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:27 Mar 31, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H6301.IH H6301 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 6301 IH SEC. 2. RESOURCES AND SERVICES IN LANGUAGES OTHER 1 THAN ENGLISH. 2 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the Small 3 Business Administration shall provide resources and serv- 4 ices to small business concerns (as defined under section 5 3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632)) in the 10 6 most commonly spoken languages, other than English, in 7 the United States, which shall include Mandarin, Can- 8 tonese, Japanese, and Korean. 9 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 10 authorized to be appropriated to the Administrator of the 11 Small Business Administration $25,000,000 to carry out 12 this section. 13 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:27 Mar 31, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H6301.IH H6301 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS