{"format":1,"id":"119-hr-2965","congress":119,"number":"H.R. 2965","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Small Business Regulatory Reduction Act of 2025","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to ensure that the small business regulatory budget for a small business concern in a fiscal year is not greater than zero, and for other purposes.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to ensure that the small business regulatory budget for a small business concern in a fiscal year is not greater than zero, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"Small Business Regulatory Reduction Act of 2025"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Small Business Regulatory Reduction Act of 2025"},{"type":"Official Title from EH (Engrossed in House) bill 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modification or repeal of an existing rule."}],"words":75},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Requires the Small Business Administration to ensure that the cost to small businesses of its own rulemaking is not greater than zero in each fiscal year starting with fiscal year 2026, and requires an annual report on other agencies' rules.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2965/text/eh#H3453DFB66F5641AA8787105C58D06C0A"}]},"core_areas":["Small Business Administration rulemaking costs to small businesses","Annual Office of Advocacy report on federal agency rules affecting small businesses"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Defines the small business regulatory budget as the cost to a small business of a rulemaking by a Federal agency, including the cost of issuing a new rule and the cost of modifying or repealing an existing rule.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 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rule issued, organized by the agency that issued it.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2965/text/eh#H3453DFB66F5641AA8787105C58D06C0A"}},{"text":"Provides that no additional funds are authorized to be appropriated to carry out the Act.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2965/text/eh#H6DA568AC0534451DAE48ADA7E11DB1C4"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2025-12-03","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2965/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-12","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2965","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2965/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/119-hr-2965.png","v":"1b0a17dba8e6","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 2965, 119th Congress: Small Business Regulatory Reduction Act of 2025. House: 223 Yea, 190 Nay. Senate: not yet considered. Outcome: Passed House, 3 Dec 2025."}}