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substantiveFeb 25, 2025 · House roll call · passage · Result: Passed

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass — H R 832 — Small Business Advocacy Improvements Act

Small Business Advocacy Improvements Act of 2025

In plain language

- This House bill from the 119th Congress is titled the Small Business Advocacy Improvements Act of 2025. - Official subject tags include competition, trade competitiveness, and small business. - The official summary would expand the primary functions and additional duties of the SBA Office of Advocacy to include examining the role of small businesses in the international economy and representing the views and interests of small businesses before foreign governments and international entities to contribute to regulatory and trade initiatives that may affect small businesses. - The record does not list other Office of Advocacy structural changes.

Official summary (Congressional Research Service)

Small Business Advocacy Improvements Act of 2025 This bill expands the primary functions and additional duties of the Office of Advocacy of the Small Business Administration to include (1) examining the role of small businesses in the international economy, and (2) representing the views and interests of small businesses before foreign governments and international entities to contribute to regulatory and trade initiatives that may affect small businesses.

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Roll-call breakdown

Yea396

Democrat: 203 · Independent: 1 · Republican: 192

Nay15

Republican: 15

Present0

Not Voting21

Democrat: 12 · Republican: 9

How each member voted (432)

Yea (396)

Nay (15)

Not Voting (21)

Party labels reflect each member’s most recent affiliation on record.