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Small Business Regulatory Reduction Act of 2025
Summary
The Small Business Regulatory Reduction Act of 2025 requires the Small Business Administration to ensure that its regulations impose no net cost on small businesses starting in fiscal year 2026 and beyond. This means any new regulations must be offset by eliminating or reducing existing regulations to maintain a net zero regulatory burden on small businesses. The bill also requires the SBA's Office of Advocacy to submit annual reports to Congress detailing the regulatory costs that all federal agencies impose on small businesses, broken down by agency and listing each rule issued. No additional funding is authorized to implement the Act.
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Sponsor (1)
5 cosponsors
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Beth Van Duyne’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- NULL $51,100
- INSPERITY $14,800
- AMERICAN AIRLINES $14,473
- BANK OF THE WEST $14,200
- CHARTER BROKERAGE LLC $13,862
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Beth Van Duyne → · Outside spending →
Actions (16)
- Dec 4, 2025 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. · senate
- Dec 3, 2025 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. · house
- Dec 3, 2025 On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 223 - 190 (Roll no. 310). (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR 12/02/2025 H4987) · house
- Dec 3, 2025 Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 223 - 190 (Roll no. 310). (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR 12/02/2025 H4987)
- Dec 3, 2025 Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H5011) · house
- Dec 2, 2025 POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on H.R. 2965, the Chair put the question on passage of the bill and by voice vote announced the ayes had prevailed. Ms. Velazquez demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings until a time to be announced. · house
- Dec 2, 2025 DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 2965. · house
- Dec 2, 2025 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
- Dec 2, 2025 Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 916. (consideration: CR H4987-4989) · house
- Dec 1, 2025 Rules 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
- May 21, 2025 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 82. · house
- May 21, 2025 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 119-111. · house
- Apr 30, 2025 Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 15 - 11. · house
- Apr 30, 2025 Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held · house
- Apr 17, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Small Business. · house
- Apr 17, 2025 Introduced in House
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Roll-call votes (1)
How the chamber voted on this bill — the outcome, the tally by party, and every member's recorded position. A factual record.
- On PassagePassed
223 Yea · 190 Nay · 19 Not voting
- Republicans32Yea0Nay5NV
- Democrats3Yea23Nay2NV
The party tally and member list below cover the 65 of 432 positions we've recorded so far; the outcome above is the official chamber result.
See how each member voted (65)
Yea(35)
- August Pfluger
- Beth Van Duyne
- Brandon Gill
- Brian K. Fitzpatrick
- Chip Roy
- Christopher H. Smith
- Craig A. Goldman
- Dan Crenshaw
- Daniel Meuser
- Glenn Thompson
- Guy Reschenthaler
- Henry Cuellar
- Jake Ellzey
- Jefferson Van Drew
- Jodey C. Arrington
- John Joyce
- John R. Carter
- Josh Gottheimer
- Keith Self
- Lance Gooden
- Lloyd Smucker
- Michael Cloud
- Michael T. Mccaul
- Monica De La Cruz
- Morgan Luttrell
- Nathaniel Moran
- Pat Fallon
- Pete Sessions
- Randy K. Sr. Weber
- Robert P. Bresnahan
- Ronny Jackson
- Ryan Mackenzie
- Thomas H. Kean
- Vicente Gonzalez
- Wesley Hunt
Nay(23)
- Al Green
- Becca Balint
- Bonnie Watson Coleman
- Brendan F. Boyle
- Chrissy Houlahan
- Christopher R. Deluzio
- Donald Norcross
- Dwight Evans
- Frank Pallone
- Herbert C. Conaway
- Joaquin Castro
- Julie Johnson
- Lamonica Mciver
- Lizzie Fletcher
- Lloyd Doggett
- Madeleine Dean
- Marc A. Veasey
- Mary Gay Scanlon
- Nellie Pou
- Robert Menendez
- Summer L. Lee
- Sylvia R. Garcia
- Veronica Escobar
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Text versions (4)
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Full text
AN ACT
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.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Small Business Regulatory Reduction Act of 2025”.
SEC. 2. SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION RULEMAKING COSTS TO SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS.
(a) Definitions.—In this section:
(1) Administrator.—The term “Administrator” means the Administrator of the Small Business Administration.
(2) Rule; rulemaking.—The terms “rule” and “rulemaking” have the meanings given those terms in section 551 of title 5, United States Code.
(3) Small business.—The term “small business” has the same meaning as the term “small business concern” under section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632), unless an agency, after consultation with the Office of Advocacy of the Small Business Administration and after opportunity for public comment, establishes one or more definitions of such term which are appropriate to the activities of the agency and publishes any such definitions in the Federal Register.
(4) Small business regulatory budget.—The term “small business regulatory budget” means the cost to a small business of a rulemaking conducted by a Federal agency, including the cost resulting from the issuance of any new rule and the cost resulting from the modification or repeal of an existing rule.
(b) Requirement.—In fiscal year 2026 and each fiscal year thereafter, the Administrator shall ensure that the small business regulatory budget for the Small Business Administration for the applicable fiscal year is not greater than zero.
(c) Advocacy Report.—Not later than 60 days after the end of fiscal year 2025, and annually thereafter, the Chief Counsel for the Office of Advocacy of the Small Business Administration shall submit to Congress a report regarding rules issued by Federal agencies other than the Administration during the preceding fiscal year that have an impact on small businesses, which shall—
(1) include the total small business regulatory budgets for the preceding fiscal year for each Federal agency;
(2) include each such rule issued during the preceding fiscal year; and
(3) be disaggregated by the Federal agency that issued each such rule.
SEC. 3. NO ADDITIONAL FUNDS.
No additional funds are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act.
Passed the House of Representatives December 3, 2025.
Attest:
Clerk. 119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2965
AN ACT
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.
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