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Returning SBA to Main Street Act (S-298) · Congress.wiki

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Reported in Senate

March 4, 2025•22 pages

Introduced in Senate

January 29, 2025•11 pages

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Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship

Committee on Small Business and EntrepreneurshipCapitol (Senate side), 216Feb 18, 2025 at 5:00 AM

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Business meeting to continue consideration of S.298, to require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to relocate 30 percent of the employees assigned to headquarters to duty stations outside the Washington metropolitan area, and S.300, to improve accountability in the disaster loan program of the Small Business Administration.

Committee on Small Business and EntrepreneurshipCapitol (Senate side), 216Feb 13, 2025 at 7:00 PM

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Business meeting to consider S.298, to require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to relocate 30 percent of the employees assigned to headquarters to duty stations outside the Washington metropolitan area, S.300, to improve accountability in the disaster loan program of the Small Business Administration, S.371, to require certain reports on small business disaster assistance to be published on the website of the Small Business Administration, and committee rules for the 119th Congress.

Committee on Small Business and EntrepreneurshipDirksen Senate Office Building, 106Feb 12, 2025 at 2:30 PM

Business meeting to consider S.68, to prohibit the suspension of collections on loans made to small businesses related to COVID-19, S.273, to allow nonprofit child care providers to participate in certain loan programs of the Small Business Administration, S.298, to require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to relocate 30 percent of the employees assigned to headquarters to duty stations outside the Washington metropolitan area, S.300, to improve accountability in the disaster loan program of the Small Business Administration, an original resolution authorizing expenditures by the committee during the 119th Congress, committee rules, and the nomination of Kelly Loeffler, of Georgia, to be Administrator of the Small Business Administration.

Committee on Small Business and EntrepreneurshipCapitol (Senate side), 238Feb 5, 2025 at 4:15 PM

House Votes

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Senate Votes

Pending Committee

January 29, 2025

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

Presidential Signature

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United StatesSenate Bill 298S 298

Returning SBA to Main Street Act

Commerce

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Introduced January 29, 2025 by Joni Ernst · Last progress January 29, 2025

AI Summary

Requires the Small Business Administration (SBA) to relocate at least 30% of its headquarters workforce to offices outside the Washington, DC, metro area, cut headquarters office space by at least 30%, and add specified workforce counts to its budget justification materials. The law limits full-time telework for employees moved under the requirement (with ADA telework accommodations excepted), sets timelines and reporting obligations to Congress, preempts conflicting laws or collective bargaining terms, and bars private lawsuits based on the Act.

Missourirepresentative·Mark Alford

Commerce

Returning SBA to Main Street Act of 2025

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Updated 3/8/2026·Last progress March 11, 2025