The Small Business Regulatory Reduction Act of 2025
HR 2965 is a bill introduced in the US House of Representatives that aims to reduce regulatory burdens on small businesses.
Section 1: Short Title
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Small Business Regulatory Reduction Act of 2025’’.
SEC. 2. SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION RULEMAKING COSTS TO SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS
DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
- ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis-trator’’ means the Administrator of the Small Business Administration.
(2) RULE; RULEMAKING.—The terms ‘‘rule’’ and ‘‘rulemaking’’ have the meanings given those terms in section 551 of title 5, United States Code.
(3) SMALL BUSINESS.—The term ‘‘small business’’ has the same meaning as the term ‘‘small business concern’’ under section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632), unless an agency, after consultation with the Office of Advocacy of the Small Business Administration and after opportunity for public comment, establishes one or more definitions of such term which are appropriate to the activities of the agency and publishes any such definitions in the Federal Register.
SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT
In fiscal year 2026 and each fiscal year thereafter, the Administrator shall ensure that the small business regulatory budget for the Small Business Administration for the applicable fiscal year is not greater than zero.
SEC. 3. NO ADDITIONAL FUNDS
No additional funds are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act.
This bill aims to reduce the regulatory burden on small businesses by requiring the Small Business Administration (SBA) to ensure that its rulemaking costs do not exceed zero. The SBA is required to submit an annual report to Congress detailing the total small business regulatory budgets for all Federal agencies, as well as each specific rule issued during the preceding fiscal year.
The bill does not authorize any additional funds for the implementation of this Act.
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