---
kind: "section"
citation: "15 U.S.C. § 9511"
title: "15"
title_heading: "Commerce and Trade"
number: "9511"
heading: "Private sector development"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/15/9511"
units:
  - "Chapter 120 — Minority Business Development"
  - "Subchapter I — Existing Initiatives"
  - "Part A — Market Development, Research, and Information"
---

# §9511. Private sector development


The [Under Secretary](/usc/15/9501.md?p=19) shall, whenever the [Under Secretary](/usc/15/9501.md?p=19) determines such action is necessary or appropriate—

- (1) provide Federal assistance to [minority business enterprises](/usc/15/9501.md?p=9-A) operating in domestic and foreign markets by making available to those business enterprises, either directly or in cooperation with [private sector entities](/usc/15/9501.md?p=11), including [community-based organizations](/usc/15/9501.md?p=2) and national nonprofit organizations—
  - (A) resources relating to management;
  - (B) technological and technical assistance;
  - (C) financial, legal, and marketing services; and
  - (D) services relating to workforce development;
- (2) encourage [minority business enterprises](/usc/15/9501.md?p=9-A) to establish joint ventures and projects—
  - (A) with other [minority business enterprises](/usc/15/9501.md?p=9-A); or
  - (B) in cooperation with [public sector entities](/usc/15/9501.md?p=12) or [private sector entities](/usc/15/9501.md?p=11), including [community-based organizations](/usc/15/9501.md?p=2) and national nonprofit organizations, to increase the share of any market activity being performed by [minority business enterprises](/usc/15/9501.md?p=9-A); and
- (3) facilitate the efforts of [private sector entities](/usc/15/9501.md?p=11) and [Federal agencies](/usc/15/9501.md?p=4) to advance the growth of [minority business enterprises](/usc/15/9501.md?p=9-A).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 117–58, div. K, title I, § 100101, Nov. 15, 2021, 135 Stat. 1449.)