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Bills/119th Congress · House

H.R. 5568

Introduced

Funding Small Businesses During Shutdown Act

Sponsor
DHerbert C. Conaway, Jr.· New Jersey
Introduced
September 26, 2025
Policy area
Commerce
Latest action
Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.September 26, 2025

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 5568 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5568 To ensure continued appropriations for certain Small Business Administration programs during a Government shutdown, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 26, 2025 Mr. Conaway (for himself, Ms. Simon, Mr. Castro of Texas, Ms. Morrison, and Mr. Olszewski) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Appropriations _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To ensure continued appropriations for certain Small Business Administration programs during a Government shutdown, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Funding Small Businesses During Shutdown Act''. SEC. 2. CONTINUATION OF CERTAIN SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION PROGRAMS DURING A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN. There are appropriated for fiscal year 2026, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, during any period of a lapse in discretionary appropriations with respect to the Small Business Administration during such fiscal year beginning on or after the date of the enactment of this section, for any 30-day period of such lapse (and on a pro-rated basis if such lapse is less than 30 days) to pay for the salaries and expenses necessary to continue servicing any loans made under-- (1) $500,000 for loans made under subsection (m) of section 7 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(m)); (2) $2,916,666,667 for loans made under subsection (a) of section 7 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)); (3) $1,250,000,000 for loans made under title V of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 695 et seq.); and (4) $13,775,000 for administrative expenses to carry out the loan program under subsection (m) of section 7 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(m)). <all>

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