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Official title: Amend the Small Business Act to establish the position of Coordinator for Disabled Small Business Concerns within the Office of Diversity, Inclusion, and Civil Rights of the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes.
The bill creates a focused SBA role and new transparency/oversight to improve support for disabled entrepreneurs, at the trade‑off of potential privacy risks from disability data collection and modest added administrative costs.
Disabled entrepreneurs will get a dedicated SBA Coordinator tasked to improve access to capital, contracting, and counseling services (to be established within 180 days), providing more targeted support and navigation.
People with disabilities and small-business owners will gain greater transparency because the SBA must begin voluntary collection and public reporting of disability-status and service data within one year.
People with disabilities and small-business owners will benefit from sustained stakeholder engagement and oversight because the Coordinator must hold biannual stakeholder meetings and submit a report to Congress within two years, which can drive program improvements.
People with disabilities could face heightened privacy risks if the new collection of disability-status data is not accompanied by robust safeguards and data protections.
Taxpayers and small-business owners may indirectly bear costs if the SBA's new reporting, outreach, and coordination responsibilities increase administrative spending and divert resources from direct assistance.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Creates an SBA Coordinator for Disabled Small Business Concerns, requires outreach, voluntary disability data collection, and a report to Congress.
Introduced August 6, 2026 by Jeanne Shaheen · Last progress August 6, 2026
Creates a Coordinator for Disabled Small Business Concerns inside the SBA's Office of Diversity, Inclusion, and Civil Rights to improve outreach, data, and services for entrepreneurs with disabilities. The Coordinator will be appointed within 180 days, develop strategies and partnerships, hold regular public stakeholder meetings, and report to Congress with findings and recommendations within two years. Requires the SBA to start voluntary collection of disability-status data across SBA programs within one year, to publicly report service and lending data to the extent possible, and to produce a Congress report describing activities and recommendations.