Small Business Advocacy Improvements Act of 2025

Where This Stands

Introduced

Committee

Floor Vote

Passed

Signed

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Last action

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.Feb 25, 2025

Version history

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The Frame

What this does

Small business owners may see their interests more formally represented in international trade negotiations and foreign regulatory proceedings, potentially impacting how global trade rules affect domestic small firms.

Who is mentioned in the record

Potentially affected actors named in the source documents. Mention is not a position.

Small business owners

Their interests will be formally represented by the Office of Advocacy in international trade and regulatory forums.

Office of Advocacy

The office is assigned new duties regarding international representation and must adhere to updated statutory language.

What changed

Current stage: in_committee.

What's next

Floor Vote.

Background

The Office of Advocacy is an independent office within the Small Business Administration established to represent the views of small businesses in the federal regulatory process. context

Summary

This bill updates the official duties of the Small Business Administration's to include representing small business interests in international trade and regulatory discussions. It also corrects minor typographical errors in existing federal law regarding small business definitions.

Key Facts

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Why It Matters

Small business owners may see their interests more formally represented in international trade negotiations and foreign regulatory proceedings, potentially impacting how global trade rules affect domestic small firms.

Frequently Asked Questions

What does the Office of Advocacy do?

It is an independent office within the Small Business Administration that advocates for the views and interests of small businesses in the federal regulatory process.

How does this bill change current law?

It adds a new duty for the office to engage with foreign governments and international organizations, and it fixes three specific typos in the existing statutes governing the office.

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Voting Record

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Total

411

Yes

396

No

15

Present

0

Not Voting

0

Abstain

0

How they voted (411)

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Discoveries

Patterns POLISCOPE noticed across the record. These are observations to investigate, not conclusions.

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Internationalization of Small Business Advocacy

The bill marks a formal shift in the Office of Advocacy's scope from purely domestic regulatory oversight to include international trade and foreign regulatory engagement.

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