# 119-hr-9810: Small Business Development Centers Improvement Act of 2026

119-hr-9810, Small Business Development Centers Improvement Act of 2026, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. McIver, LaMonica [D-NJ-10] (D-NJ); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-17).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9810
- As of: 2026-10-17
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-9810
- Congress: 119
- Title: Small Business Development Centers Improvement Act of 2026
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2026-07-21
- Sponsor: Rep. McIver, LaMonica [D-NJ-10] (D-NJ)
- Cosponsors: 3
- Policy area: Commerce
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-10-17

## Summary

**More oversight and clearer rules for Small Business Development Centers (SBDCs)** tightens how SBDC, Women’s Business Centers, and SCORE deliver services while expanding reporting, data collection, and allowable marketing and partnership activities. The law also sets new limits on who can win grants and updates funding formulas and caps.

## Cosponsors (3)

- Rep. Bell, Wesley [D-MO-1] (D-MO), 2026-10-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Velázquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7] (D-NY), 2026-07-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cisneros, Gilbert Ray [D-CA-31] (D-CA), 2026-09-04T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- More marketing and fee options for centers: benefit, low. The bill would let grant recipients spend up to 10 percent of a section 21 grant on marketing and advertising. It would let local small-business centers collect fees or other income from private partnerships when the SBA also participates. The bill would also require the SBDC Associate Administrato…
- Limits on new small-business programs: cost, medium. The bill would bar the SBA from creating new programs to deliver defined entrepreneurial services unless Congress authorizes them. New grants under the section would generally be limited to entities that held such awards before enactment. Colleges would still be eligible, and activities helping sma…
- State small-business grants and caps: mixed, high. This bill would authorize $175 million each year for formula grants for fiscal years 2026 through 2029. It would also set limits on program spending: reserves could not exceed $2,000,000 and some per-entity awards could not exceed $200,000. The Administration could spend no more than $600,000 in an…
- Faster contract approvals and match rules: mixed, low. The bill would say a contract is deemed approved if the Associate Administrator does not act within 10 days of a request. It would require grantees to certify in good faith that matching funds are available before grant close-out. The bill would also allow grantees to spend Federal grant funds befo…
- New reporting and client privacy rules: mixed, low. The bill would make the SBA publish detailed annual listings of covered activities, awards, funding, and responsible officials starting with the first report after October 1, 2026. It would require a new SBDC annual report beginning after the first December 1 following enactment and create a Data C…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026
- 119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act
- 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act
- 119-hr-7853: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026
- 119-hres-1058: Recognizing that it is the duty of the Federal Government to develop and implement a Transgender Bill of Rights to protect and codify the rights of transgender…
- 119-hr-3376: Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity, and Reliability Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-hr-9810 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9810)

## Related
- [119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9877)
- [119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7977)
- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
- [119-hr-7853: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7853)
- [119-hres-1058: Recognizing that it is the duty of the Federal Government to develop and implem…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hres-1058)
- [119-hr-3376: Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity, and Reliability Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3376)
- [All bills in Congress](https://policyrisk.com/legislation)

Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9810 (as of 2026-10-17).