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H.R. 522 119th Congress House

FAITH in Small Business Act

Official title: To ensure equal treatment for certain faith-based organizations in certain Small Business Administration programs.

Introduced: January 16, 2025 Introduced by: Tracey Mann Republican · Kansas See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
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Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.

 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)).

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Yakym, Rudy
Indiana · Feb 5, 2025
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Fallon, Pat
Texas · Jan 23, 2025
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Babin, Brian
Texas · Jan 16, 2025
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Schmidt, Derek
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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"H.R. 522: FAITH in Small Business Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-522/.
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H.R. 522, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-522/.
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