# 119-hr-886: Beat Bad Bureaucrats Act

119-hr-886, Beat Bad Bureaucrats Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Rulli, Michael A. [R-OH-6] (R-OH); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2025-12-21).

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- As of: 2025-12-21
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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-886
- Congress: 119
- Title: Beat Bad Bureaucrats Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-01-31
- Sponsor: Rep. Rulli, Michael A. [R-OH-6] (R-OH)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Commerce
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2025-12-21

## Summary

**Protects Social Security benefits for people whose identities were used to get COVID-era SBA loans.** The bill would bar the Small Business Administration from garnishing a person’s Social Security payments to repay certain covered loans if the loan was fraudulently made in that person’s name and the person notifies the SBA that they are an identity-theft victim. Covered loans include COVID disaster loans and Paycheck Protection Program loans from Jan 31, 2020 through Dec 31, 2021. The bill would also require the SBA to post how to report identity theft on its website and include that information in the written notice given to delinquent borrowers. The prohibition would not apply if the SBA determines the named individual is not an identity-theft victim.

## Cosponsors (2)

- Rep. Graves, Sam [R-MO-6] (R-MO), 2025-01-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Webster, Daniel [R-FL-11] (R-FL), 2025-01-31T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Stop SBA loan garnishment of Social Security: benefit, medium. If someone used your name to get an SBA loan, this bill would protect your Social Security checks. After you report the identity theft using SBA’s posted process, SBA would not be allowed to garnish your Social Security retirement or survivors benefits to repay that loan. This would cover Paycheck…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-8870: BUILD America 250 Act
- 119-hr-4275: Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2025
- 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-hr-9497: Water Resources Development Act of 2026
- 119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025
- 119-hr-9298: Stopping Harmful and Outrageous Torts Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-886 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/886)

## Related
- [119-hr-8870: BUILD America 250 Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-8870)
- [119-hr-4275: Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4275)
- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hr-9497: Water Resources Development Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9497)
- [119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4669)
- [119-hr-9298: Stopping Harmful and Outrageous Torts Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9298)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-886 (as of 2025-12-21).