Main Street BRIDGE Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 8708 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8708 To direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration and the National Director of the Minority Business Development Agency to direct small business development centers and MBDA Business Centers to collaborate to better serve small business concerns, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 7, 2026 Ms. Scholten (for herself and Ms. Pettersen) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committee on 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 direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration and the National Director of the Minority Business Development Agency to direct small business development centers and MBDA Business Centers to collaborate to better serve small business concerns, 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 ``Main Street Business Resource Integration and Development for Growth and Equity Act'' or ``Main Street BRIDGE Act''. SEC. 2. COLLABORATION BETWEEN SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTERS AND MBDA BUSINESS CENTERS. (a) Collaboration Required.--Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator and the Secretary, acting through the Director, shall direct small business development centers and MBDA Business Centers, respectively, to collaborate to better serve small business concerns. (b) Report.--Not later than two yea