House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Rural Innovation and Small Business Support Act
Sponsor: Rep. Mark Alford R-MOWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 25, 2024
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 25, 2024 — Referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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 committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9797.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ALFORD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 150, September 25, 2024, Page H5830):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 ``The Congress shall have power to . . . provide for the . . . general welfare of the United States; . . .'' The single subject of this legislation is: The Administrator of the SBA shall include in any policy directive of the SBIR/STTR programs that each participating agency includes a special emphasis on rural communities when agencies conduct outreach related to the SBIR/STTR program.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 25, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 420 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9797, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/9797
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 16, 2024
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 16, 2024). Not every bill gets one.
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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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mark Alford.
- H.R. 5265 (118th) Small Business Administration Rural Performance Report Act
- H.R. 9030 (118th) Regulatory Agenda Clarity Act
- H.Res. 1086 (118th) Expressing support for the designation of March 19, 2024, as "National Agriculture Day" and celebrating the importance of agriculture as…
- H.R. 5465 (118th) Congressional Access to Bureaucratic Offices Act
- H.Res. 235 (118th) Expressing support for the designation of March 21, 2023, as "National Agriculture Day" and celebrating the importance of agriculture as…
- H.R. 530 (118th) A–PLUS Act
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.