Small Business Regulatory Reduction Act of 2025

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The Small Business Regulatory Reduction Act of 2025 is fully constitutional. It operates within Congress's enumerated power to structure and fund the Small Business Administration, imposes no restriction on individual rights, and actually reduces the federal regulatory burden on small businesses, thereby enhancing individual sovereignty and decentralization.

• ✓ Passes · Enumerated powers
  Congress has broad authority under Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 (the Necessary and Proper Clause) to organize and set the budget for federal agencies, including the Small Business Administration. This bill merely directs the SBA to set its regulatory budget at zero, which is a permissible exercise of Congress's power over the internal operations of the executive branch. It does not regulate com…
• ✓ Passes · Bill of Rights
  The bill does not infringe any provision of the Bill of Rights. It does not restrict speech, religion, press, assembly, petition, arms, quartering, search and seizure, self-incrimination, due process, trial rights, jury rights, cruel and unusual punishment, or unenumerated rights. It imposes no criminal penalties or civil liabilities on individuals.
• ✓ Passes · Individual sovereignty
  This bill enhances individual sovereignty by reducing the regulatory costs imposed on small businesses. Small business owners retain greater control over their property, labor, and economic decisions when the government imposes fewer compliance costs. The government has no compelling interest in imposing regulatory costs on small businesses beyond what is necessary, and this bill reduces that burd…
• ✓ Passes · Decentralization
  The bill passes all four decentralization questions. (1) An individual or family could handle their own business affairs without federal regulatory costs. (2) Local communities and counties can regulate small businesses without federal involvement. (3) States can regulate small businesses without federal involvement. (4) This action does not consolidate decision-making upward; it actually reduces …
• ✓ Passes · Due process and takings
  The bill does not bypass due process or take property without just compensation. It does not impose any penalties, fines, or seizures. It merely sets an internal budget constraint on the SBA's rulemaking costs. No person's property is taken, and no procedural rights are affected.

Sources: Congress.gov: HR 2965 summary