HR4480-118

Reported

To require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to report on the veterans interagency task force, to require the Comptroller General of the United States to report on access to credit for small business concerns owned and controlled by covered individuals, and for other purposes.

118th Congress Introduced Jul 6, 2023

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, To require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to report on the veterans interagency task force, to require the Comptroller General of the United States to report on access to credit for small business concerns owned and controlled by covered individuals, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators. The main policy domain is Government Operations, Defense, Finance.

Who Benefits and How

federal agencies and legislative administrators may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section HCA7B6D0666094C23951D004A0AF55792: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Successful Entrepreneurship for Reservists and Veterans Act or the SERV Act.
  • Section HBB10ACAB9C0A41AE8A8FF89E1375A843: 2. Reporting requirement for veterans interagency task force Section 32(c) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 657b(c)) is amended by adding at the end the...
  • Section H76C7A6B497B6498D83F884FFF7E96C99: 3. GAO report on access to credit Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit...
  • Section H730C242D319E40099D29B21DF39211F5: 4. Compliance with CUTGO No additional amounts are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act or the amendments made by this Act.

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, To require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to report on the veterans interagency task force, to require the Comptroller General of the United States to report on access to credit for small business concerns owned and controlled by covered individuals, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.

Key Policy Areas

Government Operations, Defense, Finance

Primary Purpose

This bill, To require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to report on the veterans interagency task force, to require the Comptroller General of the United States to report on access to credit for small business concerns owned and controlled by covered individuals, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.

Policy Domains

Government Operations Defense Finance

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • federal agencies and legislative administrators
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federal agencies and legislative administrators:
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
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federal implementing agencies:

Legislative Progress

Reported
Introduced Committee Passed
Nov 29, 2023

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Small …

Sep 1, 2023

Additional sponsor: Mr. LaLota

Sep 1, 2023

Reported from the Committee on Small Business; committed to the …

Jul 6, 2023

Ms. Davids of Kansas (for herself and Mr. Alford) introduced …

Stakeholder Effects

cui bono?

How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.

Government
3 mentions across 3 clauses
+1 positive -2 negative

Government Accountability Office, Small Business Administration

Small Business Administration faces effects in multiple directions

Small Business
2 mentions across 1 clause
+2 positive

Service-disabled veteran entrepreneurs, Veteran-owned small businesses

General Public
1 mention across 1 clause
+1 positive

Taxpayers

4/4
sections analyzed
Full impact breakdown

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Government Operations Defense Finance
Actor Mappings
"administrator_of_sba"
→ Administrator of the Small Business Administration

We use a combination of our own taxonomy and classification in addition to large language models to assess meaning and potential beneficiaries. High confidence means strong textual evidence. Always verify with the original bill text.

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