8(a) Small Business Integrity and Stability Act of 2026
Sponsored By: Representative Cisneros, Gilbert Ray [D-CA-31]
Introduced
Summary
This bill would temporarily extend and reinstate 8(a) program participation for certain small businesses. It would also require quick SBA rulemaking and apply preexisting social-disadvantage standards to eligibility reviews.
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- Small businesses in the 8(a) Program between January 20, 2025 and September 30, 2026 could be offered a 1-year extension of participation starting 75 days after enactment unless they decline.
- Certain firms that lost 8(a) status for failing to respond to a specified OMB information request or that voluntarily withdrew between January 19, 2026 and September 30, 2026 could be reinstated as if the termination never occurred and receive a 1-year extension.
- The Small Business Administration would face firm rule deadlines and limits tied to them: final implementing rules within 15 days and a 75-day rule deadline that restricts obligating funds for official travel if missed.
- For Program Participants already found socially disadvantaged by June 11, 2026, the Administrator would apply the 13 C.F.R. 124.103(c) requirements as they existed on that date when deciding continued participation.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 3 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
One-year 8(a) extension and reinstatement
If enacted, small businesses that were in the SBA 8(a) Program between January 20, 2025 and September 30, 2026 would be offered a one-year extension of their participation. The extension would begin 75 days after enactment and would apply only if the business does not decline it. The bill would also let certain firms be reinstated as if their prior termination or voluntary withdrawal never happened. A "covered concern" would mean firms whose 8(a) status ended for failing to comply with the OMB information request (Control Number 3245-0430; concluded Nov 18, 2025) or firms that voluntarily left between Jan 19, 2026 and Sep 30, 2026; firms whose termination was upheld by the SBA Office of Hearings and Appeals would be excluded.
Fast SBA rulemaking and travel limit
If enacted, the SBA Administrator would have to publish rules to implement the extension and reinstatement within 15 days of enactment. Those rules would follow the notice-and-comment steps in section 553 of title 5 and be similar to rules used for the 2021 NDAA and 2021 Consolidated Appropriations Act. If the SBA does not issue the final rule within 75 days after enactment, the Administrator would be barred from obligating funds for official travel until the final rule is submitted.
Freeze social-disadvantage rule for some
If enacted, the SBA would have to use the version of 13 C.F.R. 124.103(c) that was in effect on June 11, 2026 when deciding continued 8(a) participation for any participant found socially disadvantaged on or before that date. This would preserve the earlier regulatory standard for those specified participants during continued-eligibility reviews.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Cisneros, Gilbert Ray [D-CA-31]
CA • D
Cosponsors
Rep. Velázquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7]
NY • D
Sponsored 8/10/2026
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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