Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship
19 members · 0 upcoming meetings · 93 referred bills
Leadership
- Chair: Joni Ernst
- Ranking member: Edward J. Markey
Upcoming and recent meetings
- Hearings to examine federal benefits cliffs on small businesses and workers. Scheduled · Jun 3, 2026, 6:30 PM
- Hearings to examine blowing the whistle, focusing on inside the grift that keeps giving. Scheduled · May 20, 2026, 6:30 PM
- Hearings to examine industrialization and the rise of small manufacturers, including S.1555, to increase loan limits for loans made to small manufacturers, and H.R.3174, to increase loan limits for loans made to small manufacturers. Scheduled · May 13, 2026, 6:30 PM
- Hearings to examine the American Entrepreneurship for 250 Years: Driving Innovation, Growth, and Opportunity. Scheduled · Apr 29, 2026, 6:45 PM
- Hearings to examine sunshine week, focusing on bringing secret government spending to light, including S.766, to require an annual report of taxpayer-funded projects that are over budget and behind schedule, S.872, to amend the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 to ensure that other transaction agreements are reported to USAspending.gov, S.4059, to provide requirements for Executive agency spending at the end of a fiscal year, S.4130, to pub a public price tag on all projects supported with taxpayer dollars, and S.1199, to extend the statute of limitations for fraud under certain pandemic programs. Scheduled · Mar 18, 2026, 6:30 PM
- Hearings to examine main street, focusing on growing the small business pet economy. Scheduled · Mar 11, 2026, 6:30 PM
- Hearings to examine from fraud to recovery, focusing on restoring integrity in small business programs, including S.1199, to extend the statute of limitations for fraud under certain pandemic programs. Scheduled · Feb 25, 2026, 7:30 PM
- Hearings to examine growing the small business agricultural economy. Scheduled · Jan 14, 2026, 7:30 PM
Referred bills
- HR 2066 · Investing in All of America Act of 2025 Became Public Law No: 119-92. · May 19, 2026
- S 4532 · Small Business Wildfire Smoke Recovery Act Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. · May 14, 2026
- S 4534 · Microbusiness Support Act Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. · May 14, 2026
- S 1555 · Made in America Manufacturing Finance Act of 2025 Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held. · May 13, 2026
- S 1199 · SBA Fraud Enforcement Extension Act Held at the desk. · May 4, 2026
- S 2232 · Expanding the Surety Bond Program Act of 2025 Held at the desk. · May 4, 2026
- S 4411 · Investing in the American Dream Act Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. · Apr 28, 2026
- S 4241 · Boosting Housing Supply through Small Businesses Act of 2026 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. · Mar 26, 2026
- S 4059 · End-of-Year Fiscal Responsibility Act Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held. · Mar 18, 2026
- S 4130 · COST Act Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held. · Mar 18, 2026
- S 4133 · 21st Century Entrepreneurship Act Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. · Mar 18, 2026
- S 766 · Billion Dollar Boondoggle Act of 2025 Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held. · Mar 18, 2026