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Reaching America's Rural Minority Businesses Act of 2021

Introduced: May 20, 2021 Introduced by: Wicker, Roger F. Republican · Mississippi See on congress.gov
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May 20, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
May 20, 2021
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Reaching America's Rural Minority Businesses Act of 2021

This bill authorizes the Minority Business Development Agency to establish rural business centers at historically Black colleges and universities to assist rural minority businesses with issues such as broadband adoption, advanced manufacturing, and entrepreneurship.

What's happening now May 20, 2021

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 2689 Related bill Minority Business Resiliency Act of 2021
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 2 Republican 2
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Coons, Christopher A.
Delaware · May 20, 2021
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Kaine, Tim
Virginia · May 20, 2021
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Scott, Tim
South Carolina · May 20, 2021
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Tillis, Thomas
North Carolina · May 20, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1749: Reaching America's Rural Minority Businesses Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-1749/
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"S. 1749: Reaching America's Rural Minority Businesses Act of 2021." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-1749/.
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S. 1749, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-1749/.
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