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2023-03-08T19:58:39Z
House
HR
2021-04-20
117
[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 68 (Tuesday, April 20, 2021)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. GREEN of Texas:H.R. 2689.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Taxing and Spending Clause: Article 1, Section 8, clause1--provides Congress authority to, inter alia, enact spendinglegislation.Commerce Clause: Article 1, Section 8, clause 3--providesCongress with the power to regulate commerce with foreignnations and among the states, including the use of thechannels of interstate commerce, the instrumentalities ofinterstate commerce, or persons or things in interstatecommerce.Necessary and Proper Clause: Article 1, Section 8, clause18--allows Congress the power to make all laws that arenecessary and proper for executing its enumerated powers andall other powers vested by the Constitution in the U.S.Government.[Page H1999]
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Financial Services Committee
House
Standing
  - Markup by
2021-06-23T19:07:12Z
  - Referred to
2021-04-20T14:04:50Z
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Small Business Committee
House
Standing
  - Referred to
2021-04-20T14:05:00Z

- Minority Business Resiliency Act of 2021
117
1255
S
2021-04-20
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
  - Identical bill
CRS

- Reaching America's Rural Minority Businesses Act of 2021
117
1749
S
2021-05-20
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
  - Related bill
CRS

- Minority Business Development Act of 2021
117
2068
S
2021-12-17
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 228.
  - Related bill
CRS
- 2021-06-23
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Financial Services Committee
1
House committee actions
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 28 - 23.
Committee
- 2021-06-23
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Financial Services Committee
1
House committee actions
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Committee
- 2021-04-20
Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Small Business, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
IntroReferral
H11100
2
House floor actions
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Small Business Committee
- 2021-04-20
Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Small Business, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
IntroReferral
H11100
2
House floor actions
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Financial Services Committee
- 2021-04-20
Introduced in House
IntroReferral
Intro-H
9
Library of Congress
- 2021-04-20
Introduced in House
IntroReferral
1000
9
Library of Congress
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Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9]
Al
Green
D
TX
9
N
- C001061
Rep. Cleaver, Emanuel [D-MO-5]
Emanuel
Cleaver
D
MO
5
2021-04-20
True
- B001281
Rep. Beatty, Joyce [D-OH-3]
Joyce
Beatty
D
OH
3
2021-04-20
True
- P000593
Rep. Perlmutter, Ed [D-CO-7]
Ed
Perlmutter
D
CO
7
2021-04-20
True
- H001047
Rep. Himes, James A. [D-CT-4]
James
Himes
D
CT
A.
4
2021-04-20
True
- M000687
Rep. Mfume, Kweisi [D-MD-7]
KWEISI
MFUME
D
MD
7
2021-04-20
True
- K000381
Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6]
Derek
Kilmer
D
WA
6
2021-04-20
True
- C001080
Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-27]
Judy
Chu
D
CA
27
2021-04-20
True
- S000344
Rep. Sherman, Brad [D-CA-30]
BRAD
SHERMAN
D
CA
30
2021-04-20
True
- S001159
Rep. Strickland, Marilyn [D-WA-10]
Marilyn
Strickland
D
WA
10
2021-06-16
False
- W000788
Rep. Williams, Nikema [D-GA-5]
Nikema
Williams
D
GA
5
2021-07-01
False
- G000587
Rep. Garcia, Sylvia R. [D-TX-29]
Sylvia
Garcia
D
TX
R.
29
2021-07-01
False
- T000486
Rep. Torres, Ritchie [D-NY-15]
Ritchie
Torres
D
NY
15
2021-07-01
False
- L000586
Rep. Lawson, Al, Jr. [D-FL-5]
Al
Lawson
D
FL
5
2021-07-01
False
- M001206
Rep. Morelle, Joseph D. [D-NY-25]
Joseph
Morelle
D
NY
D.
25
2021-11-04
False
- F000468
Rep. Fletcher, Lizzie [D-TX-7]
Lizzie
Fletcher
D
TX
7
2021-11-17
False
- M001208
Rep. McBath, Lucy [D-GA-6]
Lucy
McBath
D
GA
6
2021-12-09
False
- S001218
Rep. Stansbury, Melanie Ann [D-NM-1]
Melanie
Stansbury
D
NM
Ann
1
2022-04-01
False
- G000574
Rep. Gallego, Ruben [D-AZ-7]
Ruben
Gallego
D
AZ
7
2022-09-02
False
Commerce
- Accounting and auditing
- Business education
- Business investment and capital
- Community life and organization
- Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
- Congressional oversight
- Department of Commerce
- Economic performance and conditions
- Education programs funding
- Employee hiring
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Federal officials
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- Higher education
- Internet and video services
- Internet, web applications, social media
- Manufacturing
- Marketing and advertising
- Minority and disadvantaged businesses
- Public contracts and procurement
- Public-private cooperation
- Rural conditions and development
- Small business
- Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
- Tax-exempt organizations
- Teaching, teachers, curricula
- User charges and fees
Commerce
00
2021-04-20
Introduced in House
2022-04-04T14:01:29Z
Minority Business Resiliency Act of 2021
This bill permanently authorizes the Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) and requires the MBDA to promote and administer programs that assist the development of minority business enterprises (MBEs).
Specifically, the bill requires the MBDA to (1) provide assistance to MBEs in domestic and foreign markets by making available specified resources, (2) promote the position of MBEs in local economies, and (3) collect data on the causes of MBE success or failure and research how economic conditions affect the development of MBEs.
The bill establishes formal processes for the MBDA Business Center Program and the MBDA Rural Business Center Program through which business centers provide programs and services to support MBEs.
The bill also establishes new initiatives to promote economic resiliency for minority businesses, including (1) an annual forum to review problems and programs relating to capital formation by MBEs, (2) a study and report on alternative financing solutions for MBEs, and (3) entrepreneurship education grants for certain institutions of higher education to develop and implement entrepreneurship curricula.
Further, the bill establishes grants for (1) certain nonprofit organizations that provide services to MBEs as one of their primary activities, and (2) MBEs for the purpose of supporting MBEs or helping MBEs remain in business.
The Government Accountability Office must report on the programs carried out pursuant to the bill.

Minority Business Resiliency Act of 2021
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Minority Business Resiliency Act of 2021
- Official Title as Introduced

To require the Minority Business Development Agency of the Department of Commerce to promote and administer programs in the public and private sectors to assist the development of minority business enterprises, to ensure that such Agency has the necessary supporting resources, particularly during economic downturns, and for other purposes.
Introduced in House
IH
- Short Title(s) as Introduced

Minority Business Resiliency Act of 2021
Introduced in House
IH
- Introduced in House
2021-04-20T04:00:00Z
  - https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117hr2689ih/xml/BILLS-117hr2689ih.xml
2021-06-23
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 28 - 23.
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