ThinkDIFFERENTLY About Disability Employment Act

ThinkDIFFERENTLY About Disability Employment Act

This bill requires the Small Business Administration (SBA) to (1) provide assistance to individuals with disabilities who desire to become entrepreneurs or to be self-employed, (2) help individuals with disabilities find employment at small businesses; and (3) assist small businesses with hiring such individuals and with accessibility issues applicable to such individuals.

The SBA must conduct outreach and education about such activities.

The bill establishes reporting requirements with respect to these activities.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1634 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1634

To provide for a memorandum of understanding between the Small Business 
   Administration and the National Council on Disability to increase 
  employment opportunities for individuals with disabilities, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 26, 2025

   Mr. Stauber (for himself, Ms. Simon, Mr. Alford, and Mr. Pappas) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                             Small Business

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide for a memorandum of understanding between the Small Business 
   Administration and the National Council on Disability to increase 
  employment opportunities for individuals with disabilities, 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 ``ThinkDIFFERENTLY About Disability 
Employment Act''.

SEC. 2. MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING TO INCREASE EMPLOYMENT 
              OPPORTUNITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES.

    (a) In General.--The Administrator of the Small Business 
Administration, in consultation with the Chair of the National Council 
on Disability, shall--
            (1) provide assistance to individuals with disabilities who 
        desire to become entrepreneurs or to be self-employed;
            (2) help individuals with disabilities find employment at 
        small business concerns (as defined under section 3 of the 
        Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632));
            (3) assist small business concerns with hiring individuals 
        with disabilities and with accessibility issues applicable to 
        individuals with disabilities.
    (b) Memorandum of Understanding or Agreement.--The Administrator, 
in consultation with the Chair, shall carry out and coordinate the 
activities described in subsection (a) by entering into one or more 
memoranda of understanding or other appropriate agreements.
    (c) Outreach and Education.--In carrying out the activities 
described in subsection (a), the Administrator, in consultation with 
the Chair, shall conduct outreach and education about such activities.
    (d) Report.--Not later than two years after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Administrator, in consultation with the 
Chair, shall submit to Congress a report on activities carried out 
pursuant to any memorandum or agreement described in subsection (b) 
that includes the following:
            (1) A description of how the Administrator, in consultation 
        with the Chair, carried out such activities.
            (2) An analysis of opportunities to expand the technical 
        capabilities of the Small Business Administration in carrying 
        out such activities.
            (3) A description of achievements under any such memorandum 
        or agreement.
            (4) A description of the plans of the Administrator, in 
        consultation with the Chair, to continue activities to expand 
        employment opportunities for individuals with disabilities.

SEC. 3. COMPLIANCE WITH CUTGO.

    No additional amounts are authorized to be appropriated to carry 
out this Act or the amendments made by this Act.
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