HR 522 119th Congress House Commerce

FAITH in Small Business Act

Introduced: February 5, 2025 Introduced by: Mann, Tracey Republican · Kansas See on congress.gov

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Jan 16, 2025

Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.

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Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Fair Assistance and Impartial Treatment of Help In Small Business Act

This bill implements a proposed rule by the Small Business Administration (SBA) that allows certain faith-based organizations to access business loan and disaster assistance programs.

The programs include the Intermediary Lending Program (ILP), Business Loan programs (7(a), microloan, and 504 programs), Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program, Military Reservist Economic Injury Disaster Loan (MREIDL) program, and Immediate Disaster Assistance Program (IDAP).

Current SBA regulations generally prohibit access to these programs if an organization is principally engaged in teaching, instructing, counseling, or indoctrinating religion or religious beliefs.

Recent Supreme Court opinions have found it unconstitutional to deny an otherwise qualified recipient access to a public benefit based solely on the organization's religious character (e.g., Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbia, Inc. v. Comer, 582 U.S. 449 (2017)).

What's happening now January 16, 2025

Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.

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Small Business Committee
House of Representatives

Lobbying activity 5

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AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS
for AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS · District of Columbia · 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2026
CORPORATE ENERGY BUYERS ASSOCIATION (FKA CLEAN ENERGY BUYERS ASSOCIATION)
for CORPORATE ENERGY BUYERS ASSOCIATION (FKA CLEAN ENERGY BUYERS ASSOCIATION) · District of Columbia · 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2026
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS
for AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS · District of Columbia · 4th Quarter (Oct 1 - Dec 31) 2025
CORPORATE ENERGY BUYERS ASSOCIATION (FKA CLEAN ENERGY BUYERS ASSOCIATION)
for CORPORATE ENERGY BUYERS ASSOCIATION (FKA CLEAN ENERGY BUYERS ASSOCIATION) · District of Columbia · 4th Quarter (Oct 1 - Dec 31) 2025
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS
for AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter (July 1 - Sep 30) 2025

Cosponsors 4

Yakym, Rudy

Indiana · Feb 5, 2025

Kansas · Jan 16, 2025

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 522: FAITH in Small Business Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-522/

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