[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2652 Introduced in House (IH)]
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117th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2652
To ensure that certain entrepreneurial development services of the
Small Business Administration are made available to cannabis-related
legitimate businesses and service providers, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
April 19, 2021
Mr. Golden introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Small Business
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A BILL
To ensure that certain entrepreneurial development services of the
Small Business Administration are made available to cannabis-related
legitimate businesses and service providers, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Ensuring Access to Counseling and
Training for All Small Businesses Act of 2021''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS RELATING TO CANNABIS-RELATED LEGITIMATE BUSINESSES
AND SERVICE PROVIDERS.
Section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632) is amended by
adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(gg) Definitions Relating to Cannabis-Related Legitimate
Businesses and Service Providers.--In this Act:
``(1) Cannabis.--The term `cannabis' has the meaning given
the term `marihuana' in section 102 of the Controlled
Substances Act.
``(2) Cannabis product.--The term `cannabis product' means
any article which contains cannabis, including an article which
is a concentrate, an edible, a tincture, a cannabis-infused
product, or a topical.
``(3) Cannabis-related legitimate business.--The term
`cannabis-related legitimate business' means a manufacturer,
producer, or any person or company that is a small business
concern and that--
``(A) engages in any activity described in
subparagraph (B) pursuant to a law established by a
State or a political subdivision of a State, as
determined by such State or political subdivision; and
``(B) participates in any business or organized
activity that involves handling cannabis or cannabis
products, including cultivating, producing,
manufacturing, selling, transporting, displaying,
dispensing, distributing, or purchasing cannabis or
cannabis products.
``(4) Manufacturer.--The term `manufacturer' means a person
who manufactures, compounds, converts, processes, prepares, or
packages cannabis or cannabis products.
``(5) Producer.--The term `producer' means a person who
plants, cultivates, harvests, or in any way facilitates the
natural growth of cannabis.
``(6) Service provider.--The term `service provider'--
``(A) means a business, organization, or other
person that--
``(i) sells goods or services to a
cannabis-related legitimate business; or
``(ii) provides any business services,
including the sale or lease of real or any
other property, legal or other licensed
services, or any other ancillary service,
relating to cannabis; and
``(B) does not include a business, organization, or
other person that participates in any business or
organized activity that involves handling cannabis or
cannabis products, including cultivating, producing,
manufacturing, selling, transporting, displaying,
dispensing, distributing, or purchasing cannabis or
cannabis products.
``(7) State.--The term `State' means each of the several
States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and any
territory or possession of the United States.''.
SEC. 3. ENTREPRENEURIAL DEVELOPMENT SERVICES FOR CANNABIS-RELATED
LEGITIMATE BUSINESSES AND SERVICE PROVIDERS.
(a) Small Business Development Centers.--Section 21(c) of the Small
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 648(c)) is amended by adding at the end the
following new paragraph:
``(9) Services for cannabis-related legitimate businesses
and service providers.--A small business development center may
not decline to provide services to an otherwise eligible small
business concern under this section solely because such concern
is a cannabis-related legitimate business or service
provider.''.
(b) Women's Business Centers.--Section 29 of the Small Business Act
(15 U.S.C. 656) is amended by adding at the end the following new
subsection:
``(p) Services for Cannabis-Related Legitimate Businesses and
Service Providers.--A women's business center may not decline to
provide services to an otherwise eligible small business concern under
this section solely because such concern is a cannabis-related
legitimate business or service provider.''.
(c) SCORE.--Section 8(b)(1)(B) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.
637(b)(1)(B)) is amended by adding at the end the following new
sentence: ``The head of the SCORE program established under this
subparagraph may not decline to provide services to an otherwise
eligible small business concern solely because such concern is a
cannabis-related legitimate business or service provider.''.
(d) Veteran Business Outreach Centers.--Section 32 of the Small
Business Act is amended (15 U.S.C. 657b) is amended by adding at the
end the following new subsection:
``(h) Services for Cannabis-Related Legitimate Businesses and
Service Providers.--A Veteran Business Outreach Center may not decline
to provide services to an otherwise eligible small business concern
under this section solely because such concern is a cannabis-related
legitimate business or service provider.''.
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