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H.R. 3485

U.S. House•In House Committee

Summary

H.R. 3485, the 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 House on May 19, 2025 by Rep. Nicholas Begich (R) with 6 co-sponsors. It was referred to Small Business, and last saw action on May 19, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.

Record

Text

H.R. 3485 has 6 co-sponsors.

hb3485/introduced-in-house.txt
119 HR 3485 IH: 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. House of Representatives
 2025-05-19
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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.
 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 3485  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   May 19, 2025   Mr. Begich  (for himself,  Mr. Cole ,  Ms. Tokuda ,  Mr. Stauber ,  Ms. Davids of Kansas ,  Mr. Wittman , and  Mr. Case ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on Small Business    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.
1.
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Paragraph (11) of section 8(a) of the Small Business Act ( 15 U.S.C. 637(a) ) is repealed.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

The tracker indicates the progress of this legislation as it moves through the legislative process.

  1. Introduced2025-05-19
  2. Passed House
  3. Passed Senate
  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 House May 19, 2025

hb3485/introduced-in-house.md

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Introduced in House (05/19/2025)

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

Rep. Nicholas Begich (R) sponsors H.R. 3485, and 6 members have co-sponsored it, all of them from the day it was introduced.

Committees

H.R. 3485 went before 1 committee: Small Business.

Small Business
Small Business
Referred To · May 19, 2025 · 81 Bills

Actions

H.R. 3485 has taken 2 actions since May 19, 2025.

ChamberAction
May 19, 2025
House
Introduced in House
May 19, 2025
House
Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.Small Business Committee

Votes

H.R. 3485 has not gone to a roll call.

1 bill is related to H.R. 3485, as Identical bill.

Titles

H.R. 3485 goes by 2 titles.

  • 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
  • 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 H.R. 3485 in 9 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, Agriculture, Defense, Indian/Native American Affairs, Small Business, Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries, Telecommunications.

Clients

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

ClientBusinessStateFirmsFilingsReported
NATIVE AMERICAN CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION—District of Columbia16—
ALEUT COMMUNITY OF ST. PAUL ISLANDTribal communityAlaska13$29K

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

RegistrantClientsFilingsReported
NATIVE AMERICAN CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION16—
HIGH STREET STRATEGIES LLC13$29K

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill.

LobbyistFirmsClientsFilings
JOSHUA JACKSON116
LILLIAN SPARKS ROBINSON116
QUINTON CARROLL116
ERIN GAINES113
MATT MULLIN113
NORAH CARLOS113

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
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
ALEUT COMMUNITY OF ST. PAUL ISLANDHIGH STREET STRATEGIES LLC2025 third_quarter$11.5K3rd Quarter - Report
ALEUT COMMUNITY OF ST. PAUL ISLANDHIGH STREET STRATEGIES LLC2025 second_quarter$11.5K2nd Quarter - Report
ALEUT COMMUNITY OF ST. PAUL ISLANDHIGH STREET STRATEGIES LLC2025 fourth_quarter$6K4th Quarter - Report

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 3485 under Commerce, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 3485’s is Commerce.

hr3485/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

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 3485, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 84 (Monday, May 19, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. BEGICH:H.R. 3485.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1 Section 8[Page H2147]

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com