This bill is about protecting small businesses from the costs of new government regulations. Here's what it does: it requires the Small Business Administration to make sure that the total cost of federal regulations imposed on small businesses each year doesn't increase. In other words, if the government wants to create a new rule that costs small businesses money to follow, it would have to eliminate or simplify an existing rule that costs them money, so the overall burden stays the same or goes down.

The "regulatory budget" mentioned in the bill includes all the expenses small businesses have to pay to comply with federal rules—whether those are brand new regulations, changes to existing ones, or rules that get repealed. Think of it like a household budget: if you want to add a new expense, you have to cut something else to stay within your limit. This bill applies that same principle to federal regulations affecting small businesses, with the goal of preventing the regulatory burden from growing heavier over time.

Small Business Regulatory Reduction Act of 2025

Van Duyne, Beth

Small Business Regulatory Reduction Act of 2025This bill requires the Small Business Administration (SBA) to ensure the annual small business regulatory budget for the SBA in each fiscal year is no greater than zero.The small business regulatory budget is the cost to a small business of a federal rulemaking, including the cost resulting from the issuance of any new rule and the cost resulting from the modification or repeal of an existing rule.