Introduced:
Jan 16, 2025
Policy Area:
Commerce
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Latest Action
Jan 16, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
Summaries (1)
Introduced in House
- Jan 16, 2025
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<p><strong>Fair Assistance and Impartial Treatment of Help In Small Business Act</strong></p><p>This bill implements a proposed rule by the Small Business Administration (SBA) that allows certain faith-based organizations to access business loan and disaster assistance programs. </p><p>The programs include the Intermediary Lending Program (ILP), Business Loan programs (7(a), microloan, and 504 programs), Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program, Military Reservist Economic Injury Disaster Loan (MREIDL) program, and Immediate Disaster Assistance Program (IDAP). </p><p>Current SBA regulations generally prohibit access to these programs if an organization is principally engaged in teaching, instructing, counseling, or indoctrinating religion or religious beliefs.</p><p>Recent Supreme Court opinions have found it unconstitutional to deny an otherwise qualified recipient access to a public benefit based solely on the organization's religious character (e.g., Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbia, Inc. v. Comer, 582 U.S. 449 (2017)).</p>
Actions (3)
Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
Type: IntroReferral
| Source: House floor actions
| Code: H11100
Jan 16, 2025
Introduced in House
Type: IntroReferral
| Source: Library of Congress
| Code: Intro-H
Jan 16, 2025
Introduced in House
Type: IntroReferral
| Source: Library of Congress
| Code: 1000
Jan 16, 2025
Subjects (1)
Commerce
(Policy Area)
Cosponsors (4)
(R-IN)
Feb 5, 2025
Feb 5, 2025
(R-TX)
Jan 23, 2025
Jan 23, 2025
(R-TX)
Jan 16, 2025
Jan 16, 2025
(R-KS)
Jan 16, 2025
Jan 16, 2025
Full Bill Text
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Version: Introduced in House
Version Date: Jan 16, 2025
Last Updated: Nov 13, 2025 6:40 AM
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 522 Introduced in House
(IH) ]
<DOC>
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 522
To ensure equal treatment for certain faith-based organizations in
certain Small Business Administration programs.
_______________________________________________________________________
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 16, 2025
Mr. Mann (for himself, Mr. Schmidt, and Mr. Babin) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small Business
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To ensure equal treatment for certain faith-based organizations in
certain Small Business Administration programs.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 522 Introduced in House
(IH) ]
<DOC>
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 522
To ensure equal treatment for certain faith-based organizations in
certain Small Business Administration programs.
_______________________________________________________________________
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 16, 2025
Mr. Mann (for himself, Mr. Schmidt, and Mr. Babin) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small Business
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To ensure equal treatment for certain faith-based organizations in
certain Small Business Administration programs.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1.
This Act may be cited as the ``Fair Assistance and Impartial
Treatment of Help In Small Business Act'' or the ``FAITH in Small
Business Act''.
SEC. 2.
IN CERTAIN SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION PROGRAMS.
The proposed rule of the Small Business Administration titled
``Ensuring Equal Treatment for Faith-Based Organizations in SBA's Loan
and Disaster Assistance Programs'' issued January 19, 2021, shall have
the force and effect of law.
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The proposed rule of the Small Business Administration titled
``Ensuring Equal Treatment for Faith-Based Organizations in SBA's Loan
and Disaster Assistance Programs'' issued January 19, 2021, shall have
the force and effect of law.
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