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HR 2931 · 119th Congress · HouseIn committee

Save SBA from Sanctuary Cities Act of 2025

In plain language: The Small Business Administration would be required to shut down and relocate any regional or district offices located in cities or counties that limit cooperation with federal immigration enforcement. Local business owners in these jurisdictions would lose in-person access to federal business resources and loan assistance unless they travel to offices in non-sanctuary areas. Any designated office that fails to relocate within 120 days must immediately halt operations, its employees would be transferred to other facilities, and the office director could be fired. The agency would also be prohibited from opening any new offices in these jurisdictions.

Provisional: our plain-language summary, pending review.

Provisionalunreviewed: impact, provisions, stakeholders, summary
People affected—The text does not state the number of SBA offices or agency personnel located within qualifying sanctuary jurisdictions.
Fiscal magnitude—The bill text does not specify an appropriation or authorized dollar amount for office relocation or lease adjustments.
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Issues

What this bill touches.

Federal vs. state/local+25Enforcement & security−20

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Who it affects

Who it helps · who it burdens.

Who it helps

  • Non-sanctuary jurisdictionsBecome the designated destinations for relocated SBA offices and reassigned staff, and serve as the only permissible locations for future SBA covered offices (Sec. 2(c), 2(d)(2)(A)(ii), 2(e)).provisional

Who it burdens

  • Small Business AdministrationMust identify and relocate all covered regional, district, and local offices out of sanctuary jurisdictions within 120 days, shut down operations of offices that miss the deadline, reassign staff, and is barred from establishing new offices in sanctuary jurisdictions (Sec. 2(a)–(e)).provisional
  • Heads of SBA offices in sanctuary jurisdictionsRequired to provide a written explanation within five days if their office misses the 120-day relocation deadline, and face mandatory removal from their post if they fail to submit an explanation or if the Administrator finds their explanation insufficient (Sec. 2(d)(2)).provisional
  • SBA employees in sanctuary jurisdictionsFace mandatory reassignment to duty stations located outside sanctuary jurisdictions (either in the same state or out of state) and office operational shutdowns if their office is not relocated within 120 days (Sec. 2(d)(2)(A)(ii)).provisional

Who opposes it

  • Local governments classified as sanctuary jurisdictionsThe text prohibits the SBA from establishing any new covered offices or maintaining existing regional, district, or local offices within their territorial boundaries (Sec. 2(a), 2(c), 2(e)).provisional

Dollar-level funding (FEC sector totals) is coming in a later phase.

What it does

The provisions, in plain language.

  1. Requires the Small Business Administration (SBA) to publicly identify any regional, district, or local office located in a sanctuary jurisdiction and relocate it to a non-sanctuary jurisdiction within 120 days.

    Sec. 2(a)-(d)(1)provisional

  2. Requires any SBA office not relocated within 120 days to immediately cease operations and reassign its staff to an SBA office outside a sanctuary jurisdiction.

    Sec. 2(d)(2)(A)provisional

  3. Directs the SBA Administrator to remove the head of any office who fails to provide an explanation or gives an insufficient reason within five days of missing the 120-day relocation deadline.

    Sec. 2(d)(2)(B)provisional

  4. Prohibits the SBA from establishing any new regional, district, or local offices in sanctuary jurisdictions.

    Sec. 2(e)provisional

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Timeline

How it moved.

  1. Jun 9, 2025Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
  2. Jun 5, 2025Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  3. Jun 5, 2025On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 211 - 199 (Roll no. 153). (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H2483)
  4. Jun 5, 2025Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 211 - 199 (Roll no. 153). (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H2483)
  5. Jun 5, 2025On motion to recommit Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 202 - 210 (Roll no. 152).
  6. Jun 3, 2025Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 458 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 2483, H.R. 2931, H.R. 2966 and H.R. 2987. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 2483 under a structured rule and for consideration of H.R. 2931, H.R. 2966, and H.R. 2987 under a closed rule. The resolution provides for one hour of debate and one motion to recommit on each bill.
  7. May 21, 2025Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 119-110.
  8. May 21, 2025Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 119-110.
  9. Apr 30, 2025Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 15 - 11.
  10. Apr 17, 2025Introduced in House
  11. Apr 17, 2025Introduced in House

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