HR 1634
Passed a chamber
Requires the Small Business Administration, working with the National Council on Disability, to help people with disabilities start businesses or find jobs at small companies, and to report to Congress within two years.
Official title: ThinkDIFFERENTLY About Disability Employment Act
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
26-FEB-2025
Referred
26-FEB-2025
Approved by committee
05-MAR-2025
Reported
24-MAR-2025
On the calendar
24-MAR-2025
Passed
03-JUN-2025
Senate
Received
04-JUN-2025
- Directs the Small Business Administration to help individuals with disabilities become entrepreneurs or self-employed and to help them find jobs at small businesses
- Requires the agency to assist small businesses with hiring people with disabilities and with accessibility issues
- Allows the agency to carry out these activities through one or more memoranda of understanding or other agreements, and requires outreach and education about them
- Requires a report to Congress within two years of enactment on the activities, the agency's technical capabilities, achievements, and future plans
- Authorizes no additional funds to carry out the act
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in House" (26-FEB-2025); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 03-JUN-2025).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov- Small Business Committee (House)
- Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee (Senate)
Commerce
■ 3 D■ 1 R
3 Democrats
1 Republican