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H.R. 1634 119th Congress House

ThinkDIFFERENTLY About Disability Employment Act

Official title: To provide for a memorandum of understanding between the Small Business Administration and the National Council on Disability to increase employment opportunit… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To provide for a memorandum of understanding between the Small Business Administration and the National Council on Disability to increase employment opportunities for individuals with disabilities, and for other purposes.

Introduced: February 26, 2025 Introduced by: Pete Stauber Republican · Minnesota See on congress.gov
Commerce Disability and paralysisDisability assistanceEmployee hiringSmall business
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 Everywhere this bill has been 13 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 4, 2025
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
Jun 3, 2025
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2399)
Jun 3, 2025
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Jun 3, 2025
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2399)
Jun 3, 2025
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1634.
Jun 3, 2025
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2399-2401)
Jun 3, 2025
Mr. Williams (TX) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Mar 24, 2025
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 21.
Mar 24, 2025
Reported by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 119-32.
Mar 5, 2025
Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 25 - 0.
Mar 5, 2025
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Feb 26, 2025
Introduced in House
Feb 26, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
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Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

ThinkDIFFERENTLY About Disability Employment Act

This bill requires the Small Business Administration (SBA) to (1) provide assistance to individuals with disabilities who desire to become entrepreneurs or to be self-employed, (2) help individuals with disabilities find employment at small businesses; and (3) assist small businesses with hiring such individuals and with accessibility issues applicable to such individuals.

The SBA must conduct outreach and education about such activities.

The bill establishes reporting requirements with respect to these activities.

 Hearings & markups 1
 Bill text 4 versions

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Lobbying activity 5

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

  • AUTISM SPEAKS
    for AUTISM SPEAKS · New Jersey · 3rd Quarter 2025 (July 1 - Sep 30)
  • CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.
    for CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter 2025 (Apr 1 - June 30)
  • AUTISM SPEAKS
    for AUTISM SPEAKS · New Jersey · 2nd Quarter 2025 (Apr 1 - June 30)
  • CAPITOL HILL CONSULTING GROUP
    for AMERICAN PODIATRIC MEDICAL ASSOCIATION · Maryland · 1st Quarter 2025 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)
  • AUTISM SPEAKS
    for AUTISM SPEAKS · New Jersey · 1st Quarter 2025 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)

Bodies those filers lobbied

A filing lists the bills it worked on and the parts of government it contacted in separate sections, so these are the bodies those filers named anywhere in the filing, not a per-bill breakdown.

 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 3 Republican 1
D
Goodlander, Maggie
New Hampshire · Mar 5, 2025
 R
Alford, Mark
Missouri · Feb 26, 2025
 D
Pappas, Chris
New Hampshire · Feb 26, 2025
 D
Simon, Lateefah
California · Feb 26, 2025
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1634: ThinkDIFFERENTLY About Disability Employment Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1634/
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"H.R. 1634: ThinkDIFFERENTLY About Disability Employment Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1634/.
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H.R. 1634, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1634/.
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