HR 2966referred119th Congress

American Entrepreneurs First Act of 2025

Introduced Apr 17, 2025House billPolicy area: CommerceLast action Jun 9, 2025Sponsor: Beth Van Duyne(R-TX)

tradeCommerce

Small Business and Entrepreneurship CommitteeSmall Business Committee

Ask about this Build timeline Compare Export source pack

Official Congress record Open in Network Lab Trace connections

Official summaryUpdated Jun 9, 2025

What the bill does

American Entrepreneurs First Act This bill revises the application requirements for the Small Business Administration's 7(a) loan and 504 loan programs. Specifically, the bill requires applications for such loans to include (1) the applicant's date of birth; and (2) a certification that the applicant or all beneficial owners are citizens, nationals, or lawful permanent residents of the United States. The bill specifies that certain individuals are ineligible for such loans, including (1) asylees, (2) refugees, (3) individuals issued a visa to remain in the United States, (4) individuals legally classified as nonimmigrants, (5) individuals to whom deferred action has been granted pursuant to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, and (6) individuals without lawful status under the immigration laws of the United States.

Latest official action

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

Lobbying Filings Citing It

$60.0K

Reported on Those Filings, All Issues

Lobbying Clients

100

Recorded Votes

Timeline

Apr 17, 2025bill

Bill introduced

Jun 6, 2025vote

Ralph Norman voted yea

Jun 6, 2025vote

Ayanna Pressley voted nay

Jun 6, 2025vote

Donald S. Beyer, Jr. voted nay

Jul 21, 2025lobbying

Lobbying filed by NATIONAL SMALL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION

Official Congressional Actions

Jun 9, 2025IntroReferral

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee

View official action

Jun 6, 2025Floor

DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 2966.

View official action

Jun 6, 2025Floor

Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 2483, H.R. 2931, H.R. 2966 and H.R. 2987. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 2483 under a structured rule and for consideration of H.R. 2931, H.R. 2966, and H.R. 2987 under a closed rule. The resolution provides for one hour of debate and one motion to recommit on each bill.

View official action

Jun 6, 2025Floor

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Lobbying Activity

Registrant	Client	Amount	Filed	Period	Issues
NATIONAL SMALL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION	NATIONAL SMALL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION	$60.0K	Jul 21, 2025	2025Q2	SMB

Votes on This Bill

Member	Party	Position	Date
Ralph Norman	R	yea	Jun 6, 2025
Ayanna Pressley	D	nay	Jun 6, 2025
Donald S. Beyer, Jr.	D	nay	Jun 6, 2025
Mike Bost	R	yea	Jun 6, 2025

About this page

The lobbying table lists Senate LDA quarterly reports (LD-2) that cite this bill by number and cover a quarter of the 119th Congress. An LD-2 names a bill as “H.R. 1234” with no Congress, so a report on another Congress, which can only concern a different bill with the same number, is left out, even when it was filed after this Congress began. The amount is what the registrant reported for the whole filing, across every issue on it, not spending on this bill. Official actions and the bill summary come from Congress.gov, and votes from the roll-call record. This page no longer pairs the bill with members' stock trades: matching lobbying clients to traded companies by name, and trades to a bill by date, is not something the records establish.