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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 2968
To limit the authority of the Small Business Administration to facilitate
access to voter registration, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL17, 2025
Mr. W
ILLIAMSof Texas (for himself, Mr. ALFORD, Ms. KING-HINDS, Ms. VAN
D
UYNE, Mr. SCHMIDT, Mr. MEUSER, Mr. ELLZEY, Mr. WIED, Mr. JACK,
Mr. D
OWNING, Mr. BRESNAHAN, Mr. PATRONIS, and Mr. FINSTAD) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small
Business, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for
a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com-
mittee concerned
A BILL
To limit the authority of the Small Business Administration
to facilitate access to voter registration, and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Business over Ballots 4
Act’’. 5
SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 6
It is the sense of Congress that— 7
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(1) the Small Business Administration should 1
focus on aiding and assisting small business con-2
cerns; 3
(2) facilitating access to voter registration is be-4
yond the scope of the mission of the Administration 5
and the authority of the Administration under Fed-6
eral law; and 7
(3) any Executive order issued by the President 8
may not conflict with this Act or otherwise compel 9
the Administrator of the Small Business Administra-10
tion to facilitate access to voter registration. 11
SEC. 3. LIMITATIONS ON FACILITATION OF ACCESS TO 12
VOTER REGISTRATION BY THE SMALL BUSI-13
NESS ADMINISTRATION. 14
(a) P
ROHIBITION.—The Administrator of the Small 15
Business Administration may not take any action to facili-16
tate access to voter registration other than actions author-17
ized by Federal law. 18
(b) T
ERMS OFCONTRACTS.—On or after the date of 19
the enactment of this Act, any contract or other agree-20
ment entered into by the Administrator to provide assist-21
ance to a person shall include a term stating that such 22
person may not use such assistance to facilitate access to 23
voter registration. 24
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(c) EXISTINGRECIPIENTS.—A recipient of assistance 1
from the Administrator may not use such assistance to 2
facilitate access to voter registration unless explicitly au-3
thorized by the terms of such assistance. 4
(d) C
OVEREDENTITIES.—The Administrator may 5
not use, act through, or otherwise make a request of a 6
covered entity to engage in activities to facilitate access 7
to voter registration unless the Administrator is so author-8
ized by Congress. 9
(e) D
EFINITIONS.—In this Act: 10
(1) A
DMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis-11
trator’’ means the Administrator of the Small Busi-12
ness Administration. 13
(2) C
OVERED ENTITY.—The term ‘‘covered en-14
tity’’— 15
(A) means an entity, State government, or 16
unit of local government that receives funding 17
or other assistance from the Administrator 18
under a contract, cooperative agreement, memo-19
randum of understanding, or other agreement 20
to carry out a program administered by the Ad-21
ministrator; and 22
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(B) does not include a person that receives 1
a loan or loan guarantee under section 7 of the 2
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636). 3
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