1HOUSE · JUN 5, 2025
Passed the House
214–198PASSED
R 211–0 D 3–198
On Passage · roll 155 · 20 not voting
House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Passed House
CEASE Act of 2025
Official title: To amend the Small Business Act to require a limit on the number of small business lending companies, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Robert Bresnahan R-PAWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 24, 2025
- Committee actionApr 30, 2025
- Passed HouseJun 5, 2025 · 214–198
- 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. 2987.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-107 ↗. 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/107
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2987, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2987
- 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 Mr. BRESNAHAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 69, April 24, 2025, Page H1624):``Clause 1 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution, to ``provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States.''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 24, 2025 ↗
Evidence
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- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 137 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2987, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2987
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
cc62149fed6bb234ff5b5cd3f1e36e6b777fb504d90d4afbe750c7b0d89440b9
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Vote results
2 recorded roll-call votes on H.R. 2987. The vote that moved the bill is first.
Procedural votes (1) — motions, rulings and amendments along the way (1 House). Tap to show.
Oldest first. Totals are yea–nay.
- Send the bill back to committeeMotion to recommitHouse · Jun 5, 2025 · roll 154R 0–212 D 201–0201–212Failed
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 2 of 2 recorded votes. Sorted by date; within a chamber by roll-call number.
Cosponsors
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Robert Bresnahan.
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- H.R. 3428 (119th) Mid-Atlantic River Basin Commissions Review Act
- H.R. 4782 (119th) Local Farmers Feeding our Communities Act
- H.R. 6075 (119th) Water Infrastructure Modernization Act of 2025
- H.R. 10224 (119th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 6 Pennsylvania Avenue in Matamoras, Pennsylvania, as the "PFC…
- H.R. 6022 (119th) Sgt. Walter F. Hartnett IV Green Star Veterans Service Act
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.