CEASE Act of 2025
Latest action (Jun 9, 2025) — Received in the Senate and Read twice and on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
What it does
Congressional Research Service, Apr 24, 2025Capping Excessive Awarding of SBLC Entrants Act or the CEASE Act
This bill limits the number of for-profit small business lending companies that are authorized make 7(a) loans to not more than 16 at any time.
Face Value
as passed the HouseHow much of this bill its name accounts for.
- Every bill starts at100
- Nothing counted against it: one area of law, and short enough that length doesn't register.
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What Congress did
2 recordeddecisive vote
House · Jun 5, 2025
Whether the bill passes the House. This is the vote most people mean.
On
House · Jun 5, 2025
The minority party's last attempt to change the bill by sending it back to committee. It usually fails and is usually about forcing an awkward vote.
Who lobbied on this
1 organizationThese organizations told Congress, in their own quarterly disclosures, that they were lobbying on this bill.
- Independent Community Bankers of Americano position stated
“…and Accountability for a Better Ledger Economy Act of 2025 H.R. 2835 The Small Bank Holding Company Relief Act H.R. 2885 The Bank Loan Privacy Act H.R. 2987 CEASE Act H.R. 3234 Reciprocal Deposits H.R. 3380 TAILOR Act of 2025 H.R. 3633, the CLARITY Act H.R. 3709 Mentor-Protege Program for Small…” filing ↗
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