---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 U.S.C. § 5801"
title: "25"
title_heading: "Indians"
number: "5801"
heading: "Findings"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/25/5801"
units:
  - "Chapter 50 — Native American Business Incubators Program"
---

# §5801. Findings


Congress finds that—

- (1) entrepreneurs face specific challenges when transforming ideas into profitable business enterprises;
- (2) entrepreneurs that want to provide products and services in [reservation](/usc/25/5802.md?p=9) communities face an additional set of challenges that requires special knowledge;
- (3) a [business incubator](/usc/25/5802.md?p=1) is an organization that assists entrepreneurs in navigating obstacles that prevent innovative ideas from becoming viable businesses by providing services that include—
  - (A) workspace and facilities resources;
  - (B) access to capital, business education, and counseling;
  - (C) networking opportunities;
  - (D) mentorship opportunities; and
  - (E) an environment intended to help establish and expand business operations;
- (4) the [business incubator](/usc/25/5802.md?p=1) model is suited to accelerating entrepreneurship in [reservation](/usc/25/5802.md?p=9) communities because the [business incubator](/usc/25/5802.md?p=1) model promotes collaboration to address shared challenges and provides individually tailored services for the purpose of overcoming obstacles unique to each participating business; and
- (5) [business incubators](/usc/25/5802.md?p=1) will stimulate economic development by providing [Native entrepreneurs](/usc/25/5802.md?p=7) with the tools necessary to grow businesses that offer products and services to [reservation](/usc/25/5802.md?p=9) communities.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 116–174, § 2, Oct. 20, 2020, 134 Stat. 839.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Short Title

Pub. L. 116–174, § 1, Oct. 20, 2020, 134 Stat. 839, provided that: “This Act [enacting this chapter] may be cited as the ‘Native American Business Incubators Program Act’.”