- Targeted stakeholdersAccelerates floor consideration and potential passage of the four underlying bills.
- Targeted stakeholdersFacilitates continuation or reauthorization of opioid prevention, treatment, and recovery programs.
- Federal agenciesEnables relocation of SBA offices from sanctuary jurisdictions, potentially moving federal positions elsewhere.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2483) to reauthorize certain programs that provide for opioid use disorder prevention, treatment, and recovery, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2931) to direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to relocate certain offices of the Small Business Administration in sanctuary jurisdictions, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2966) to require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to require an applicant for certain loans of the Administration to provide certain citizenship status documentation, and for other purposes; and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2987) to amend the Small Business Act to require a limit on the number of small business lending companies, and for other purposes.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
H.
Res. 458 is a House rules resolution that sets the terms for considering four bills: H.R. 2483 (opioid programs reauthorization), H.R. 2931 (SBA office relocations from 'sanctuary' jurisdictions), H.R. 2966 (SBA loan applicants' citizenship documentation), and H.R. 2987 (limits on small business lending companies).
The resolution waives points of order, adopts committee substitutes or a Rules Committee print as the base text, limits amendments to those printed in the Rules Committee report, prescribes debate time, and orders the previous question with one motion to recommit for each bill.
House consideration is procedurally straightforward, but mixed substantive content and high Senate hurdles make final enactment uncertain.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this House rule resolution is well-constructed: it clearly defines its purpose, integrates with existing House rules, and provides detailed, specific mechanisms and implementation sequencing appropriate to governing floor consideration of multiple bills.
Progressives highlight civil-rights and access risks from SBA immigration rules
Who stands to gain, and who may push back.
- Targeted stakeholdersWaiving points of order and restricting amendments reduces legislative scrutiny and minority input.
- Local governmentsRelocating SBA offices could disrupt federal employees and reduce local economic activity in affected areas.
- ImmigrantsCitizenship documentation requirements may disproportionately exclude immigrant entrepreneurs from some SBA-backed loan…
Why the argument around this bill splits.
Progressives highlight civil-rights and access risks from SBA immigration rules
Likely supportive of the opioid reauthorization but critical of the SBA immigration-focused measures and of the resolution's broad waiver of points of order.
Views the rules-based limitation on amendments and debate as reducing oversight and opportunity to protect civil rights and access to assistance.
Mixed view: approves prompt consideration of opioid reauthorization but concerned about bundling and waived procedures.
Wants clearer fiscal, legal, and implementation information before endorsing the SBA-related provisions.
Generally favorable: supports moving opioid reauthorization and SBA reforms expeditiously, and endorses measures asserting federal standards in 'sanctuary' jurisdictions.
Sees the rules waivers as standard for timely floor action.
The path through Congress.
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Still ahead
Still ahead
House consideration is procedurally straightforward, but mixed substantive content and high Senate hurdles make final enactment uncertain.
- No fiscal/CBO cost estimates included in text
- Senate receptiveness to immigration-linked SBA mandates
Recent votes on the bill.
Passed
On Agreeing to the Resolution
Passed
On Ordering the Previous Question
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Progressives highlight civil-rights and access risks from SBA immigration rules
House consideration is procedurally straightforward, but mixed substantive content and high Senate hurdles make final enactment uncertain.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this House rule resolution is well-constructed: it clearly defines its purpose, integrates with existing House rules, and provides detailed, specific mechanisms and implementat…
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