Availability of small business administration programs and services to cannabis-related legitimate businesses and service providers

(a) Definitions relating to cannabis-Related legitimate businesses and service providers Section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632) is amended by adding at the end the following: (gg) Cannabis-Related legitimate businesses and service providers In this Act: (1) Cannabis; cannabis product The terms cannabis and cannabis product have the meanings given those terms in section 201 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321). (2) Cannabis-related legitimate business The term cannabis-related legitimate business means a manufacturer, producer, or any person or company that is a small business concern and that— (A) engages in any activity described in subparagraph (B) pursuant to a law established by an Indian tribe (as defined in section 8(a)(13)), a State, or a political subdivision of a State, as determined by that Indian tribe (as so defined), State, or political subdivision; and (B) participates in any business or organized activity that involves handling cannabis or cannabis products, including cultivating, producing, manufacturing, selling, transporting, displaying, dispensing, distributing, or purchasing cannabis or cannabis products. (3) Cannabis-related service provider The term cannabis-related service provider — (A) means a business, organization, or other person that— (i) sells goods or services to a cannabis-related legitimate business; or (ii) provides any business services, including the sale or lease of real or any other property, legal or other licensed services, or any other ancillary service, relating to cannabis; and (B) does not include a business, organization, or other person that participates in any business or organized activity that involves handling cannabis or cannabis products, including cultivating, producing, manufacturing, selling, transporting, displaying, dispensing, distributing, or purchasing cannabis or cannabis products.. (b) Small business development centers Section 21(c) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 648(c)) is amended by adding at the end the following: (9) Services for cannabis-Related legitimate businesses and service providers A small business development center may not decline to provide services to an otherwise eligible small business concern under this section solely because the concern is a cannabis-related legitimate business or cannabis-related service provider.. (c) Women’s business centers Section 29 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 656) is amended by adding at the end the following: (p) Services for cannabis-Related legitimate businesses and service providers A women’s business center may not decline to provide services to an otherwise eligible small business concern under this section solely because the concern is a cannabis-related legitimate business or cannabis-related service provider.. (d) Score Section 8(b)(1)(B) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(b)(1)(B)) is amended by adding at the end the following: The head of the SCORE program established under this subparagraph may not decline to provide services to an otherwise eligible small business concern solely because the concern is a cannabis-related legitimate business or cannabis-related service provider.. (e) Veteran business outreach centers Section 32 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 657b) is amended by adding at the end the following: (i) Services for cannabis-Related legitimate businesses and service providers A Veteran Business Outreach Center may not decline to provide services to an otherwise eligible small business concern under this section solely because the concern is a cannabis-related legitimate business or cannabis-related service provider.. (f) Community Navigators Pilot Program Section 5004 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (15 U.S.C. 9013) is amended— (1) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e); and (2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following: (d) Assistance to cannabis-Related legitimate businesses and service providers The Administrator may not decline to make a grant to or enter into a contract or cooperative agreement with an entity under this section solely because the entity is a cannabis-related business or cannabis-related service provider (as defined in section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632)).. (g) 7(a) loans Section 7(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following: (38) Loans to cannabis-related legitimate businesses and service providers The Administrator may not decline to provide a guarantee for a loan under this subsection, and a lender may not decline to make a loan under this subsection, to an otherwise eligible small business concern solely because the concern is a cannabis-related legitimate business or cannabis-related service provider.. (h) Disaster loans Section 7(b) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(b)) is amended— (1) by redesignating the second paragraph (16) (relating to statute of limitations) as paragraph (17); and (2) by inserting after paragraph (17), as so redesignated, the following: (18) Assistance to cannabis-related legitimate businesses and service providers The Administrator may not decline to provide assistance under this subsection to an otherwise eligible small business concern solely because the concern is a cannabis-related legitimate business or cannabis-related service provider.. (i) Microloans Section 7(m) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(m)) is amended by adding at the end the following: (14) Assistance to cannabis-related legitimate businesses and service providers The Administrator may not decline to make a loan or a grant under this subsection, and an eligible intermediary may not decline to provide assistance under this subsection to an otherwise eligible borrower, eligible intermediary, or eligible nonprofit entity (as applicable), solely because such borrower, intermediary, or nonprofit entity is a cannabis-related legitimate business or cannabis-related service provider.. (j) Small business investment company debentures To finance cannabis-Related legitimate businesses and service providers Part A of title III of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 681 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 321. Debentures to finance cannabis-related legitimate businesses and service providers (a) Guarantees The Administrator may not decline to purchase or guarantee a debenture made under this title to an otherwise eligible small business investment company solely because such small business investment company provides financing to an entity that is a cannabis-related legitimate business or cannabis-related service provider (as defined in section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632)). (b) Other assistance A small business investment company may not decline to provide assistance under this title to an otherwise eligible small business concern solely because the small business concern is a cannabis-related legitimate business or cannabis-related service provider (as defined in section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632)).. (k) State or local development company loans Title V of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 695 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 511. Loans to finance cannabis-related legitimate businesses and service providers (a) Loans and loan guarantees The Administrator may not decline to make or provide a guarantee for a loan under this title to an otherwise eligible qualified State, Tribal, or local development company solely because such qualified State, Tribal, or local development company provides financing to an entity that is a cannabis-related legitimate business or cannabis-related service provider (as defined in section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632)). (b) Other assistance A qualified State or local development company may not decline to provide assistance under this title to an otherwise eligible small business concern solely because such small business concern is a cannabis-related legitimate business or cannabis-related service provider (as defined in section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632))..