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HR825Passed House

Assisting Small Businesses Not Fraudsters Act

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Introduced
In Committee
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both
5
Signed into Law
119th
Congress
2025-01-28
Introduced
3
Cosponsors
HR
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Type

Sponsor

Roger Williams
Roger Williams
Republican · TX · Representative
Votes with party: 97.9% (529 recorded votes)

Full profile: /officials/W000816

Source: Congress.gov · FEC

Cosponsors (3)

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

  • Kweisi Mfume (D-MD-7)Original· 2025-01-28
  • Lateefah Simon (D-CA-12)Original· 2025-01-28
  • Maggie Goodlander (D-NH-2)· 2025-02-24

Latest Action

The most recent step in the bill's legislative path. Committee Activity below shows referrals and reports; the full action-by-action history including floor proceedings lives at Congress.gov →

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

2025-02-25

Source: Congress.gov

Committee Activity

Currently in

  • Senate Committee on Small Business and EntrepreneurshipReferred To · 2025-02-25
  • House Committee on Small BusinessReferred To · 2025-01-28

Previously

  • Small Business and Entrepreneurship CommitteeReferred To · 2025-02-25
  • Small Business CommitteeReferred To · 2025-01-28

Plain-English Summary

Assisting Small Businesses Not Fraudsters Act This bill prohibits individuals convicted of certain financial crimes from receiving assistance from the Small Business Administration (SBA). Specifically, the bill prohibits individuals who have been convicted of a crime involving financial misconduct or a false statement with respect to certain COVID-19 loans (e.g., Paycheck Protection Program loans, Restaurant Revitalization Fund grants, and Shuttered Venue Operators grants) from receiving any financial assistance from the SBA (other than a disaster loan). The prohibition includes SBA assistance to small businesses that have an owner, officer, director, or key employee who has been convicted of such a crime.

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

Subjects

Commerce
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Open text viewRead on Congress.gov

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Bills by the same sponsor or covering overlapping subjects.

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