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54 STSESSION H. R. 1634
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75 To provide for a memorandum of understanding between the Small Business
86 Administration and the National Council on Disability to increase em-
97 ployment opportunities for individuals with disabilities, and for other
108 purposes.
119 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
1210 FEBRUARY26, 2025
1311 Mr. S
1412 TAUBER(for himself, Ms. SIMON, Mr. ALFORD, and Mr. PAPPAS) intro-
1513 duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small
1614 Business
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22-ARCH24, 2025
23-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union
24-and ordered to be printed
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2815 A BILL
2916 To provide for a memorandum of understanding between
3017 the Small Business Administration and the National
3118 Council on Disability to increase employment opportuni-
3219 ties for individuals with disabilities, and for other pur-
3320 poses.
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3721 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
3822 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
3923 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
4024 This Act may be cited as the 4
4125 ‘‘ThinkDIFFERENTLY About Disability Employment 5
4226 Act’’. 6
43-SEC. 2. MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING TO INCREASE 7
44-EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR INDIVID-8
45-UALS WITH DISABILITIES. 9
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31+EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR INDIVID-2
32+UALS WITH DISABILITIES. 3
4633 (a) I
47-NGENERAL.—The Administrator of the Small 10
48-Business Administration, in consultation with the Chair 11
49-of the National Council on Disability, shall— 12
50-(1) provide assistance to individuals with dis-13
51-abilities who desire to become entrepreneurs or to be 14
52-self-employed; 15
53-(2) help individuals with disabilities find em-16
54-ployment at small business concerns (as defined 17
55-under section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 18
56-U.S.C. 632)); 19
57-(3) assist small business concerns with hiring 20
58-individuals with disabilities and with accessibility 21
59-issues applicable to individuals with disabilities. 22
34+NGENERAL.—The Administrator of the Small 4
35+Business Administration, in consultation with the Chair 5
36+of the National Council on Disability, shall— 6
37+(1) provide assistance to individuals with dis-7
38+abilities who desire to become entrepreneurs or to be 8
39+self-employed; 9
40+(2) help individuals with disabilities find em-10
41+ployment at small business concerns (as defined 11
42+under section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 12
43+U.S.C. 632)); 13
44+(3) assist small business concerns with hiring 14
45+individuals with disabilities and with accessibility 15
46+issues applicable to individuals with disabilities. 16
6047 (b) M
61-EMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING OR AGREE-23
62-MENT.—The Administrator, in consultation with the 24
63-Chair, shall carry out and coordinate the activities de-25
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67-scribed in subsection (a) by entering into one or more 1
68-memoranda of understanding or other appropriate agree-2
69-ments. 3
48+EMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING OR AGREE-17
49+MENT.—The Administrator, in consultation with the 18
50+Chair, shall carry out and coordinate the activities de-19
51+scribed in subsection (a) by entering into one or more 20
52+memoranda of understanding or other appropriate agree-21
53+ments. 22
7054 (c) O
71-UTREACH AND EDUCATION.—In carrying out 4
72-the activities described in subsection (a), the Adminis-5
73-trator, in consultation with the Chair, shall conduct out-6
74-reach and education about such activities. 7
75-(d) R
76-EPORT.—Not later than two years after the date 8
77-of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator, in con-9
78-sultation with the Chair, shall submit to Congress a report 10
79-on activities carried out pursuant to any memorandum or 11
80-agreement described in subsection (b) that includes the 12
81-following: 13
82-(1) A description of how the Administrator, in 14
83-consultation with the Chair, carried out such activi-15
84-ties. 16
85-(2) An analysis of opportunities to expand the 17
86-technical capabilities of the Small Business Adminis-18
87-tration in carrying out such activities. 19
88-(3) A description of achievements under any 20
89-such memorandum or agreement. 21
90-(4) A description of the plans of the Adminis-22
91-trator, in consultation with the Chair, to continue 23
92-activities to expand employment opportunities for in-24
93-dividuals with disabilities. 25
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97-SEC. 3. COMPLIANCE WITH CUTGO. 1
98-No additional amounts are authorized to be appro-2
99-priated to carry out this Act or the amendments made 3
100-by this Act. 4
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112-H. R. 1634
113-[Report No. 119–32]
114-A BILL
115-To provide for a memorandum of understanding be-
116-tween the Small Business Administration and the
117-National Council on Disability to increase em-
118-ployment opportunities for individuals with dis-
119-abilities, and for other purposes.
120-M
121-ARCH
122-24, 2025
123-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
124-State of the Union and ordered to be printed
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56+the activities described in subsection (a), the Adminis-24
57+trator, in consultation with the Chair, shall conduct out-25
58+reach and education about such activities. 26
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62+(d) REPORT.—Not later than two years after the date 1
63+of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator, in con-2
64+sultation with the Chair, shall submit to Congress a report 3
65+on activities carried out pursuant to any memorandum or 4
66+agreement described in subsection (b) that includes the 5
67+following: 6
68+(1) A description of how the Administrator, in 7
69+consultation with the Chair, carried out such activi-8
70+ties. 9
71+(2) An analysis of opportunities to expand the 10
72+technical capabilities of the Small Business Adminis-11
73+tration in carrying out such activities. 12
74+(3) A description of achievements under any 13
75+such memorandum or agreement. 14
76+(4) A description of the plans of the Adminis-15
77+trator, in consultation with the Chair, to continue 16
78+activities to expand employment opportunities for in-17
79+dividuals with disabilities. 18
80+SEC. 3. COMPLIANCE WITH CUTGO. 19
81+No additional amounts are authorized to be appro-20
82+priated to carry out this Act or the amendments made 21
83+by this Act. 22
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