What is Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship working on?

Recent hearings

• Hearings to examine federal benefits cliffs on small businesses and workers.

  Jun 3, 2026

  Open Hearing

• Hearings to examine blowing the whistle, focusing on inside the grift that keeps giving.

  May 20, 2026

  Open Hearing

• Hearings to examine industrialization and the rise of small manufacturers, including S.1555, to increase loan limits for loans made to small manufacturers, and H.R.3174, to increase loan limits for loans made to small manufacturers.

  May 13, 2026

  Open Hearing

• Hearings to examine the American Entrepreneurship for 250 Years: Driving Innovation, Growth, and Opportunity.

  Apr 29, 2026

  Open Hearing

• Hearings to examine sunshine week, focusing on bringing secret government spending to light, including S.766, to require an annual report of taxpayer-funded projects that are over budget and behind schedule, S.872, to amend the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 to ensure that other transaction agreements are reported to USAspending.gov, S.4059, to provide requirements for Executive agency spending at the end of a fiscal year, S.4130, to pub a public price tag on all projects supported with taxpayer dollars, and S.1199, to extend the statute of limitations for fraud under certain pandemic programs.

  Mar 18, 2026

  Meeting

As of Jun 3, 2026. Sparse coverage can reflect a quiet recess period or a filter gap; the full schedule lives on Congress.gov.

Bills in committee

• S 4532: Small Business Wildfire Smoke Recovery Act

  Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) · May 14, 2026

  Awaiting committee review
• S 4534: Microbusiness Support Act

  Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) · May 14, 2026

  Awaiting committee review
• HR 3174: Made in America Manufacturing Finance Act

  Roger Williams (R-TX-25) · May 1, 2025

  Under review
• S 1555: Made in America Manufacturing Finance Act of 2025

  Joni Ernst (R-IA) · May 1, 2025

  Under review
• S 4411: Investing in the American Dream Act

  Edward Markey (D-MA) · Apr 28, 2026

  Awaiting committee review
• HR 2066: Investing in All of America Act of 2025

  Daniel Meuser (R-PA-9) · Mar 11, 2025

  Now law
• S 4241: Boosting Housing Supply through Small Businesses Act of 2026

  Jacky Rosen (D-NV) · Mar 26, 2026

  Awaiting committee review
• S 4130: COST Act

  Joni Ernst (R-IA) · Mar 18, 2026

  Under review

Status reflects the bill’s latest action on Congress.gov, which may be past this committee (e.g. a bill “Passed House, in Senate” has cleared this committee and chamber).

Jurisdiction

The Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship has legislative jurisdiction over the Small Business Administration (SBA). The SBA is an independent federal agency meant to assist and protect the interests of small businesses. The Committee is also responsible for studying and problems of American small business enterprises, and reporting back to the Senate.