,i  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hecd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #bg1 #bjbf,ms4
 ,velzquez 7for herself and ,ms4        
,king-,hinds7 introduced the following  
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,small ,business  ,a      
,,bill  ,to amend the ,small ,business  
,act to establish an ,office of         
,territorial ,affairs1 and for other    
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,small ,business    
,territories ,support ,act4  #b4 ,office
 of territorial affairs of the ,small   
,business ,administration ,the ,small   
,business ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #fca et   
seq47 is amended by--  7#a7             
redesignating section #di as section    
#ej2 and  7#b7 inserting after section  
#dh the following new section3  #di4    
,office of ,territorial ,affairs  7a7   
,establishment ,there is established in 
the ,administration an ,office of       
,territorial ,affairs 7hereafter in this
 section referred to as the ,office71   

which shall establish a working         
relationship with small business        
concerns in the ,united ,states         
territories by targeting programs of the
 ,administration relating to            
entrepreneurial development1            
contracting1 disaster assistance1 and   
capital access4  7b7 ,assistant         
administrator  7#a7 ,in general ,the    
,office shall be administered by an     
,assistant ,administrator who shall be  
an employee in the competitive service4 
7#b7 ,qualifications ,the ,assistant    
,administrator shall have-- 7,a7        
knowledge of the governmental affairs1  
socioeconomic conditions1 and political 
relationships of the territories2 and   
7,b7 experience providing tailored small
 business development assistance to     
small business concerns located in the  
territories4  7#c7 ,duties ,the         
,assistant ,administrator shall--  7,a7 
formulate policies1 and promote policies
 and existing programs1 to better       
address entrepreneurial development1    

capital access1 disaster assistance1 and
 contracting needs of small business    
concerns located in the territories2    
7,b7 serve as a liaison between small   
business concerns located in the        
territories and the ,administration1    
resource partners1 lenders1 ,federal and
 ,state agencies1 and other interested  
persons2  7,c7 periodically review and  
assess programs administered by and     
services from the ,administration that  
are available to small business concerns
 located in the territories to ensure   
that-- 7i7 the services offered under a 
lending program1 entrepreneurial        
development program1 or disaster        
assistance program administered by the  
,administration are adequate to address 
the challenges such small business      
concerns face2 and  7ii7 such small     
business concerns have adequate access  
to contracting opportunities with the   
,federal ,government and procurement    
programs administered by the            
,administration2 and  7,d7 host webinars

 and outreach events in the territories4
 as appropriate1 including inviting     
representatives from district offices of
 the ,administration1 resource partners1
 ,federal and ,state agencies1 and other
 interested people to participate in    
such webinars and outreach events4  7c7 
,report ,not later than #ahj days after 
the date of the enactment of this       
section and annually thereafter1 the    
,assistant ,administrator shall submit  
to the ,committee of ,small ,business of
 the ,house of ,representatives and the 
,committee on ,small ,business and      
,entrepreneurship of the ,senate a      
report on the activities of the ,office 
during the one year period preceding the
 date of submission of the report1      
including-- 7#a7 operational details of 
the activities of the ,office2  7#b7 a  
summary of the activities conducted by  
the ,office2  7#c7 the total number of  
small business concerns assisted by the 
,office1 disaggregated by the type of   
assistance provided by the ,office and  

by territory2  7#d7 to the extent       
practicable1 the total number of new    
businesses established as a result of   
assistance from the ,office1            
disaggregated by territory2 and  7#e7   
recommendations to help improve         
assistance provided by the              
,administration in serving the needs of 
small business concerns located in the  
territories4  7d7 ,definitions ,in this 
section3 7#a7 ,assistant administrator  
,the term ,assistant ,administrator     
means the ,assistant ,administrator of  
the ,office of ,territorial ,affairs    
appointed under subsection 7b74  7#b7   
,resource partner ,the term resource    
partner means-- 7,a7 a small business   
development center2  7,b7 a women's     
business center described in section    
#bi2  7,c7 a chapter of the ,service    
,corps of ,retired ,executives          
authorized by section #h7;b77#a72 and   
7,d7 a ,veteran ,business ,outreach     
,center described in section #cb4  7#c7 
,territories ,the term territories means

 ,puerto ,rico1 ,guam1 ,american ,samoa1
 ,united ,states ,virgin ,islands1 and  
the ,commonwealth of the ,northern      
,mariana ,islands4  4