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119-s-2246119th CongressWALLET

SOS Act of 2025

Sponsored By: Senator Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]

Introduced

Summary

Protects SBA front-line staff from layoffs and requires rehiring with back pay. This bill would bar reductions in force at Small Business Administration offices that provide counseling, training, lending oversight, disaster relief, or contracting certifications and would require rehiring employees removed in RIFs between January 20, 2025 and enactment.

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  • SBA employees: Staff removed in a reduction in force during that period would be rehired to their same position and base pay and would receive back pay. Re-employment must occur within 60 days of enactment.
  • Small businesses and communities: Keeps continuity of counseling, training, disaster relief, lending oversight, and contracting certification services that help entrepreneurs and small firms.
  • SBA management: Prevents future reductions in force in the designated covered offices, limiting the agency's ability to cut staff in those units.

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

2 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

Rehire SBA workers with back pay

If enacted, the bill would require the SBA Administrator, within 60 days after enactment, to rehire any SBA employee removed in a reduction in force between January 20, 2025 and the date the bill becomes law. Rehired workers would return to the same position and the same rate of basic pay they had when removed. They would get back pay for the time from removal until re-employment.

Ban job cuts at certain SBA offices

If enacted, the bill would bar certain Small Business Administration offices from carrying out reductions in force on or after the date the bill becomes law. Covered offices include those that provide or oversee counseling, training, or technical assistance to entrepreneurs; those that oversee SBA lending programs; those that carry out disaster relief; and those that issue contracting certifications for small businesses. The ban would apply notwithstanding any other law or regulation.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]

MA • D

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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