[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 728 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 728

Expressing support for the designation of a ``Small Business Saturday'' 
 and supporting efforts to increase awareness of the value of locally 
                        owned small businesses.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 16, 2014

 Mr. Graves of Missouri submitted the following resolution; which was 
              referred to the Committee on Small Business

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Expressing support for the designation of a ``Small Business Saturday'' 
 and supporting efforts to increase awareness of the value of locally 
                        owned small businesses.

Whereas, there are 28,200,000 small businesses in the United States;
Whereas small businesses represent 99.7 percent of all businesses with employees 
        in the United States;
Whereas small businesses employ over 48 percent of the employees in the private 
        sector in the United States;
Whereas small businesses pay over 42 percent of the total payroll of the 
        employees in the private sector in the United States;
Whereas small businesses constitute 98 percent of firms exporting goods;
Whereas small businesses are responsible for more than 46 percent of private 
        sector output;
Whereas small businesses generated 63 percent of net new jobs created from 1993 
        through 2013; and
Whereas November 29, 2014, is an appropriate day to designate as ``Small 
        Business Saturday'': Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) supports the designation of a ``Small Business 
        Saturday''; and
            (2) supports efforts--
                    (A) to encourage consumers to shop locally; and
                    (B) to increase awareness of the value of locally 
                owned small businesses and the impact of locally owned 
                small businesses on the economy of the United States.
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