House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Rural Small Business Resilience Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 15, 2024
- Committee actionApr 17, 2024
- Passed HouseJun 11, 2024 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 12, 2024 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7984.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-537 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Small Business Committee on June 4, 2024.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 4, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/537
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7984, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7984
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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. PAPPAS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 64, April 15, 2024, Page H2397):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution states that ``Congress shall have the authority to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the United States or in any Department of Office thereof.'' The single subject of this legislation is: Small BusinessSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 15, 2024 ↗
Evidence
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- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 403 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7984, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7984
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
419e4e8c66173cce77c767b6c793e57918db678c6aa6a376dfbfb65a6c2a3909
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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
3 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 1 Democrat
2 of 3 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 15, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.