SBA to warn small businesses about foreign threats to their companies
In markupH.R. 10329Latest action
Sponsor: Roger Williams · Representative · TX
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Official title: Combating Foreign Threats to Main Street Act of 2026
119th Congress
Topics: Jobs & the economy
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The SBA must create and update materials warning small businesses about foreign threats like IP theft and cyberattacks.
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What does this do?
This bill directs the SBA to create educational materials warning small business owners about threats from foreign adversaries, covering topics like intellectual property theft, cyberattacks, forced labor in supply chains, counterfeit goods, and risky foreign investment deals. The SBA must work with agencies including DHS, State, Treasury, Commerce, the FBI, and the U.S. Trade Representative to develop and distribute this information, and review and update it annually starting October 2027.
Who does it affect?
Small business owners, who would gain access to new government guidance; the SBA and partner federal agencies, which take on new coordination duties.
Why does it matter?
The materials aim to help businesses recognize and avoid foreign threats to their data, supply chains, and operations, but the bill creates no new regulations, penalties, or requirements businesses must follow.
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Based on the “Introduced in House” text of Sep 10, 2026.
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Where does it stand?
- IntroducedSep 10, 2026
- House committeeYou are here · Sep 16, 2026
- House vote
- Senate
- The president's desk
Right now: a House committee is reviewing it. If the Senate changes it, it goes back to the House before reaching the president.
Latest action: — Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 22 - 0.