HR5265-118

Reported

To amend the Small Business Act to require a report on the performance of the Office of Rural Affairs, to require a report on the memorandum of understanding between the Small Business Administration and the Department of Agriculture entered into on April 4, 2018, and for other purposes.

118th Congress Introduced Aug 25, 2023

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Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, To amend the Small Business Act to require a report on the performance of the Office of Rural Affairs, to require a report on the memorandum of understanding between the Small Business Administration and the Department of Agriculture entered into on April 4, 2018, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators. The main policy domain is Government Operations, Finance, Environment.

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 HE0D9593B25CA46648657FFD10B6A3049: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Small Business Administration Rural Performance Report Act.
  • Section HD9264207D5864B2D8E91FC61D4B94043: 2. Small business rural performance reports Section 26 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 653) is amended by adding at the end the following: (d)Reports...
  • Section HEC43628C5B7C4C2A9D812729488B452B: 3. Definitions In this Act: The term Administrator means the Administrator of the Small Business Administration. The term Administration means the Small...
  • Section HDC88BB9606734C62860AE1257FCF1720: 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 amend the Small Business Act to require a report on the performance of the Office of Rural Affairs, to require a report on the memorandum of understanding between the Small Business Administration and the Department of Agriculture entered into on April 4, 2018, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.

Key Policy Areas

Government Operations, Finance, Environment

Primary Purpose

This bill, To amend the Small Business Act to require a report on the performance of the Office of Rural Affairs, to require a report on the memorandum of understanding between the Small Business Administration and the Department of Agriculture entered into on April 4, 2018, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.

Policy Domains

Government Operations Finance Environment

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
Sep 26, 2023

Additional sponsors: Mr. Stauber and Mr. Pappas

Sep 26, 2023

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

Aug 25, 2023

Mr. Alford (for himself, Mr. Luetkemeyer, Mr. Ellzey, and Mr. …

Stakeholder Effects

cui bono?

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

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

Congressional oversight committees, SBA Administrator, SBA Office of Rural Affairs

Positive-direction: Congressional oversight committees

Negative-direction: SBA Administrator, SBA Office of Rural Affairs

Small Business
1 mention across 1 clause
+1 positive

Rural small businesses

General Public
1 mention across 1 clause
+1 positive

Taxpayers

3/4
sections analyzed
Full impact breakdown

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

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

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