- Potential benefitProvides predictable funding for committee staff salaries and office operations across the two sessions.
- Small businessesEnables the Committee to continue oversight, hearings, and policy work on small business issues.
- Small businessesSupports continuity of constituent services and assistance for small business stakeholders.
Providing amounts for the expenses of the Committee on Small Business in the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress.
Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
This resolution sets the amount of House funds the Committee on Small Business may use during the 119th Congress and divides that total between the two one-year sessions. It directs that money come from the House accounts for committee salaries and expenses and limits how much can be spent each session. It requires committee vouchers to be signed by the committee chairman and approved as directed by the Committee on House Administration, and says spending must follow that committee's regulations. It applies only to the House's internal budget and operations.
This is a House simple resolution considered and adopted by the House alone; it is not sent to the Senate or the President and does not create law outside of the House's internal budgetary and administrative rules.
This resolution allocates $8,629,846 to fund the House Committee on Small Business for the 119th Congress, with $4,287,634 available for the first session (Jan 3, 2025–Jan 3, 2026) and $4,342,212 for the second session (Jan 3, 2026–Jan 3, 2027).
Payments must be made on vouchers authorized by the Committee, signed by the Committee Chairman, and approved as directed by the Committee on House Administration.
All expenditures must follow regulations prescribed by the Committee on House Administration.
Highly likely to be adopted by the House as routine housekeeping; it is a House resolution and does not require Senate or President to take effect.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this resolution is a concise, well-specified procedural funding instrument for internal House committee expenses, providing clear dollar limits, timing, and basic payment controls while deferring operational detail to the Committee on House Administration.
Progressives emphasize outreach to underserved entrepreneurs.
Who stands to gain, and who may push back.
These are examples from the analysis, not a ranked list of the most-affected groups.
- Potential burdenIncreases congressional operating expenditures funded from House appropriations.
- Potential burdenRepresents an opportunity cost, diverting House funds from other potential uses.
- Permitting processMay permit partisan staffing or spending priorities within the committee absent added restrictions.
Why the argument around this bill splits.
Progressives emphasize outreach to underserved entrepreneurs.
Likely views this as routine committee funding that supports oversight and staff work on small business issues.
Will watch for equitable outreach and whether resources support underserved entrepreneurs, but overall sees it as necessary housekeeping.
Sees the bill as routine and necessary to keep the committee functioning, with appropriate administrative controls noted.
Will support if spending is transparent and fiscally reasonable.
Views this as a modest, appropriate allocation to the Committee on Small Business that enables oversight and support for pro-business policy.
Prefers tight controls and accountability on how funds are spent.
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Highly likely to be adopted by the House as routine housekeeping; it is a House resolution and does not require Senate or President to take effect.
- Whether this will be bundled into a broader committee funding package
- Possibility of floor amendment reducing or reallocating amounts
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Progressives emphasize outreach to underserved entrepreneurs.
Highly likely to be adopted by the House as routine housekeeping; it is a House resolution and does not require Senate or President to take…
Relative to its intended legislative type, this resolution is a concise, well-specified procedural funding instrument for internal House committee expenses, providing clear dollar limits, timing, and basic payment contr…
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