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

Recent hearings

• 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

• Hearings to examine main street, focusing on growing the small business pet economy.

  Mar 11, 2026

  Meeting

• Hearings to examine from fraud to recovery, focusing on restoring integrity in small business programs, including S.1199, to extend the statute of limitations for fraud under certain pandemic programs.

  Feb 25, 2026

  Meeting

• Hearings to examine innovation in the crosshairs, focusing on countering China's industrial espionage.

  Jul 23, 2025

  Meeting

• Hearings to examine growing the small business agricultural economy.

  Jan 14, 2026

  Meeting

Bills in committee

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

  Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV] · Mar 26, 2026

  In Committee
• S 4130: COST Act

  Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA] · Mar 18, 2026

  Active
• S 4059: End-of-Year Fiscal Responsibility Act

  Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA] · Mar 11, 2026

  Active
• S 1199: SBA Fraud Enforcement Extension Act

  Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA] · Mar 27, 2025

  Active
• S 872: Stop Secret Spending Act of 2025

  Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA] · Mar 5, 2025

  Active
• S 766: Billion Dollar Boondoggle Act of 2025

  Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA] · Feb 27, 2025

  Active
• S 4133: 21st Century Entrepreneurship Act

  Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] · Mar 18, 2026

  In Committee
• S 1555: Made in America Manufacturing Finance Act of 2025

  Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA] · May 1, 2025

  Active

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.