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S. 991

U.S. Senate•In Senate Committee

Summary

S. 991, a bill to amend the Small Business Act to eliminate certain requirements relating to the award of construction subcontracts within the county or State of performance, was introduced in the Senate on Mar 12, 2025 by Sen. Dan Sullivan (R) with 2 co-sponsors. It was referred to Small Business And Entrepreneurship, and last saw action on Mar 12, 2025: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

Record

Text

S. 991 has 2 co-sponsors.

sb991/introduced-in-senate.txt
119 S991 IS: To amend the Small Business Act to eliminate certain requirements relating to the award of construction subcontracts within the county or State of performance.
 U.S. Senate
 2025-03-12
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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.
 II  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  S. 991  IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES   March 12, 2025   Mr. Sullivan  (for himself,  Ms. Murkowski , and  Ms. Hirono ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship    A BILL
To amend the Small Business Act to eliminate certain requirements relating to the award of construction subcontracts within the county or State of performance.
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Elimination of requirement relating to award of construction subcontracts within county or State of performance
Paragraph (11) of section 8(a) of the Small Business Act ( 15 U.S.C. 637(a) ) is repealed.

Tracker

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  1. Introduced2025-03-12
  2. Passed Senate
  3. Passed House
  4. Conference
  5. To President
  6. Became Law

CRS Summary

The summaries are the Congressional Research Service’s, one per stage. Read them in full.

Introduced in Senate Mar 12, 2025

sb991/introduced-in-senate.md

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Introduced in Senate (03/12/2025)

This bill eliminates a requirement that, to the maximum extent practicable, certain construction subcontracts awarded by the Small Business Administration must be awarded within the county or state where the work is to be performed.

Sponsors

Sen. Dan Sullivan (R) sponsors S. 991, and 2 members have co-sponsored it, all of them from the day it was introduced.

Committees

S. 991 went before 1 committee: Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

Small Business and Entrepreneurship
Small Business and Entrepreneurship
Referred To · Mar 12, 2025 · 80 Bills

Actions

S. 991 has taken 2 actions since Mar 12, 2025.

ChamberAction
Mar 12, 2025
Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee
Mar 12, 2025
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Introduced in Senate

Votes

S. 991 has not gone to a roll call.

1 bill is related to S. 991, as Identical bill.

Titles

S. 991 goes by 2 titles.

  • A bill to amend the Small Business Act to eliminate certain requirements relating to the award of construction subcontracts within the county or State of performance. — Official Title as Introduced
  • A bill to amend the Small Business Act to eliminate certain requirements relating to the award of construction subcontracts within the county or State of performance. — Display Title

Lobbying

2 clients hired 2 firms and 6 registered lobbyists who named S. 991 in 7 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 Budget/Appropriations, Defense, Agriculture, Indian/Native American Affairs, Small Business, Environment/Superfund, Health Issues, Housing.

Clients

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

ClientBusinessStateFirmsFilingsReported
NATIVE AMERICAN CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION—District of Columbia16—
INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS—District of Columbia11—

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

RegistrantClientsFilingsReported
NATIVE AMERICAN CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION16—
INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS11—

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill.

LobbyistFirmsClientsFilings
JOSHUA JACKSON116
LILLIAN SPARKS ROBINSON116
QUINTON CARROLL116
ERICA FEIN111
STEPHANIE LEZCANO111
TIM BARNES111

Filings

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

ClientRegistrantPeriodReportedDocument
NATIVE AMERICAN CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATIONNATIVE AMERICAN CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION2026 second_quarter$170K2nd Quarter - Report
NATIVE AMERICAN CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATIONNATIVE AMERICAN CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION2026 first_quarter$170K1st Quarter - Report
INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERSINTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS2025 third_quarter$138.9K3rd Quarter - Report
NATIVE AMERICAN CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATIONNATIVE AMERICAN CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION2025 fourth_quarter$45K4th Quarter - Report
NATIVE AMERICAN CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATIONNATIVE AMERICAN CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION2025 third_quarter$40K3rd Quarter - Report
NATIVE AMERICAN CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATIONNATIVE AMERICAN CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION2025 second_quarter$40K2nd Quarter - Report
NATIVE AMERICAN CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATIONNATIVE AMERICAN CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION2025 first_quarter$35K1st Quarter - Report

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files S. 991 under Commerce, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; S. 991’s is Commerce.

s991/policy-areas.txt
CommerceAgriculture and FoodAnimalsArmed Forces and National SecurityArts, Culture, ReligionCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesCongressCrime and Law EnforcementEconomics and Public FinanceEducationEmergency ManagementEnergyEnvironmental ProtectionFamiliesFinance and Financial SectorForeign Trade and International FinanceGovernment Operations and PoliticsHealthHousing and Community DevelopmentImmigrationInternational AffairsLabor and EmploymentLawNative AmericansPublic Lands and Natural ResourcesScience, Technology, CommunicationsSocial WelfareSports and RecreationTaxationTransportation and Public WorksWater Resources Development

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