1HOUSE · JUN 6, 2025
Passed the House
217–190PASSED
R 209–0 D 8–190
On Passage · roll 156 · 25 not voting
House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Passed House
American Entrepreneurs First Act of 2025
Official title: To require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to require an applicant for certain loans of the Administration to provide certain citizenship status documentation, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Beth Van Duyne R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 17, 2025
- Committee actionApr 30, 2025
- Passed HouseJun 6, 2025 · 217–190
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 9, 2025 — 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. 2966.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-112 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Small Business Committee on May 21, 2025.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 21, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/112
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2966, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2966
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 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 Ms. VAN DUYNE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 67, April 17, 2025, Page H1614):Article 1 Sec. 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 17, 2025 ↗
Evidence
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- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 16 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2966, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2966
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
cf1d820629996822de1f7be38b36967afd245a94ccd9786ffb4b5c733722a3df
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Vote results
1 recorded roll-call vote on H.R. 2966. The vote that moved the bill is first.
Yea–nay by party (R = Republicans, D = Democrats, I = independents). Counts for present and not-voting members are shown where there were any. Showing all 1 of 1 recorded votes. Sorted by date; within a chamber by roll-call number.
Cosponsors
1 cosponsor — 1 Republican
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Beth Van Duyne.
- H.R. 2965 (119th) Small Business Regulatory Reduction Act of 2025
- H.R. 8873 (119th) Recover COVID Unemployment Fraud in Banks Act
- H.R. 6903 (119th) Ensuring Children Receive Support Act
- H.R. 5498 (119th) Small Business Health Options Awareness Act of 2026
- H.R. 8883 (119th) Protecting Seniors and Stopping Fraudsters Act
- H.R. 2089 (119th) Generating Retirement Ownership through Long-Term Holding
Related bills
- H.Res. 458 (119th) Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2483) to reauthorize certain programs that provide for opioid use disorder prevention…Procedurally related
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.