House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Small Business 7(a) Loan Agent Transparency Act
Sponsor: Rep. Dean Phillips D-MNWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 17, 2023
- Committee actionMay 23, 2023
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 5, 2023 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 77.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1651.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1651, Small Business 7(a) Loan Agent Transparency Act” on May 26, 2023. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Small Business on May 23, 2023”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 26, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59218
- CBO publication date
- May 26, 2023
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1651, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1651
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 27, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1651, Small Business 7(a) Loan Agent Transparency Act” on May 26, 2023. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Small Business on May 23, 2023”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 26, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59218
- CBO publication date
- May 26, 2023
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1651, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1651
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 27, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
51d9a2066c612f63b449eaa019933d87352ba9d3cbc3c09633c13fb1d2c595e3
PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-100 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Small Business Committee on June 5, 2023.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 5, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/100
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1651, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1651
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 27, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
51d9a2066c612f63b449eaa019933d87352ba9d3cbc3c09633c13fb1d2c595e3
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PHILLIPS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 50, March 17, 2023, Page H1296):Art. I, Sec. 8, cl. 3 of the Constitution of the United States. The single subject of this legislation is: This bill amends the Small Business Act to require the Small Business Administration to establish a registration system for 7(a) loan agents.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 17, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 248 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1651, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1651
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 27, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
51d9a2066c612f63b449eaa019933d87352ba9d3cbc3c09633c13fb1d2c595e3
PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
1 cosponsor — 1 Republican
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 14, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.