H.R. 832

Summary

H.R. 832, the Small Business Advocacy Improvements Act of 2025, was introduced in the House on Jan 31, 2025 by Rep. Roger Williams (R) with 3 co-sponsors. It was referred to Small Business And Entrepreneurship, and last saw action on Feb 25, 2025: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

Record

Text

H.R. 832 has 3 co-sponsors and 1 roll call.

119 HR 832 EH: Small Business Advocacy Improvements Act of 2025
 U.S. House of Representatives
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 Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
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 119th CONGRESS  1st Session
 H. R. 832
 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 AN ACT
To clarify the primary functions and duties of the Office of Advocacy of the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Small Business Advocacy Improvements Act of 2025  .
2.
Amendment to primary functions and duties of the Office of Advocacy of the Small Business Administration
(a)
Primary functions
Section 202 of  Public Law 94–305  ( 15 U.S.C. 634b ) is amended—
(1)
in paragraph (1), by inserting  and the international economy  after  economy ;
(2)
in paragraph (9), by striking  complete  and inserting  compete ; and
(3)
in paragraph (12), by striking  serviced-disabled  and inserting  service-disabled .
(b)
Duties
Section 203(a) of  Public Law 94–305  ( 15 U.S.C. 634c ) is amended—
(1)
in paragraph (5), by striking  and  at the end;
(2)
in paragraph (6), by striking the period at the end and inserting  ; and ; and
(3)
by adding at the end the following:
(7)
represent the views and interests of small businesses before foreign governments and international entities for the purpose of contributing to regulatory and trade initiatives which may affect small businesses.
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    Passed the House of Representatives February 24, 2025.  Kevin F. McCumber,  Clerk.

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CRS Summary

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Sponsors

Rep. Roger Williams (R) sponsors H.R. 832, and 3 members have co-sponsored it, all of them from the day it was introduced.

Roger Williams

Rep. · R–TX-25 · Sponsor

Introduced Jan 31, 2025

Maggie Goodlander

Rep. · D–NH-2 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jan 31, 2025 · Original

Derek Tran

Rep. · D–CA-45 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jan 31, 2025 · Original

Jeff Van Drew

Rep. · R–NJ-2 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jan 31, 2025 · Original

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Committees

H.R. 832 went before 2 committees: Small Business and Entrepreneurship and Small Business.

Small Business and Entrepreneurship

Small Business and Entrepreneurship

Referred To · Feb 25, 2025 · 80 Bills

Small Business

Small Business

Referred To · Jan 31, 2025 · 81 Bills

Actions

H.R. 832 has taken 11 actions since Jan 31, 2025, the latest on Feb 25, 2025.

Votes

H.R. 832 went to 1 roll call in the House, the latest on Feb 24, 2025 at 396–15.

Titles

H.R. 832 goes by 6 titles, 3 of them short titles.

• To clarify the primary functions and duties of the Office of Advocacy of the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes. — Official Titles from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text
• Small Business Advocacy Improvements Act of 2025 — Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
• Small Business Advocacy Improvements Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Passed House
• Small Business Advocacy Improvements Act of 2025 — Display Title
• Small Business Advocacy Improvements Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• To clarify the primary functions and duties of the Office of Advocacy of the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

3 clients hired 3 firms and 10 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 832 in 19 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Small Business, Automotive Industry, Environment/Superfund, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Real Estate/Land Use/Conservation, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Computer Industry.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill.

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 832 under Commerce, one of its 31 policy areas, and gives it 4 legislative subjects.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 832’s is Commerce.

Legislative Subjects

H.R. 832 carries 4 of CRS’s legislative subjects, from Competition and antitrust to Small business.

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 832, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 21 (Friday, January 31, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. WILLIAMS of Texas:H.R. 832.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the UnitedStates.[Page H433]

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