{"format":1,"id":"119-hr-2931","congress":119,"number":"H.R. 2931","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Save SBA from Sanctuary Cities Act of 2025","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to relocate certain offices of the Small Business Administration in sanctuary jurisdictions, and for other purposes.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to relocate certain offices of the Small Business Administration in sanctuary jurisdictions, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Official Title from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text","title":"To direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to relocate certain offices of the Small Business Administration in sanctuary jurisdictions, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"Save SBA from Sanctuary Cities Act of 2025"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Save SBA from Sanctuary Cities Act of 2025"},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Save SBA from Sanctuary Cities Act of 2025"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"Save SBA from Sanctuary Cities Act of 2025"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Save SBA from Sanctuary Cities Act"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2025-04-17","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2025-06-05","vote":{"id":"119-2025-h153","question":"On Passage","title":"Save SBA from Sanctuary Cities Act","result":"Passed","yea":211,"nay":199,"present":0,"not_voting":22,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2025/roll153.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"pending","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"not_yet","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.","date":"2025-06-09"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[{"chamber":"house","date":"2025-06-05","question":"On Motion to Recommit","title":"Save SBA from Sanctuary Cities Act","result":"Failed","yea":202,"nay":210,"present":0,"not_voting":20,"kind":"procedural","source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2025/roll152.xml"}],"crs_summary":{"date":"2025-04-17","stage":"Introduced in House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Save SBA from Sanctuary Cities Act"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill requires the relocation of a regional, district, or local office of the Small Business Administration (SBA) if the SBA makes a public determination that the office is located in a sanctuary jurisdiction. The SBA must relocate that office, within 60 days of such determination, to a location that is not a sanctuary jurisdiction."},{"k":"p","t":"Under the bill, a sanctuary jurisdiction is a state or political subdivision thereof that prohibits or restricts any government entity or official from (1) exchanging with another government entity information regarding the citizenship or immigration status of an individual; or (2) complying with specified requests by the Department of Homeland Security."},{"k":"p","t":"Additionally, the SBA may not establish an office in a sanctuary jurisdiction."}],"words":124},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Directs the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to relocate its regional, district and local offices that are located in sanctuary jurisdictions, as the text defines that term, to locations that are not in sanctuary jurisdictions.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2931/text/eh#H31A2F32023C6468EAE81B4B40E808694"}]},"core_areas":["Relocation of Small Business Administration offices out of sanctuary jurisdictions"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Requires the Administrator to relocate each covered office located in a sanctuary jurisdiction, but only after the Administrator determines that the office is in one and makes that determination publicly available.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2931/text/eh#H31A2F32023C6468EAE81B4B40E808694"}},{"text":"Requires the Administrator to relocate a covered office to a location that is not in a sanctuary jurisdiction, not later than 120 days after the determination is made publicly available.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2931/text/eh#H31A2F32023C6468EAE81B4B40E808694"}},{"text":"Requires the head of a covered office not relocated within 120 days to submit a written explanation to the Administrator not later than 5 days after the period expires.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2931/text/eh#H31A2F32023C6468EAE81B4B40E808694"}},{"text":"Provides that a covered office not relocated within 120 days ceases operations until it is relocated, and its employees are assigned to duty stations at other covered offices not in sanctuary jurisdictions.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2931/text/eh#H31A2F32023C6468EAE81B4B40E808694"}},{"text":"Requires the Administrator to immediately remove the head of such an office if no written explanation is submitted or if the Administrator finds the reasons given insufficient.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2931/text/eh#H31A2F32023C6468EAE81B4B40E808694"}},{"text":"Prohibits the Administrator from establishing a covered office in a sanctuary jurisdiction.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2931/text/eh#H31A2F32023C6468EAE81B4B40E808694"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2025-06-05","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2931/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-09-29","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2931","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2931/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/119-hr-2931.png","v":"44582f959b4a","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 2931, 119th Congress: Save SBA from Sanctuary Cities Act of 2025. House: 211 Yea, 199 Nay. Senate: not yet considered. Outcome: Passed House, 5 Jun 2025."}}