119 HR 915 IH: Small Business Technological Act of 2025 U.S. House of Representatives 2025-02-04 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.

I119th CONGRESS1st SessionH. R. 915IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESFebruary 4, 2025Mr. Alford (for himself and Ms. Lee of Nevada) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small BusinessA BILLTo authorize small business loans to finance access to modern business software, and for other purposes.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Small Business Technological Act of 2025.

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Additional uses for small business administration business loans

(a)

In general

Section 7(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following: (38)

Access to modern business software

The Administration may provide loans under this subsection to finance, in whole or in part, business software or cloud computing services, or any such technology, that facilitates business operations, product or service delivery, the processing, payment, or tracking of payroll expenses, human resources, sales and billing functions, or accounting or tracking of supplies, inventory, records and expenses, including business tools that utilize artificial intelligence.. (b)

Rule of construction

Nothing in the amendment made by subsection (a) shall be construed to— (1)provide that loans made under section 7(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)) before the date of enactment of this Act for the purposes described in paragraph (38) of such section 7(a), as added by subsection (a), were not permissible; (2)authorize the use of loans made under section 7(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)) for research and development purposes; or (3)limit the definition of working capital under the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631 et seq.).