# 119-s-495: Prove It Act of 2025

119-s-495, Prove It Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA] (R-IA); status in_committee; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-10).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-495
- As of: 2026-09-10
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-495
- Congress: 119
- Title: Prove It Act of 2025
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2025-02-10
- Sponsor: Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA] (R-IA)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-10

## Summary

**Gives small businesses a formal petition route to force agencies to show how a rule would affect them and to disclose reasonably foreseeable indirect costs.** This bill would add new review steps, public posting rules, and stricter 10-year review rules for regulations that affect small entities. - Small businesses would gain a new petition process to the Small Business Administration Chief Counsel for Advocacy to challenge agency certifications that a rule will not have a significant economic impact. Petitions must include contact info, problems, supporting data, and alternatives; the Chief Counsel has a 10-day prima facie check and a 30-day full review period. - Federal agencies would have to disclose indirect costs where feasible, publish guidance and related materials for economically significant small-entity rules on Regulations.gov, and participate in mandated review meetings or face a rule not applying to small entities. - The Office of Advocacy and the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs would run joint meetings and public posting of petitions. The bill also tightens 10-year periodic reviews and can remove rules that are not properly reviewed, with possible reinstatement within 180 days after public comment.

## Provisions PRIA read

- New review rules for small businesses: mixed, high. If enacted, agencies would have to include foreseeable indirect costs to small businesses in initial regulatory analyses. Small businesses or their representatives could petition the SBA Office of Advocacy to review an agency claim that a rule won't have a big impact. The Chief Counsel must say wit…

## Related bills

- 119-s-4952: Protecting American Taxpayers Act
- 119-s-4378: Protecting American Taxpayers Act
- 119-s-1748: Kids Online Safety Act
- 119-s-3971: Small Business Innovation and Economic Security Act
- 119-s-2355: Patients Deserve Price Tags Act
- 119-s-1922: FIREARM Act

## Sources
- [119-s-495 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/495)

## Related
- [119-s-4952: Protecting American Taxpayers Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4952)
- [119-s-4378: Protecting American Taxpayers Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4378)
- [119-s-1748: Kids Online Safety Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1748)
- [119-s-3971: Small Business Innovation and Economic Security Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3971)
- [119-s-2355: Patients Deserve Price Tags Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2355)
- [119-s-1922: FIREARM Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1922)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-495 (as of 2026-09-10).