HR 2987referred119th Congress

CEASE Act of 2025

Introduced Apr 24, 2025House billPolicy area: CommerceLast action Jun 9, 2025Sponsor: Robert P. Bresnahan, Jr.(R-PA)

tradeCommerce

Small Business and Entrepreneurship CommitteeSmall Business Committee

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Official summaryUpdated Jun 9, 2025

What the bill does

Capping Excessive Awarding of SBLC Entrants Act or the CEASE Act This bill limits the number of for-profit small business lending companies that are authorized make 7(a) loans to not more than 16 at any time.

Latest official action

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

Lobbying Filings

$591.9M

Total Lobbying Spend

Suspicious Trades

Members Involved

Timeline

Oct 21, 2024lobbying

Lobbying filed by COMMON CAUSE

Jan 16, 2025lobbying

Lobbying filed by COMMON CAUSE

Apr 8, 2025trade

Robert P. Bresnahan, Jr. bought K

Apr 8, 2025trade

Robert P. Bresnahan, Jr. bought K

Apr 24, 2025bill

Bill introduced

Apr 29, 2025trade

Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. bought K

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

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Jun 5, 2025Floor

Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 214 - 198 (Roll no. 155). (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H2489)

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Jun 5, 2025Floor

On motion to recommit Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 201 - 212 (Roll no. 154).

Small Business Committee

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Jun 5, 2025Floor

Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H2493-2494)

Lobbying Activity

Registrant	Client	Amount	Filed	Period	Issues
INDEPENDENT COMMUNITY BANKERS OF AMERICA	INDEPENDENT COMMUNITY BANKERS OF AMERICA	$266.9M	Jul 23, 2025	2025Q2	AGRBANBUD
AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION	AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION	$196.0M	Jul 21, 2025	2025Q2	ACCAGRBAN
CREDIT UNION NATIONAL ASSOCIATION. INC. DBA AMERICA'S CREDIT UNIONS

Suspicious Trading Activity

Congress members who traded stocks in companies connected to lobbying on this bill, within 90 days of its introduction date.

Member	Party	Ticker	Company	Trade	Date	Amount	Timing	Lobbying Client	Conflict
Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr.	D	K	K	Buy	Apr 29, 2025	$1,001 - $15,000	5d after	AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION	36%
Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr.	D

Conflict Summary

8 trades by 2 members of Congress in companies connected to lobbying on HR 2987. The average conflict score is 35%.

Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. (6 trades)Robert P. Bresnahan, Jr. (2 trades)

Votes on This Bill

Member	Party	Position	Date
Daniel S. Goldman	D	nay	Jun 5, 2025
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez	D	yea	Jun 5, 2025
Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.	D	yea	Jun 5, 2025
Cliff Bentz	R	nay	Jun 5, 2025

Methodology: Bill-Lobbying-Trade Connection

CapitolExposed identifies the "bill-lobbying-trade pipeline" by: (1) finding lobbying filings (LD-2) that specifically mention this bill, (2) matching lobbying clients to publicly traded companies, and (3) finding stock trades by members of Congress in those companies within 90 days of the bill's introduction date. Trades made before the bill was introduced are highlighted in red, as they may indicate advance knowledge. This analysis surfaces correlations worthy of scrutiny; it does not prove wrongdoing.