Faith and Rural Small Business Act
Creates an SBA Center for Faith and gives the Office of Rural Affairs an Assistant Administrator.
In the House Small Business Committee since Oct. 1, 2026, 7 days after it was introduced. Most bills never leave committee.
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What the bill would do, and why it matters
Federal small-business support is organized through offices within the Small Business Administration. The bill would change the title of the head of the SBA’s Office of Rural Affairs and create a Center for Faith within the agency. It would also set a deadline for appointing the center’s director, but does not specify the center’s programs or services.
- INTRODUCED ONLY This bill has been introduced and possibly referred to a committee, but it has not passed any vote. Most introduced bills never become law — they die in committee without a hearing.
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- Establish an SBA Center for Faith
The bill would create a Center for Faith within the Small Business Administration’s Office of Entrepreneurial Development. It would require the SBA Administrator to appoint a director within 90 days after enactment.
- Change the rural affairs leadership title
The head of the SBA’s Office of Rural Affairs would be called an Assistant Administrator instead of a director.
The measure would create designated leadership structures for rural affairs and faith-related matters within the SBA. The text does not describe the center’s work or specify resources for it, so it does not set out what practical assistance businesses would receive.
Written from the bill text.
The path it took, step by step
- IntroducedOCT 1, 2026HOUSEOCT 1, 2026By Rep. AlfordReferred to Small Business
- SAME DAYNOWHouse committeeOCT 1, 2026SMALL BUSINESS NOWOCT 1, 2026In committee for 7 daysNo hearing yet
- 7 DAYS SO FARPassed the House—HOUSE FLOOR—Not scheduled
- Senate committee—SENATE—
- Passed the Senate—SENATE FLOOR—Not scheduled
- Resolve differencesONLY IF NEEDEDBOTH CHAMBERSONLY IF NEEDEDSkipped if the other chamber passes the same text
- Signed into law—PRESIDENT—10 days to sign or veto
- OCT 12026OCT 1, 2026REFERREDHOUSEReferred to the House Committee on Small Business.
- OCT 12026OCT 1, 2026INTRODUCEDHOUSEIntroduced in House
At day 7, this bill is already older than 3% of the laws passed this Congress were when they were signed.
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