ThinkDIFFERENTLY About Disability Employment Act
Latest action · Jun 4, 2025 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedFeb 26, 2025
- Passed HouseJun 3, 2025
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
ThinkDIFFERENTLY About Disability Employment Act
This bill requires the Small Business Administration (SBA) to (1) provide assistance to individuals with disabilities who desire to become entrepreneurs or to be self-employed, (2) help individuals with disabilities find employment at small businesses; and (3) assist small businesses with hiring such individuals and with accessibility issues applicable to such individuals.
The SBA must conduct outreach and education about such activities.
The bill establishes reporting requirements with respect to these activities.
Cosponsors 4
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 26, 2025 to Mar 5, 2025; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NH | Chris Pappas | Original | Feb 26, 2025 |
| D-CA | Lateefah Simon | Original | Feb 26, 2025 |
| R-MO | Mark Alford | Original | Feb 26, 2025 |
| D-NH | Maggie Goodlander | Mar 5, 2025 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Small Business Committee | Referred Feb 26, 2025Markup Mar 5, 2025Reported Mar 24, 2025 |
| Senate | Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee | Referred Jun 4, 2025 |
Actions 12
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 4, 2025Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
- Jun 3, 2025Mr. Williams (TX) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Jun 3, 2025Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2399-2401)
- Jun 3, 2025DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1634.
- Jun 3, 2025Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2399)
- Jun 3, 2025Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Mar 24, 2025Reported by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 119-32.
- Mar 24, 2025Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 21.
- Mar 5, 2025Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Mar 5, 2025Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 25 - 0.
- Feb 26, 2025Introduced in House
- Feb 26, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H2399–H2401Text printed H2399 | Lateefah Simon D-CA, Morgan McGarvey D-KY, Pete Stauber R-MN, Roger Williams R-TX | Jun 3, 2025 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Apr 7, 2025H.R. 1634, ThinkDIFFERENTLY About Disability Employment ActAs reported by the House Committee on Small Business on March 24, 2025
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 38, February 26, 2025, page H880.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
Titles 6
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide for a memorandum of understanding between the Small Business Administration and the National Council on Disability to increase employment opportunities for individuals with disabilities, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- ThinkDIFFERENTLY About Disability Employment Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- ThinkDIFFERENTLY About Disability Employment Act
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- ThinkDIFFERENTLY About Disability Employment Act
- Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
- ThinkDIFFERENTLY About Disability Employment Act
- Official Title from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text
- To provide for a memorandum of understanding between the Small Business Administration and the National Council on Disability to increase employment opportunities for individuals with disabilities, and for other purposes.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Commerce.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 4, 2025Referred in Senate
- Jun 3, 2025Engrossed in House
- Mar 24, 2025Reported in House
- Feb 26, 2025Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
