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

108 bills referred in the 119th Congress so far

894 across the 13 Congresses on file, most in the 116th at 134. 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 in the 119th Congress

Members 19

Chair and ranking member first, then alphabetically. Today's official roster.

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

Record

Bills, meetings, hearings, reports and more, newest first. Every Congress on file.

Newest activity first. From the 107th Congress on.

Bill	Title	Referral	Date
S 5631	SOAR Act	Referred To119th	Sep 30, 2026
S 5633	STEP Improvement Act of 2026	Referred To119th	Sep 30, 2026
S 5291	Small Business Cybersecurity Assistance Evaluation Act of 2026	Referred To119th	Aug 6, 2026
S 5286	Supporting Disabled Entrepreneurs Act	Referred To119th	Aug 6, 2026
SJRES 202	A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Small Business Administration relating to "Citizenship and Residency Requirements and Recission of Procedural Notice 5000-872050" and "Revised Applicant Ownership, Citizenship, and Residency Requirements for 7(a) and 504 Loans".	Referred To119th	Jul 23, 2026
HR 7401	Small Business Lending Fraud Prevention Act	Referred To119th	Jul 13, 2026
HR 915	Small Business Technological Advancement Act	Referred To119th	Jul 13, 2026
S 4948	SBA IT Modernization Reporting Act	Referred To119th	Jul 13, 2026

Hearings, markups and business meetings, newest first. Every Congress on file.

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 projects supported with taxpayer dollars, and S.1199, to extend the statute of limitations for fraud under certain pandemic programs.Russell 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

The published transcripts, newest first, from GovInfo. Every Congress on file.

Hearing	Title	Held
S. Hrg. 119-432	Blowing the Whistle: Inside the Grift That Keeps Giving66 pages 4 witnesses Ms. Faye Bernstein, Compliance Specialist, Minnesota Department of Human Services, St. Paul, Minnesota Mr. Donald K. Sherman, President and CEO, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), Washington, D.C Mr. Jay Swanson, Former Manager, Recipient and Child Care Provider Investigations, Office of the Inspector General, Minnesota Department of Human Services, Stillwater, Minnesota Mr. Luke Rosiak, Investigative Reporter, The Daily Wire, Nashville, Tennessee	May 20, 2026
S. Hrg. 119-431	America 250: Industrialization and the Rise of Small Manufacturers57 pages 3 witnesses Mr. Edward "Ned" Hill, Ph.D., Senior Research Associate, Ohio Manufacturing Institute, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio Ms. Danielle M. Petrak, Curator, Watts Museum, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia Mr. Bill Zoeller, CEO, Zoeller Pump Company, Louisville, Kentucky	May 13, 2026
S. Hrg. 119-430	American Entrepreneurship for 250 Years: Driving Innovation, Growth, and Opportunity134 pages 4 witnesses Ms. Rosie Rios, Chair, U.S. Semiquincentennial Commission, Washington, D.C Ms. Liz G. Sweet, Executive Director, Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy (MIRA) Coalition, Boston, Massachusetts Mrs. Catherine S. Dority, Vice President of Marketing, Explore Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina Mrs. Amanda Grappone Osmer, President and Chief Vision Officer, Grappone Automotive, Concord, New Hampshire	Apr 29, 2026
S. Hrg. 119-354	Fueling Innovation: the Role of Small Businesses in America's Bioeconomy73 pages 4 witnesses Alina Alexeenko-Peroulis, Ph.D., Co-Founder and President, LyoWave, Inc., West Lafayette, Indiana Mr. Aaron Schacht, CEO and Board Director, BiomEdit, Inc., Greenfield, Indiana Mr. Derek Andrew Small, Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO, Monument Biosciences, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana Mr. Mark Warner, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer, Liberation Bioindustries, Richmond, Indiana	Apr 7, 2026
S. Hrg. 119-352	Sunshine Week: Bringing Secret Government Spending to Light84 pages 4 witnesses Mr. Justin Goodman, Senior Vice President, White Coat Waste, Washington, D.C Joshua Miller, Ph.D., Director, Congress Watch, Public Citizen, Washington, D.C Mr. John Hart, CEO, Open the Books, Knoxville, Maryland Mr. Jeffrey "Jeff" Arkin, Director, Strategic Issues, U.S. Government Accountability Office	Mar 18, 2026
S. Hrg. 119-350	From Fraud to Recovery: Restoring Integrity in Small Business Programs61 pages 2 witnesses The Honorable William W. Kirk, Inspector General, U.S. Small Business Administration Mr. Kenneth Dieffenbach, Executive Director, Pandemic Response Accountability Committee (PRAC)	Feb 25, 2026
S. Hrg. 119-349	The Role of Entrepreneurship in Reducing the Wealth Gap56 pages 7 witnesses Ms. Mechalle Brown, President, 7uice Foundation, on Behalf of Jaylen Brown, Waltham, MA Mrs. Lauren Holiday, Founder, JLH Social Impact Fund, Los Angeles, CA Mr. Jrue Holiday, Founder, JLH Social Impact Fund, Los Angeles, CA Prepared Statement Ms. Renee King, CEO, We Are The Funders, New York, NY Mr. Keith A. Mahoney, Vice President for Communications and Public Affairs, The Boston Foundation, Boston, MA Ms. Nicole Obi, President and CEO, Black Economic Council of Massachusetts, Roxbury Crossing, MA Mr. Karim Hill, President, BDC Community Capital Corporation, Wakefield, MA	Feb 9, 2026
S. Hrg. 119-348	Growing the Small Business Agricultural Economy63 pages 4 witnesses Ms. Melissa Spurgin, Chief Financial Officer, First Iowa State Bank Mr. Erbin Crowell, Executive Director, Neighboring Food Co-op Association Mr. James "Jay" Funke, Co-Owner and Past President, Del Clay Farm Equipment, LLC Ms. Maria Moreira, Founder and Board Chair, World Farmers	Jan 14, 2026

The committee's written reports, most on a bill it sent to the floor. Every Congress on file.

Report	Title	Issued
S. Rept. 117-105	Sbic Advisory Committee Act of 2022On S. 2521	May 3, 2022
S. Rept. 117-104	Interagency Committee on Women's Business Enterprise Act of 2022On S. 2042	May 3, 2022
S. Rept. 117-103	Disaster Assistance for Rural Communities ActOn S. 1617	May 3, 2022
S. Rept. 117-102	SBA Cyber Awareness ActOn H.R. 3462	May 3, 2022
S. Rept. 115-454	Support Startup Businesses Act of 2018On S. 2419	Dec 21, 2018
S. Rept. 115-453	To Extend the Effective Date for the Sunset for Collateral Requirements for Small Business Administration Disaster LoansOn S. 3554	Dec 20, 2018
S. Rept. 115-452	Microloan Modernization Act of 2018On S. 526	Dec 20, 2018
S. Rept. 115-450	Sbir and STTR Oversight and Pilot Program Extension Act of 2017On S. 1961	Dec 20, 2018

Referred to this committee for confirmation, newest first, with the outcome and the latest action. Every Congress on file.

Nomination	Nominee and post	Outcome	Received
PN141-25	William Kirk, of Maryland, to be Inspector General, Small Business Administration, vice Hannibal Ware.Small Business Administration	Confirmed Dec 18, 2025Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 53 - 43. Record Vote Number: 655.	May 6, 2025
PN13-11	Casey Mulligan, of Illinois, to be Chief Counsel for Advocacy, Small Business Administration, vice Darryl L. DePriest, resigned.Small Business Administration	Confirmed Aug 1, 2025Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 52 - 44. Record Vote Number: 469.	Jan 22, 2025
PN13-3	William Briggs, of Texas, to be Deputy Administrator of the Small Business Administration, vice Dilawar Syed, resigned.Small Business Administration	Confirmed Jul 9, 2025Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 49 - 45. Record Vote Number: 380.	Jan 22, 2025
PN11-18	Kelly Loeffler, of Georgia, to be Administrator of the Small Business Administration.Small Business Administration	Confirmed Feb 19, 2025Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 52 - 46. Record Vote Number: 59.	Jan 20, 2025
PN99	Dilawar Syed, of California, to be Deputy Administrator of the Small Business Administration, vice Althea Coetzee.Small Business Administration	Confirmed Jun 8, 2023Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 54 - 42. Record Vote Number: 150.	Jan 3, 2023
PN1605	Dilawar Syed, of California, to be Deputy Administrator of the Small Business Administration, vice Althea Coetzee.Small Business Administration	Returned to the PresidentReturned to the President under the provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate.	Jan 4, 2022
PN231	Dilawar Syed, of California, to be Deputy Administrator of the Small Business Administration, vice Althea Coetzee.Small Business Administration	Returned to the PresidentReturned to the President under the provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate.	Mar 3, 2021
PN78-9	Isabella Casillas Guzman, of California, to be Administrator of the Small Business Administration.Small Business Administration	Confirmed Mar 16, 2021Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 81 - 17. Record Vote Number: 121.	Jan 20, 2021

Reports, rules and messages sent to Congress by agencies and the President, and petitions and memorials, referred to this committee. Newest first. Every Congress on file.

Number	Communication	Referred
EC-1204	A communication from the Deputy General Counsel, Office of Business Development, Small Business Administration, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled "Small Business Size Regulations; 8(a) Business Development/Small Disadvantaged Business Status Determinations" (RIN3245-AF53) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on March 30, 2011; to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.Executive communication	Apr 4, 2011
EC-910	A communication from the Deputy General Counsel, Office of Surety Guarantees, Small Business Administration, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled "Surety Bond Guarantee Program; Disaster and Miscellaneous Amendments" (RIN3245-AF77) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on March 11, 2011; to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.Executive communication	Mar 15, 2011
EC-760	A communication from the Chief Human Capital Officer, Small Business Administration, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to a vacancy announcement in the position of Chief Counsel For Advocacy, received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on February 25, 2011; to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.Executive communication	Mar 2, 2011
EC-219	A communication from the Deputy General Counsel, Office of Government Contracting, Small Business Administration, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled "Women-Owned Small Business Federal Contract Program" (RIN3245-AG06) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on January 19, 2011; to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.Executive communication	Jan 26, 2011
EC-3994	A communication from the Chief Human Capital Officer, Small Business Administration, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to a vacancy in the position of Chief Counsel for Advocacy, received in the Office of the President of the Senate on December 8, 2009; to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.Executive communication	Dec 11, 2009
EC-3962	A communication from the Deputy General Counsel, Office of Government Contracting, Small Business Administration, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled "Inflationary Adjustment to Acquisition-Related Dollar Thresholds" (RIN3245-AF74) as received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on November 24, 2009; to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.Executive communication	Dec 7, 2009
EC-3961	A communication from the Deputy General Counsel, Office of Capital Access, Small Business Administration, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled "American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: Loan Program for Systemically Important SBA Secondary Market Broker-Dealers" (RIN3245-AF95) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on December 2, 2009; to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.Executive communication	Dec 7, 2009
EC-3853	A communication from the Deputy General Counsel, HUBZone Program Office, Small Business Administration, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled "HUBZone and Government Contracting" (RIN3245-AF44) as received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on November 24, 2009; to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.Executive communication	Dec 2, 2009

Reference documents the committee published: studies, compilations of law, rules. Every Congress on file.

Print	Title	Text
S. Prt. 114-36	Small Business Act and Small Business Investment Act of 1958 Compilation	PDF · Text

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	Nominations	Communications	Prints
119th2025–2026, sitting	20	108	12	2	0	29	23	4	10	0
118th2023–2024	19	99	16	0	0	14	18	1	28	0
117th2021–2022	20	115	9	7	4	26	18	3	2	0
116th2019–2020	19	134	4	2	0	12	29	3	16	0
115th2017–2018	19	67	21	8	15	—	17	4	36	0
114th2015–2016	19	84	32	1	29	—	27	3	26	1
113th2013–2014	22	31	6	0	5	—	23	2	24	0
112th2011–2012	19	42	2	0	1	—	19	1	30	0
111th2009–2010	19	58	6	0	6	—	26	5	16	0
110th2007–2008	19	56	6	1	6	—	26	3	12	0
109th2005–2006	18	42	2	0	2	—	9	3	18	0
108th2003–2004	19	28	1	1	2	—	11	1	29	0
107th2001–2002	19	30	14	1	14	—	13	4	31	0

Membership changes 20

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

Date	Member	Change	Record
Sep 27, 2023	Benjamin L. Cardin D-MD	No longer Chair	S.Res. 370
Sep 27, 2023	Jeanne Shaheen D-NH	Became Chair	S.Res. 370
Feb 6, 2018	Jeanne Shaheen D-NH	No longer Ranking Member	S.Res. 393
Feb 6, 2018	Benjamin L. Cardin D-MD	Became Ranking Member	S.Res. 393
Apr 14, 2015	Benjamin L. Cardin D-MD	No longer Ranking Member	S.Res. 135
Apr 14, 2015	Jeanne Shaheen D-NH	Became Ranking Member	S.Res. 135
Jan 8, 2015	David Vitter R-LA	Became Chair	S.Res. 23
Feb 12, 2014	Maria Cantwell D-WA	Became Chair	S.Res. 359
Feb 12, 2014	Mary L. Landrieu D-LA	No longer Chair	S.Res. 359
Oct 31, 2013	Tom Harkin D-IA	Left the committee	S.Res. 283
Oct 31, 2013	Cory A. Booker D-NJ	Joined	S.Res. 283
Oct 30, 2013	Jeff Chiesa R-NJ	Left Congress	Last recorded vote
Jul 16, 2013	Edward J. Markey D-MA	Joined	S.Res. 196
Jul 15, 2013	William M. Cowan D-MA	Left Congress	Last recorded vote
Jun 20, 2013	Jeff Chiesa R-NJ	Joined	S.Res. 180
Jul 21, 2009	James E. Risch R-ID	Joined	S.Res. 218
Nov 19, 2002	Jean Carnahan D-MO	Left Congress	Last recorded vote
Oct 16, 2002	Paul D. Wellstone D-MN	Left Congress	Last recorded vote
Jul 10, 2001	Jean Carnahan D-MO	Joined	Congressional Record, S7417
Jul 10, 2001	John F. Kerry D-MA	Became Chair	Congressional Record, S7417

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