[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3884 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3884

To establish a Fund to provide grants to businesses affected by Federal 
            immigration enforcement, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 12, 2026

  Mr. Markey introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
    referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship

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                                 A BILL


 
To establish a Fund to provide grants to businesses affected by Federal 
            immigration enforcement, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Small Business ICE Disruption Fund 
Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Administrator.--The term ``Administrator'' means the 
        Administrator of the Small Business Administration.
            (2) Eligible entity.--The term ``eligible entity''--
                    (A) means a small business concern that--
                            (i) is located in an area in which a 
                        Federal immigration enforcement action has 
                        taken place within the last year; and
                            (ii) can demonstrate an immigration 
                        enforcement-related revenue loss of not less 
                        than 25 percent caused by disruptions resulting 
                        from such immigration enforcement action; and
                    (B) does not include a small business concern 
                that--
                            (i) as of the date of enactment of this 
                        Act, owns or operates (together with any 
                        affiliated businesses) more than 15 locations, 
                        regardless of whether those locations do 
                        business under the same or multiple names; or
                            (ii) is a publicly traded company.
            (3) Fund.--The term ``Fund'' means the Small Business ICE 
        Disruption Fund established under section 3.
            (4) Immigration enforcement-related revenue loss.--The term 
        ``immigration enforcement-related revenue loss'' means, with 
        respect to an eligible entity, the gross receipts, as 
        established using such verification documentation as the 
        Administrator may require, of the eligible entity during the 
        period during which the Federal immigration action affected 
        business, subtracted from the gross receipts of the eligible 
        entity during a comparable period of business as determined by 
        the Administrator, if such sum is greater than zero.
            (5) Small business concern.--The term ``small business 
        concern'' has the meaning given the term in section 3 of the 
        Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632).

SEC. 3. SMALL BUSINESS ICE DISRUPTION FUND.

    (a) In General.--There is established a fund to be known as the 
Small Business ICE Disruption Fund.
    (b) Appropriations.--There is appropriated to the Fund for fiscal 
year 2026, out of amounts in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 
$200,000,000, to remain available until expended.
    (c) Use of Funds.--
            (1) In general.--The Administrator may use amounts in the 
        Fund to make grants to any eligible entity that makes the 
        certification required under subsection (d)(1).
            (2) Awards.--In general, the Administrator shall award 
        grants to eligible entities in the order in which applications 
        are received by the Administrator.
    (d) Application.--
            (1) Certification.--An eligible entity applying for a grant 
        under this section shall make a good faith certification to the 
        Administrator that--
                    (A) losses incurred resulted from interruptions 
                caused by a Federal immigration enforcement action; and
                    (B) the eligible entity has not received 
                compensation to make up from such losses from any other 
                source.
            (2) Business identifiers.--In accepting applications for 
        grants under this section, the Administrator shall implement 
        fraud checks, including--
                    (A) requiring applicants to provide a business 
                identifier, such as an Employee Identification Number 
                or Social Security Number;
                    (B) verifying the tax returns of an applicant to 
                confirm prior income; and
                    (C) cross-checking applicant information against 
                existing government databases to ensure that 
                individuals or businesses convicted of fraud do not 
                receive grants.
    (e) Grant Amount.--
            (1) Aggregate maximum amount.--The aggregate amount of 
        grants made to an eligible entity and any affiliated business 
        of the eligible entity under this section--
                    (A) shall not exceed $1,000,000; and
                    (B) shall be limited to $500,000 per physical 
                location of the eligible entity.
            (2) Determination of grant amount.--The amount of a grant 
        made to an eligible entity under this subsection shall be equal 
        to the immigration enforcement-related revenue loss by the 
        eligible entity.
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