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<title>Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the importance of including small business concerns, especially minority-owned small business concerns, in any efforts to leverage the Defense Production Act in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.</title>
<summary summary-id="id117hconres18v00" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2021-04-01">
<action-date>2021-02-24</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p>This concurrent resolution urges the President to give preference to small businesses&#8212;especially those that are minority owned&#8212;and ensure their participation in specified efforts to respond to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).</p>]]></summary-text>
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<dc:contributor>Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress</dc:contributor>
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