,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #habj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,august #bh1         
#bjbj,mr4 ,bishop of ,north ,carolina   
7for himself and ,mr4 ,timmons7         
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,small   
,business  ,a ,,bill  ,to require the   
,small ,business ,administration to     
train representatives on the opportunity
 zone program1 and for other purposes4  
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,increasing ,opportunities for  
,small ,businesses ,act of #bjbj4  #b4  
,opportunity zone program               
representatives ,section #d of the      
,small ,business ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4    
#fcc7 is amended by adding at the end   
the following3  7i7 ,opportunity zone   
program representatives  7#a7 ,in       
general ,the ,administrator1 through    
each district office of the             
,administration1 small business         
development center1 women's business    
center 7described under section #bi71   

chapter of the ,service ,corps of       
,retired ,executives 7established under 
section #h7;b77#a77;,b771 and ,veteran  
,business ,outreach ,center 7described  
under section #cb71 shall train and     
educate field representatives on        
investments in areas that have been     
designated as qualified opportunity     
zones under section #adjj,z-#a of the   
,internal ,revenue ,code of #aihf4  7#b7
 ,duties ,a field representative trained
 under paragraph 7#a7 shall-- 7,a7 serve
 as a point of contact for questions and
 resources on the investments described 
in paragraph 7#a7 for the area served by
 the district office1 small business    
development center1 women's business    
center1 chapter of the ,service ,corps  
of ,retired ,executives1 and ,veteran   
,business ,outreach ,center1 as         
applicable2  7,b7 educate elected       
leaders within such area on those       
investments2 and  7,c7 hold an annual   
seminar in each ,state to educate       
managers of qualified opportunity funds 

7as defined in section #adjj,z-#b7;d7 of
 the ,internal ,revenue ,code of #aihf71
 qualified opportunity zone businesses  
7as defined in such section71 ,state and
 local government officials1            
accountants1 lawyers1 and other         
interested persons on how to benefit    
from such investments4  7#c7 ,report    
7,a7 ,in general ,not later than #a year
 after the date of enactment of this    
subsection1 and every year thereafter   
through #bjbf1 the director of each     
regional office of the ,administration  
shall submit to the ,administrator a    
report on the success of the efforts of 
the field representatives trained under 
paragraph 7#a71 including any problems  
faced by1 and best practices of1 the    
field representatives4  7,b7 ,submission
 by ,administrator ,the ,administrator  
shall submit each report received under 
subparagraph 7,a7 to the ,committee on  
,small ,business and ,entrepreneurship  
of the ,senate and the ,committee on    
,small ,business of the ,house of       

,representatives4  4