Capping Excessive Awarding of SBLC Entrants Act of 2025
Bill Number: H.R. 2987
Report No.: 119–107
Union Calendar No.: 79
119th Congress
1st Session
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Capping Excessive Awarding of SBLC Entrants Act of 2025’’ or the ‘‘CEASE Act of 2025.’’
SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON NUMBER OF SMALL BUSINESS LENDING COMPANIES.
Section 23 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 650) is amended by adding at the end the following:
"(k) LIMITATION ON NUMBER OF SMALL BUSINESS LENDING COMPANIES.—The Administrator shall ensure that not more than 16 small business lending companies that are not nonprofit entities are authorized to make loans under section 7 at any time."