House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
Small Business Payment for Performance Act of 2026
Official title: To amend the Small Business Act to provide interim partial payment to small business contractors that request an equitable adjustment due to a change in the terms of a construction contract, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 22, 2025
- Committee actionSep 16, 2026
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 9, 2026 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 746.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4615.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-849 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Small Business Committee on October 9, 2026.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 9, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/849
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4615, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4615
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 20, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 21, 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. STAUBER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 125, July 22, 2025, Page H3554):The Congress enacts this bill pursuant to Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I of the United States Constitution, which provides Congress with the ability to enact legislation necessary and proper to effectuate its purposes in taxing and spending.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 22, 2025 ↗
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- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 245 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4615, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4615
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 20, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
5add0965763976f10a2c2fc7354918390dce147bb185a3a56691a998ff13f32e
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate (as of October 20, 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
15 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 12 Democrats
12 of 15 cosponsors (80%) are from the other party.
Robert Bresnahan (R-PA), André Carson (D-IN), Ed Case (D-HI), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), Angie Craig (D-MN), Sharice Davids (D-KS), Donald Davis (D-NC), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Greg Landsman (D-OH), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Donald Norcross (D-NJ), Hillary Scholten (D-MI), Eric Sorensen (D-IL), Marc Veasey (D-TX), Eugene Vindman (D-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Pete Stauber.
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- H.R. 197 (119th) Lake Winnibigoshish Land Exchange Act of 2025
- H.R. 4090 (119th) Critical Mineral Dominance Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 21, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.