Business over Ballots Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2968 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2968

    To limit the authority of the Small Business Administration to 
    facilitate access to voter registration, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 17, 2025

Mr. Williams of Texas (for himself, Mr. Alford, Ms. King-Hinds, Ms. Van 
  Duyne, Mr. Schmidt, Mr. Meuser, Mr. Ellzey, Mr. Wied, Mr. Jack, Mr. 
 Downing, Mr. Bresnahan, Mr. Patronis, and Mr. Finstad) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small Business, 
and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period 
    to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
                          committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
    To limit the authority of the Small Business Administration to 
    facilitate access to voter registration, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Business over Ballots Act''.

SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

    It is the sense of Congress that--
            (1) the Small Business Administration should focus on 
        aiding and assisting small business concerns;
            (2) facilitating access to voter registration is beyond the 
        scope of the mission of the Administration and the authority of 
        the Administration under Federal law; and
            (3) any Executive order issued by the President may not 
        conflict with this Act or otherwise compel the Administrator of 
        the Small Business Administration to facilitate access to voter 
        registration.

SEC. 3. LIMITATIONS ON FACILITATION OF ACCESS TO VOTER REGISTRATION BY 
              THE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION.

    (a) Prohibition.--The Administrator of the Small Business 
Administration may not take any action to facilitate access to voter 
registration other than actions authorized by Federal law.
    (b) Terms of Contracts.--On or after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, any contract or other agreement entered into by the 
Administrator to provide assistance to a person shall include a term 
stating that such person may not use such assistance to facilitate 
access to voter registration.
    (c) Existing Recipients.--A recipient of assistance from the 
Administrator may not use such assistance to facilitate access to voter 
registration unless explicitly authorized by the terms of such 
assistance.
    (d) Covered Entities.--The Administrator may not use, act through, 
or otherwise make a request of a covered entity to engage in activities 
to facilitate access to voter registration unless the Administrator is 
so authorized by Congress.
    (e) Definitions.--In this Act:
            (1) Administrator.--The term ``Administrator'' means the 
        Administrator of the Small Business Administration.
            (2) Covered entity.--The term ``covered entity''--
                    (A) means an entity, State government, or unit of 
                local government that receives funding or other 
                assistance from the Administrator under a contract, 
                cooperative agreement, memorandum of understanding, or 
                other agreement to carry out a program administered by 
                the Administrator; and
                    (B) does not include a person that receives a loan 
                or loan guarantee under section 7 of the Small Business 
                Act (15 U.S.C. 636).
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