SMALL BUSINESS & ENTREPRENEURSHIP COUNCIL (SBE COUNCIL)

Government Funding Legislation to Open the Federal Government: Supported ongoing efforts in the Senate to advance the minibus package, pass a clean CR - extending the CR to January 2026 - to keep the doors of the federal government open, and ongoing advocacy urging the Senate to open the federal government once shut down. Tax Related Issues: Relief, Compliance, Reform The Family Business Legacy Act, H.R. 2918: Continue to support U.S. House passage of the legislation. Taxpayer Due Process Enhancement Act, H.R. 6506: Supported U.S. House passage of the legislation. Taxpayer Notification and Privacy Act, H.R. 6495: Supported U.S. House passage of the legislation. Access to Capital: Accredited Investor Definition: Continue to express support for efforts in the Congress to modernize the standard. INVEST Act, H.R. 3383: Supported U.S. House Passage of the legislation. Main Street Parity Act, H.R. 5763: Support U.S. House action of the legislation. Made in America Manufacturing Finance Act (H.R. 3174): Support U.S. House action of the legislation. Business Startup & Growth AI for Main Street Act, H.R. 5764: Support action by the U.S. House on the legislation. New Opportunities for Business Ownership and Self-Sufficiency Act (NO BOSS Act), H.R. 6431: Continue to support action by the U.S. House on the legislation. Workforce and Workplace Enhancement Issues Flexibility for Workers Education Act, H.R. 2262: Continue to support U.S. House passage of the bill. Empowering Employer Child and Elder Care Solutions Act, H.R. 2270: Continue to support U.S. House passage of the bill. Working Families Flexibility Act, H.R. 2870: Continue to support U.S. House passage of the bill. Ensuring Workers Get PAID Act, H.R. 2299/S. 2267: Support action by the U.S. House and U.S. Senate on the legislation. Improve and Enhance the Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) Act, S.3265/H.R. 6231: Support action on the legislation. EITC for Older Workers Act, H.R. 2972: Support U.S. House action on the legislation. Credit for Caring Act, S. 925, H.R. 2036: Support action by U.S. House and U.S. Senate on the legislation. Regulation, Regulatory Modernization, and Compliance Reform: Small Business Regulatory Reduction Act (H.R. 2965): Supported U.S. House passage of the legislation. Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act (H.R. 421): Continue to support the legislation and U.S. House passage. Destroying Unnecessary, Misaligned, and Prohibitive Red Tape (DUMP Red Tape) Act, H.R. 4305: Supported U.S. House passage of the legislation. Standardizing Permitting and Expediting Economic Development Act (SPEED Act), H.R. 4776: Support U.S. House passage of the legislation. Promoting Efficient Review for Modern Infrastructure Today (PERMIT) Act, H.R. 3898: Support U.S. House passage of the legislation. PROVE It Act S.2074: Support the U.S. House and U.S. Senate legislation to strengthen regulatory accountability and transparency for small businesses. Fair and Accountable IRS Reviews Act, H.R. 5346: Continue to support the legislation. Taxpayer Due Process Enhancement Act, H.R. 6506: Supported U.S. House passage of the legislation. Taxpayer Notification and Privacy Act, H.R. 6495: Supported U.S. House passage of the legislation. Tax Court Improvement Act, H.R. 5349: Supported U.S. House passage of the legislation. IRS Basis-Shifting Rule and Fair Tax Enforcement: Continue to urge U.S. Treasury to take additional steps to protect small business partnerships from the implementation of policies and procedures that carry out the rules intent even though it as been rescinded. Warehouse Worker Protection Act (S.2613/H.R.4896): Oppose the legislation. Privacy Framework: Continue to support a federal framework governing privacy rules for the United States. DOL Independent Contractor Rule: Continue to support rescission of the independent contractor rule finalized by the Biden Administration, Employee or Independent Contractor Classification Under the Fair Labor Standards Act. FTCs 2023 Merger Guidelines and New Pre-Merger Filing Requirements: Continue to urge reform and clawing back the actions. Modern Worker Empowerment Act, H.R. 1319: Support action by the U.S. House. Modern Worker Security Act, H.R. 1320: Support action by the U.S. House. Faster Labor Contracts Act, S. 844: Oppose this U.S. Senate legislation. The Worker Enfranchisement Act, H.R. 2572: Support action by the U.S. House. Affordable Health Coverage: Lower Health Care Premiums for All Americans Act, H.R. 6703: Supported U.S. House passage of the legislation. Health Savings Accounts (HSAs): Support efforts in the House and Senate to expand and improve the accounts. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Rural Health Transformation Program: Supported implementation of the plan to support and strengthen the healthcare ecosystem in rural America that was advanced in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Price Controls: Continue to express concerns about drug price controls via most favored nation (MFN) and impact of importing price controls on innovation, investment, patient health. IP Rights and Protections: The RESTORE Patent Rights Act, S.708/H.R. 1574: Support action by the U.S. House and U.S. Senate on the legislation. Presidential Executive Orders and Memorandums SBE Council issued a supportive statement on "Ensuring a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence." Trade and Global Markets: USTR Comments: 2026 Joint Review of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA): Submitted comments to USTR in support of the general framework, urging more compliance efforts focused on protecting intellectual property (IP). U.S. Commerce Department Comments: Filed comments on Section 232 National Security Investigation of Imports of Personal Protective Equipment, Medical Consumables, and Medical Equipment, Including Devices, and asked for an exemption of Medtech from Sec. 232 tariffs. Continue to Support House and Senate Review of European-based digital laws and regulation such as the EUs Digital Services Act, the UKs Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act (DMCC), the EUs Digital Markets Act (DMA), and digital taxes and how these impose discriminatory barriers for American companies. Submitted Testimony for the Record for the Hearing Anti-American Antitrust: How Foreign Governments Target U.S. Businesses to House Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on the Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust and the impact of protectionist policies on U.S. based businesses.