I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2968 
To limit the authority of the Small Business Administration to facilitate 
access to voter registration, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 17, 2025 
Mr. WILLIAMS of Texas (for himself, Mr. ALFORD, Ms. KING-HINDS, Ms. VAN 
DUYNE, Mr. SCHMIDT, Mr. MEUSER, Mr. ELLZEY, Mr. WIED, Mr. JACK, 
Mr. DOWNING, Mr. BRESNAHAN, Mr. PATRONIS, and Mr. FINSTAD) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small 
Business, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for 
a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To limit the authority of the Small Business Administration 
to facilitate access to voter registration, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Business over Ballots 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
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(1) the Small Business Administration should 
focus on aiding and assisting small business con-
cerns; 
(2) facilitating access to voter registration is be-
yond the scope of the mission of the Administration 
and the authority of the Administration under Fed-
eral law; and 
(3) any Executive order issued by the President 
may not conflict with this Act or otherwise compel 
the Administrator of the Small Business Administra-
tion to facilitate access to voter registration. 
SEC. 3. LIMITATIONS ON FACILITATION OF ACCESS TO 
VOTER REGISTRATION BY THE SMALL BUSI-
NESS ADMINISTRATION. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—The Administrator of the Small 
Business Administration may not take any action to facili-
tate access to voter registration other than actions author-
ized by Federal law. 
(b) TERMS OF CONTRACTS.—On or after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, any contract or other agree-
ment entered into by the Administrator to provide assist-
ance to a person shall include a term stating that such 
person may not use such assistance to facilitate access to 
voter registration. 
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(c) EXISTING RECIPIENTS.—A recipient of assistance 
from the Administrator may not use such assistance to 
facilitate access to voter registration unless explicitly au-
thorized by the terms of such assistance. 
(d) COVERED ENTITIES.—The Administrator may 
not use, act through, or otherwise make a request of a 
covered entity to engage in activities to facilitate access 
to voter registration unless the Administrator is so author-
ized by Congress. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 
(1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis-
trator’’ means the Administrator of the Small Busi-
ness Administration. 
(2) COVERED ENTITY.—The term ‘‘covered en-
tity’’— 
(A) means an entity, State government, or 
unit of local government that receives funding 
or other assistance from the Administrator 
under a contract, cooperative agreement, memo-
randum of understanding, or other agreement 
to carry out a program administered by the Ad-
ministrator; and 
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(B) does not include a person that receives 
a loan or loan guarantee under section 7 of the 
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636). 
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