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HR 1634 · in committee · major

ThinkDIFFERENTLY About Disability Employment Act

What this bill does

  • The SBA must help people with disabilities start businesses and find jobs at small companies.
  • Small business owners and disabled individuals seeking employment or entrepreneurship are affected.
  • The SBA conducts outreach and education with reporting requirements; no specific funding mechanism stated.

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  1. 01

    How should the SBA prioritize outreach to small business owners who may lack experience hiring employees with disabilities?

  2. 02

    What reporting metrics would best measure whether this initiative actually increases job placements or business startups for disabled individuals?

  3. 03

    Without explicit funding identified, how might this mandate affect the SBA's existing programs and resources for other small business services?

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Sponsor · R-MN-8

Pete Stauber

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Introduced 2025-06-04

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-06-04 · senate · IntroReferral

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

  2. 2025-06-03 · house · Floor

    Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

  3. 2025-06-03 · house · Floor

    On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2399)

  4. 2025-06-03 · Floor

    Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2399)

  5. 2025-06-03 · house · Floor

    DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1634.

  6. 2025-06-03 · house · Floor

    Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2399-2401)

  7. 2025-06-03 · house · Floor

    Mr. Williams (TX) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.

  8. 2025-03-24 · house · Calendars

    Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 21.

  9. 2025-03-24 · house · Committee

    Reported by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 119-32.

  10. 2025-03-24 · Committee

    Reported by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 119-32.

  11. 2025-03-05 · house · Committee

    Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 25 - 0.

  12. 2025-03-05 · house · Committee

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

  13. 2025-02-26 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.

  14. 2025-02-26 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  15. 2025-02-26 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

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