Small Business Advocacy Improvements

Summary#

This bill updates the Office of Advocacy in the Small Business Administration. It makes small changes to wording in the office’s listed functions and duties, and it adds a new duty. The changes include: adding the phrase “and the international economy” to the office’s primary functions; fixing two wording errors (changing “complete” to “compete” and “serviced-disabled” to “service-disabled”); and adding a duty for the office to represent small business views before foreign governments and international entities on regulatory and trade initiatives that may affect small businesses.

What it means for you#

• For small business owners: The Office of Advocacy would have an explicit role to speak for small businesses in international and foreign-government forums about trade and regulations that affect them.
• For others: The bill does not describe any direct new programs, funding, or services. It focuses on the office’s stated duties and scope.

Expenses#

No publicly available information about costs, budget changes, or funding in the bill text.

Proponents' View#

The bill text states its purpose is to clarify the Office of Advocacy’s primary functions and duties and to add representation before foreign governments and international entities on regulatory and trade matters. The sponsors introduced the bill to make these clarifications and additions.

Opponents' View#

No publicly available information about objections, opposing arguments, or votes in the provided text.