What This Bill Does · Plain English
Summary · Congress.gov
Small Business Lending Fraud Prevention Act This bill requires Small Business Administration (SBA) employees who participate in the origination, review, or approval of SBA loans to certify in writing prior to such participation that the employee does not have any conflict of interest with respect to the loan, will disclose any such conflict of interest arising after the certification is made, and understands the requirements with respect to conflicts of interest applicable SBA employees. Under current law, federal employees must disclose financial conflicts of interest with respect to a particular matter and recuse themselves from such matter (with limited exceptions upon authorization from the employee's agency designee). The SBA must issue regulations implementing the requirements of this bill.
Vote Breakdown · How Congress voted on HR.7401
House
415-0
PASSED
Independents
415 yea
0 nay
1 present
Action Timeline
2026-06-24
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 415 - 0, 1 Present (Roll no. 225).
2026-06-24
Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H4226-4227)
2026-06-24
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2026-06-24
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 415 - 0, 1 Present (Roll no. 225).
2026-06-23
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 7401.
2026-06-23
Mr. Williams (TX) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
2026-06-23
At the conclusion of debate, the chair put the question on the motion to suspend the rules. Mr. Williams (TX) objected to the vote on the grounds that a quorum was not present. Further proceedings on the motion were postponed. The point of
2026-06-23
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4140-4141; text: CR H4140)
2026-02-20
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 426.
2026-02-20
Reported by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 119-500.
Frequently Asked Questions
Did HR.7401 pass?
HR.7401 is still alive. Current stage: REPORTED. Pass likelihood: pending.
What does HR.7401 do?
Small Business Lending Fraud Prevention Act This bill requires Small Business Administration (SBA) employees who participate in the origination, review, or approval of SBA loans to certify in writing prior to such participation that the employee does not have any conflict of interest with respect to the loan, will disclose any such conflict of interest arising after the certification is made, and understands the requirements with respect to conflicts of interest applicable SBA employees. Under current law, federal employees must disclose financial conflicts of interest with respect to a partic…
Who sponsored HR.7401?
HR.7401 was sponsored by Daniel Meuser (R-Pennsylvania).
Full Bill Text
119 HR 7401 RH: Small Business Lending Fraud Prevention Act U.S. House of Representatives 2026-02-20 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. IB Union Calendar No. 426 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7401 [Report No. 119–500] IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 5, 2026 Mr. Meuser (for himself and Ms. Goodlander ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small Business February 20, 2026 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed A BILL To require employees of the Small Business Administration to certify that the employee does not have any prohibited conflicts of interest with respect to loans in which the employee is involved, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Small Business Lending Fraud Prevention Act . 2. Small Business Administration employee conflict of interest certification (a) In general Beginning on the date that is 270 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, an employee of the Administration that will personally and substantially participate in the origination, review, or approval of a loan administered by the Administration shall, prior to such participation in such loan, certify to the Administrator in writing that such employee— (1) to their knowledge, does not have any conflict of interest prohibited under section 208 of title 18, United States Code, or section 2635.502 of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations, with respect to such participation in such loan; (2) upon learning of any such conflict of interest after submitting such certification, will immediately disclose such conflict of interest to the supervisor of such employee and recuse themselves from participating in such loan; and (3) understands the requirements applicable to such employee under Federal law and regulations of the Administration regarding conflicts of interest with respect to such participation in such loan. (b) Regulations Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment, the Administrator shall issue regulations implementing this Act. (c) Definitions In this Act: (1) Administration The term Administration means the Small Business Administration. (2) Administrator The term Administrator means the Administrator of the Administration. February 20, 2026 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
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