House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
Advocating for Small Business Act
Official title: To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to establish Offices of Small Business within rule writing divisions of the Securities and Exchange Commission to coordinate on rules and policy priorities related to capital formation.
Sponsor: Rep. Vicente Gonzalez D-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 16, 2025
- Committee actionJul 22, 2025
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 8, 2025 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 207.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4449.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-250 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Financial Services Committee on September 8, 2025.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 8, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/250
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4449, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4449
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 18, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 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. VICENTE GONZALEZ of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 122, July 16, 2025, Page H3368):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 16, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4449, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4449
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 18, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9d20c9587671214e1f52a1c8b3cc1c018a7683507fb01deb101b26634f04e03a
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate (as of July 18, 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
2 cosponsors — 2 Republicans
2 of 2 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Vicente Gonzalez.
- H.R. 507 (119th) Veterans Member Business Loan Act
- H.R. 4667 (119th) VISIBLE Act
- H.R. 5879 (119th) Save American Democracy Act
- H.R. 7647 (119th) MORE Opportunities for Homeownership Act
- H.R. 1791 (119th) Increasing Credit Union Lending for Business Growth Act
- H.R. 10391 (119th) National Risk Assessments Extension Act
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.