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Prove It Act of 2024

USA118th CongressHR-7198| House 
| Updated: 12/9/2024
Brad Finstad

Brad Finstad

Republican Representative

Minnesota

Cosponsors (17)
Alexander X. Mooney (Republican)Mike Carey (Republican)Aaron Bean (Republican)Nathaniel Moran (Republican)Maria Elvira Salazar (Republican)Don Bacon (Republican)Mike Flood (Republican)Carol D. Miller (Republican)Doug Lamborn (Republican)Harriet M. Hageman (Republican)Anthony D'Esposito (Republican)Mike Gallagher (Republican)Pete Stauber (Republican)David G. Valadao (Republican)Yadira Caraveo (Democratic)Michelle Fischbach (Republican)Bryan Steil (Republican)

Small Business Committee, Judiciary Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Prove It Act of 2024 This bill expands the requirements for federal agency rulemaking with respect to small businesses, organizations, and governmental jurisdictions. Specifically, when conducting an initial regulatory flexibility analysis, agencies must include, where feasible, any reasonably foreseeable potential indirect costs the proposed rule may impose on such small entities. Further, if an agency certifies that an initial regulatory flexibility analysis is not required because the rule will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities, the agency must provide such certification within 10 days to the Office of Advocacy of the Small Business Administration. A small entity or group of small entities may petition the Office of Advocacy to review such certification. The petition must include specified information, such as the issues the petitioner believes should be addressed and a proposed solution to the issues raised. If the Office of Advocacy ultimately determines, upon a full review of the petition, that the proposed rule would have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities, the agency promulgating the rule must perform an initial and final regulatory flexibility analysis for the rule. Additionally, if the agency does not participate or assist in the full review process, the finalized rule shall not apply to small entities. The bill also requires agencies to publish, and allow for comments on, all guidance documents with respect to any rule an agency determines is likely to have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities.

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Bill from Previous Congress

HR 117-1920
PROVE IT Act of 2021
Feb 1, 2024
Introduced in House
Feb 1, 2024
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Small Business, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Mar 21, 2024
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 17 - 10.
Mar 21, 2024
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Sep 10, 2024
Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 13 - 11.
Sep 10, 2024
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Sep 18, 2024

Latest Companion Bill Action

S 118-1411
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held.
Nov 22, 2024
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 631.
Nov 22, 2024
Committee on Small Business discharged.
Nov 22, 2024
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 118-761, Part I.
Dec 3, 2024
Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 1602 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 5349 and H.R. 7198. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 5349 and H.R. 7198 under a structured rule. Rule provides for one hour of general debate and one motion to recommit on each bill.
Dec 4, 2024
Rule H. Res. 1602 passed House.
Dec 5, 2024
Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 1602. (consideration: CR H6379-6392)
Dec 5, 2024
Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 5349 and H.R. 7198. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 5349 and H.R. 7198 under a structured rule. Rule provides for one hour of general debate and one motion to recommit on each bill.
Dec 5, 2024
DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 7198.
Dec 5, 2024
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 1602, the House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Velazquez amendment No.1.
Dec 5, 2024
The previous question was ordered on the amendment and the bill pursuant to the rule.
Dec 5, 2024
POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Velazquez amendment No. 1, the Chair put the question on agreeing to the amendment and by voice vote, announced the noes had prevailed. Ms. Velazquez demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings until a time to be announced.
Dec 5, 2024
Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H6397-6400)
Dec 5, 2024
Mr. Landsman moved to recommit to the Committee on the Judiciary. (CR H6398)
Dec 5, 2024
The previous question on the motion to recommit was ordered pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XIX.
Dec 5, 2024
On motion to recommit Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 197 - 206 (Roll no. 488).
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Dec 5, 2024
On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 208 - 196 (Roll no. 489). (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H6379-6380)
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Dec 5, 2024
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Dec 9, 2024
Received in the Senate.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    HR 117-1920
    PROVE IT Act of 2021


  • February 1, 2024
    Introduced in House


  • February 1, 2024
    Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Small Business, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.


  • March 21, 2024
    Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 17 - 10.


  • March 21, 2024
    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held


  • September 10, 2024
    Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 13 - 11.


  • September 10, 2024
    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held


  • September 18, 2024

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    S 118-1411
    Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held.


  • November 22, 2024
    Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 631.


  • November 22, 2024
    Committee on Small Business discharged.


  • November 22, 2024
    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 118-761, Part I.


  • December 3, 2024
    Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 1602 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 5349 and H.R. 7198. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 5349 and H.R. 7198 under a structured rule. Rule provides for one hour of general debate and one motion to recommit on each bill.


  • December 4, 2024
    Rule H. Res. 1602 passed House.


  • December 5, 2024
    Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 1602. (consideration: CR H6379-6392)


  • December 5, 2024
    Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 5349 and H.R. 7198. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 5349 and H.R. 7198 under a structured rule. Rule provides for one hour of general debate and one motion to recommit on each bill.


  • December 5, 2024
    DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 7198.


  • December 5, 2024
    DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 1602, the House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Velazquez amendment No.1.


  • December 5, 2024
    The previous question was ordered on the amendment and the bill pursuant to the rule.


  • December 5, 2024
    POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Velazquez amendment No. 1, the Chair put the question on agreeing to the amendment and by voice vote, announced the noes had prevailed. Ms. Velazquez demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings until a time to be announced.


  • December 5, 2024
    Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H6397-6400)


  • December 5, 2024
    Mr. Landsman moved to recommit to the Committee on the Judiciary. (CR H6398)


  • December 5, 2024
    The previous question on the motion to recommit was ordered pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XIX.


  • December 5, 2024
    On motion to recommit Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 197 - 206 (Roll no. 488).
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  • December 5, 2024
    On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 208 - 196 (Roll no. 489). (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H6379-6380)
    View Vote


  • December 5, 2024
    Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.


  • December 9, 2024
    Received in the Senate.

Government Operations and Politics

Related Bills

  • S 118-1411: Prove It Act of 2023
  • HRES 118-1602: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5349) to develop and disseminate a civic education curriculum and oral history resources regarding certain political ideologies, and for other purposes, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 7198) to amend title 5, United States Code, to require greater transparency for Federal regulatory decisions that impact small businesses, and for other purposes.
Administrative law and regulatory proceduresAdministrative remediesGovernment information and archivesSmall businessSmall Business Administration

Prove It Act of 2024

USA118th CongressHR-7198| House 
| Updated: 12/9/2024
Prove It Act of 2024 This bill expands the requirements for federal agency rulemaking with respect to small businesses, organizations, and governmental jurisdictions. Specifically, when conducting an initial regulatory flexibility analysis, agencies must include, where feasible, any reasonably foreseeable potential indirect costs the proposed rule may impose on such small entities. Further, if an agency certifies that an initial regulatory flexibility analysis is not required because the rule will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities, the agency must provide such certification within 10 days to the Office of Advocacy of the Small Business Administration. A small entity or group of small entities may petition the Office of Advocacy to review such certification. The petition must include specified information, such as the issues the petitioner believes should be addressed and a proposed solution to the issues raised. If the Office of Advocacy ultimately determines, upon a full review of the petition, that the proposed rule would have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities, the agency promulgating the rule must perform an initial and final regulatory flexibility analysis for the rule. Additionally, if the agency does not participate or assist in the full review process, the finalized rule shall not apply to small entities. The bill also requires agencies to publish, and allow for comments on, all guidance documents with respect to any rule an agency determines is likely to have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities.

Bill Text Versions

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Timeline

Bill from Previous Congress

HR 117-1920
PROVE IT Act of 2021
Feb 1, 2024
Introduced in House
Feb 1, 2024
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Small Business, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Mar 21, 2024
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 17 - 10.
Mar 21, 2024
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Sep 10, 2024
Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 13 - 11.
Sep 10, 2024
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Sep 18, 2024

Latest Companion Bill Action

S 118-1411
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held.
Nov 22, 2024
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 631.
Nov 22, 2024
Committee on Small Business discharged.
Nov 22, 2024
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 118-761, Part I.
Dec 3, 2024
Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 1602 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 5349 and H.R. 7198. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 5349 and H.R. 7198 under a structured rule. Rule provides for one hour of general debate and one motion to recommit on each bill.
Dec 4, 2024
Rule H. Res. 1602 passed House.
Dec 5, 2024
Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 1602. (consideration: CR H6379-6392)
Dec 5, 2024
Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 5349 and H.R. 7198. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 5349 and H.R. 7198 under a structured rule. Rule provides for one hour of general debate and one motion to recommit on each bill.
Dec 5, 2024
DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 7198.
Dec 5, 2024
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 1602, the House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Velazquez amendment No.1.
Dec 5, 2024
The previous question was ordered on the amendment and the bill pursuant to the rule.
Dec 5, 2024
POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Velazquez amendment No. 1, the Chair put the question on agreeing to the amendment and by voice vote, announced the noes had prevailed. Ms. Velazquez demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings until a time to be announced.
Dec 5, 2024
Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H6397-6400)
Dec 5, 2024
Mr. Landsman moved to recommit to the Committee on the Judiciary. (CR H6398)
Dec 5, 2024
The previous question on the motion to recommit was ordered pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XIX.
Dec 5, 2024
On motion to recommit Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 197 - 206 (Roll no. 488).
View Vote
Dec 5, 2024
On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 208 - 196 (Roll no. 489). (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H6379-6380)
View Vote
Dec 5, 2024
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Dec 9, 2024
Received in the Senate.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    HR 117-1920
    PROVE IT Act of 2021


  • February 1, 2024
    Introduced in House


  • February 1, 2024
    Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Small Business, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.


  • March 21, 2024
    Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 17 - 10.


  • March 21, 2024
    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held


  • September 10, 2024
    Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 13 - 11.


  • September 10, 2024
    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held


  • September 18, 2024

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    S 118-1411
    Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held.


  • November 22, 2024
    Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 631.


  • November 22, 2024
    Committee on Small Business discharged.


  • November 22, 2024
    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 118-761, Part I.


  • December 3, 2024
    Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 1602 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 5349 and H.R. 7198. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 5349 and H.R. 7198 under a structured rule. Rule provides for one hour of general debate and one motion to recommit on each bill.


  • December 4, 2024
    Rule H. Res. 1602 passed House.


  • December 5, 2024
    Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 1602. (consideration: CR H6379-6392)


  • December 5, 2024
    Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 5349 and H.R. 7198. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 5349 and H.R. 7198 under a structured rule. Rule provides for one hour of general debate and one motion to recommit on each bill.


  • December 5, 2024
    DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 7198.


  • December 5, 2024
    DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 1602, the House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Velazquez amendment No.1.


  • December 5, 2024
    The previous question was ordered on the amendment and the bill pursuant to the rule.


  • December 5, 2024
    POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Velazquez amendment No. 1, the Chair put the question on agreeing to the amendment and by voice vote, announced the noes had prevailed. Ms. Velazquez demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings until a time to be announced.


  • December 5, 2024
    Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H6397-6400)


  • December 5, 2024
    Mr. Landsman moved to recommit to the Committee on the Judiciary. (CR H6398)


  • December 5, 2024
    The previous question on the motion to recommit was ordered pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XIX.


  • December 5, 2024
    On motion to recommit Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 197 - 206 (Roll no. 488).
    View Vote


  • December 5, 2024
    On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 208 - 196 (Roll no. 489). (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H6379-6380)
    View Vote


  • December 5, 2024
    Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.


  • December 9, 2024
    Received in the Senate.
Brad Finstad

Brad Finstad

Republican Representative

Minnesota

Cosponsors (17)
Alexander X. Mooney (Republican)Mike Carey (Republican)Aaron Bean (Republican)Nathaniel Moran (Republican)Maria Elvira Salazar (Republican)Don Bacon (Republican)Mike Flood (Republican)Carol D. Miller (Republican)Doug Lamborn (Republican)Harriet M. Hageman (Republican)Anthony D'Esposito (Republican)Mike Gallagher (Republican)Pete Stauber (Republican)David G. Valadao (Republican)Yadira Caraveo (Democratic)Michelle Fischbach (Republican)Bryan Steil (Republican)

Small Business Committee, Judiciary Committee

Government Operations and Politics

Related Bills

  • S 118-1411: Prove It Act of 2023
  • HRES 118-1602: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5349) to develop and disseminate a civic education curriculum and oral history resources regarding certain political ideologies, and for other purposes, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 7198) to amend title 5, United States Code, to require greater transparency for Federal regulatory decisions that impact small businesses, and for other purposes.
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Administrative law and regulatory proceduresAdministrative remediesGovernment information and archivesSmall businessSmall Business Administration