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H.R. 832 · House bill · 119th Congress
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.
This Act may be cited as the “Small Business Advocacy Improvements Act of 2025”.
(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.”.