119-hr5568

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Funding Small Businesses During Shutdown Act

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Introduced:
Sep 26, 2025
Policy Area:
Commerce

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Sep 26, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.

Summaries (1)

Introduced in House - Sep 26, 2025 00
<p><strong>Funding Small Businesses During Shutdown Act</strong></p><p>This bill provides FY2026 appropriations to continue servicing loans made under certain Small Business Administration (SBA) loan programs if there is a lapse in discretionary appropriations (i.e., government shutdown) in FY2026.</p><p>If there is a lapse in FY2026 appropriations for the SBA, the bill provides specified appropriations to pay for the salaries and expenses necessary to continue servicing any loans made under several loan programs authorized by the Small Business Act and the Small Business Investment Act of 1958.</p><p>The bill provides the appropriations for any 30-day period in which there is a lapse in SBA appropriations and on a pro-rated basis if the lapse is less than 30 days.</p>

Actions (3)

Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.
Type: IntroReferral | Source: House floor actions | Code: H11100
Sep 26, 2025
Introduced in House
Type: IntroReferral | Source: Library of Congress | Code: Intro-H
Sep 26, 2025
Introduced in House
Type: IntroReferral | Source: Library of Congress | Code: 1000
Sep 26, 2025

Subjects (1)

Commerce (Policy Area)

Text Versions (1)

Introduced in House

Sep 26, 2025

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Length: 2,290 characters Version: Introduced in House Version Date: Sep 26, 2025 Last Updated: Nov 14, 2025 6:08 AM
[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.

This Act may be cited as the ``Funding Small Businesses During
Shutdown Act''.
SEC. 2.
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.
(m) );

(2) $2,916,666,667 for loans made under subsection

(a) of
section 7 of the Small Business Act (15 U.

(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.
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636
(m) ).
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