GREATER Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 2728 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2728 To require the Small Business Administration, the Appalachian Regional Commission, and the Delta Regional Authority to enter into an agreement to carry out activities to expand rural entrepreneurship, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 8, 2025 Ms. Letlow (for herself and Mr. Deluzio) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Small Business, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To require the Small Business Administration, the Appalachian Regional Commission, and the Delta Regional Authority to enter into an agreement to carry out activities to expand rural entrepreneurship, 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 ``Growing Regional Entrepreneurship and Access To Economic Resilience Act'' or the ``GREATER Act''. SEC. 2. MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING TO EXPAND RURAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND SUPPORT TO SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS WITHIN APPALACHIAN REGION AND THE DELTA REGION. (a) In General.--Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Small Business Administration, the appropriate head of the Appalachian Regional Commission, and the appropriate head of the Delta Regional Authority (in this section referred to as the ``covered officials'') shall enter into a memorandum of understanding or other app