# 119-hr-8879: Oversight and Transparency for Small Business Certifications Act of 2026

119-hr-8879, Oversight and Transparency for Small Business Certifications Act of 2026, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Olszewski, Johnny [D-MD-2] (D-MD); status passed_house; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-8879
- Congress: 119
- Title: Oversight and Transparency for Small Business Certifications Act of 2026
- Status: passed_house
- Introduced: 2026-05-19
- Sponsor: Rep. Olszewski, Johnny [D-MD-2] (D-MD)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Commerce
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-21

## Summary

**Creates an annual SBA certification report that tracks small business participation across four covered contracting programs.** The report would collect counts and processing-time details for applications and certifications for service-disabled veteran-owned, woman-owned, and HUBZone firms and must accompany the President's budget each year. - Small businesses: Requires the Administrator to report the total number of unique small businesses certified and a breakdown of applications with sufficient information, multi-program certifications, and where certification records are stored. This covers four covered programs: sections 8(a), 8(m), 31, and 36. - Service-disabled veteran-owned firms: Requires counts of certified, denied, and pending applications and timeframes that show the share meeting SBA timelines and average wait times for first-time and recertification decisions. - Woman-owned firms: Requires counts certified, denied, and pending; how many are eligible for sole-source awards under 8(m)(7); how many were processed by national certifying entities; and time-to-decision measures for initial and recertification cases. - HUBZone firms: Requires counts certified, denied, and pending and time-to-decision measures including percent meeting SBA timelines and average first-time and recertification times.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Rep. Wied, Tony [R-WI-8] (R-WI), 2026-05-19T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Yearly SBA certification report for small firms: benefit, low. If enacted, the SBA Administrator would send Congress a yearly Certification Report with the President’s budget. The report would cover SBA contracting programs under sections 8(a), 8(m) (women‑owned), 31 (HUBZone), and 36 (service‑disabled veteran‑owned). It would list the total number of unique f…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act
- 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-hr-7481: Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026
- 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act
- 119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025
- 119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-8879 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8879)

## Related
- [119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7977)
- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hr-7481: Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7481)
- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
- [119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4669)
- [119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1262)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-8879 (as of 2026-09-21).