Small Business Development Centers: Program Updates and Funding
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This bill has support from both parties and focuses on a popular topic like helping small businesses. However, it is still in the early stages of the lawmaking process.
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The bill requires the Small Business Administration to track and report the number of veterans who participate in the Small Business Development Center Program each year. This creates more visibility into how well the program serves veteran entrepreneurs, though it does not create any new veteran-specific funding or services.
“the number of participants in the Program who are veterans;”
Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
Introduced in House
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Rep. LaMonica McIver's new legislation seeks to protect the SBDC program from administration cuts. The bill modernizes the network by allowing private partnership fees and establishing a new data collection group to track job creation and revenue metrics for new businesses.
The Small Business Development Centers Improvement Act of 2026 would update privacy rules and allow centers to collect fees from private partners. The bill reauthorizes the program at $175 million per year through 2029, despite administration opposition.
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Document Type
Congressional Bill
Official Title
Small Business Development Centers Improvement Act of 2026
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