{"format":1,"id":"119-hr-2966","congress":119,"number":"H.R. 2966","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"American Entrepreneurs First Act of 2025","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to require an applicant for certain loans of the Administration to provide certain citizenship status documentation, and for other purposes.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to require an applicant for certain loans of the Administration to provide certain citizenship status documentation, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Official Title from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text","title":"To require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to require an applicant for certain loans of the Administration to provide certain citizenship status documentation, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"American Entrepreneurs First Act of 2025"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"American Entrepreneurs First Act of 2025"},{"type":"Display Title","title":"American Entrepreneurs First Act of 2025"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"American Entrepreneurs First Act of 2025"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"American Entrepreneurs First Act"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2025-04-17","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2025-06-06","vote":{"id":"119-2025-h156","question":"On Passage","title":"American Entrepreneurs First Act","result":"Passed","yea":217,"nay":190,"present":0,"not_voting":25,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2025/roll156.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":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2025-04-17","stage":"Introduced in House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"American Entrepreneurs First Act"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill revises the application requirements for the Small Business Administration's 7(a) loan and 504 loan programs."},{"k":"p","t":"Specifically, the bill requires applications for such loans to include (1) the applicant's date of birth; and (2) a certification that the applicant or all beneficial owners are citizens, nationals, or lawful permanent residents of the United States."},{"k":"p","t":"The bill specifies that certain individuals are ineligible for such loans, including (1) asylees, (2) refugees, (3) individuals issued a visa to remain in the United States, (4) individuals legally classified as nonimmigrants, (5) individuals to whom deferred action has been granted pursuant to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, and (6) individuals without lawful status under the immigration laws of the United States."}],"words":123},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Requires applications for Small Business Administration loans under section 7(a) of the Small Business Act and title V of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to include birth date and citizenship status information, and makes certain categories of people ineligible for those loans.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2966/text/eh#H960A9885AB9E4076B0F318C554147BBA"}]},"core_areas":["Citizenship and lawful permanent resident documentation for Small Business Administration 7(a) and title V loan applications","Loan ineligibility for specified immigration statuses"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Requires the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to ensure that each application for a loan under section 7(a) of the Small Business Act or title V of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 includes the required information listed in this section.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2966/text/eh#H960A9885AB9E4076B0F318C554147BBA"}},{"text":"Requires each application to include the date of birth of each individual applicant or each individual owner of an applicant concern.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2966/text/eh#H960A9885AB9E4076B0F318C554147BBA"}},{"text":"Requires certification that an individual applicant is a citizen, a national, or a lawful permanent resident of the United States, or that an applicant concern or guarantor is 100 percent beneficially owned by individuals who are citizens, nationals, or lawful permanent residents.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2966/text/eh#H960A9885AB9E4076B0F318C554147BBA"}},{"text":"Requires certification that no direct or indirect owner of an applicant concern is an ineligible person, and requires documentation of the alien registration number of any lawful permanent resident who is an individual applicant or an owner of an applicant concern.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2966/text/eh#H960A9885AB9E4076B0F318C554147BBA"}},{"text":"Makes an applicant ineligible if an application submitted after the date of enactment lacks the required information, if any direct or indirect owner of an applicant concern is an ineligible person, or if an individual applicant is an ineligible person.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2966/text/eh#H960A9885AB9E4076B0F318C554147BBA"}},{"text":"Defines an ineligible person as an asylee, a refugee, an individual issued a visa to remain in the United States, a nonimmigrant alien, a recipient of deferred action under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy, or an alien present without lawful status.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2966/text/eh#H960A9885AB9E4076B0F318C554147BBA"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2025-06-06","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2966/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/2966","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2966/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/119-hr-2966.png","v":"99e296b6b56d","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 2966, 119th Congress: American Entrepreneurs First Act of 2025. House: 217 Yea, 190 Nay. Senate: not yet considered. Outcome: Passed House, 6 Jun 2025."}}