SBA must audit federal contractors' small-business hiring plans.
H.R. 10622 — PROMISE for Small Businesses Act · Filed by Pablo José Hernández Rivera (D-PR) · 1 cosponsor · Introduced Sep 28, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
The bill tells the Small Business Administration to check at least 10% of federal contracts each year. It must see if contractors are really hiring small businesses as subcontractors. The SBA must report to Congress every year about what it found. It must say which contractors broke the rules and what it did.
Who it affects
Small businesses and the public are affected. The bill does not make new rules. It makes sure the SBA checks if contractors follow rules that already exist.
One thing to notice
The bill does not give the SBA extra money to do the audits.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
1 cosponsor: 1 Democrats.
- Sep 28, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Sep 28, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Small Business · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Small Business”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- audit — A careful check to see if rules are being followed.
- federal contracts — Deals where the government pays companies to do work or sell things.
- Small Business Administration — A federal agency that helps small businesses grow and succeed.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (1,666 characters) on Oct 3, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,222 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 2026-10-20.
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