HR4549Passed House

Office of Rural Affairs Enhancement Act

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Introduced
In Committee
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both
5
Signed into Law
119th
Congress
2025-07-21
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3
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Maggie Goodlander
Maggie Goodlander
Democrat · NH · Representative
Votes with party: 93.2% (604 recorded votes)

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Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 282.

2025-12-02

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Plain-English Summary

Office of Rural Affairs Enhancement Act This bill requires the Small Business Administration (SBA) to use a competitive hiring process to select an assistant administrator for the Office of Rural Affairs. The assistant administrator must have experience (1) with rural affairs and issues relating to small businesses, and (2) providing development assistance to rural small businesses. Additionally, the bill requires the office to host webinars and regional outreach events for rural small businesses. The SBA must report annually about the office's activities.

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

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