HouseH.R. 10644119th Congress

Faith and Rural Small Business Act

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 10644 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                               H. R. 10644

     To amend the Small Business Act to, within the Small Business 
 Administration, modify the Office of Rural Affairs and establish the 
               Center for Faith, and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 1, 2026

  Mr. Alford introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Small Business

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                                 A BILL

 
     To amend the Small Business Act to, within the Small Business 
 Administration, modify the Office of Rural Affairs and establish the 
               Center for Faith, 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 ``Faith and Rural Small Business 
Act''.

SEC. 2. OFFICE OF RURAL AFFAIRS AND CENTER FOR FAITH OF SMALL BUSINESS 
              ADMINISTRATION.

    (a) Office of Rural Affairs.--Section 26(b) of the Small Business 
Act (15 U.S.C. 653(b)) is amended by striking ``a director'' and 
inserting ``an Assistant Administrator''.
    (b) Center for Faith.--The Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631 et 
seq.) is amended by inserting after section 26 the following:

``SEC. 26A. CENTER FOR FAITH.

    ``(a) Establishment.--There is established within the Office of 
Entrepreneurial Development of the Administration a Center for Faith.
    ``(b) Director of the Center for Faith.--The Center for Faith shall 
be headed by a Director who shall be appointed by the Administrator not 
later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this section.''.
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