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S. 1608 119th Congress Senate

Supporting NEW BUSINESSES Act

Official title: A bill to require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to provide awards to recognize State and local governments that improve the process of… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to provide awards to recognize State and local governments that improve the process of forming a new business, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 6, 2025 Introduced by: Catherine Cortez Masto Democratic · Nevada See on congress.gov
Commerce
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May 6, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
May 6, 2025
Introduced in Senate
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What's happening now May 6, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

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 Lobbying activity 1

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

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    for PUBLIC CITIZEN · District of Columbia · 1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)

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Moran, Jerry
Kansas · May 6, 2025
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1608: Supporting NEW BUSINESSES Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1608/
MLA
"S. 1608: Supporting NEW BUSINESSES Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1608/.
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S. 1608, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1608/.
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[S. 1608: Supporting NEW BUSINESSES Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1608/)
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