Sec. 100202. Office of Native American Affairs
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In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Small Business Administration, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated for fiscal year 2022, $10,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2029, to carry out section 50 of the Small Business Act, as added by subsection (b). The Small Business Act is amended by inserting after section 49, as added by section 100201 of this title, the following: In this section: The term Alaska Native Corporation has the meaning given the term section 3(m) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act.
The term Indian Tribe means any Indian or Alaska Native tribe, band, nation, pueblo, village, community, component band, or component reservation, individually identified (including parenthetically) in the most recent list published pursuant to section 104 of the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 1994. The term Native American means a member of an Indian Tribe. The term Native Hawaiian Organization has the meaning given in section 6207 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.
The term resource partners means— small business development centers; women’s business centers described in section 29; chapters of the Service Corps of Retired Executives established under section 8(b)(1)(B); and Veteran Business Outreach Centers described in section 32. There is established in the Administration an Office of Native American Affairs, in this section referred to as the Office , which shall provide entrepreneurship outreach and development assistance to Native Americans, Native Hawaiian Organizations and members thereof, Alaska Native Corporations and members thereof, and Indian Tribes, through the Native American Outreach Program established under subsection (c).
The Administrator shall establish and administer a Native American Outreach Program within the Office— to ensure that small business concerns owned and controlled by Native Americans, Native Hawaiian Organizations, Alaska Native Corporations, and Indian Tribes, and Native American entrepreneurs have access to programs and services of the Administration; to provide information to State, local, and tribal governments and other interested persons about Federal assistance available to small business concerns owned and controlled by Native Americans, Native Hawaiian Organizations, Alaska Native Corporations, and Indian Tribes, and Native American entrepreneurs; and to ensure access to in-person and virtual counseling and training services to small business concerns owned and controlled by Native Americans, Native Hawaiian Organizations, Alaska Native Corporations, and Indian Tribes, and Native American entrepreneurs.
The services described in paragraph
(1)shall include— financial education on applying for and securing credit, loan guarantees, surety bonds, and investment capital, managing financial operations, and preparing and presenting financial statements and business plans; education on management of a small business concern, including planning, organizing, staffing, and marketing; identifying market opportunities; and implementing economic and business development strategies to improve long-term job growth. .