H.R. 6855

119 HR 6855 IH: White House Conference on Small Business Act of 2025
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-12-18
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 I  119th CONGRESS
  1st Session  H. R. 6855  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   December 18, 2025   Mr. Finstad  (for himself and  Mr. Davis of North Carolina ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on Small Business    A BILL
To reauthorize the White House Conference on Small Business Authorization Act, and for other purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   White House Conference on Small Business Act of 2025  .
2.
Reauthorization of the White House Conference on Small Business
The White House Conference on Small Business Authorization Act ( Public Law 101–409 ;  15 U.S.C. 631  note) is amended—
(1)
in section 2(a)—
(A)
by striking  The President  and inserting  Subject to amounts collected under section 10, the President ;
(B)
by striking  not earlier than May 1, 1995, and not later than September 30, 1995  and inserting  not earlier than December 31, 2025, and not later than December 1, 2026 ; and
(C)
by striking  March 1, 1994  and inserting  October 1, 2025 ;
(2)
in section 3—
(A)
by striking  contribution of small business  and inserting  contribution of small business to the national economy ;
(B)
by striking  to identify the problems  and inserting  to identify and prioritize the problems impacting ;
(C)
by striking  particularly  and inserting  including ;
(D)
by striking  as may be appropriate for maintaining and encouraging  and inserting  that maintain, encourage, and expand ;
(E)
by inserting  to evaluate the small business assistance programs of the Small Business Administration and other Federal agencies and recommend potential improvements for those programs;  after  Nation; ; and
(F)
by striking  1986  and inserting  1995 ;
(3)
in section 4—
(A)
in subsection (a), by striking  $10  and inserting  $200 ; and
(B)
by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
(b)
Participants
(1)
National Conference
An individual may not participate in the National Conference unless such individual has been selected as a delegate by a State conference and by a regional meeting of delegates and is an owner, officer, or employee of a small business.
(2)
Delegates
Delegates to the National Conference shall include—
(A)
one delegate appointed by each Governor or chief executive official of a State;
(B)
one delegate appointed by each Member of the Senate, each Member of the House of Representatives, each Delegate to the House of Representatives, and the Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico;
(C)
one hundred delegates appointed by the President; and
(D)
the delegates elected by participants at each State Conference.
(3)
Alternates
Each delegate shall have an alternate, appointed or elected in the same manner as the delegate.
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(4)
in section 5—
(A)
by striking  Subsequent to the date of enactment of this Act, but not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the  and inserting  The ;
(B)
by striking  GS–18  each place such term appears and inserting  GS–15 ; and
(C)
in subsection (h), by striking  Chairperson  and inserting  Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small Business Administration ;
(5)
in section 6(a)—
(A)
in paragraph (2), by striking  and  at the end;
(B)
in paragraph (3), by striking the period at the end and inserting  ; and ; and
(C)
by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
(4)
shall establish an electronic communication system for use by delegates and alternates for communication before, during, and for at least 4 years after the National Conference to allow State delegations and issue area groups to collaboratively define the problems faced by small businesses, refine suggested solutions to those problems, prioritize and select final recommendations, and monitor later legislative or regulatory action on the recommendations.
  ; and
(6)
by striking section 9 and inserting the following:
9.
Co-sponsorship of activities
(a)
Authorization
The Administrator of the Small Business Administration, after consultation with the General Counsel of the Small Business Administration, may sponsor activities or cosponsor activities with an eligible entity, including recognition events, for small businesses.
(b)
Eligible entity
In this section, the term  eligible entity  means any for-profit or not-for-profit entity, any State, or local government official, or any State, or local government entity.
(c)
Prohibition on endorsements
The Administrator shall ensure that any eligible entities that cosponsor activities receive appropriate recognition for such cosponsorship, and that such recognition is not considered to be an endorsement by the Small Business Administration of any product or service of such eligible entity.
10.
Funding
(a)
Authorization of appropriations
The activities authorized by this Act shall be funded, to the extent and in the amount provided in advance in appropriations Acts, exclusively by amounts (if any) collected under subsection (b). No other amounts are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act.
(b)
Authority To accept gifts
(1)
In general
Except as provided in paragraph (2), for purposes of carrying out this Act, the Commission, the Administrator of the Small Business Administration, and the Administrator of the General Service Administration may—
(A)
solicit ownership, accept, and hold gifts, devises, and bequests of cash, property (including tangible, intangible, real and personal), or subsistence from non-Federal sources; and
(B)
enter into an agreement with any organization described in  section 501(c)(3)  of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of such Code to solicit the donations described under subparagraph (A).
(2)
Conflict of interest
No gift, devise, or bequest shall be solicited or accepted under the authority of this subsection if such solicitation or acceptance would, in the determination of the Inspector General of the Small Business Administration create a conflict of interest.
(c)
Funds remaining at termination
On the date of termination of the National Conference, any unobligated amounts collected under this section shall be deposited in the general fund of the Treasury.
11.
State defined
For purposes of this Act, the term  State  includes the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and any other territory or possession of the United States.
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