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HR 915 · 119th Congress · HouseIn committee

Small Business Technological Advancement Act

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In plain language: Small business owners would be able to use federal Small Business Administration loans to purchase software, cloud computing services, and artificial intelligence tools. These funds can cover digital systems used for everyday tasks like payroll, human resources, sales, billing, and inventory tracking. The bill specifies that these loan funds cannot be used to finance research and development.

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Issues

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Who it affects

Who it helps · who it burdens.

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Who it helps

  • small businesses seeking software and technology financingUnder Sec. 2(a), small businesses can obtain SBA 7(a) loans to finance business software, cloud computing services, and related technologies (including artificial intelligence tools) for operations, payroll, HR, billing, and inventory tracking.provisional
  • prior SBA 7(a) loan recipients and lendersUnder Sec. 2(b)(1), borrowers and lenders with existing 7(a) loans approved before the enactment of this Act for software or cloud computing are protected by a clarification that those loans were legally permissible.provisional

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

What it does

The provisions, in plain language.

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Show all 4 provisions

  1. Authorizes the Small Business Administration to provide 7(a) loans to help small businesses purchase business software, cloud computing services, and related technologies, including tools that use artificial intelligence, for operations, payroll, human resources, sales, and inventory tracking.

    Sec. 2(a)provisional

  2. Clarifies that Small Business Administration 7(a) loans approved before this law to purchase software and cloud technologies were and remain legally valid.

    Sec. 2(b)(1)provisional

  3. Clarifies that Small Business Administration 7(a) loans may not be used to fund research and development.

    Sec. 2(b)(2)provisional

  4. Clarifies that the software-financing rules do not restrict or narrow what qualifies as working capital under Small Business Administration loan programs.

    Sec. 2(b)(3)provisional

  1. Authorizes the Small Business Administration to provide 7(a) loans to help small businesses purchase business software, cloud computing services, and related technologies, including tools that use artificial intelligence, for operations, payroll, human resources, sales, and inventory tracking.

    Sec. 2(a)provisional

  2. Clarifies that Small Business Administration 7(a) loans approved before this law to purchase software and cloud technologies were and remain legally valid.

    Sec. 2(b)(1)provisional

  3. Clarifies that Small Business Administration 7(a) loans may not be used to fund research and development.

    Sec. 2(b)(2)provisional

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The record

How members voted on Small Business Technological Advancement Act.

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  • House · Jun 24, 2026 · 2/3 YEA-AND-NAY

    On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · Passed

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Timeline

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  1. Jul 13, 2026Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
  2. Jun 24, 2026Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  3. Jun 24, 2026On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 414 - 4, 1 Present (Roll no. 226).
  4. Jun 24, 2026Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 414 - 4, 1 Present (Roll no. 226).
  5. Jun 24, 2026Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H4227)
  6. Jun 23, 2026At the conclusion of debate, the chair put the question on the motion to suspend the rules. Mr. Williams (TX) objected to the vote on the grounds that a quorum was not present. Further proceedings on the motion were postponed. The point of no quorum was considered as withdrawn.
  7. Jun 23, 2026DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 915.
  8. Jun 23, 2026Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4142-4143; text: CR H4142)
  9. Jun 23, 2026Mr. Williams (TX) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
  10. Jun 3, 2026Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 591.
  11. Jun 3, 2026Reported by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 119-678.
  12. May 20, 2026Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 23 - 0.
  13. May 20, 2026Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  14. Feb 4, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
  15. Feb 4, 2025Introduced in House
  1. Jul 13, 2026Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
  2. Jun 24, 2026Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  3. Jun 24, 2026On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 414 - 4, 1 Present (Roll no. 226).
  4. Jun 24, 2026Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 414 - 4, 1 Present (Roll no. 226).
  5. Jun 3, 2026Reported by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 119-678.
  6. May 20, 2026Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 23 - 0.
  7. Feb 4, 2025Introduced in House

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Civic Herald. “Small Business Technological Advancement Act (H.R. 915, 119th Congress).” https://civicherald.app/bills/119-hr-915. Congress.gov record as of Jul 23, 2026.

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