Small Business Payment for Performance Act of 2026
Latest action · Oct 9, 2026 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 746.
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.
- IntroducedJul 22, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 15
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 22, 2025 to Sep 16, 2026; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Original | Jul 22, 2025 |
| D-NJ | Donald Norcross | Original | Jul 22, 2025 |
| D-TX | Marc A. Veasey | Original | Jul 22, 2025 |
| D-IL | Eric Sorensen | Aug 26, 2025 | |
| D-HI | Ed Case | Sep 26, 2025 | |
| D-VA | Eugene Simon Vindman | Oct 8, 2025 | |
| D-KS | Sharice Davids | Oct 8, 2025 | |
| D-IN | André Carson | Oct 28, 2025 | |
| R-NY | Michael Lawler | Jan 2, 2026 | |
| D-NC | Donald G. Davis | Jan 6, 2026 | |
| D-OH | Greg Landsman | Apr 20, 2026 | |
| R-PA | Robert P. Bresnahan, Jr. | Jun 24, 2026 | |
| D-MN | Angie Craig | Jul 15, 2026 | |
| D-MI | Hillary J. Scholten | Sep 14, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. | Sep 16, 2026 |
Committees 1
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 Jul 22, 2025Markup Sep 16, 2026Reported Oct 9, 2026 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 9, 2026Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 119-849.
- Oct 9, 2026Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 746.
- Sep 16, 2026Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Sep 16, 2026Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 23 - 0.
- Jul 22, 2025Introduced in House
- Jul 22, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
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
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 125, July 22, 2025, page H3554.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Small Business Act to provide interim partial payment to small business contractors that request an equitable adjustment due to a change in the terms of a construction contract, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Small Business Payment for Performance Act of 2025
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- Small Business Payment for Performance Act of 2026
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Commerce.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 9, 2026Reported in House
- Jul 22, 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.
