SOS Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2246 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2246

  To amend the Small Business Act to prohibit certain offices of the 
 Small Business Administration from undertaking a reduction in force, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 10, 2025

  Mr. Markey introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
    referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Small Business Act to prohibit certain offices of the 
 Small Business Administration from undertaking a reduction in force, 
                        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 ``Save Our Staff Act of 2025'' or the 
``SOS Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. REDUCTIONS IN FORCE AT SBA OFFICES.

    The Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631 et seq.) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating section 49 (15 U.S.C. 631 note) as 
        section 50; and
            (2) by inserting after section 48 (15 U.S.C. 657u) the 
        following:

``SEC. 49. REDUCTIONS IN FORCE.

    ``(a) Definition.--In this section, the term `covered office' means 
an office of the Administration that--
            ``(1) provides counseling, training, or technical 
        assistance to entrepreneurs or owners of small business 
        concerns (or oversees the provision of such counseling, 
        training, or technical assistance);
            ``(2) provides oversight of any lending program of the 
        Administration;
            ``(3) carries out any disaster relief program of the 
        Administration; or
            ``(4) provides contracting certifications with respect to 
        small business concerns.
    ``(b) Prohibition.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law or 
regulation, no covered office may, on or after the date of enactment of 
the Save Our Staff Act of 2025, undertake a reduction in force with 
respect to employees of the covered office.''.

SEC. 3. RE-EMPLOYMENT OF REMOVED SBA EMPLOYEES.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Administrator of the Small Business Administration 
shall re-employ each employee of the Administration who was removed as 
part of a reduction in force carried out during the period beginning on 
January 20, 2025, and ending on the date of enactment of this Act.
    (b) Status of Re-Employed Individuals.--Each individual re-employed 
under subsection (a) shall--
            (1) be appointed to the same position occupied by the 
        individual, and shall be paid at the same rate of basic pay, as 
        of the date on which the individual was removed, as described 
        in that subsection; and
            (2) receive back pay with respect to the period beginning 
        on the date on which the individual was removed, as described 
        in that subsection, and ending on the date on which the 
        individual is so re-employed.
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