Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
The bill directs the SBA Administrator to ensure that the Small Business Administration’s "small business regulatory budget" for each fiscal year beginning in 2026 is not greater than zero.
It defines key terms, requires the SBA Office of Advocacy to submit an annual, agency-disaggregated report listing rules from other federal agencies that impact small businesses and each agency’s total small business regulatory budget, and specifies that no additional funds are authorized to implement the Act.
Low-cost, narrow administrative bill has plausible path but lacks compromise features and may stall in Senate on policy grounds.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill establishes a clear substantive requirement and a reporting obligation but lacks the operational detail needed to implement and reconcile the requirement with existing regulatory responsibilities.
Progressives worry about weakened protections; conservatives focus on burden reduction.
Progressives worry about weakened protections; conservatives focus on burden reduction.
Likely sees the bill as a constraint on regulatory action that could weaken protections or public-interest rulemaking affecting small businesses.
Views the provision as a precedent encouraging deregulatory pressure and worried about underfunded reporting duties.
Views the bill as a targeted deregulatory requirement with useful transparency but unclear implementation and fiscal effects.
Sees merit in limiting unnecessary burdens but worries about vagueness and unfunded reporting mandates.
Likely supportive as a measure to prevent SBA-imposed regulatory costs on small businesses and to increase transparency across agencies.
May prefer broader application across agencies.
Reached or meaningfully advanced
Reached or meaningfully advanced
Still ahead
Still ahead
Still ahead
Low-cost, narrow administrative bill has plausible path but lacks compromise features and may stall in Senate on policy grounds.
On Passage
Progressives worry about weakened protections; conservatives focus on burden reduction.
Low-cost, narrow administrative bill has plausible path but lacks compromise features and may stall in Senate on policy grounds.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill establishes a clear substantive requirement and a reporting obligation but lacks the operational detail needed to implement and reconcile the requirement with existin…
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