Bill — H.R. 2968, Business over Ballots Act (House, April 17, 2025)
Summary
H.R. 2968, the Business over Ballots Act, was introduced on April 17, 2025, by Mr. Williams of Texas for himself and others, to limit the authority of the Small Business Administration to facilitate access to voter registration. It was referred to the Committee on Small Business and, in addition, to the Committee on House Administration. Section 2 states the sense of Congress that facilitating access to voter registration is beyond the scope of the mission of the Administration. Section 3 prohibits the Administrator from taking any action to facilitate access to voter registration other than actions authorized by Federal law and requires contracts to include a term barring use of assistance for that purpose.
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- 407200 2025 04 29 Icymi House Committee On Small Business To Hold Fu Att4
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- 2025-04-29
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- 407200 2025 04 29 Icymi House Committee On Small Business To Hold Fu Att4
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“Bill — H.R. 2968, Business over Ballots Act (House, April 17, 2025).”
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119TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2968
To limit the authority of the Small Business Administration to facilitate
access to voter registration, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 17, 2025
Mr. WILLIAMS of Texas (for himself, Mr. ALFORD, Ms. KING-HINDS, Ms. VAN
DUYNE, Mr. SCHMIDT, Mr. MEUSER, Mr. ELLZEY, Mr. WIED, Mr. JACK,
Mr. DOWNING, Mr. BRESNAHAN, Mr. PATRONIS, and Mr. FINSTAD) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small
Business, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for
a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com-
mittee concerned
A BILL
To limit the authority of the Small Business Administration
to facilitate access to voter registration, 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 ‘‘Business over Ballots
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5 Act’’.
6 SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS.
7 It is the sense of Congress that—
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1 (1) the Small Business Administration should
2 focus on aiding and assisting small business con-
3 cerns;
4 (2) facilitating access to voter registration is be-
5 yond the scope of the mission of the Administration
6 and the authority of the Administration under Fed-
7 eral law; and
8 (3) any Executive order issued by the President
9 may not conflict with this Act or otherwise compel
10 the Administrator of the Small Business Administra-
11 tion to facilitate access to voter registration.
12 SEC. 3. LIMITATIONS ON FACILITATION OF ACCESS TO
13 VOTER REGISTRATION BY THE SMALL BUSI-
14 NESS ADMINISTRATION.
15 (a) PROHIBITION.—The Administrator of the Small
16 Business Administration may not take any action to facili-
17 tate access to voter registration other than actions author-
18 ized by Federal law.
19 (b) TERMS OF CONTRACTS.—On or after the date of
20 the enactment of this Act, any contract or other agree-
21 ment entered into by the Administrator to provide assist-
22 ance to a person shall include a term stating that such
23 person may not use such assistance to facilitate access to
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24 voter registration.
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1 (c) EXISTING RECIPIENTS.—A recipient of assistance
2 from the Administrator may not use such assistance to
3 facilitate access to voter registration unless explicitly au-
4 thorized by the terms of such assistance.
5 (d) COVERED ENTITIES.—The Administrator may
6 not use, act through, or otherwise make a request of a
7 covered entity to engage in activities to facilitate access
8 to voter registration unless the Administrator is so author-
9 ized by Congress.
10 (e) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act:
11 (1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis-
12 trator’’ means the Administrator of the Small Busi-
13 ness Administration.
14 (2) COVERED ENTITY.—The term ‘‘covered en-
15 tity’’—
16 (A) means an entity, State government, or
17 unit of local government that receives funding
18 or other assistance from the Administrator
19 under a contract, cooperative agreement, memo-
20 randum of understanding, or other agreement
21 to carry out a program administered by the Ad-
22 ministrator; and
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1 (B) does not include a person that receives
2 a loan or loan guarantee under section 7 of the
3 Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636).
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