,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cgjf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #aa1 #bjai,ms4 
,brownley of ,california introduced the 
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,small ,business  ,a  
,,bill  ,to direct the ,administrator of
 the ,small ,business ,administration to
 establish a competitive grant program  
to award grants to ,states and local    
governments for purposes of assisting   
entrepreneurs planning to start a small 
business concern4  #a4 ,short title     
,this ,act may be cited as the ,startup 
in a ,day ,act of #bjai4  #b4 ,startup  
in a ,day grant program  7a7            
,establishment ,the ,administrator of   
the ,small ,business ,administration    
shall1 from amounts appropriated        
pursuant to subsection 7g71 establish a 
competitive grant program to be known as
 the ,startup in a ,day ,program to     
award grants to eligible entities for   
purposes of assisting entrepreneurs     
planning to start a small business      

concern in complying with ,state or     
local government requirements for       
opening and operating such a concern in 
a geographic area in the jurisdiction of
 the eligible entity4  7b7 ,application 
,an eligible entity may submit an       
application to the ,administrator1 at a 
time and in a manner to be prescribed by
 the ,administrator1 describing         
activities the eligible entity would    
undertake to assist entrepreneurs       
planning to start a small business      
concern in a geographic area in the     
jurisdiction of the eligible entity4    
7c7 ,selection ,the ,administrator shall
 select from among eligible entities    
submitting an application pursuant to   
subsection 7b7 grant recipients based on
 criteria to be prescribed by the       
,administrator4  7d7 ,authorized use of 
funds ,grants awarded under this section
 may be used by a grant recipient to    
carry out activities to assist          
entrepreneurs planning to start small   
business concerns1 including--  7#a7    

developing1 implementing1 and improving 
,internet resources related to the small
 business concern startup process in the
 geographic area in the jurisdiction of 
the recipient2  7#b7 assisting such     
entrepreneurs in registering and        
applying for any licenses or permits    
required by a ,state or a local         
government for starting a small business
 concern in such area2 and  7#c7 other  
activities the ,administrator determines
 necessary4  7e7 ,reports  7#a7 ,report 
to ,administrator ,a recipient of a     
grant under this section shall submit to
 the ,administrator1 at a time and in a 
manner to be prescribed by the          
,administrator1 a report detailing how  
grant funds were expended and describing
 the impact1 if any1 of activities      
funded by the grant on the opening of   
small business concerns in a geographic 
area in the jurisdiction of such        
recipient4  7#b7 ,report to ,congress   
,not later than #ij days after the      
conclusion of each fiscal year for which

 the ,administrator awards a grant under
 this section1 the ,administrator shall 
submit to ,congress a report describing 
all such grants awarded for such fiscal 
year and analyzing the impact1 if any1  
of such grants on the opening of small  
business concerns in the jurisdictions  
of eligible entities receiving such     
grants4  7f7 ,definitions ,for purposes 
of this section1 the following          
definitions apply3 7#a7 ,administrator  
,the term ,administrator means the      
,administrator of the ,small ,business  
,administration4  7#b7 ,eligible entity 
,the term eligible entity means a ,state
 or local government4  7#c7 ,local      
government ,the term local government   
means a county1 parish1 borough1 or     
municipal government4  7#d7 ,small      
business concern ,the term small        
business concern has the meaning given  
such term under section #c of the ,small
 ,business ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #fcb74   
7#e7 ,state ,the term ,state means each 
of the several ,states1 the ,district of

 ,columbia1 the ,commonwealth of ,puerto
 ,rico1 the ,virgin ,islands of the     
,united ,states1 ,guam1 ,american       
,samoa1 the ,commonwealth of the        
,northern ,mariana ,islands1 and each   
federally recognized ,indian ,tribe4    
7g7 ,authorization of appropriations    
,there is authorized to be appropriated 
to the ,administrator #a1jjj1jjj for    
each of fiscal years #bjbj through #bjbd
 for purposes of carrying out this      
section4