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H.R.8708

Main Street BRIDGE Act Main Street Business Resource Integration and Development for Growth and Equity Act

Introduced·5/7/26

Main Street BRIDGE Act directs collaboration between small business development centers and MBDA Business Centers to better serve small business.

The Main Street BRIDGE Act mandates collaboration between small business development centers and MBDA Business Centers to enhance services for small business concerns. Within 180 days of enactment, the Administrator of the Small Business Administration and the National Director of the Minority Business Development Agency must direct these centers to collaborate. A joint report to Congress within two years will detail the financial assistance, number of concerns served, new businesses started, jobs created, and challenges faced.

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Small Business Committee
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History

May 7

House

Introduced in House

May 7

House

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.