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H.R. 8708 119th Congress House

Main Street BRIDGE Act

Official title: To direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration and the National Director of the Minority Business Development Agency to direct small business… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration and the National Director of the Minority Business Development Agency to direct small business development centers and MBDA Business Centers to collaborate to better serve small business concerns, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 7, 2026 Introduced by: Hillary J. Scholten Democratic · Michigan See on congress.gov
Commerce
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Referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
May 7, 2026
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Referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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Pettersen, Brittany
Colorado · May 7, 2026
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 8708: Main Street BRIDGE Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-8708/
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"H.R. 8708: Main Street BRIDGE Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-8708/.
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H.R. 8708, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-8708/.
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