HR 6431
Passed a chamber
Removes the requirement that people in state self-employment assistance programs be likely to exhaust regular unemployment benefits, and sets new rules for approved business activities, weekly certification, and the participant cap under the federal unemployment tax code.
Official title: New Opportunities for Business Ownership and Self-Sufficiency Act
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
04-DEC-2025
Referred
04-DEC-2025
Approved by committee
14-JAN-2026
Reported
20-FEB-2026
On the calendar
20-FEB-2026
Passed
27-APR-2026
Senate
Received
28-APR-2026
- Drops the requirement that participants be likely to exhaust regular unemployment compensation.
- Requires participants to take part in approved activities that include entrepreneurial training, business counseling, or technical assistance, or that follow a business plan and market feasibility study.
- Requires participants to certify their activities at least weekly to a state-designated agency and raises the limit on participants in section 3306(t)(4) from 5 to 10.
- Applies two years after enactment, and directs the Secretary of Labor to issue regulations and guidance to state workforce agencies.
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in House" (04-DEC-2025); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 27-APR-2026).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov- Ways and Means Committee (House)
- Finance Committee (Senate)
Taxation
■ 4 R■ 2 D
4 Republicans
2 Democrats