[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 10312 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                               H. R. 10312

 To require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to 
  submit a report describing existing Spanish-language resources and 
    services made available through programs of the Small Business 
                Administration, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 8, 2026

  Mr. Evans of Colorado (for himself, Mr. Correa, Ms. De La Cruz, Mr. 
   Cuellar, Mr. Valadao, Mr. Costa, and Ms. Salazar) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small Business

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to 
  submit a report describing existing Spanish-language resources and 
    services made available through programs of the Small Business 
                Administration, and for other purposes.

    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 ``SBA Spanish Resource Report Act''.

SEC. 2. REPORT ON SPANISH-LANGUAGE RESOURCES AND SERVICES.

    (a) Report Required.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Small Business 
Administration shall submit to the Committee on Small Business of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Small Business and 
Entrepreneurship of the Senate a report describing existing Spanish-
language resources and services made available through programs 
administered by the Administration.
    (b) Contents.--The report required under subsection (a) shall 
include--
            (1) an inventory of existing Spanish-language informational 
        resources and services made available through such programs, 
        including websites, application materials, guidance documents, 
        outreach materials, and customer service resources;
            (2) a description of existing Spanish-language resources 
        and services available through resource partners of the 
        Administration, including--
                    (A) a small business development center (as defined 
                in section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
                632));
                    (B) a women's business center (described under 
                section 29 of such Act (15 U.S.C. 656));
                    (C) a chapter of the Service Corps of Retired 
                Executives (established under section 8(b)(1)(B) of 
                such Act (15 U.S.C. 637(b)(1)(B))); and
                    (D) a Veteran Business Outreach Center (described 
                under section 32 of such Act (15 U.S.C. 657b));
            (3) data, to the extent available, regarding the use of 
        Spanish-language resources and services, including any 
        geographic trends identified by the Administrator;
            (4) a description of expenditures associated with Spanish-
        language translation, interpretation, outreach, contractor 
        support, technology, and related administrative costs;
            (5) an assessment of any operational or administrative 
        considerations associated with providing Spanish-language 
        resources and services; and
            (6) any recommendations of the Administrator regarding the 
        efficient administration of existing Spanish-language resources 
        and services made available through such programs.
    (c) Form.--The report required under subsection (a) shall be 
submitted in unclassified form and made publicly available on a website 
of the Administration.
    (d) Briefing Required.--Not later than 30 days after the submission 
of the report required under this section, the Administrator shall 
provide to the Committee on Small Business of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Small Business and 
Entrepreneurship of the Senate a briefing on the report.
    (e) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this Act shall be construed 
to require the Administrator to establish, expand, reduce, or 
discontinue any Spanish-language resource or service.
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