House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act
Official title: To amend chapter 6 of title 5, United States Code (commonly known as the "Regulatory Flexibility Act"), to ensure complete analysis of potential impacts on small entities of rules, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Ben Cline R-VAWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 15, 2025
- Committee actionJun 10, 2025
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 10, 2025 — Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 13 - 12.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 421.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CLINE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 8, January 15, 2025, Page H186):Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 15, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 41 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 421, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/421
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a2a70c1ee85983a95b1d28f8144f2f1bda7270ffe36cdd579dce9a7f01d2c420
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 September 19, 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
6 cosponsors — 6 Republicans
0 of 6 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Josh Brecheen (R-OK), Jake Ellzey (R-TX), Scott Fitzgerald (R-WI), Harriet Hageman (R-WY), Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ), Daniel Webster (R-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ben Cline.
- H.R. 7730 (119th) Bankruptcy Threshold Adjustment Act
- H.R. 2675 (119th) Protecting Our Courts from Foreign Manipulation Act
- H.R. 4642 (119th) Fiscal Contingency Preparedness Act
- H.R. 6622 (119th) Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2025
- H.R. 404 (119th) Hearing Protection Act
- H.R. 5874 (119th) Firearm Access During Shutdowns Act
Related bills
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.