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

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

Seated in the 119th Congress

Meetings

Hearings and business meetings this Congress

Members 19

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

Seat	Member	Role
R-IA	Joni Ernst	Chairman
D-MA	Edward J. Markey	Ranking
D-CA	Adam B. Schiff	Member
D-DE	Christopher A. Coons	Member
D-NJ	Cory A. Booker	Member
D-NV	Jacky Rosen	Member
R-WV	James C. Justice	Member
R-ID	James E. Risch	Member
D-NH	Jeanne Shaheen	Member
R-UT	John R. Curtis	Member
D-CO	John W. Hickenlooper	Member
R-OH	Jon Husted	Member
R-MO	Josh Hawley	Member
D-WA	Maria Cantwell	Member
D-HI	Mazie K. Hirono	Member
R-KY	Rand Paul	Member
R-NC	Ted Budd	Member
R-SC	Tim Scott	Member
R-IN	Todd Young	Member

Meetings and hearings 29

Newest first. Current Congress only.

Kind	Subject	Status	Date
Open Hearing	Hearings to examine the next 250, focusing on small businesses leading the way.Russell Senate Office Building 428A	Scheduled	Aug 5, 2026
Open Hearing	Hearings to examine 250 years of Main Street, focusing on retail to research.Russell Senate Office Building 428A1 document	Scheduled	Jun 17, 2026

Open Hearing	Hearings to examine federal benefits cliffs on small businesses and workers.Russell Senate Office Building 428A	Scheduled	Jun 3, 2026
Open Hearing	Hearings to examine blowing the whistle, focusing on inside the grift that keeps giving.Russell Senate Office Building 428A	Scheduled	May 20, 2026
Open Hearing	Hearings 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 428A1 document	Scheduled	May 13, 2026

Open Hearing	Hearings to examine the American Entrepreneurship for 250 Years: Driving Innovation, Growth, and Opportunity.Russell Senate Office Building 428A	Scheduled	Apr 29, 2026
Meeting	Hearings 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 428A1 document	Scheduled	Mar 18, 2026

Meeting	Hearings to examine main street, focusing on growing the small business pet economy.Russell Senate Office Building 428A	Scheduled	Mar 11, 2026

Nominations 4

Referred to this committee for confirmation. Current Congress only.

Nomination	Position	Latest action	Date
PN141-25	Inspector GeneralSmall Business Administration	Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 53 - 43. Record Vote Number: 655.	Dec 18, 2025
PN13-11	Chief Counsel for AdvocacySmall Business Administration	Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 52 - 44. Record Vote Number: 469.	Aug 1, 2025
PN13-3	Deputy Administrator of the Small Business AdministrationSmall Business Administration	Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 49 - 45. Record Vote Number: 380.	Jul 9, 2025
PN11-18	Administrator of the Small Business AdministrationSmall Business Administration	Confirmed 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.

Bill	Title	Referral	Date
S 633	Small Business Contracting Fraud Prevention Act of 2011	Discharged From112th	Sep 21, 2011
S 1590	Fairness for Small Businesses in Federal Contracting Act of 2011	Referred To112th	Sep 21, 2011
S 1511	Gulf Coast Disadvantaged Business Relief Act of 2011	Referred To112th	Sep 6, 2011
S 1154	Honoring Promises to Service-Disabled Veterans Act of 2011	Referred To112th	Jun 7, 2011
S 1110	Small Business Fairness Act of 2011	Referred To112th	May 26, 2011
S 1078	Small Business Additional Temporary Extension Act of 2011	Referred To112th	May 25, 2011
S 976	Monroe County HUBZone Act of 2011	Referred To112th	May 12, 2011
S 681	Greater Accountability in the Lending Fund Act of 2011	Referred To112th	Mar 30, 2011

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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.