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HR2987Passed House

CEASE Act of 2025

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Introduced
In Committee
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both
5
Signed into Law
119th
Congress
2025-04-24
Introduced
0
Cosponsors
HR
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Type

Sponsor

Robert P. Bresnahan, Jr.
Robert P. Bresnahan, Jr.
Republican · PA · Representative
Votes with party: 94.2% (602 recorded votes)

Full profile: /officials/B001327

Source: Congress.gov · FEC

Cosponsors (0)

Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.

No cosponsors on record. Bills can pass without cosponsors — this often means the sponsor introduced the bill alone, either because it's a messaging bill, a chairman's mark, or simply early in the legislative cycle.

Latest Action

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Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

2025-06-09

Source: Congress.gov

Committee Activity

Currently in

  • Senate Committee on Small Business and EntrepreneurshipReferred To · 2025-06-09

Previously

  • House Committee on Small BusinessUnknown · 2025-06-05
  • House Committee on Small BusinessReported By · 2025-05-21
  • House Committee on Small BusinessMarkup By · 2025-04-30
  • House Committee on Small BusinessReferred To · 2025-04-24

Plain-English Summary

Capping Excessive Awarding of SBLC Entrants Act or the CEASE Act This bill limits the number of for-profit small business lending companies that are authorized make 7(a) loans to not more than 16 at any time.

Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.

Subjects

Commerce
Full bill text is not yet cached locally.
Open text viewRead on Congress.gov

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