HR 2931
Passed a chamber
Requires the Small Business Administration to move its regional, district, and local offices out of sanctuary jurisdictions, and bars it from opening new offices in them.
Official title: Save SBA from Sanctuary Cities Act of 2025
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
17-APR-2025
Referred
17-APR-2025
Approved by committee
30-APR-2025
Reported
21-MAY-2025
On the calendar
21-MAY-2025
Passed
05-JUN-2025
Senate
Received
09-JUN-2025
- Requires the Administrator to relocate covered SBA offices in sanctuary jurisdictions after publicly determining that they are located in one.
- Sets a 120-day deadline for relocation; offices not moved by then must cease operations, and their employees are reassigned to offices in non-sanctuary jurisdictions.
- Requires the head of a late office to submit a written explanation within 5 days, and requires the Administrator to remove that head if the explanation is missing or insufficient.
- Defines a sanctuary jurisdiction as a political subdivision of a State with a law or policy limiting sharing of immigration status information or complying with DHS detainer requests.
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in House" (17-APR-2025); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 05-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
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