Sponsor
Michelle Fischbach
Representative · R-MN
Representative · R-MN
This rule speeds final decisions on two small-business–related measures, giving quicker certainty to stakeholders at the cost of reduced floor debate, amendment opportunities, and some procedural safeguards.
Small-business owners and the House of Representatives get faster resolution because the rules speed floor consideration of H.R. 2966 and H.R. 2987, enabling timely decisions on the SBA citizenship documentation requirement and limits on small-business lending companies.
House members retain a single motion to recommit, preserving a basic minority mechanism to delay or offer a final amendment before final passage.
House members, small-business owners, and the Committee on Small Business face reduced scrutiny because debate is tightly limited (one-hour total in affected cases) and opportunities for extended floor amendments and deliberation are curtailed.
House members and stakeholders lose procedural and transparency protections because the rule waives all points of order against consideration and against provisions, which can prevent enforcement of drafting, transparency, or other procedural safeguards.
House members' ability to review and respond to text changes is reduced because the committee substitute is deemed adopted and the bill is considered as read, limiting opportunities to examine the final text on the floor before voting.
Based on analysis of 6 sections of legislative text.
Sets expedited House floor procedures—waives points of order, deems committee substitutes adopted, limits debate to one hour, and orders final passage for three Small Business bills.
Official title: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2483) to reauthorize certain programs that provide for opioid use disorder prevention, treatment, and recovery, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2931) to direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to relocate certain offices of the Small Business Administration in sanctuary jurisdictions, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2966) to require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to require an applicant for certain loans of the Administration to provide certain citizenship status documentation, and for other purposes; and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2987) to amend the Small Business Act to require a limit on the number of small business lending companies, and for other purposes.
Introduced June 3, 2025 by Michelle Fischbach · Last progress June 4, 2025
Sets special House floor procedures to speed consideration and final passage of three Small Business Committee bills. It waives points of order, deems committee substitutes adopted, limits debate to one hour (divided equally), orders the previous question to final passage (precluding intervening motions), and allows one motion to recommit for each listed bill. Applies these same expedited rules separately to H.R. 2931, H.R. 2966, and H.R. 2987 so the House can consider and vote on each with constrained debate and limited amendment opportunities.