Native American Entrepreneurial Opportunity Act
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1Short title
This section would give the Act the short title "Native American Entrepreneurial Opportunity Act."
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1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Native American Entrepreneurial Opportunity Act .
2Office of Native American Affairs
This section would amend the Small Business Act. It would renumber the Act's current section 49 as section 50, and would insert a new section 49 right after section 48. The new section 49, titled "Office of Native American Affairs," would establish that Office within the Small Business Administration. The Office would be responsible for building a working relationship with Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian Organizations by directing the Administration's entrepreneurial development, contracting, and capital access programs toward two goals: establishing or expanding small business concerns owned and controlled by individuals who are members of Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian Organizations, and promoting economic development in Indian country, as defined in section 1151 of title 18, United States Code. To the extent reasonable, the Office would also educate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian Organizations about programs run by other federal agencies that relate to those same interests. The Office would be headed by an Assistant Administrator for Native American Affairs, who would be appointed by and report to the Administrator of the Small Business Administration. The Assistant Administrator would be required to have knowledge of Native American cultures and experience providing culturally tailored small business development assistance to Native Americans. The Assistant Administrator's duties would include: providing assistance to Indian Tribes, Native Hawaiian Organizations, and small business concerns owned and controlled by individuals who are members of those Tribes or Organizations; formulating policies, and promoting policies and existing programs, to better address the entrepreneurial, capital access, business development, and contracting needs of those Tribes, Organizations, and businesses; collaborating with Associate Administrators within the Administration and officials of other federal agencies to develop policies and plans to implement Administration programs addressing those needs holistically; providing assistance, including grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, or other financial assistance, to Indian Tribes, Native Hawaiian Organizations, or private nonprofit organizations governed by members of Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian Organizations that have the experience and capability to use the assistance to deploy training, counseling, workshops, educational outreach, and supplier events, and to access the Administration's entrepreneurial, capital, and contracting programs themselves; assisting the Administrator in conducting, or directly conducting, Tribal consultation to solicit input and facilitate discussion of potential changes to Administration programs and procedures; and recommending annual budgets for the Office. On an annual basis until the Office's termination date, the Assistant Administrator would have to submit to Congress a report on the effectiveness of the Office, including the number of clients served in Tribal communities, the number of consultations conducted, and the number of trainings held in Tribal country. The new section defines "Assistant Administrator" as the Assistant Administrator for Native American Affairs described above; it gives "Indian Tribe" and "Native Hawaiian Organization" the meanings already assigned to those terms in section 8(a)(13) and section 8(a)(15) of the Small Business Act; and it defines "Office" as the Office of Native American Affairs created by this section. The authority created by this new section would terminate 7 years after the date the Act is enacted.
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2. Office of Native American Affairs The Small Business Act ( 15 U.S.C. 631 et seq. ) is amended— (1) by redesignating section 49 ( 15 U.S.C. 631 note) as section 50; and (2) by inserting after section 48 ( 15 U.S.C. 657u ) the following: 49. Office of Native American Affairs (a) Definitions In this section: (1) Assistant Administrator The term Assistant Administrator means the Assistant Administrator for Native American Affairs appointed under subsection (c). (2) Indian Tribe The term Indian Tribe has the meaning given the term Indian tribe in section 8(a)(13). (3) Native Hawaiian Organization The term Native Hawaiian Organization has the meaning given the term in section 8(a)(15). (4) Office The term Office means the Office of Native American Affairs described in this section. (b) Establishment (1) In general There is established within the Administration the Office of Native American Affairs, which shall be responsible for establishing a working relationship with Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian Organizations by targeting programs of the Administration relating to entrepreneurial development, contracting, and capital access to— (A) establish or expand small business concerns owned and controlled by individuals who are members of Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian Organizations; and (B) promote economic development in Indian country (as defined in section 1151 of title 18, United States Code). (2) Connection with other programs To the extent reasonable, the Office shall educate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian Organizations about programs administered by other Federal agencies related to the interests described in paragraph (1). (c) Assistant Administrator The Office shall be headed by an Assistant Administrator for Native American Affairs, who shall— (1) be appointed by and report to the Administrator; (2) have knowledge of Native American cultures and experience providing culturally tailored small business development assistance to Native Americans; (3) provide assistance to Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian Organizations and small business concerns owned and controlled by individuals who are members of Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian Organizations; (4) formulate policies, and promote policies and existing programs, to better address the entrepreneurial, capital access, business development, and contracting needs of persons described in paragraph (3); (5) collaborate with Associate Administrators within the Administration and officials of other Federal agencies to develop policies and plans to implement programs of the Administration to holistically address the needs described in paragraph (4); (6) provide assistance, including grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, or other financial assistance, to Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian Organizations, or to private nonprofit organizations governed by members of Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian Organizations that have the experience and capability to use the assistance to— (A) deploy training, counseling, workshops, educational outreach, and supplier events; and (B) access the entrepreneurial, capital, and contracting programs of the Administration; (7) assist the Administrator in conducting, or conduct, Tribal consultation to solicit input and facilitate discussion of potential modifications to programs and procedures of the Administration; and (8) recommend annual budgets for the Office. (d) Report to Congress On an annual basis until the termination date, the Assistant Administrator shall submit to Congress a report on the effectiveness of the Office of Native American Affairs that includes the number of clients served in Tribal communities, the number of consultations conducted, and the number of trainings held in Tribal country. (e) Termination The authority under this section shall terminate 7 years after the date of the enactment of this section. .
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