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To amend the Small Business Act to establish a mentorship program designed to help minority and women-owned small businesses build their capacities and access to contracting opportunities in the…

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To amend the Small Business Act to establish a mentorship program designed to help minority and women-owned small businesses build their capacities and access to contracting opportunities in the construction industry.

Introduced: September 25, 2008 Introduced by: Clarke, Yvette D. Democratic · New York See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
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Amends the Small Business Act to direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to establish a program of grants to state and local governments to assist eligible small businesses to build their capacities and access to contracting opportunities in the construction industry.

Makes eligible for such assistance those small businesses owned and controlled by: (1) women; and (2) socially and economically disadvantaged individuals.

What's happening now September 25, 2008

Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 7087: To amend the Small Business Act to establish a mentorship program designed to help minority and women-owned small businesses build their capacities and access to contracting opportunities in the construction industry.. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-7087/
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"H.R. 7087: To amend the Small Business Act to establish a mentorship program designed to help minority and women-owned small businesses build their capacities and access to contracting opportunities in the construction industry.." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-7087/.
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H.R. 7087, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-7087/.
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[H.R. 7087: To amend the Small Business Act to establish a mentorship program designed to help minority and women-owned small businesses build their capacities and access to contracting opportunities in the construction industry.](https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-7087/)
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