Small Business Advocacy Improvements Act of 2025 (119th Congress)

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This is the text of a House bill introduced by Mr. Williams of Texas, the Small Business Advocacy Improvements Act of 2025, with the bill number and committee left blank and a January 30, 2025 file stamp. It would clarify the primary functions and duties of the Office of Advocacy of the Small Business Administration under Public Law 94-305. The bill adds the international economy to the office's functions, corrects compete for complete and service-disabled for serviced-disabled, and adds a duty to represent the views and interests of small businesses before foreign governments and international entities on regulatory and trade initiatives.

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                                                                                                        (Original Signature of Member)



                                                                      H. R. ll
                               119TH CONGRESS
                                  1ST SESSION


                                     To clarify the primary functions and duties of the Office of Advocacy of
                                           the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes.




                                             IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                                  Mr. WILLIAMS of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred to
                                            the Committee on llllllllllllll




                                                                         A BILL
                               To clarify the primary functions and duties of the Office
                                  of Advocacy of the Small Business Administration, and
                                  for other purposes.

                                 1              Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
                                 2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
                                 3     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

                                 4              This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Small Business Advo-
                                 5 cacy Improvements Act of 2025’’.




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                                 1     SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO PRIMARY FUNCTIONS AND DUTIES

                                 2                             OF THE OFFICE OF ADVOCACY OF THE SMALL

                                 3                             BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION.

                                 4              (a) PRIMARY FUNCTIONS.—Section 202 of Public
                                 5 Law 94–305 (15 U.S.C. 634b) is amended—
                                 6                        (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘and the
                                 7              international economy’’ after ‘‘economy’’;
                                 8                        (2) in paragraph (9), by striking ‘‘complete’’
                                 9              and inserting ‘‘compete’’; and
                               10                         (3) in paragraph (12), by striking ‘‘serviced-dis-
                               11               abled’’ and inserting ‘‘service-disabled’’.
                               12               (b) DUTIES.—Section 203(a) of Public Law 94–305
                               13 (15 U.S.C. 634c) is amended—
                               14                         (1) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the
                               15               end;
                               16                         (2) in paragraph (6), by striking the period at
                               17               the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
                               18                         (3) by adding at the end the following:
                               19                         ‘‘(7) represent the views and interests of small
                               20               businesses before foreign governments and inter-
                               21               national entities for the purpose of contributing to
                               22               regulatory and trade initiatives which may affect
                               23               small businesses.’’.




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