IIB 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2966 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JUNE 9, 2025 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and 
Entrepreneurship 
AN ACT 
To require the Administrator of the Small Business Adminis-
tration to require an applicant for certain loans of the 
Administration to provide certain citizenship status docu-
mentation, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘American Entre-
preneurs 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 Busi-
ness Investment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 695 et seq.) in-
cludes 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 resident 
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-
zens of the United States, nationals of the 
United States, or lawful permanent residents of 
the United States. 
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(3) Certification that no direct or indirect 
owner of an applicant concern for such loan is an in-
eligible person. 
(4) Documentation of the alien registration 
number 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 
section 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. 
(c) INELIGIBLE PERSON DEFINED.—In this Act, the 
term ‘‘ineligible person’’ means— 
(1) an asylee; 
(2) a refugee; 
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(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 Im-
migration 
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 with-
out lawful status under the immigration laws (as 
such term is defined in section 101(a) of the Immi-
gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a))). 
Passed the House of Representatives June 6, 2025. 
Attest: 
KEVIN F. MCCUMBER, 
Clerk. 
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