I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6855 
To reauthorize the White House Conference on Small Business Authorization 
Act, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 18, 2025 
Mr. FINSTAD (for himself and Mr. DAVIS of North Carolina) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small Business 
A BILL 
To reauthorize the White House Conference on Small 
Business Authorization Act, 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 ‘‘White House Con-
ference on Small Business Act of 2025’’. 
SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF THE WHITE HOUSE CON-
FERENCE ON SMALL BUSINESS. 
The White House Conference on Small Business Au-
thorization Act (Public Law 101–409; 15 U.S.C. 631 
note) is amended— 
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(1) in section 2(a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘The President’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Subject to amounts collected under 
section 10, the President’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘not earlier than May 1, 
1995, and not later than September 30, 1995’’ 
and inserting ‘‘not earlier than December 31, 
2025, and not later than December 1, 2026’’; 
and 
(C) by striking ‘‘March 1, 1994’’ and in-
serting ‘‘October 1, 2025’’; 
(2) in section 3— 
(A) by striking ‘‘contribution of small busi-
ness’’ and inserting ‘‘contribution of small busi-
ness to the national economy’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘to identify the problems’’ 
and inserting ‘‘to identify and prioritize the 
problems impacting’’; 
(C) by striking ‘‘particularly’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘including’’; 
(D) by striking ‘‘as may be appropriate for 
maintaining and encouraging’’ and inserting 
‘‘that maintain, encourage, and expand’’; 
(E) by inserting ‘‘to evaluate the small 
business assistance programs of the Small Busi-
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ness Administration and other Federal agencies 
and recommend potential improvements for 
those programs;’’ after ‘‘Nation;’’; and 
(F) by striking ‘‘1986’’ and inserting 
‘‘1995’’; 
(3) in section 4— 
(A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘$10’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$200’’; and 
(B) by amending subsection (b) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(b) PARTICIPANTS.— 
‘‘(1) NATIONAL
CONFERENCE.—An individual 
may not participate in the National Conference un-
less such individual has been selected as a delegate 
by a State conference and by a regional meeting of 
delegates and is an owner, officer, or employee of a 
small business. 
‘‘(2) DELEGATES.—Delegates to the National 
Conference shall include— 
‘‘(A) one delegate appointed by each Gov-
ernor or chief executive official of a State; 
‘‘(B) one delegate appointed by each Mem-
ber of the Senate, each Member of the House 
of Representatives, each Delegate to the House 
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of Representatives, and the Resident Commis-
sioner of Puerto Rico; 
‘‘(C) one hundred delegates appointed by 
the President; and 
‘‘(D) the delegates elected by participants 
at each State Conference. 
‘‘(3) ALTERNATES.—Each delegate shall have 
an alternate, appointed or elected in the same man-
ner as the delegate.’’; 
(4) in section 5— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Subsequent to the date of 
enactment of this Act, but not later than 30 
days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the’’ and inserting ‘‘The’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘GS–18’’ each place such 
term appears and inserting ‘‘GS–15’’; and 
(C) in subsection (h), by striking ‘‘Chair-
person’’ and inserting ‘‘Chief Counsel for Advo-
cacy of the Small Business Administration’’; 
(5) in section 6(a)— 
(A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(B) in paragraph (3), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
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(C) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(4) shall establish an electronic communication 
system for use by delegates and alternates for com-
munication before, during, and for at least 4 years 
after the National Conference to allow State delega-
tions and issue area groups to collaboratively define 
the problems faced by small businesses, refine sug-
gested solutions to those problems, prioritize and se-
lect final recommendations, and monitor later legis-
lative or regulatory action on the recommenda-
tions.’’; and 
(6) by striking section 9 and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘SEC. 9. CO-SPONSORSHIP OF ACTIVITIES. 
‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Administrator of the 
Small Business Administration, after consultation with 
the General Counsel of the Small Business Administra-
tion, may sponsor activities or cosponsor activities with an 
eligible entity, including recognition events, for small busi-
nesses. 
‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—In this section, the term 
‘eligible entity’ means any for-profit or not-for-profit enti-
ty, any State, or local government official, or any State, 
or local government entity. 
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‘‘(c) PROHIBITION ON ENDORSEMENTS.—The Ad-
ministrator shall ensure that any eligible entities that co-
sponsor activities receive appropriate recognition for such 
cosponsorship, and that such recognition is not considered 
to be an endorsement by the Small Business Administra-
tion of any product or service of such eligible entity. 
‘‘SEC. 10. FUNDING. 
‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—The ac-
tivities authorized by this Act shall be funded, to the ex-
tent and in the amount provided in advance in appropria-
tions Acts, exclusively by amounts (if any) collected under 
subsection (b). No other amounts are authorized to be ap-
propriated to carry out this Act. 
‘‘(b) AUTHORITY TO ACCEPT GIFTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), for purposes of carrying out this Act, the 
Commission, the Administrator of the Small Busi-
ness Administration, and the Administrator of the 
General Service Administration may— 
‘‘(A) solicit ownership, accept, and hold 
gifts, devises, and bequests of cash, property 
(including tangible, intangible, real and per-
sonal), or subsistence from non-Federal sources; 
and 
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‘‘(B) enter into an agreement with any or-
ganization described in section 501(c)(3) of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt 
from taxation under section 501(a) of such 
Code to solicit the donations described under 
subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(2) CONFLICT OF INTEREST.—No gift, devise, 
or bequest shall be solicited or accepted under the 
authority of this subsection if such solicitation or ac-
ceptance would, in the determination of the Inspec-
tor General of the Small Business Administration 
create a conflict of interest. 
‘‘(c) FUNDS REMAINING AT TERMINATION.—On the 
date of termination of the National Conference, any unob-
ligated amounts collected under this section shall be de-
posited in the general fund of the Treasury. 
‘‘SEC. 11. STATE DEFINED. 
‘‘For purposes of this Act, the term ‘State’ includes 
the several States, the District of Columbia, the Common-
wealth of Puerto Rico, and any other territory or posses-
sion of the United States.’’. 
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