To amend the Small Business Act to provide re-entry entrepreneurship counseling and training services for incarcerated individuals, and for other purposes.

This bill would amend the Small Business Act to create entrepreneurship counseling and training services for people who are incarcerated or preparing to return to their communities. It directs federal small business programs to offer business education, mentoring, and related support so participants can start or operate small businesses after release.

This affects incarcerated and formerly incarcerated individuals who want to start a business, the Small Business Administration and its partner organizations such as Small Business Development Centers, and correctional agencies that would help coordinate access to the services.

If it passes, federal small business agencies would set up or expand re-entry entrepreneurship programs, which would require funding and coordination with prisons and community partners. Supporters expect benefits such as lower reoffending rates and stronger economic outcomes, while questions have been raised about program costs and how results would be measured.