House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Passed House
Main Street Competes Act
Official title: To amend the Small Business Economic Policy Act of 1980 to examine how the competitiveness of small businesses is affected by the enforcement of Federal antitrust laws, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 19, 2026
- Committee actionMay 20, 2026
- Passed HouseJun 23, 2026 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 24, 2026 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8882.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 8882, Main Street Competes Act” on June 16, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the House Committee on Small Business on June 3, 2026”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 16, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62532
- CBO publication date
- June 16, 2026
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8882, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8882
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-682 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Small Business Committee on June 3, 2026.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 3, 2026 ↗
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- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/682
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8882, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8882
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 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 Ms. SCHOLTEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 85, May 19, 2026, Page H3628):Article I Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 19, 2026 ↗
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- H.R. 8882, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8882
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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 — 1 Republican, 1 Democrat
1 of 2 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
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Related bills
- H.R. 5424 (118th) Main Street Competes ActCross-Congress related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
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