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Small-business and AI measures

The committee ordered 7 of 7 bills reported, 3 as amended. 5 amendments were offered and 3 adopted. 9 votes were recorded by name.

Tue, Nov 18, 2025 · 9:45 AM – 11:51 AM ET · Rayburn 2360Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2360Chair Roger Williams R-TX-25Ranking Nydia M. Velázquez D-NY-7
7/7REPORTED5AMENDMENTS3ADOPTED9ROLL CALLS
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7/7Bills ordered reported5Amendments offered3Amendments adopted9Recorded votes

Bill by bill

H.R. 3496 · SPONSOR KIMBERLYN KING-HINDS R-MP-AL

Northern Mariana Islands Small Business Access Act

  • Adds the Northern Mariana Islands to microloan eligibility: The bill would make entities in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands eligible for the Small Business Administration’s microloan program. The program offers loans to small businesses and certain nonprofit childcare centers
  • Changes related program wording: The bill would change a fraction in the program’s statute from 1/55 to 1/56 and revise wording in a related clause about rural areas
  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Reported
  4. Passed House
  5. Passed Senate
  6. Law

What’s next: Passed the House. Next step: the Senate.

ORDERED REPORTED, AS AMENDED27–0
REPUBLICANS15 YEA · 0 NAY
DEMOCRATS11 YEA · 0 NAY
READERS · GOOD CALL OR BAD CALL?

NO RATINGS YET

Amendments to H.R. 3496

1 OFFERED · 1 ADOPTED
No.Offered byWhat it would doResult

How each member voted

28 members · 16 Republicans, 12 Democrats28 members · 16 R, 12 D. 9 votes were recorded by name.

YEA 27NAY 0NOT VOTING 0

The committee’s sheet ↗

What happens now

  1. Markup noticed, doneNOV 14, 2025
  2. Markup held · 7 bills ordered reported, doneNOV 18, 2025
  3. Committee report filed, doneDEC 17, 2025
  4. Rules Committee, not yet1 OF 7 GRANTED A RULE
  5. House floor vote, not yet6 OF 7 PASSED
  6. Senate, not yet

Documents

Markup terms

Data: Congress.gov committee meetings and bill actions · House Committee Repository · senate.gov · committee roll-call sheets