8(a) Small Business Integrity and Stability Act of 2026

Key Points

• This bill gives small businesses in the Small Business Administration 8(a) program an extra year to participate if they were active between early 2025 and late 2026. This program helps businesses owned by socially and economically disadvantaged people win government contracts.
• It allows businesses to rejoin the program if they were kicked out for missing a specific paperwork deadline or if they chose to leave during a certain period in 2026. This helps companies that might have struggled with recent rule changes or reporting requirements.
• The Small Business Administration must set up these new rules quickly. If the head of the agency does not finish the rules within 75 days, they will be banned from using government money for official travel until the work is done.
• The bill also protects businesses that were already qualified as socially disadvantaged before June 2026. It ensures they can stay in the program using the rules that were in place when they first joined, providing more stability for their government contracts.

Impact Analysis

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