HR 832 United States House · 119th Congress

Small Business Advocacy Improvements Act of 2025

The Small Business Advocacy Improvements Act of 2025 amends the Small Business Administration's Office of Advocacy to expand its role in representing small businesses. Specifically, it adds a new duty requiring the Office to advocate for small business interests before foreign governments and international entities on regulatory and trade issues that affect them. The bill also makes minor technical corrections to existing statutory language, such as updating "serviced-disabled" to "service-disabled" and adjusting phrasing in the Office's primary functions. This change directly affects the Office of Advocacy and small businesses seeking international regulatory and trade support. The bill focuses on clarifying and broadening the Office's existing advocacy responsibilities rather than creating new programs.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
House Passage
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
President
Introduced Jan 31, 2025 Last action Feb 25, 2025
Floor votes · House Feb 24, 2025

How they voted

39615
Passed · 21 other
Total votes 432
Feb 24, 2025
D Democratic215
203 Yea 12
94% Yea
I Independent1
1 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican216
192 Yea 15 Nay 9
88% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
11
Key actions
1
Committee
2
Feb 25, 2025
Committee
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
upper
Feb 24, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 396 - 15 (Roll no. 44). (text: CR H739)
lower
Jan 31, 2025
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
lower
Jan 31, 2025
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 3 co-sponsors

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