SERV Act
Latest action · Feb 25, 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.
- IntroducedJan 28, 2025
- Passed HouseFeb 24, 2025
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Successful Entrepreneurship for Reservists and Veterans Act or the SERV Act
This bill requires (1) the Small Business Administration to report on the veterans interagency task force; and (2) the Government Accountability Office to report on access to credit for small businesses owned and controlled by veterans, Reservists, or their spouses.
Cosponsors 3
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 28, 2025 to Feb 24, 2025; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NJ | Herbert C. Conaway, Jr. | Original | Jan 28, 2025 |
| R-MO | Mark Alford | Original | Jan 28, 2025 |
| D-NH | Maggie Goodlander | Feb 24, 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 Jan 28, 2025 |
| Senate | Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee | Referred Feb 25, 2025 |
Actions 8
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 25, 2025Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
- Feb 24, 2025Mr. Williams (TX) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Feb 24, 2025Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H746-748)
- Feb 24, 2025DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 828.
- Feb 24, 2025Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H746)
- Feb 24, 2025Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Jan 28, 2025Introduced in House
- Jan 28, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
In the Congressional Record 2
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 H746–H748Text printed H746 | Herbert C. Conaway, Jr. D-NJ, Mark Alford R-MO, Nydia M. Velázquez D-NY, Roger Williams R-TX, Sharice Davids D-KS | Feb 24, 2025 |
| House | Lists H433–H435H.R. 828–907 | — | Jan 31, 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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 21, January 31, 2025, page H433.
Titles 8
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to report on the veterans interagency task force, to require the Comptroller General of the United States to report on access to credit for small business concerns owned and controlled by covered individuals, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- SERV Act
- Successful Entrepreneurship for Reservists and Veterans Act
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- SERV Act
- Successful Entrepreneurship for Reservists and Veterans Act
- Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
- SERV Act
- Successful Entrepreneurship for Reservists and Veterans Act
- Official Title from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text
- To require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to report on the veterans interagency task force, to require the Comptroller General of the United States to report on access to credit for small business concerns owned and controlled by covered individuals, and for other purposes.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Commerce.
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 25, 2025Referred in Senate
- Feb 24, 2025Engrossed in House
- Jan 28, 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.
