House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
LIONs Act of 2025
Official title: To amend the Small Business Act and the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to increase the maximum loan amount for certain loans, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Shri Thanedar D-MIWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 5, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 5, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1893.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. THANEDAR, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 42, March 5, 2025, Page H1010):Congress shall have . . . power to make all laws. Article 1 Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 69 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1893, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1893
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 22, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of January 22, 2026). 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
9 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 6 Democrats
3 of 9 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
Mark Alford (R-MO), Janelle Bynum (D-OR), Josh Harder (D-CA), Jonathan Jackson (D-IL), Zachary Nunn (R-IA), Eric Sorensen (D-IL), Darren Soto (D-FL), Lori Trahan (D-MA), Tony Wied (R-WI).
More from the sponsor
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Related bills
- S. 901 (119th) LIONs Act of 2025Identical bill
- H.R. 4153 (119th) Supporting Trade and Rebuilding Opportunity for National Growth ActRelated bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.