A bill (S.2191
- Native American Business Outreach Act) was introduced
in the House of Representatives to assist Native American
communities, including Alaska Natives and Native Hawaiians;
as well as small business concerns owned by individuals in
those communities or Indian tribes.
This bill known as the “Native American Business Outreach
Act” calls for the allocation of $5,000,000 to the program
annually.
The aim of this bill is to provide the following:
1. provide
training and educational outreach through business
development workshops and entrepreneurial classes to small
business concerns owned by Indian tribes or Native
Americans, including Alaska Natives and Native Hawaiians;
2. hold
Tribal consultations to solicit input and provide interested
parties an opportunity to discuss potential modifications to
programs of the Administration, including the program under
section 8(a) and the HUBZone program under section 31; and
3.
provide such other assistance as the Administrator may
determine necessary to assist Native American communities to
implement economic and business development strategies and
actions to improve entrepreneurship and long-term job
growth.
You can track the progress of this bill by
clicking here.
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