To require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to establish a program to encourage small business concerns to make business succession plans, and for other purposes.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 9051 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 9051 To require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to establish a program to encourage small business concerns to make business succession plans, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 29, 2026 Mr. Crow (for himself and Mr. Garbarino) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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 Administrator of the Small Business Administration to establish a program to encourage small business concerns to make business succession plans, 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 ``Small Business Succession Planning Act''. SEC. 2. BUSINESS SUCCESSION PLANS FOR SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS. (a) In General.--The Administrator of the Small Business Administration shall establish a program to help small business concerns develop and implement business succession plans. (b) Toolkit.--The Administrator, in consultation with resource partners, shall develop a toolkit to assist small business concerns in establishing a business succession plan. Such toolkit shall be made available on a public website of the Administration. (c) Program Components.--The Administrator-- (1) shall train resource partners on using the toolkit described in subsection (b) with small business concerns; (2) shall educate small business concerns about the program e