1HOUSE · FEB 24, 2025
Passed the House
405–0PASSED
R 205–0 D 200–0
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · roll 43 · 27 not voting
House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Passed House
Assisting Small Businesses Not Fraudsters Act
Official title: To prohibit individuals convicted of defrauding the Government from receiving any assistance from the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Roger Williams R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 28, 2025
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseFeb 24, 2025 · 405–0
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 25, 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. 825.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WILLIAMS of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 18, January 28, 2025, Page H408):Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 28, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 62 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 825, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/825
- 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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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 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
Sent to: Small Business Committee, Small Business and Entrepreneurship CommitteeBills with a CBO estimateBills with a committee reportSee it in the Data Web
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 825, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 12, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
Vote results
1 recorded roll-call vote on H.R. 825. 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
3 cosponsors — 3 Democrats
3 of 3 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
Maggie Goodlander (D-NH), Kweisi Mfume (D-MD), Lateefah Simon (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Roger Williams.
- H.R. 5100 (119th) To extend the SBIR and STTR programs, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 3174 (119th) Made in America Manufacturing Finance Act
- H.R. 1642 (119th) Connecting Small Businesses with Career and Technical Education Graduates Act of 2025
- H.R. 5763 (119th) Main Street Parity Act
- H.R. 826 (119th) COVID Fraud Transparency Act of 2026
- H.R. 1549 (119th) China Financial Threat Mitigation Act of 2025
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.