SSSB00 · Senate Standing

Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee

Chairman Joni Ernst R-IA Ranking member Edward J. Markey D-MA sbc.senate.gov

Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship

Fact sheet

893 bills referred

Across 13 Congresses on file, most in the 116th at 134. In the 119th, 110. A referral is not a hearing: most bills sent to a committee are never taken up.

Bills referred, by Congress 107th to 119th

Members
19

Seated in the 119th Congress

Meetings
29

Hearings and business meetings this Congress

Members 19

Chair and ranking member first, then alphabetically. Current Congress only.

SeatMemberRole
R-IAJoni ErnstChairman
D-MAEdward J. MarkeyRanking
D-CAAdam B. SchiffMember
D-DEChristopher A. CoonsMember
D-NJCory A. BookerMember
D-NVJacky RosenMember
R-WVJames C. JusticeMember
R-IDJames E. RischMember
D-NHJeanne ShaheenMember
R-UTJohn R. CurtisMember
D-COJohn W. HickenlooperMember
R-OHJon HustedMember
R-MOJosh HawleyMember
D-WAMaria CantwellMember
D-HIMazie K. HironoMember
R-KYRand PaulMember
R-NCTed BuddMember
R-SCTim ScottMember
R-INTodd YoungMember

Meetings and hearings 29

Newest first. Current Congress only.

KindSubjectStatusDate
Open HearingHearings to examine the next 250, focusing on small businesses leading the way.Russell Senate Office Building 428AScheduledAug 5, 2026
Open HearingHearings to examine 250 years of Main Street, focusing on retail to research.Russell Senate Office Building 428AScheduledJun 17, 2026
Open HearingHearings to examine federal benefits cliffs on small businesses and workers.Russell Senate Office Building 428AScheduledJun 3, 2026
Open HearingHearings to examine blowing the whistle, focusing on inside the grift that keeps giving.Russell Senate Office Building 428AScheduledMay 20, 2026
Open HearingHearings to examine industrialization and the rise of small manufacturers, including S.1555, to increase loan limits for loans made to small manufacturers, and H.R.3174, to increase loan limits for loans made to small manufacturers.Russell Senate Office Building 428AScheduledMay 13, 2026
Open HearingHearings to examine the American Entrepreneurship for 250 Years: Driving Innovation, Growth, and Opportunity.Russell Senate Office Building 428AScheduledApr 29, 2026
MeetingHearings to examine sunshine week, focusing on bringing secret government spending to light, including S.766, to require an annual report of taxpayer-funded projects that are over budget and behind schedule, S.872, to amend the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 to ensure that other transaction agreements are reported to USAspending.gov, S.4059, to provide requirements for Executive agency spending at the end of a fiscal year, S.4130, to pub a public price tag on all proRussell Senate Office Building 428AScheduledMar 18, 2026
MeetingHearings to examine main street, focusing on growing the small business pet economy.Russell Senate Office Building 428AScheduledMar 11, 2026

Nominations 4

Referred to this committee for confirmation. Current Congress only.

NominationPositionLatest actionDate
PN141-25Inspector GeneralSmall Business AdministrationConfirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 53 - 43. Record Vote Number: 655.Dec 18, 2025
PN13-11Chief Counsel for AdvocacySmall Business AdministrationConfirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 52 - 44. Record Vote Number: 469.Aug 1, 2025
PN13-3Deputy Administrator of the Small Business AdministrationSmall Business AdministrationConfirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 49 - 45. Record Vote Number: 380.Jul 9, 2025
PN11-18Administrator of the Small Business AdministrationSmall Business AdministrationConfirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 52 - 46. Record Vote Number: 59.Feb 19, 2025

Bills referred 893

Newest activity first, from the 107th Congress on.

BillTitleReferralDate
S 2384A bill to amend the Small Business Act to permit business concerns that are owned by venture capital operating companies or pension plans to participate in the Small Business Innovation Research Program.Referred To108thMay 5, 2004
S 2267Women's Sustainability Recovery Act of 2004Discharged From108thApr 30, 2004
S 2266Women's Business Center Safeguard ActReferred To108thMar 31, 2004
S 2193Small Business Loan Revitalization ActReferred To108thMar 11, 2004
S 2186SBA Emergency Authorization Extension Act of 2004Referred To108thMar 10, 2004
S 1977SMART ActReferred To108thNov 25, 2003
S 1886MADE in America ActReferred To108thNov 19, 2003
S 1713Small Business Credit Liquidity Act of 2003Referred To108thOct 3, 2003

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Everything here is as published by Congress. Referrals run from the 107th Congress on, so a committee older than that shows fewer than it has taken. Membership, meetings and nominations are held for the 119th Congress only, which is why they are shown without a history rather than reported as none. Records come from Congress.gov.