# 119-hr-2966: American Entrepreneurs First Act of 2025

119-hr-2966, American Entrepreneurs First Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Van Duyne, Beth [R-TX-24] (R-TX); status passed_house; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-10).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-2966
- Congress: 119
- Title: American Entrepreneurs First Act of 2025
- Status: passed_house
- Introduced: 2025-04-17
- Sponsor: Rep. Van Duyne, Beth [R-TX-24] (R-TX)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Commerce
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-10

## Summary

**Ties SBA loan access to immigration status.** This bill would require applicants for SBA 7(a) loans and Small Business Investment Act (title V) loans to provide birth dates, certify U.S. citizenship, national status, or lawful permanent residency, and give alien registration numbers for any lawful permanent resident owners. It defines several noncitizen categories as "ineligible persons" and would bar applicants or owners in those categories from eligibility. - Small business owners who are U.S. citizens, nationals, or lawful permanent residents: Must certify their status and ownership. A business is eligible only if it is 100 percent beneficially owned by such individuals. - Asylees, refugees, visa holders, nonimmigrants, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients, and people without lawful status: Are named as ineligible persons and would be barred from applying as individuals or as owners. - SBA applicants and lenders: Applications must include date of birth for each individual applicant and owner and required certifications. Applications lacking that information or with any ineligible owner would be ineligible.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Rep. Cloud, Michael [R-TX-27] (R-TX), 2025-04-17T00:00:00.000Z

## Votes

| Date | Chamber | Question | Result | Yea | Nay |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-06-06T00:00:00.000Z | house | On Passage | Passed | 217 | 190 |

## Provisions PRIA read

- Tighter Small Business loans by immigration status: cost, high. If enacted, Small Business Administration 7(a) and Title V loan applications would face new ID and citizenship checks. Applications filed after enactment would need each owner’s date of birth, certifications about U.S. citizen, U.S. national, or lawful permanent resident status (or that the busines…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-137: TCJA Permanency Act
- 119-hr-1181: Protecting Privacy in Purchases Act
- 119-hr-987: Fair Access to Banking Act
- 119-hr-842: Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act
- 119-hr-116: Stopping Border Surges Act
- 119-hr-3134: Emergency Care Improvement Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-2966 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2966)

## Related
- [119-hr-137: TCJA Permanency Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-137)
- [119-hr-1181: Protecting Privacy in Purchases Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1181)
- [119-hr-987: Fair Access to Banking Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-987)
- [119-hr-842: Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage A…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-842)
- [119-hr-116: Stopping Border Surges Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-116)
- [119-hr-3134: Emergency Care Improvement Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3134)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2966 (as of 2026-09-10).