Entrepreneurs with Disabilities Reporting Act of 2025
Summary
What This Bill Does
The Entrepreneurs with Disabilities Reporting Act of 2025 directs the SBA Administrator to submit a report to Congress within 180 days on the barriers entrepreneurs with disabilities face when starting and operating businesses. The report must assess challenges and needs, describe SBA resources and support, describe outreach by SBA district and regional offices, small business development centers, and women's business centers, describe joint efforts among SBA offices or between SBA and other federal agencies, identify resource and support deficiencies, describe use of and access to SBA resources by entrepreneurs with disabilities, and recommend legislative actions needed to address identified challenges. The bill authorizes no additional funds, so SBA must complete the report with existing resources.
Who Benefits and How
Entrepreneurs with disabilities, disabled small-business owners, startup founders with disabilities, disability-rights advocates, small business development centers, women's business centers, SBA district offices, SBA regional offices, congressional small-business committees, and federal agencies working on disability entrepreneurship benefit from better visibility into gaps in outreach, program access, and support. The report can identify whether entrepreneurs with disabilities know about SBA services and what legislative changes could improve access.
Who Bears the Burden and How
The Small Business Administration, SBA district office staff, SBA regional office staff, small business development center counselors, women's business center staff, SBA program managers, interagency coordination staff, data analysts, and congressional report reviewers must gather program information, document outreach, assess deficiencies, analyze usage and access patterns, and draft recommendations without new appropriations.
Key Provisions
- Requires a report within 180 days on entrepreneurship challenges and needs of entrepreneurs with disabilities.
- Requires SBA to describe resources, support, and outreach by district offices, regional offices, SBDCs, and women's business centers.
- Requires description of joint SBA and interagency efforts supporting economic success for entrepreneurs with disabilities.
- Requires identification of resource deficiencies and access patterns for SBA resources.
- Requires recommendations for legislative actions and authorizes no additional funds.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Requires the Small Business Administration to report to Congress within 180 days, using existing funds, on the challenges and needs of entrepreneurs with disabilities, SBA resources and outreach, district and regional office activity, small business development center and women's business center outreach, interagency efforts, deficiencies, usage and access data, and needed legislative actions.
Key Policy Areas
Small Business, Disability Rights, Federal Administration
Primary Purpose
Requires the Small Business Administration to report to Congress within 180 days, using existing funds, on the challenges and needs of entrepreneurs with disabilities, SBA resources and outreach, district and regional office activity, small business development center and women's business center outreach, interagency efforts, deficiencies, usage and access data, and needed legislative actions.
Policy Domains
Substantive provisions
Identified Gains
- Entrepreneurs with disabilities
- Disabled small-business owners
- Startup founders with disabilities
- Disability-rights advocates
- Small business development centers
- Women's business centers
- SBA district offices
Identified Costs
- Small Business Administration
- SBA district office staff
- SBA regional office staff
- Small business development center counselors
- Women's business center staff
- SBA program managers
- Data analysts
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
Passed HouseReceived; read twice and referred to the Committee on Small …
Passed House (inferred from eh version)
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to …
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without …
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, …
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules …
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate …
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2401-2402)
Mr. Williams (TX) moved to suspend the rules and pass …
Additional sponsor: Ms. Goodlander
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Disability-rights advocates, Small business development centers, Women's business centers
Positive-direction: Disability-rights advocates
Negative-direction: Small business development centers, Women's business centers
SBA district offices, Small Business Administration
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
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