The record

LegislationLegislation· Jun 2026
HR 8882 Passed House — in Senate

Sponsored by Hillary J. Scholten (D)

Main Street Competes Act

Requires DOJ and FTC to report biennially to Congress on how their antitrust enforcement helps small businesses.

Tradeoff

Creates new reporting requirements for federal agencies on antitrust enforcement related to small businesses. Replaces an existing annual presidential report on small business economic trends.

What's in it

See official bill text

Increases spending subject to over the 2026–2031 period; CBO did not provide a specific dollar amount in the abstract.

The bill increases discretionary spending (money Congress must appropriate each year) for federal small-business programs over six years, but the abstract does not disclose the total dollar amount or what specific programs receive the funding.

H.R. 8882, Main Street Competes Act · Jun 2026

Passed the House by on June 23, 2026 — now in the Senate.

  1. House

    Introduced

    (May 19, 2026)

  2. House

    Committee on Small Business(May 19, 2026)

  3. House

    The Committee on Small Business voted to send it to the floor

    Reported 23 - 0(May 20, 2026)

    Committee report H. Rept. 119-682.

  4. House

    Passage of the bill

    Passed by (Jun 23, 2026)

    No individual votes were recorded.

  5. Senate

    Received from the House

    on the Judiciary(Jun 24, 2026)