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Supports Small Businesses in Rural Areas
Recent Bills/Supports Small Businesses in Rural Areas

Supports Small Businesses in Rural Areas

IntroducedFebruary 11, 2025
Passed Congress1 month ago
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Passed Congress. It hasn't been sent to the President yet.
Finance and Financial SectorBusiness investment and capitalRural conditions and developmentSecurities and Exchange Commission (SEC)Small business
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Why This Matters
Right now

A small business advocate at the Securities and Exchange Commission? must study money problems facing minority-owned, women-owned, and disaster-stricken small businesses and report yearly to Congress.

This bill expands funding options for small businesses located in rural areas by including them in existing financial support programs.

If you own a small business in a rural area, this bill helps you access more funding opportunities starting in 2025.
Who this affects
small business owners · rural communities
What this bill changes
  1. 1This bill helps rural small businesses access more funding opportunities.
  2. 2It includes rural-area small businesses alongside women-owned small businesses in existing financial programs.
  3. 3The changes aim to encourage investment? in rural communities.

The debate

The case for

Rural small businesses have been overlooked in research on getting money to grow.

House Financial Services CommitteeMajority report
vs

The case against

No committee member filed a written objection. The committee approved it 51 to 0.

Go deeper

Read the detailed summary

Expanding Access to Capital for Rural Job Creators Act This bill requires the Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation within the Securities and Exchange Commission to report on issues encountered by rural-area small businesses.

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A bill has to pass the House and Senate, then go to the President.
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IntroducedFeb 11, 2025
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HouseJun 23, 2025

Passed by voice vote.

SenateSep 29

Passed with no objections.

PresidentCurrent

Passed Congress. It hasn't been sent to the President yet.

The President

Donald Trump
President
Not Sent Yet
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Identical Senate bill
Senate Bill · S 577
1 of 4 · In Committee
Support for Rural Small Businesses
Expanding Access to Capital for Rural Job Creators Act
·Economy
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House Bill · HR 2066
4 of 4 · Became Law
Increases Funding for Rural Small Businesses
Investing in All of America Act of 2025
·Economy
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House Bill · HR 3383
3 of 4 · In the Senate
Support for Small Business Investment
Incentivizing New Ventures and Economic Strength Through Capital Formation Act of 2025
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