    [United States Statutes at Large, Volume 134, 116th Congress, 2nd Session]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

    Proclamation 10082 of September 19, 2020
    National Small Business Week, 2020
    By the President of the United States of America
    A Proclamation
    During National Small Business Week, we celebrate the resolve and
    ingenuity of American businesses, entrepreneurs, and workers. America's
    small businesses are at the very core of our Nation's identity and
    prosperity, and this week we pay tribute to these patriots for their
    contributions to our Nation's economy and culture.
    This year, as we collectively recover from an unprecedented pandemic, my
    Administration remains intensely focused on helping every American
    enterprise remain viable, recover, and once again, thrive at historic
    levels. Our Nation's more than 30 million small businesses, which employ
    nearly half the private-sector workforce and create two-thirds of all
    net new jobs, are the key to propelling our economy to the prosperity
    levels America has enjoyed over the past 3 years. That is why, as part
    of our extraordinary, whole-of-government economic response to the
    coronavirus, we have placed the small business sector front and center.
    We have delivered nearly three quarters of a trillion dollars in timely,
    economic relief to distressed small business entrepreneurs and their
    employees throughout the country, including $525 billion in Paycheck
    Protection Program (PPP) loans, $190 billion in COVID-19 Economic Injury
    Disaster Loans (EIDL), $20 billion in EIDL Advance grants, and
    additional healthcare funding.
    Additionally, American small businesses have been critical in
    revitalizing economically distressed areas. That is why my
    Administration worked with Congress to designate thousands of
    Opportunity Zones in underserved communities, and as a result, we are
    creating unprecedented new economic opportunities. We have also made
    extraordinary strides in the cultivation of entrepreneurship among
    underrepresented groups, including women, minorities, and veterans. In
    fact, under my Administration, Latinos are the fastest-growing group of
    entrepreneurs. These numbers are an important reminder that in the
    United States anyone who is dedicated and hard-working is capable of
    achieving their own American Dream.
    Across our country, small businesses are essential to their communities,
    creating jobs and giving back during times of prosperity and

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    challenge. My Administration is committed to investing in small business
    owners, and therefore advancing solutions that make it easier for them
    to exceed their goals. During this National Small Business Week, we
    celebrate the success of our American entrepreneurs who have chartered
    their own courses to provide jobs and a bright future for millions of
    American workers.
    NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
    America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
    the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim September 20 through
    September 26, 2020, as National Small Business Week. I call upon all
    Americans to recognize the critical contributions of America's
    entrepreneurs and small business owners as they grow our Nation's
    economy.
    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this nineteenth day of
    September, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
    Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
    fifth.
    DONALD J. TRUMP