Supporting Disabled Entrepreneurs Act
Sponsored By: Senator Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced
Summary
Coordinator for Disabled Small Business Concerns to boost access to SBA lending, counseling, and federal contracting for entrepreneurs with disabilities. The bill would set a dedicated SBA role with defined duties, consultation rules, regular public reporting, and required data collection to track and improve services.
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- Disabled small business owners would get targeted programs, technical training, outreach, and an internal SBA advocate to help with access to capital, counseling, and contracting.
- The SBA would have to designate a Coordinator within 180 days who has relevant experience and collect voluntary disability-status data via program intake forms within one year.
- The Coordinator would consult with federal agencies and SBA resource partners, hold public stakeholder meetings at least every six months starting one year after enactment, and submit a congressional report with activities and recommendations by two years.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
More SBA help for disabled entrepreneurs
This bill would create a Coordinator for Disabled Small Business Concerns inside the SBA. The SBA Administrator would name the Coordinator within 180 days of enactment. The Coordinator would be an SBA employee with experience serving disabled business owners and with knowledge of capital, contracting, or counseling. The Coordinator would lead outreach, technical training, partnerships, and program reviews. The Coordinator would hold public stakeholder meetings at least every six months starting one year after enactment and would report to Congress within two years with activities and recommendations. The SBA would be required to collect voluntary disability-status data through program intake forms within one year and to publicly report program service data, including weekly lending approval reports.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
NH • D
Cosponsors
Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA]
LA • R
Sponsored 8/6/2026
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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