Congress asks SBA to report on small company certifications yearly.
H.R. 8879 — Oversight and Transparency for Small Business Certifications Act of 2026 · Filed by Johnny Olszewski (D-MD) · 1 cosponsor · Introduced May 19, 2026 · Passed chamber
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What it does
The bill tells the Small Business Administration to send Congress a report every year. The report shows how many small companies asked for approval to work with the government. It shows how many got that approval. The report must say how long decisions take. It must say how many applications are still waiting.
Who it affects
Small company owners who want government contracts are affected. Congress and the public can see if the SBA is doing its job well.
One thing to notice
The report will show if some groups of owners wait longer than others. This data could lead to changes in how the SBA works.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
1 cosponsor: 1 Republicans.
- May 19, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- May 19, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Small Business and Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Small Business”
- May 20, 2026 — Markup held in committee · Congress.gov: “Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held”
- May 20, 2026 — Reported out of committee · Congress.gov: “Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 23 - 0”
- Jun 23, 2026 — Passed the House · Congress.gov: “On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4145-4146)”
- Jun 23, 2026 — Floor vote scheduled · Congress.gov: “Mr. Williams (TX) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Money around this bill
1 groups reported lobbying about this bill. They filed 1 reports from Jun 2026 to Jun 2026.
Those reports show $360,000 in lobbying spending. Each report lists about 16 bills. So that money was not all for this bill.
More groups named this bill than 0% of bills with any report.
Johnny Olszewski, who sponsored the bill, received $345,198 from PACs for the 2026 election.
- Portland Cement Association — $360,000 in 1 report
Lobbying is legal. These reports show who lobbied about this bill, not what changed.
Words to know
- Small Business Administration — A government agency that helps small companies grow and get contracts.
- certifications — Official approval that a company meets the rules for government work.
- lobbying — Trying to influence lawmakers about a bill. Companies and groups pay people to do this.
- PACs — Groups that collect money and give it to candidates for office.
- sponsored — To sponsor a bill is to introduce it in Congress and put your name on it.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (5,909 characters) on Jul 5, 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.
Money — Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act filings whose specific-issue field names this bill for quarters ending Jun 2026 to Jun 2026. A filing's amount is reported whole beside the median number of bills a filing names; it is never divided across them. PAC receipts are FEC-reported contributions to the sponsor's candidate committee in the 2026 cycle.
As of — lobbying records through Jul 16, 2026 · page rendered 2026-09-22.
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