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American Entrepreneurs First Act of 2025

Introduced Apr 17, 2025

Latest action (Jun 9, 2025) Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

Referred to
Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee Small Business Committee
Policy area
Commerce
Issues
Economy & Taxes
Legislative subjects (5)
Administrative law and regulatory proceduresGovernment lending and loan guaranteesImmigration status and proceduresSmall businessSmall Business Administration

Summary

This bill requires the Small Business Administration to require applicants for certain SBA loans to provide documentation of citizenship status and the citizenship status of all business owners. Applicants must certify that they are U.S. citizens, nationals, or lawful permanent residents, and must provide the alien registration number for any lawful permanent resident owners. The bill makes applicants ineligible for SBA loans if they fail to provide required citizenship documentation or if any owner is classified as an "ineligible person," including asylees, refugees, visa holders, nonimmigrants, DACA recipients, and undocumented aliens. The requirements apply to SBA 7(a) loans and Small Business Investment Act title V loans, and take effect for applications submitted after the bill's enactment.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
1 cosponsor

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 (15)
  1. Jun 9, 2025 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. · senate
  2. Jun 6, 2025 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. · house
  3. Jun 6, 2025 On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 217 - 190 (Roll no. 156). (text: CR H2510-2511) · house
  4. Jun 6, 2025 Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 217 - 190 (Roll no. 156).
  5. Jun 6, 2025 The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule. · house
  6. Jun 6, 2025 DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 2966. · house
  7. Jun 6, 2025 Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 2483, H.R. 2931, H.R. 2966 and H.R. 2987. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 2483 under a structured rule and for consideration of H.R. 2931, H.R. 2966, and H.R. 2987 under a closed rule. The resolution provides for one hour of debate and one motion to recommit on each bill. · house
  8. Jun 6, 2025 Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 458. (consideration: CR H2510-2515) · house
  9. Jun 3, 2025 Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 458 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 2483, H.R. 2931, H.R. 2966 and H.R. 2987. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 2483 under a structured rule and for consideration of H.R. 2931, H.R. 2966, and H.R. 2987 under a closed rule. The resolution provides for one hour of debate and one motion to recommit on each bill. · house
  10. May 21, 2025 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 83. · house
  11. May 21, 2025 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 119-112. · house
  12. Apr 30, 2025 Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 15 - 11. · house
  13. Apr 30, 2025 Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held · house
  14. Apr 17, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Small Business. · house
  15. Apr 17, 2025 Introduced in House

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Roll-call votes (1)

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More bills on these subjects (8)

Other bills that carry the most legislative subjects in common with this one (topical discovery — distinct from the procedural related bills above).

  • HR 191 — Inflation Reduction Act of 2025 (shares 5 subjects)
  • HR 5166 — Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2026 (shares 4 subjects)
  • HR 4598 — Express Loans Improvements Act of 2010 (shares 4 subjects)
  • HR 1163 — Prove It Act (shares 3 subjects)
  • S 2232 — Expanding the Surety Bond Program Act of 2025 (shares 3 subjects)
  • HR 3496 — Northern Mariana Islands Small Business Access Act (shares 3 subjects)
  • HR 7006 — Financial Services and General Government and National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2026 (shares 3 subjects)
  • HR 2965 — Small Business Regulatory Reduction Act of 2025 (shares 3 subjects)

Text versions (4)
  • Referred in Senate · Jun 9, 2025
  • Engrossed in House · Jun 6, 2025
  • Reported in House · May 21, 2025
  • Introduced in House · Apr 17, 2025

Full text

AN ACT

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.

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 “American Entrepreneurs First Act of 2025”.

SEC. 2. REQUIREMENTS FOR CITIZENSHIP STATUS DOCUMENTATION FOR CERTAIN LOAN PROGRAMS OF THE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION.

(a) In General.—The Administrator of the Small Business Administration shall ensure that any application for a loan submitted under section 7(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)) or title V of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 695 et seq.) includes the following information:

(1) The date of birth for each individual applicant for such loan or for each individual owner of an applicant concern.

(2) Certification that—

(A) an individual applicant for such loan is a citizen of the United States, a national of the United States, or a lawful permanent resident of the United States; or

(B) an applicant concern for such loan or a guarantor for such loan is 100 percent beneficially owned by individuals who are either citizens of the United States, nationals of the United States, or lawful permanent residents of the United States.

(3) Certification that no direct or indirect owner of an applicant concern for such loan is an ineligible person.

(4) Documentation of the alien registration number of any lawful permanent resident who is—

(A) an individual applicant for such loan; or

(B) an owner of an applicant concern.

(b) Prohibition.—An applicant for a loan under section 7(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)) or title V of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 695 et seq.) is ineligible for such loan if—

(1) the applicant submits the application for such loan after the date of the enactment of this Act and such application does not contain the information required under subsection (a);

(2) in the case such applicant is an applicant concern, any direct or indirect owner of such applicant concern is an ineligible person; or

(3) in the case such applicant is an individual applicant, such applicant is an ineligible person.

(c) Ineligible Person Defined.—In this Act, the term “ineligible person” means—

(1) an asylee;

(2) a refugee;

(3) an individual issued a visa to remain in the United States;

(4) an alien classified as a nonimmigrant under any subparagraph of section 101(a)(15) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15));

(5) an alien to whom deferred action has been granted pursuant to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy announced by the Secretary of Homeland Security on June 15, 2012; or

(6) an alien present in the United States without lawful status under the immigration laws (as such term is defined in section 101(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a))).

Passed the House of Representatives June 6, 2025.

Attest:

Clerk. 119th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 2966

AN ACT

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.

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