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Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the importance of including small business concerns, especially minority-owned small business concerns, in any efforts to leverage the Defense Production…

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Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the importance of including small business concerns, especially minority-owned small business concerns, in any efforts to leverage the Defense Production Act in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Introduced: February 24, 2021 Introduced by: Velázquez, Nydia M. Democratic · New York See on congress.gov
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This concurrent resolution urges the President to give preference to small businesses—especially those that are minority owned—and ensure their participation in specified efforts to respond to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).

What's happening now February 24, 2021

Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

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Mfume, Kweisi
Maryland · Feb 24, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Con. Res. 18: Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the importance of including small business concerns, especially minority-owned small business concerns, in any efforts to leverage the Defense Production Act in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HCONRES-18/
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"H. Con. Res. 18: Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the importance of including small business concerns, especially minority-owned small business concerns, in any efforts to leverage the Defense Production Act in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HCONRES-18/.
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H. Con. Res. 18, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HCONRES-18/.
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[H. Con. Res. 18: Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the importance of including small business concerns, especially minority-owned small business concerns, in any efforts to leverage the Defense Production Act in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.](https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HCONRES-18/)
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