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2		-	Union Calendar No. 20
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3	2		119THCONGRESS
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5	4		STSESSION H. R. 1621
6		-	[Report No. 119–31]
7	5		To require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to submit
8	6		to Congress a report on the entrepreneurial challenges facing entre-
9	7		preneurs with a disability, and for other purposes.
10	8		IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
11	9		FEBRUARY26, 2025
12	10		Mr. M
13	11		CGARVEY(for himself and Mr. STAUBER) introduced the following bill;
14	12		which was referred to the Committee on Small Business
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16		-	ARCH24, 2025
17		-	Additional sponsor: Ms. G
18		-	OODLANDER
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20		-	ARCH24, 2025
21		-	Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union
22		-	and ordered to be printed
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26	13		A BILL
27	14		To require the Administrator of the Small Business Adminis-
28	15		tration to submit to Congress a report on the entrepre-
29	16		neurial challenges facing entrepreneurs with a disability,
30	17		and for other purposes.
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34	18		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
35	19		tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
36	20		SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
37	21		This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Entrepreneurs with 4
38	22		Disabilities Reporting Act of 2025’’. 5
39		-	SEC. 2. REPORT ON ENTREPRENEURSHIP CHALLENGES OF 6
40		-	ENTREPRENEURS WITH DISABILITIES. 7
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	26	+	SEC. 2. REPORT ON ENTREPRENEURSHIP CHALLENGES OF 1
	27	+	ENTREPRENEURS WITH DISABILITIES. 2
41	28		(a) I
42		-	NGENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 8
43		-	date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of 9
44		-	the Small Business Administration shall submit to Con-10
45		-	gress a report on the challenges that entrepreneurs with 11
46		-	a disability encounter with starting and operating a busi-12
47		-	ness, including— 13
48		-	(1) an assessment of the challenges and needs 14
49		-	of entrepreneurs with a disability; 15
50		-	(2) a description of the resources and support 16
51		-	that the Administrator provides to entrepreneurs 17
52		-	with a disability; 18
53		-	(3) a description of outreach to entrepreneurs 19
54		-	with a disability by the Administrator, including by 20
55		-	district and regional offices of the Small Business 21
56		-	Administration, small business development centers 22
57		-	(as defined in section 3(t) of the Small Business Act 23
58		-	(15 U.S.C. 632(t))), and women’s business centers 24
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62		-	~~(as described under section 29(a)~~ of ~~such Act (15~~ 1
63		-	~~U.S.C. 656(a))); 2~~
64		-	~~(4) a description~~ of ~~any joint efforts between of-3~~
65		-	~~fices~~ of ~~the Small Business Administration or the 4~~
66		-	~~Small Business Administration and other Federal 5~~
67		-	~~agencies to advance the goal of supporting the eco-6~~
68		-	~~nomic success of entrepreneurs with a disability; 7~~
69		-	(5) any deficiencies in the resources and sup-8
70		-	port described under paragraph (2); 9
71		-	(6) a description of the use of, and access to, 10
72		-	resources of the Administration by entrepreneurs 11
73		-	with a disability; and 12
74		-	(7) any recommendations for legislative actions 13
75		-	that are necessary to address the challenges or needs 14
76		-	of entrepreneurs with a disability that are identified 15
77		-	in the report. 16
	29	+	NGENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 3
	30	+	date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of 4
	31	+	the Small Business Administration shall submit to Con-5
	32	+	gress a report on the challenges that entrepreneurs with 6
	33	+	a disability encounter with starting and operating a busi-7
	34	+	ness, including— 8
	35	+	(1) an assessment of the challenges and needs 9
	36	+	of entrepreneurs with a disability; 10
	37	+	(2) a description of the resources and support 11
	38	+	that the Administrator provides to entrepreneurs 12
	39	+	with a disability; 13
	40	+	(3) a description of outreach to entrepreneurs 14
	41	+	with a disability by the Administrator, including by 15
	42	+	district and regional offices of the Small Business 16
	43	+	Administration, small business development centers 17
	44	+	(as defined in section 3(t) of the Small Business Act 18
	45	+	(15 U.S.C. 632(t))), and women’s business centers 19
	46	+	(as described under section 29(a) of such Act (15 20
	47	+	U.S.C. 656(a))); 21
	48	+	(4) a description of any joint efforts between of-22
	49	+	fices of the Small Business Administration or the 23
	50	+	Small Business Administration and other Federal 24
	51	+	agencies to advance the goal of supporting the eco-25
	52	+	nomic success of entrepreneurs with a disability; 26
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	56	+	(5) any deficiencies in the resources and sup-1
	57	+	port described under paragraph (2); 2
	58	+	(6) a description of the use of, and access to, 3
	59	+	resources of the Administration by entrepreneurs 4
	60	+	with a disability; and 5
	61	+	(7) any recommendations for legislative actions 6
	62	+	that are necessary to address the challenges or needs 7
	63	+	of entrepreneurs with a disability that are identified 8
	64	+	in the report. 9
78	65		(b) C
79		-	OMPLIANCEWITHCUTGO.—No additional 17
80		-	amounts are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 18
81		-	this Act. 19
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94		-	H. R. 1621
95		-	[Report No. 119–31]
96		-	A BILL
97		-	To require the Administrator of the Small Business
98		-	Administration to submit to Congress a report on
99		-	the entrepreneurial challenges facing entre-
100		-	preneurs with a disability, and for other pur-
101		-	poses.
102		-	M
103		-	ARCH
104		-	24, 2025
105		-	Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
106		-	State of the Union and ordered to be printed
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	66	+	OMPLIANCEWITHCUTGO.—No additional 10
	67	+	amounts are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 11
	68	+	this Act. 12
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