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Upon reconvening, the committee conducts postponed roll‑call votes on HR 10329, 4615, 10355, 10371, 10353, 10352, 10238, 9718, and 10375, unanimously reporting each bill, authorizing technical and conforming changes, and allowing members time to file additional views before adjournment.
Members debate HR 10352 to raise the 504 loan cap in high‑demand periods, HR 10238 to formalize SBA’s role in coordinating federal cybersecurity resources and contractor CMMC compliance, HR 9718 to codify and evaluate SBA’s reshoring portal, and HR 10375 to modernize and expand the 504 CDC program’s public‑policy goals and eligibility, with all four bills advancing by voice vote pending recorded votes and the committee then recessing.
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The committee examines HR 10355 to standardize SBA disaster loan outreach, HR 10371 to enforce GAO‑recommended reporting on veteran‑owned small‑business programs, and HR 10353 to modernize public reporting on the SBIC program’s licenses, leverage, capital deployment, and jobs impact, approving each bill by voice vote subject to later roll‑call votes.
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Members first consider HR 10329 to coordinate SBA with national security agencies on foreign adversary risks to small businesses, then take up HR 4615 to require interim payments when contract changes trigger equitable adjustments so small contractors can maintain cash flow, with both measures advancing by voice vote pending recorded votes.
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The chair opens the Small Business Committee markup, confirms quorum, explains electronic voting procedures, previews a bipartisan Baltimore roundtable, and outlines the agenda of nine SBA‑related bills aligned with administration small‑business priorities.
“Oversight of SBA’s Office of Entrepreneurial Development.”
The discussion turns to proposals to increase Women’s Business Center funding and grant caps, unresolved WBC arrears and the broader grants backlog, the administration’s plan to eliminate STEP amid trade uncertainty, the relocation and capacity of the Office of Native American Affairs within OED, AI‑related support through SBDCs, OED’s medium‑term priorities and staffing model, and finally a forceful defense of SBDC funding levels, sub‑recipient compliance issues, and the Chair’s deadlines for written follow‑ups before adjournment.
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“Oversight of SBA’s Office of Entrepreneurial Development.”
Members probe state‑level consequences of delayed and paused grants, demand predictable NOFO schedules and safeguards against politically driven delays, and then examine how tariff complexity and uncertainty affect small exporters, STEP’s reported high ROI and backlog, and access gaps for territories like CNMI and Guam in WBC competitions and STEP eligibility.
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“Oversight of SBA’s Office of Entrepreneurial Development.”
The Chair frames the oversight objectives, Fitzpatrick presents OED’s mission and reforms, and members immediately press him on the nationwide grant payment pause, threatened cuts or consolidations to SBDCs, WBCs, SCORE and STEP, and the implications of OED’s internal reorganization for local counseling and export‑support delivery.
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“AI on Main Street: How AI is Shaping the Future of Small Business.”
The Chair thanks the panel, keeps the hearing record open for additional submissions and written questions for five legislative days, and formally adjourns the Committee’s hearing on AI and Main Street small businesses.
“AI on Main Street: How AI is Shaping the Future of Small Business.”
Later questioning centers on how divergent state privacy and AI rules and litigation risks impose costs on small firms, the case for a single national privacy law, discrepancies in AI adoption estimates and low trust, harms from biased AI tools, and the importance of vendor‑neutral, multi‑tool federal programs that avoid lock‑in and support open and proprietary models alike.
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“AI on Main Street: How AI is Shaping the Future of Small Business.”
Members focus on whether AI augments or displaces workers, how to involve employees in deployment, and how to structure apprenticeships, education, and training for an AI‑ready workforce, while also examining unequal AI access in minority, immigrant, rural, and remote communities and the need for broadband, federal funding, and public‑private partnerships to scale AI literacy and advisory support.
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“AI on Main Street: How AI is Shaping the Future of Small Business.”
Members question witnesses on concrete Main Street AI use cases, sectoral adoption differences, and what AI literacy for owners and workers should entail, then probe the risks of federal preemption without strong safeguards, SBA’s role in organizing AI training via SBDCs, and how to design a national privacy and AI framework that avoids a costly state patchwork while addressing deepfakes and model competition.
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“AI on Main Street: How AI is Shaping the Future of Small Business.”
Witnesses from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, a small retailer, an AI platform, and the Kapor Center present data and examples on AI adoption, productivity and workforce impacts, access and readiness gaps, and call for a national AI and privacy framework, AI literacy, broadband, and targeted federal support for small firms.
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“AI on Main Street: How AI is Shaping the Future of Small Business.”
The Chair and Ranking Member open the Small Business Committee hearing on AI and Main Street, contrast Biden and Trump administration approaches, outline potential benefits and risks of AI for small firms, and introduce the witnesses and procedures for the session.
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“250 Years of American Legacy: Small Businesses and the American Dream.”
Members probe restaurant succession, ACA and EPA compliance, procurement and cybersecurity rules, tax cuts and deregulatory proposals, estate tax and business continuity, capital access for immigrant owners, housing affordability, and then conclude with institutional closing remarks and adjournment in the American 250 framework.
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“250 Years of American Legacy: Small Businesses and the American Dream.”
The chair, ranking member, and several members question witnesses on multi‑generation business viability, flexible space models, defense industrial base resilience, immigration enforcement impacts, women‑owned contracting, tariffs and reimbursement processes, and the need for predictable tax and regulatory environments.
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“250 Years of American Legacy: Small Businesses and the American Dream.”
The four witnesses present sector-specific testimonies on family restaurants, natural products and co‑warehousing, defense manufacturing, and bilingual outreach, emphasizing tax treatment, SBA capital access, workforce pipelines, procurement burdens, and regulatory clarity.
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“250 Years of American Legacy: Small Businesses and the American Dream.”
The chair and ranking member formally open the Small Business Committee hearing, link it to the American 250 context, outline economic and policy challenges for small firms, and explain hearing procedures and witness roles.
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The final exchanges review SBIC modernization and deregulation aligned with critical‑minerals and industrial policy, case studies of SBIR‑driven commercialization, district‑level innovation ecosystems and inclusive access to OII tools, the contradiction between FAST’s demonstrated impact and proposed elimination, and SBA’s national outreach efforts on SBIR before the Chair closes the record and adjourns the hearing.
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Mid‑hearing oversight shifts to the SBIR/STTR reauthorization lapse and communication failures, opaque and shrinking Regional Innovation Cluster funding, engagement with smaller universities and defense innovation entities, termination of specific RICs and proposed FAST zeroing, the impact and unmeasured costs of tariffs on small manufacturers, and feedback from firms harmed by the SBIR lapse together with options to improve data transparency and program stability.
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Members examine SBIR access for remote territories, energy and supply‑chain vulnerability, implementation of the Investing in All America Act’s SBIC rules, capital flows to places like Appalachia, China‑related IP and supply‑chain risks, small‑business cost and revenue strain, and OII’s role in supporting manufacturing R&D under recent statutes while streamlining SBIC regulation.
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Early questioning probes how Trump‑era priorities translated into SBIC results, the program’s role in filling market gaps, data and reporting delays, AI use in oversight, new SBIC leverage caps and project‑finance rules, and SBIR’s ‘valley of death’ with emphasis on new commercialization and DOD coordination tools.
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The Chair and Ranking Member formally open the hearing, set oversight priorities on SBIC and SBIR/STTR performance and data gaps, and then introduce Associate Administrator Joshua Carter, who outlines OII’s mission refocus, SBIC portfolio growth, and SBIR/STTR commercialization and national security relevance.
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“Restoring America’s Industrial Base: The Role of Small Businesses in National Security.”
Members examine how DOD and SBA can structure contracts, funding, and certification systems to enable new and diverse small‑business primes, addressing payment delays, multi‑year stability, regulatory reduction, SBA’s strained certification portal, veteran mentorship, WOSB access, AI training for procurement, veteran transition into entrepreneurship, and remaining barriers before the hearing is formally closed.
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“Restoring America’s Industrial Base: The Role of Small Businesses in National Security.”
Members question witnesses on overhauling the FAR, SBIR as an on‑ramp for innovation, the value of veteran‑owned agility, and the consequences of altering small‑business programs, then probe SCIF access, feedback on SBIR, CMMC and overclassification burdens, DOE/DOD policy shifts, and industrial‑base consolidation driven by primes and private equity.
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“Restoring America’s Industrial Base: The Role of Small Businesses in National Security.”
The four witnesses present prepared testimony on the shrinking small‑business share in defense, mid‑tier and 8(a) distortions, NAICS and CMMC challenges, and the role of WOSB/SDVOSB programs and the Rule of Two, offering specific regulatory and statutory reforms to stabilize and expand the small‑business industrial base.
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“Restoring America’s Industrial Base: The Role of Small Businesses in National Security.”
The Chair and Ranking Member formally convene the Small Business Committee hearing, outline its focus on the defense industrial base, and frame core problems such as declining small‑business participation, regulatory barriers, and procurement consolidation before setting procedural rules and introducing witnesses.
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