SBA must follow rules about helping veteran businesses.
H.R. 10371 — Ensuring SBA Implementation of GAO Recommendations Act of 2026 · Filed by LaMonica McIver (D-NJ) · 1 cosponsor · Introduced Sep 14, 2026 · Reported out
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What it does
The bill tells the SBA to follow a 1999 law. The SBA has 60 days after the bill passes to start. The SBA must make plans to keep following the rules.
Who it affects
Veterans who own small businesses are affected. The public can see if the SBA is doing its job.
One thing to notice
The bill does not say what happens if the SBA does not follow the rules.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
1 cosponsor: 1 Democrats.
- Sep 14, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Sep 14, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Small Business · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Small Business”
- Sep 16, 2026 — Markup held in committee · Congress.gov: “Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held”
- Sep 16, 2026 — Reported out of committee · Congress.gov: “Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 22 - 0”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (548 characters) on Sep 17, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,522 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-09-22.
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