NSBA works every day to ensure small businesses are supported by a comprehensively funded administrative resources and support and continues to monitor reception of the President's FY27 budget proposal on Capitol Hill and across our community.

NSBA and our Small Business Technology Council (SBTC) are grateful to Congress for their prioritization of small-business support in critical fund designations for technology research and development under the SBIR/STTR programs and urge the President to sign the S. 3971 reauthorization into law without delay.

NSBA and our Small Business Technology Council (SBTC) continue urging action on S. 3971 - a 5-year reauthorization plan to reinstate the SBIR/STTR small-business technology and development programs - without delay.

NSBA and our Small Business Technology Council (SBTC) continue urging action on the S. 3971 5-year reauthorization plan - further delays will add to harm caused by lapse of SBIR/STTR programs.

NSBA's Small Business Technology Council (SBTC) are privileged continue leading the fight for small business to reauthorize and permanently enact SBIR/STTR programs to support better technology and R&D development opportunities for the nation's most important economic community.

Following the SCOTUS tariff ruling, NSBA continues to advocate for common sense, small-business policies providing clarity and stability, and we are closely monitoring developments to ensure small-business voices remain front and center as the effects from the decision evolve.

NSBA continues urging the Administration to remember the regulatory burdens small-business owners face from the constant shift of definitions and rules, including the joint employer rule, commending leaders in Washington for pursuit of common sense standards best serving the nation's most important economic community.

NSBA and our Small Business Technology Council (SBTC) commend the Senate for reaching a unanimous agreement to reauthorize the SBIR and STTR programs, with continued passage expected in the House.

NSBA commends the SBA Office of Advocacy for investing in tools to support small-business owners, including the Red Tape Hotline, which is designed to streamline action that results in reduced, more effective small-business rules and regulations - a Priority Issue for our members in the 119th Congress.

NSBA small business regulatory protections burdens

The SPARK Act invests in community-based support and direct financing to help minority, rural, and underserved small businesses launch, grow, and compete.

NSBA and our Small Business Technology Council (SBTC) continue urging Congress and the Administration to prioritize federal action to better support small-business innovation, research, and technology development, including immediate action to reinstate SBIR/STTR programs.

NSBA will continue to support accountability and common sense compliance for small business on every level.

No matter how brief, shutdowns always harm small business - NSBA applauds Congress and the Administration for working quickly to choose compromise, ending the partial closure this week.

No matter how short or record-breaking, shutdowns always harm small business - get up to speed on the latest government funding plan from Capitol Hill and Washington with this week's episode of Hardwired.

At an urging from NSBA and our Small Business Technology Council (SBTC), this week, Congress stepped in to stop a policy that would have quietly shut small businesses out of DOE research funding, restoring fairness, predictability, and access for America’s innovators.

With a Jan. 30 deadline now expired, Congress is once again dealing with a shutdown as DHS funding negotiations remain stalled.

Small businesses are intensifying their push for relief from rising credit card swipe fees as the Senate Agriculture Committee prepares to consider cryptocurrency market structure legislation this week.

NSBA continues urging Congress to work to pass a funding package to avert another shutdown, which always harms small business.

NSBA continues urging the Administration and Congress to formalize a full repeal of the unconstitutional Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) for its undue, unnecessary reporting requirements exclusively for small businesses.