HR-8882 — Main Street Competes Act

YourVoice.Now Summary

Transparency & Accountability

Requires DOJ and FTC to report every two years on how antitrust enforcement affects small businesses, feeding recommendations to Congress.

Transparency & Accountability

Biennial antitrust enforcement reporting — DOJ and FTC must report small-business antitrust enforcement activity to SBA Office of Advocacy every 2 years
Office of Advocacy report to Congress — SBA must compile antitrust impact data and submit legislative and administrative recommendations biannually

The details

The Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission would be required to submit reports every two years to the SBA's Office of Advocacy — which represents small businesses in the regulatory process — covering how their antitrust enforcement activities affected small businesses, including complaints received, investigations opened, and actions taken. The SBA Office of Advocacy would then analyze that data by industry and submit its own report to Congress with recommendations for protecting small businesses from anticompetitive conduct and harmful mergers. The bill also formally adds promoting competitive markets through antitrust enforcement to the stated goals of federal small business economic policy.

Congressional Summary

Main Street Competes ActThis bill requires the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to separately report biennially to the Small Business Administration (SBA) on how such agency's enforcement of federal antitrust law has promoted competition and deterred anticompetitive conduct that harms small businesses. The reports must include the number of antitrust inquiries, investigations, and enforcement actions conducted by the agencies.Further, the SBA must report to Congress a summary of the DOJ and FTC reports that includes, as appropriate, recommendations for administration actions that may promote competition and deter anticompetitive conduct.The bill replaces a requirement that the President report annually to Congress about the role of small businesses in the economy on an industry-by-industry basis.

Legislative Subjects

Bank accounts, deposits, capitalBanking and financial institutions regulationBusiness investment and capitalCompetition and antitrustGovernment studies and investigationsSmall business

Details

Congress: 119th
Chamber: House
Status: summarized
Action: Reported to House
Action Date: 2026-06-03
Date Added: 2026-06-19
Source: Congress.gov →

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