Requires the Securities and Exchange Commission to set up an Office of Small Business inside each of its rule writing divisions, with those offices coordinating with the SEC's Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation.

Official title: Advocating for Small Business Act

Next stop House floor: awaiting a vote

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House

Introduced 16-JUL-2025

Referred 16-JUL-2025

Approved by committee 22-JUL-2025

Reported 08-SEP-2025

On the calendar 08-SEP-2025

Key points

Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 by adding a new subsection (l) to Section 4.
Directs the SEC to establish an Office of Small Business within each division that performs rule writing activities.
Requires those offices to coordinate with the Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation on rules and policy priorities related to capital formation.

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Policy area

Finance and Financial Sector

Sponsor Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX) Cosponsors · 2

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2 Republicans

congress.gov page Reported in House (08-SEP-2025) Introduced in House (16-JUL-2025)