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 ‘‘American Entrepreneurs 
First Act of 2025’’. 
SEC. 2. REQUIREMENTS FOR CITIZENSHIP STATUS DOCU-
MENTATION FOR CERTAIN LOAN PROGRAMS 
OF THE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the Small 
Business Administration shall ensure that any application 
for a loan submitted under section 7(a) of the Small Busi-
ness Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)) or title V of the Small Business 
Investment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 695 et seq.) includes the 
following information: 
(1) The date of birth for each individual appli-
cant for such loan or for each individual owner of an 
applicant concern. 
(2) Certification that— 
(A) an individual applicant for such loan 
is a citizen of the United States, a national of 
the United States, or a lawful permanent resi-
dent of the United States; or 
(B) an applicant concern for such loan or 
a guarantor for such loan is 100 percent bene-
ficially owned by individuals who are either citi-
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zens of the United States, nationals of the United 
States, or lawful permanent residents of the 
United States. 
(3) Certification that no direct or indirect owner 
of an applicant concern for such loan is an ineligible 
person. 
(4) Documentation of the alien registration num-
ber of any lawful permanent resident who is— 
(A) an individual applicant for such loan; 
or 
(B) an owner of an applicant concern. 
(b) PROHIBITION.—An applicant for a loan under sec-
tion 7(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)) or 
title V of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (15 
U.S.C. 695 et seq.) is ineligible for such loan if— 
(1) the applicant submits the application for 
such loan after the date of the enactment of this Act 
and such application does not contain the informa-
tion required under subsection (a); 
(2) in the case such applicant is an applicant 
concern, any direct or indirect owner of such appli-
cant concern is an ineligible person; or 
(3) in the case such applicant is an individual 
applicant, such applicant is an ineligible person. 
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(c) INELIGIBLE PERSON DEFINED.—In this Act, the 
term ‘‘ineligible person’’ means— 
(1) an asylee; 
(2) a refugee; 
(3) an individual issued a visa to remain in the 
United States; 
(4) an alien classified as a nonimmigrant under 
any subparagraph of section 101(a)(15) of the Immi-
gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)); 
(5) an alien to whom deferred action has been 
granted pursuant to the Deferred Action for Child-
hood Arrivals policy announced by the Secretary of 
Homeland Security on June 15, 2012; or 
(6) an alien present in the United States without 
lawful status under the immigration laws (as such 
term is defined in section 101(a) of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a))). 
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Union Calendar No. 83 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2966 
[Report No. 119–112] 
A BILL 
To require the Administrator of the Small Business 
Administration to require an applicant for cer-
tain loans of the Administration to provide cer-
tain citizenship status documentation, and for 
other purposes. 
MAY 21, 2025 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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