To clarify the primary functions and duties of the Office of Advocacy of the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes.
Summary
What This Bill Does
The Small Business Advocacy Improvements Act of 2025 amends the statutory duties of the Small Business Administration's Office of Advocacy. It adds the international economy to the office's existing role in examining the small-business economy, corrects wording around the ability of small businesses to compete, and corrects a reference to service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses. It also adds a new duty for the Office of Advocacy: representing the views and interests of small businesses before foreign governments and international entities when regulatory or trade initiatives may affect small businesses.
Who Benefits and How
Small businesses involved in imports, exports, cross-border services, or global supply chains benefit because the SBA Office of Advocacy would have an explicit mandate to raise their concerns in international regulatory and trade discussions. Export-oriented small businesses gain a federal advocate when foreign rules or international standards could affect their ability to compete. Service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses benefit from corrected statutory language that better aligns with the recognized category. Foreign-trade policy staff and small-business trade associations benefit from a clearer federal point of contact for small-business input.
Who Bears the Burden and How
The SBA Office of Advocacy must add international-facing advocacy to its workload, track foreign-government and international-entity initiatives, and decide when small-business interests should be represented. SBA staff may need to coordinate with trade agencies, foreign counterparts, and international organizations while still carrying out domestic small-business research and advocacy duties. Foreign governments and international entities may receive more formal small-business comments from the United States during regulatory and trade proceedings.
Key Provisions
- Amends the Office of Advocacy's function to include the international economy as well as the domestic economy.
- Corrects statutory wording so the office assesses the ability of small businesses to compete.
- Corrects the reference to service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses.
- Adds a duty to represent small-business views before foreign governments and international entities on regulatory and trade initiatives.
- Requires the new international advocacy role to operate through the Office of Advocacy's existing Small Business Act framework.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Expands the SBA Office of Advocacy's duties by adding the international economy to its research and advocacy functions and requiring the office to represent small-business views before foreign governments and international entities on regulatory and trade initiatives that may affect small businesses.
Key Policy Areas
Small Business, Trade, Government Operations
Primary Purpose
Expands the SBA Office of Advocacy's duties by adding the international economy to its research and advocacy functions and requiring the office to represent small-business views before foreign governments and international entities on regulatory and trade initiatives that may affect small businesses.
Policy Domains
Substantive provisions
Identified Gains
- Small businesses involved in international trade
- Export-oriented small businesses
- Service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses
- Small-business trade associations
Identified Costs
- SBA Office of Advocacy
- SBA international advocacy staff
- Foreign governments
- International regulatory entities
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
Passed HouseReceived; read twice and referred to the Committee on Small …
Passed House (inferred from eh version)
Mr. Williams of Texas (for himself, Mr. Tran, Mr. Van …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Export-oriented small businesses, Small businesses involved in international trade
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "office"
- → SBA Office of Advocacy
- "administrator"
- → Small Business Administration Administrator
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