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Official title: To require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to ensure that the small business regulatory budget for a small business concern in a fiscal year is not greater than zero, and for other purposes.
This bill requires the Small Business Administration (SBA) to ensure the annual small business regulatory budget for the SBA in each fiscal year is no greater than zero.
The small business regulatory budget is the cost to a small business of a federal rulemaking, including the cost resulting from the issuance of any new rule and the cost resulting from the modification or repeal of an existing rule.
SenateReceived in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
House floor actionsConsidered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H5011)
Floor Vote
Passed the House
House floor actionsConsidered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 916. (consideration: CR H4987-4989)
House floor actionsRules Committee Resolution H. Res. 916 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 4312, H.R. 1005, H.R. 1049, H.R. 1069, H.R. 2965 and H.R. 4305. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 4312, H.R. 1005, H.R. 1049, H.R. 1069, H.R. 2965, and H.R. 4305 under a closed rule with one hour of general debate and one motion to recommit on each bill.
House floor actionsReported (Amended) by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 119-111.
House committee actionsCommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Library of CongressIntroduced in House
House floor actionsReferred to the House Committee on Small Business.
Introduced
Committee
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What Congress Said
Members who spoke about this bill on the floor, in their own words from the Congressional Record.
Republicans6 spoke
For the purpose of debate only, I yield the customary 30 minutes to the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. McGovern), pending which I yield myself such time as I may consume. During consideration of this resolution, all time yielded is for the purpose of debate only.
I rise today in strong support of H.R. 2965, the Small Business Regulatory Reduction Act of 2025, introduced by my friend, Beth Van Duyne, from the great State of Texas.
Put simply, this bill aims to ensure that any new rulemaking by the Small Business Administration is at no cost to small businesses--not $1.8 trillion, but no cost. The very agency that helps small businesses start, grow, and build cannot also be the one that increases their financial and regulatory burden.
Here is the kicker, Mr. Speaker. If this House voted today to stop premiums from exploding, it would pass. It would pass easily. Democrats would vote for it, and I know there is a chunk of Republicans who would vote for it, as well.
This bill will require the SBA to make assumptions that could turn out to be incorrect. There is nothing in the bill that clarifies how the agency is to implement a regulatory budget, and it is therefore impractical.
This legislation fails to address the rights of students to advocate for themselves, and that is why I introduced an amendment to allow for students to collectively bargain.
I rise today in opposition to the bills that are before us and in strong defense of the Department of Education, our students, and kids across America.
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