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Small Business Committee

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193 bills referred in the 117th Congress

1,491 across the 13 Congresses on file, most in the 116th at 232. A referral is not a hearing: most bills sent to a committee are never taken up.

Bills referred, by Congress 107th to 119th

Members

Served in the 117th Congress

Subcommittees

Each with its own members and record

Meetings

Hearings and business meetings in the 117th Congress

Members, 117th Congress 29

Everyone who held a seat in the 117th Congress, leaders first, with the day they joined or left when it was not with the rest.

Seat	Member	Role
D-NY	Nydia M. Velázquez	Chair
R-MO	Blaine Luetkemeyer	Ranking Member
R-NY	Andrew R. GarbarinoJoined Jan 28, 2021
D-NJ	Andy KimJoined Jan 28, 2021
D-MN	Angie CraigJoined Jan 28, 2021
D-NY	Antonio DelgadoJoined Jan 28, 2021 · Left May 19, 2022
R-TX	Beth Van DuyneJoined Jan 28, 2021
R-FL	Byron DonaldsJoined Jan 28, 2021
D-GA	Carolyn BourdeauxJoined Jan 28, 2021
D-PA	Chrissy HoulahanJoined Jan 28, 2021
R-NY	Claudia TenneyJoined Feb 23, 2021
R-PA	Daniel MeuserJoined Jan 28, 2021
D-MN	Dean PhillipsJoined Jan 28, 2021
D-PA	Dwight EvansJoined Jan 28, 2021
D-ME	Jared F. GoldenJoined Jan 28, 2021
D-CO	Jason CrowJoined Jan 28, 2021
R-MN	Jim HagedornJoined Jan 28, 2021 · Left Feb 9, 2022
D-CA	Judy ChuJoined Jan 28, 2021
D-MD	Kweisi MfumeJoined Jan 28, 2021
R-FL	Maria Elvira SalazarJoined Jan 28, 2021
D-IL	Marie NewmanJoined Jan 28, 2021
R-NE	Mike FloodJoined Jul 13, 2022
R-MN	Pete StauberJoined Jan 28, 2021
R-TX	Roger WilliamsJoined Jan 28, 2021
R-WI	Scott FitzgeraldJoined Jan 28, 2021
D-CA	Scott H. PetersJoined Jan 28, 2021
D-KS	Sharice DavidsJoined Jan 28, 2021
D-LA	Troy A. CarterJoined May 12, 2021
R-CA	Young KimJoined Jan 28, 2021

Subcommittees, 117th Congress 5

Under the names they had then. Each has its own record.

Record

Bills, meetings, hearings, reports and more, newest first. In the 117th Congress.

Newest activity first. In the 117th Congress.

Bill	Title	Referral	Date
HR 9642	SUCCESS Act	Referred To	Dec 21, 2022
HR 9649	Emerging Business Encouragement Act of 2022	Referred To	Dec 21, 2022
HR 9450	Connecting Small Businesses with Capital Act	Referred To	Dec 7, 2022
HR 9443	Small Business Cybersecurity Enhancement Act	Referred To	Dec 6, 2022
HR 9423	Minority Entrepreneurship Grant Program Act of 2022	Referred To	Dec 2, 2022
HR 9370	Bring our Small Businesses Back Act	Referred To	Nov 30, 2022
HR 9345	Improving SBA Engagement on Employee Ownership Act	Referred To	Nov 17, 2022
HR 9347	Main Street Employee Ownership 2.0 Act of 2022	Referred To	Nov 17, 2022

Hearings, markups and business meetings, newest first. In the 117th Congress.

Kind	Subject	Status	Date
Hearing	Oversight of the Small Business AdministrationRayburn House Office Building 23602 documents 1 witness The Honorable Isabella Casillas Guzman, Administrator, United States Small Business Administration	Scheduled	Dec 7, 2022

Markup	H. Res. 1298 & H.R. 8844Rayburn House Office Building 236013 documents	Scheduled	Sep 21, 2022

Hearing	SBA Management Review: Office of International TradeRayburn House Office Building 23604 documents 1 witness Mr. Gabriel Esparza, Associate Administrator, Office of International Trade, U.S. Small Business Administration	Scheduled	Sep 20, 2022

Hearing	Leveraging the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act: The Role of the SBA’s Bond Guarantee ProgramRayburn House Office Building 236014 documents 4 witnesses Mr. Peter Gibbs, President & Former Director of SBA’s Office of Surety Guarantees, Foundation Surety & Insurance Company Mr. Ralph Pulver, Regional Underwriting Officer, Traveler’s Bond Mr. Alan Gravel, President, Willow Construction, LLC Mr. Joel Griffith, Research Fellow, Financial Regulations, Thomas A. Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies, The Heritage Foundation	Scheduled	Jul 27, 2022

Hearing	SBA Management Review: Office of Government Contracting and Business DevelopmentRayburn House Office Building 23602 documents	Scheduled	Jun 23, 2022

Hearing	Are Governmentwide Contracts Helping or Hurting Small Contractors?Rayburn House Office Building 236014 documents 4 witnesses Ms. Amber Hart, Co-Founder & Co-Owner, The Pulse of GovCon LLC Mr. Isaias “Cy” Alba, IV, Partner, PilieroMazza PLLC Ms. Lynn Ann Casey, Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Arc Aspicio Ms. Rebecca Askew, Chief Executive Officer & General Counsel, Circuit Media LLC	Scheduled	Jun 14, 2022

Hearing	Military to Main Street: Serving Veteran EntrepreneurshipRayburn House Office Building 236014 documents 4 witnesses Mr. Brenton Peacock, Director, Florida Veterans Business Outreach Center at Gulf Coast State College Mr. Joe Shamess, Founder & General Partner, Flintlock Capital Ms. Laurie Sayles, President & Chief Executive Officer, Civility Management Solutions Dr. Michael Haynie, Executive Director of the Syracuse University Institute for Veterans and Military Families, Syracuse University	Scheduled	Jun 8, 2022

Hearing	SBA Management Review: Office of Capital AccessRayburn House Office Building 23604 documents 1 witness Mr. Patrick Kelley, Associate Administrator, Office of Capital Access, United States Small Business Administration	Scheduled	May 18, 2022

The published transcripts, newest first, from GovInfo. In the 117th Congress.

Hearing	Title	Held
Serial No. 117-069	Building Sustainable Businesses Through Employee Ownership at SBA104 pages 4 witnesses Ms. Mo Manklang, Policy Director, United States Federation of Worker Cooperatives, Philadelphia, PA Mr. Corey Rosen, Founder, National Center for Employee Ownership, Covina, CA Mr. Keith D. Butcher, Partner, Mosaic Capital, Saint Louis, MO Mr. Scott Lockard, President, Hampton Enterprises, Lincoln, NE	Dec 6, 2022
Serial No. 117-068	Markup of: H. Res. 1298, "of Inquiry Directing the Secretary of the Treasury to Transmit Certain Documents to the House of Representatives Relating to the Role of the Department of the Treasury in the Paycheck Protection Program of the Small Business Administration."; H.R. 8844, "Step Improvement Act of 2022"53 pagesOn H.R. 8844, H.Res. 1298	Sep 21, 2022
Serial No. 117-067	SBA Management Review: Office of International Trade48 pagesOn H.R. 8844 1 witness Mr. Gabriel Esparza, Associate Administrator, Office of International Trade, U.S. Small Business Administration, Washington, DC	Sep 20, 2022
Serial No. 117-066	Back to School, Back to Startups: Supporting Youth Apprenticeship, Entrepreneurship, and Workforce Development61 pages 4 witnesses Mr. Noel Ginsburg, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, CareerWise, Denver, CO Ms. Deborah Kobes, Senior Director, Jobs for the Future (JFF), Washington, DC Ms. Shani Watkins, Director, West Sound Technical Skills Center, Bremerton School District, Bremerton, WA Mr. Jared Ebbing, Economic Development Director for Mercer County, OH, Mercer County, OH, testifying on behalf of the Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council (SBE Council)	Sep 15, 2022
Serial No. 117-065	Right to Repair and What It Means for Entrepreneurs134 pages 4 witnesses Ms. Gay Gordon-Byrne, Executive Director, Digital Right to Repair Coalition, North River, NY Mr. Brian Clark, Co-Owner, The iGuys' Tech Shop, LLC, Conway, NH Mr. Ken Taylor, President, Ohio Machinery Co., Broadview Heights, OH, testifying on behalf of the Associated Equipment Distributors (AED) in his capacity as 2022 Chairman Mr. Jim Gerritsen, Marketing Manager, Wood Prairie Family Farm, Bridgewater, ME	Sep 14, 2022
Serial No. 117-064	Leveraging the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act: the Role of the Sba's Bond Guarantee Program58 pages 4 witnesses Mr. Peter Gibbs, President & Former Director of SBA's Office of Surety Guarantees, Foundation Surety & Insurance Company, Bowie, MD, testifying on behalf of the National Association of Surety Bond Producers Mr. Ralph Pulver, Regional Underwriting Officer, Traveler's Bond, Hartford, CT, testifying on behalf of the Surety & Fidelity Association of America Mr. Alan Gravel, President, Willow Construction, LLC, Powder Springs, GA Mr. Joel Griffith, Research Fellow, Financial Regulations, Thomas A. Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies, The Heritage Foundation, Washington, DC	Jul 27, 2022
Serial No. 117-063	SBA District Office Collaboration with Resource Partners43 pagesOn H.R. 6441, H.R. 7670 4 witnesses Mr. Mark Delisle, Director, Maine Small Business Development Center, Portland, ME Ms. Nancy Strojny, SCORE Maine Assistant District Director, Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE), Portland, ME Mr. J.D. Collins, Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director, Michigan Small Business Development Center, Grand Rapids, MI Mr. John William (Bill) Leaverton, Regional Director, America's SBDC at Tarleton State University, Stephenville, TX	Jul 20, 2022
Serial No. 117-062	The SBA Office of International Trade and the Step Program as Key Tools for Recovery and Expansion33 pagesOn H.R. 6133 4 witnesses Ms. Mary Waters, Deputy Commissioner, International Trade, Georgia Department of Economic Development, Atlanta, GA Mr. Luther L. Tooks, Chief Executive Officer, Pyramid Foods, LLC, Shawnee, KS Mr. William E. Spear, Manager, Office of Export Promotion, The State of New Jersey Business Action Center of the New Jersey Department of State, Trenton, NJ Mr. Devan Walding, Vice President of Sales, RADIUS Corporation, Kutztown, PA	Jul 19, 2022

The committee's written reports, most on a bill it sent to the floor. In the 117th Congress.

Report	Title	Issued
H. Rept. 117-661	REPORT ON THE ACTIVITIES of the COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS 117TH CONGRESS	Dec 21, 2022
H. Rept. 117-542	Step Improvement Act of 2022On H.R. 8844	Oct 14, 2022
H. Rept. 117-515	Resolution of Inquiry Directing the Secretary of the Treasury to Transmit Certain Documents to the House of Representatives Relating to the Role of the Department of the Treasury in the Paycheck Protection Program of the Small Business AdministrationOn H.Res. 1298	Sep 28, 2022
H. Rept. 117-332	Strengthening Subcontracting for Small Businesses Act of 2022On H.R. 7694	May 17, 2022
H. Rept. 117-331	Women-Owned Small Business Program Transparency ActOn H.R. 7670	May 17, 2022
H. Rept. 117-330	Supporting Small Business and Career and Technical Education Act of 2022On H.R. 7664	May 17, 2022
H. Rept. 117-329	Small Business Workforce Pipeline Act of 2022On H.R. 7622	May 17, 2022
H. Rept. 117-328	PPP and Bank Fraud Enforcement Harmonization Act of 2022On H.R. 7352	May 17, 2022

Reports, rules and messages sent to Congress by agencies and the President, and petitions and memorials, referred to this committee. Newest first. In the 117th Congress.

Number	Communication	Referred
EC-4217	A letter from the Staff Performing the Duties of Assistant Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs, Department of Defense, transmitting a draft of proposed legislation, titled the "National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023", which the Department of Defense requests be enacted during the second session of the 117th Congress; jointly to the Committees on Armed Services, Foreign Affairs, Veterans' Affairs, Small Business, Science, Space, and Technology, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Oversight and Reform.Executive communication · Department of Defense	May 17, 2022
PT-107	The SPEAKER presented a petition of the Guam Legislature, relative to Resolution No. 260-36, relative to expressing the support of the Guam Legislature for the passage of H.R. 6504, the "Native Pacific Islanders of America Equity Act"; jointly to the Committees on Natural Resources and Small Business.Petition	Mar 31, 2022

By Congress

The committee's record in each Congress on file. Choose one to see the page as it stood then: its members, subcommittees and record. A dash means the official source has nothing that early, not that the committee did nothing.

Congress	Members	Bills referred	Reported	Became law	Reports	Meetings	Printed hearings	Communications
119th2025–2026, sitting	29	191	47	1	47	41	36	2
118th2023–2024	28	167	41	2	42	46	59	12
117th2021–2022	29	193	21	5	22	34	69	2
116th2019–2020	26	232	18	1	19	51	97	25
115th2017–2018	26	110	18	6	19	53	87	18
114th2015–2016	26	83	8	2	9	31	76	17
113th2013–2014	25	73	8	0	10	12	82	—
112th2011–2012	29	83	14	2	18	0	87	—
111th2009–2010	30	100	22	8	4	—	73	—
110th2007–2008	36	80	12	5	13	—	120	—
109th2005–2006	33	65	5	1	6	—	66	—
108th2003–2004	42	52	3	5	4	—	78	—
107th2001–2002	41	62	6	2	7	—	70	—

Membership changes 31

Who joined, left or changed role after the committee was first filled in the 117th Congress, newest first, each with the official record.

Date	Member	Change	Record
Jul 13, 2022	Mike Flood R-NE	Joined	H.Res. 1225
Jun 14, 2022	Scott H. Peters D-CA	Joined	H.Res. 1173
May 19, 2022	Antonio Delgado D-NY	Left Congress	Last recorded vote
Feb 9, 2022	Jim Hagedorn R-MN	Left Congress	Last recorded vote
May 12, 2021	Troy A. Carter D-LA	Joined	H.Res. 384
May 11, 2021	Scott H. Peters D-CA	Resigned from the committee	Congressional Record, H2159
Feb 23, 2021	Claudia Tenney R-NY	Joined	H.Res. 146
Jan 28, 2021	Scott H. Peters D-CA	Joined	H.Res. 62
Jan 28, 2021	Andrew R. Garbarino R-NY	Joined	H.Res. 63
Jan 28, 2021	Jared F. Golden D-ME	Joined	H.Res. 62
Jan 28, 2021	Scott Fitzgerald R-WI	Joined	H.Res. 63
Jan 28, 2021	Sharice Davids D-KS	Joined	H.Res. 62
Jan 28, 2021	Byron Donalds R-FL	Joined	H.Res. 63
Jan 28, 2021	Jason Crow D-CO	Joined	H.Res. 62
Jan 28, 2021	Angie Craig D-MN	Joined	H.Res. 62
Jan 28, 2021	Judy Chu D-CA	Joined	H.Res. 62
Jan 28, 2021	Carolyn Bourdeaux D-GA	Joined	H.Res. 62
Jan 28, 2021	Antonio Delgado D-NY	Joined	H.Res. 62
Jan 28, 2021	Jim Hagedorn R-MN	Joined	H.Res. 63
Jan 28, 2021	Chrissy Houlahan D-PA	Joined	H.Res. 62
Jan 28, 2021	Andy Kim D-NJ	Joined	H.Res. 62
Jan 28, 2021	Dwight Evans D-PA	Joined	H.Res. 62
Jan 28, 2021	Roger Williams R-TX	Joined	H.Res. 63
Jan 28, 2021	Beth Van Duyne R-TX	Joined	H.Res. 63
Jan 28, 2021	Pete Stauber R-MN	Joined	H.Res. 63
Jan 28, 2021	Maria Elvira Salazar R-FL	Joined	H.Res. 63
Jan 28, 2021	Dean Phillips D-MN	Joined	H.Res. 62
Jan 28, 2021	Young Kim R-CA	Joined	H.Res. 63
Jan 28, 2021	Marie Newman D-IL	Joined	H.Res. 62
Jan 28, 2021	Daniel Meuser R-PA	Joined	H.Res. 63
Jan 28, 2021	Kweisi Mfume D-MD	Joined	H.Res. 62

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