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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 1634
To provide for a memorandum of understanding between the Small Business
Administration and the National Council on Disability to increase em-
ployment opportunities for individuals with disabilities, and for other
purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY26, 2025
Mr. S
TAUBER(for himself, Ms. SIMON, Mr. ALFORD, and Mr. PAPPAS) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small
Business
A BILL
To provide for a memorandum of understanding between
the Small Business Administration and the National
Council on Disability to increase employment opportuni-
ties for individuals with disabilities, and for other pur-
poses.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the 4
‘‘ThinkDIFFERENTLY About Disability Employment 5
Act’’. 6
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SEC. 2. MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING TO INCREASE 1
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR INDIVID-2
UALS WITH DISABILITIES. 3
(a) I
NGENERAL.—The Administrator of the Small 4
Business Administration, in consultation with the Chair 5
of the National Council on Disability, shall— 6
(1) provide assistance to individuals with dis-7
abilities who desire to become entrepreneurs or to be 8
self-employed; 9
(2) help individuals with disabilities find em-10
ployment at small business concerns (as defined 11
under section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 12
U.S.C. 632)); 13
(3) assist small business concerns with hiring 14
individuals with disabilities and with accessibility 15
issues applicable to individuals with disabilities. 16
(b) M
EMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING OR AGREE-17
MENT.—The Administrator, in consultation with the 18
Chair, shall carry out and coordinate the activities de-19
scribed in subsection (a) by entering into one or more 20
memoranda of understanding or other appropriate agree-21
ments. 22
(c) O
UTREACH AND EDUCATION.—In carrying out 23
the activities described in subsection (a), the Adminis-24
trator, in consultation with the Chair, shall conduct out-25
reach and education about such activities. 26
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(d) REPORT.—Not later than two years after the date 1
of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator, in con-2
sultation with the Chair, shall submit to Congress a report 3
on activities carried out pursuant to any memorandum or 4
agreement described in subsection (b) that includes the 5
following: 6
(1) A description of how the Administrator, in 7
consultation with the Chair, carried out such activi-8
ties. 9
(2) An analysis of opportunities to expand the 10
technical capabilities of the Small Business Adminis-11
tration in carrying out such activities. 12
(3) A description of achievements under any 13
such memorandum or agreement. 14
(4) A description of the plans of the Adminis-15
trator, in consultation with the Chair, to continue 16
activities to expand employment opportunities for in-17
dividuals with disabilities. 18
SEC. 3. COMPLIANCE WITH CUTGO. 19
No additional amounts are authorized to be appro-20
priated to carry out this Act or the amendments made 21
by this Act. 22
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