[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 534 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 534

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

                           November 19, 2015

 Mr. Chabot (for himself, Ms. Velazquez, Ms. Adams, Mr. Ashford, Mrs. 
Beatty, Mr. Benishek, Mr. Blum, Ms. Bonamici, Mr. Bost, Mrs. Brooks of 
Indiana, Ms. Brown of Florida, Mrs. Bustos, Mr. Capuano, Mr. Cardenas, 
 Mr. Carson of Indiana, Ms. Judy Chu of California, Mr. Cicilline, Ms. 
 Clarke of New York, Mr. Collins of New York, Mr. Curbelo of Florida, 
 Ms. DelBene, Mrs. Ellmers of North Carolina, Mr. Fattah, Mr. Gibson, 
 Mr. Graves of Missouri, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. Hahn, Mr. Hanna, Mr. Hardy, 
Mr. Huelskamp, Mr. Kelly of Mississippi, Mr. King of Iowa, Mr. Knight, 
Mrs. Lawrence, Mr. Luetkemeyer, Mr. Marino, Ms. Meng, Mr. Moulton, Ms. 
    Norton, Mr. Payne, Ms. Pingree, Mr. Pocan, Ms. Schakowsky, Mrs. 
  Radewagen, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Mr. Takai, Mr. Tipton, Ms. Titus, Mr. 
   Valadao, Mr. Vargas, Mr. Sensenbrenner, Mr. Kind, Ms. Brownley of 
California, Mr. Brat, Mr. Rice of South Carolina, Mrs. Kirkpatrick, and 
 Mr. McCaul) 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 28, 2015, 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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