[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 251 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 251

  To direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to 
  establish a competitive grant program to award grants to States and 
 local governments for purposes of assisting entrepreneurs planning to 
                    start a small business concern.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 4, 2017

  Ms. Brownley of California introduced the following bill; which was 
              referred to the Committee on Small Business

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                                 A BILL


 
  To direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to 
  establish a competitive grant program to award grants to States and 
 local governments for purposes of assisting entrepreneurs planning to 
                    start a small business concern.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Startup in a Day Act of 2017''.

SEC. 2. STARTUP IN A DAY GRANT PROGRAM.

    (a) Establishment.--The Administrator of the Small Business 
Administration shall, from amounts appropriated pursuant to subsection 
(g), establish a competitive grant program to be known as the ``Startup 
in a Day Program'' to award grants to eligible entities for purposes of 
assisting entrepreneurs planning to start a small business concern in 
complying with State or local government requirements for opening and 
operating such a concern in a geographic area in the jurisdiction of 
the eligible entity.
    (b) Application.--An eligible entity may submit an application to 
the Administrator, at a time and in a manner to be prescribed by the 
Administrator, describing activities the eligible entity would 
undertake to assist entrepreneurs planning to start a small business 
concern in a geographic area in the jurisdiction of the eligible 
entity.
    (c) Selection.--The Administrator shall select from among eligible 
entities submitting an application pursuant to subsection (b) grant 
recipients based on criteria to be prescribed by the Administrator.
    (d) Authorized Use of Funds.--Grants awarded under this section may 
be used by a grant recipient to carry out activities to assist 
entrepreneurs planning to start small business concerns, including--
            (1) developing, implementing, and improving Internet 
        resources related to the small business concern startup process 
        in the geographic area in the jurisdiction of the recipient;
            (2) assisting such entrepreneurs in registering and 
        applying for any licenses or permits required by a State or a 
        local government for starting a small business concern in such 
        area; and
            (3) other activities the Administrator determines 
        necessary.
    (e) Reports.--
            (1) Report to administrator.--A recipient of a grant under 
        this section shall submit to the Administrator, at a time and 
        in a manner to be prescribed by the Administrator, a report 
        detailing how grant funds were expended and describing the 
        impact, if any, of activities funded by the grant on the 
        opening of small business concerns in a geographic area in the 
        jurisdiction of such recipient.
            (2) Report to congress.--Not later than 90 days after the 
        conclusion of each fiscal year for which the Administrator 
        awards a grant under this section, the Administrator shall 
        submit to Congress a report describing all such grants awarded 
        for such fiscal year and analyzing the impact, if any, of such 
        grants on the opening of small business concerns in the 
        jurisdictions of eligible entities receiving such grants.
    (f) Definitions.--For purposes of this section, the following 
definitions apply:
            (1) Administrator.--The term ``Administrator'' means the 
        Administrator of the Small Business Administration.
            (2) Eligible entity.--The term ``eligible entity'' means a 
        State or local government.
            (3) Local government.--The term ``local government'' means 
        a county, parish, borough, or municipal government.
            (4) Small business concern.--The term ``small business 
        concern'' has the meaning given such term under section 3 of 
        the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632).
            (5) State.--The term ``State'' means each of the several 
        States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto 
        Rico, the Virgin Islands of the United States, Guam, American 
        Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and 
        each federally recognized Indian tribe.
    (g) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to the Administrator for each of fiscal years 2018 through 
2022 $1,000,000 for purposes of carrying out this section.
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